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PC Keith Palmer: Funeral for officer killed in London attacks PC Palmer, pictured on duty alongside a family of tourists PC Palmer's body had been lying in rest at the Palace of Westminster Tributes were paid to PC Palmer's courage The funeral cortege was led by the Dean of Southwark, the Very Reverend Andrew Nunn Incredible scenes in London as PC Palmer's funeral takes place PC Keith Palmer was stabbed outside the Houses of Parliament after terrorist Khalid Masood ran over dozens of pedestrians on Westminster On Monday, PC Keith Palmer's body took a final journey through central London. Thousands of police officers from all over the UK lined the route of his funeral cortege from the Palace of Westminster, where his coffin lay overnight, to Southwark Cathedral. His coffin travelled along 2.6 miles, avoiding the scene of last month's terror attack on Westminster Bridge. PC Palmer was killed on 22 March when Khalid Masood drove a car at pedestrians over Westminster Bridge and then attempted to enter Parliament with a knife. PC Palmer was fatally stabbed by the attacker. Around 50 members of PC Palmer's family including his wife, five-year-old daughter, parents and siblings attended the cathedral service, which was led by the Dean of Southwark The Very Reverend Andrew Nunn and followed by a private cremation. R.I.P. He stands for what we believe is the best within us PC Palmer's name has been added to the National Police Memorial in London

London's response to yesterday's terrorist attack on Westminster...

People are pointing out the big difference between these two photos of Obama and Trump Some people present in the Obama image: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President James R Clapper, Director of National Intelligence Robert Gates, Secretary of Defence Some people present in the Trump image: Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner Treasury Secretary and Hedge Fund manager Steven Mnuchin Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Gary Cohen, Director of National Economic Council The competency of his staff continues to be a source of contention. The following two images have been making the rounds on Twitter.

Decoding the Trump 'war room' photograph Back row from left: Deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin, senior adviser Jared Kushner, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Sean Spicer, President Trump, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, chief strategist Steve Bannon, senior adviser Stephen Miller, national security official Michael Anton. Front from left: Chief of staff Reince Priebus, national security adviser HR McMaster, chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, deputy national security adviser Dina Powell On Friday morning Sean Spicer tweeted a photograph of Donald Trump and some of his advisers receiving a top secret briefing in Florida on the results of the US missile strike against a Syrian government airfield. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what does this one tell us? Keeping in mind that the image presented is the one the White House wants to convey, the photograph still invites a number of observations and, perhaps, conclusions. Here are five of them: What are they looking at? Let's get to the most obvious question first. What is the president watching so intently? According to Spicer's tweet, the people present are looking at a screen showing Vice-President Mike Pence, Defence Secretary James Mattis and Joseph Dunford, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The trio are part of the national security team at the White House tasked with explaining the results of the strike devised to punish the Syrian government for using chemical weapons on its own population. That's Spicer, by the way, tucked into the back left corner of the room. And it's not the Situation Room The picture of Obama and team in 2011 was much dissected A quick glance at the Trump team photo instantly recalls what was perhaps the most memorable modern "war room" image, from 2011, when President Barack Obama and his national security team clustered around a monitor to watch the raid to kill Osama Bin Laden unfold. A key difference, of course, is that the Obama photo was taken in the White House Situation Room. Trump and his team gathered in a nondescript location at his Mar-a-Lago private club that has been converted into a Scif - a "sensitive compartmented information facility" - where the president and his aides can conduct secure communications. Trump and his team are seated in gold-painted chairs and the hint of an ornamental rug can be seen beneath their feet. Given that Mr Trump has spent most of his weekends at his Mar-a-Lago estate, this room - or one like it - will likely be the scene of more than a few dramatic events during his presidency. Kushner at top table, not Bannon Jared Kushner (circled, left) has a place at the top table, unlike Steve Bannon One of the more noteworthy stories earlier in the week, before the Syrian strike blew the news cycle out of the water, was the ongoing feud between presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner and Trump nationalist consigliere Steve Bannon. It seemed Kushner was gaining the upper hand, rapidly expanding his policy portfolio, while Bannon was on the outs - booted from his permanent seat on the National Security Council. Both men were in the room Thursday night, although the seating arrangement was telling. Kushner was front and centre at the table, casting what seems to be a cold gaze in the general direction of Bannon, who was a lamp away from being pushed up against a wall. (Stephen Miller, one of Bannon's closest White House allies, is also barely visible, seated to Bannon's left.) Economic team tag-along There's something else interesting about the seating arrangement in this photograph. On the president's left is his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. On his right? Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin - not the kind of Cabinet officials one would expect to see prominently featured in a national security briefing. Part of the explanation could be that Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago travel team was heavily stacked with economic advisers for his meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, is seated along the wall on the right. Perhaps they felt comfortable tagging along with the president to learn the results of the missile strike. It's probably safe to say, however, that a commerce secretary, usually a low man on the cabinet totem pole, has never before had such prominent real estate during a key national security meeting. The woman in the room Dina Powell has risen to a place at the heart of the Trump team During that fateful 2011 raid on Bin Laden's compound, one woman - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - was prominently featured, her hand to her mouth in apparent concern (or, she has since said, a result of seasonal allergies). Another woman, director of counterterrorism Audrey Tomason, is also visible. There's only one woman among the 15 in the Trump photograph, US Deputy National Security Adviser for Strategy Dina Powell. Ms Powell was an adviser to Ivanka Trump during the presidential transition and originally served as the president's senior adviser for entrepreneurship, economic growth and the empowerment of women. Like Gary Cohn, she also is a former high-ranking officer in the investment bank Goldman Sachs. All told, the photograph contains six men who can best be described as White House political/staff advisers, four national security or foreign affairs officials, three members of the president's economics team and a military attaché. Oh, and the president. He's there, too. BBC

This squirrel eating a taco is the hero the internet needs Everyone is going nuts for the internet's new hero The latest in a series of New York rodents that have gone viral is the 'Taco Squirrel'. Captured in Brooklyn Park by local resident Maria Bianchi, it appears the rodent has got hold of a taco shell nearly the size of its whole body. Evidently, Taco Squirrel then dragged it up a comfy tree to eat it in peace, keeping it in tact the whole time. What an inspiration. Famously, 'Pizza Rat' went viral in 2015 when a New York resident filmed a rat trying to take a pizza home on the subway.

Jumper A married man, was standing on a bridge ready to jump. His Guardian Angel stopped him and said Ok, don’t jump and I will grant you three wishes. Because you are married, your wife will get ten times that many. The married man asked: I wish I looked two years younger. I wish for two million dollars. A mild stroke

Infidelity A husband takes the wife to a night club. There's a guy on the dance floor giving it big time. Break dancing, moon walking, back flips, the works! The wife turns to her husband and says, "See that guy? 25 years ago he proposed to me and I turned him down!" The husband says, "Looks to me like he's still celebrating!!!"

The Lodge A couple was having quarrel in a lodge and the man calls the manager and says "I'm having an argument with my wife, and now she wants to jump out the window please come fast" Manager: "I am sorry sir this is your personal issue, please solve it by yourself." Husband: "The window is not opening, this is not personal issue this is a maintenance issue."

How are wives like parking spaces? .....The good ones are taken and the rest are handicapped.

What's the difference between a woman and a coffin? ……You come in one and go in the other.

Why are hurricanes normally named after women? …..When they come they're wild and wet, but when they go they take your house and car with them.

What's the difference between your wife and a refrigerator? …..A refrigerator doesn't moan when you put meat in it.

Why do wives like to have sex with the lights off? …..They can't stand to see their husbands have a good time!

Why are married women heavier than single women? …..Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed. Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge.

What do toys and your wife's breasts have in common? …..They were both originally made for kids, but dad ends up playing with

What's 6 inches long, 2 inches wide and drives wives wild? .....A $100 bill.

The Newlyweds A couple just gets hitched, and after all of the receiving their gifts, the party afterwards, etc. they finally leave for their honeymoon. About 3 hours on the trip they decide to get a room for the night and continue in the morning. The groom sees a motel and pulls in to get a room. The groom goes into the lobby and meets up with the motel clerk. He tells him that he was just married and wants a room for the night. The clerk looks at him and says, "I will give you two, the honeymoon sweet. " The groom is happy and thanks the clerk grabs the keys and drive around the back of the hotel and carries his wife up the stairs, opens the door and lays his newlywed wife on the bed. He runs down stairs to get their luggage, and brings it to their room. "Darlin', why don't you slip into something more comfortable and I'll be right back with something to drink." So he give her a quick kiss and leaves to get some drinks. As his wife is laying on the bed with hardly anything on, next door there is a Amtrak train station and a train pulls into the station, which shakes the hotel so bad it throws the bride onto the floor! She gets up pushes the bed back to the wall, and continues to wait for her hubby. Well the train fills up with people and starts to pull out of the station, which again shakes the building and throws her out of the bed again!! She calls the front desk and the said the will be right there. A few minutes later there was a knock at the door and the bride pulls up her covers and yells to come in. The clerk opens the door and nails the bed to the floor. "This should do it.. If it is O.K. I want to see if it will throw me out." She says O.K. and he gets on the other side of the bed to see if just nailing the bed down, that everything will be alright. Now just about this time the newlywed husband walks into the room and sees his wife in the same bed as the desk clerk. "What in the hell are you doing in bed with my WIFE!!" The innocent desk clerk , shaking, looks up to him and says, " Would you believe we are waiting for a train?"