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MPs are starting to 'take back of control' of Brexit
A motion by the main opposition Labour Party to find the government in contempt of parliament for failing to publish the advice was passed by 311 MPs in favour to 293 against. That result - which could prevent a "no deal" Brexit - saw the pound rise back to where it started the day, rounding off a rollercoaster day for sterling. [Full Article...]
Israel military says to expose Hezbollah attack tunnels from Lebanon
Israel has also long warned that it believes Hezbollah intends to conduct cross-border raids in any future conflict with Israel, establishing a special forces unit - known as the Radwan Unit - with the specific goal of capturing an Israeli village near the border. [Full Article...]
Trump rips former lawyer Cohen, says he deserves long prison term
Stone's comments come as Mueller's investigative team have been closing in on members of Trump's inner circle. "When you look at the president's tweets from this morning, if I was a prosecutor and we had a wiretap up on someone's phone and they said those exact things that the president tweeted, I would say, 'wow, we just got him on obstruction'". [Full Article...]
Snubbed: Algerian President Unable To Receive MBS Due To Flu
The crown prince is on his first trip overseas since the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul , which has strained Saudi Arabia's ties with the West and battered the prince's image overseas. Trump has said it may never be known if MBS ordered the killing or not. In one message, Khashoggi wrote, "Arrests are unjustified and do not serve him (logic says),... [Full Article...]
United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad due in Pakistan today
Last month, Trump said in an interview Pakistan doesn't "do a damn thing" for the United States despite billions of dollars in USA aid, adding that Pakistani officials knew of former al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's location before his killing by us troops in a 2011 raid inside Pakistan. [Full Article...]
G19? Almost All G20 Members Agree on Climate Change, Guess Who Doesn’t?
Leaders of the world's top economies agreed Saturday to fix the global trading system as they closed a Group of 20 summit that saw the Trump administration at odds with many allies over the Paris accord on climate change and issues such as migration. [Full Article...]
Iran Test Launches Multiple-Warhead Ballistic Missile
The language of the U.N. Security Council Resolution "calls on" rather than "forbids" Iran from testing its missiles, according to Trita Parsi, the president of the National Iranian American Council . "The missile has a range that allows it to strike parts of Europe and anywhere in the Middle East", Mr Pompeo said in a statement released by the State Department. [Full Article...]
Ukraine calls up reservists amid tensions with Russia
Over the weekend Mr Poroshenko said that Russian Federation deployed a large number of troops along its border, and claimed the Kremlin intends to push into Ukraine. "NATO has already increased our presence in the Black Sea - significantly more days with North Atlantic Treaty Organisation ships at sea this year than last year, and we have more air policing... [Full Article...]
A Photograph Of Late George H.W. Bush's Dog Is Utterly Heartbreaking
Then-president Bush and his Soviet counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev hold a news conference in Moscow in 1991. Bush received Sully in June from America's VetDogs , a nonprofit organization. President". The former president will lie in state in the US Capitol between Monday and Wednesday ahead of a state funeral at the towering National Cathedral, expected to draw dozens of dignitaries from around... [Full Article...]
Former FBI Director James Comey to testify privately Friday
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte , a Virginia Republican, issued a statement later Sunday confirming the planned testimony. "Some Republicans argue that the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation conspired against candidate Trump, hoping to throw the election to Clinton". [Full Article...]
Saudi prince starts Sunday a two-day visit to Algeria
The pair were also reported to have discussed Saudi energy supplies to China and mutual investment. Following the global outcry after Khashoggi's death, all eyes are on the Saudi prince at the G20 summit . 16, 2018. "Of course, that might be valid from a legal point of view", Erdogan said. He added that the murder had been a test for the whole world, but insisted he did not want to dama... [Full Article...]
Paris protests: France to consider imposing state of emergency
Dozens of streets and Metro stations were closed, bringing the centre of the city to a standstill. At least 80 people have been injured, including 14 members of the security forces. I will never accept violence . France's prime minister met with opposition leaders on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron sought a way to defuse nationwide protests over high living costs that led to widesprea... [Full Article...]
George H.W. Bush's Service Dog Sully Remains by Casket
Bush will lie in state in the Capitol starting Monday and a service will be held at the Washington National Cathedral later in the week. It is anticipated that foreign leaders will also be paying condolence calls to the family on Tuesday. [Full Article...]
House Democrats' 1st bill aims for sweeping reforms
Republicans will still be in charge of the Senate and the White House, and it's unlikely they'll sign off on some of the proposals, which are still in the works. Some Democrats, however, could vote "present" instead of voting for either Pelosi or incoming Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. They said that tackling ethics and transparency out of the gate in 2019 could help with other priorities such ... [Full Article...]
Ex-lawyer says he told Trump about Kremlin contact: court filing
Attorney for the Southern District of NY. This is the first time Mueller's investigation has named Trump as a central figure in its investigations into whether there was collusion between his 2016 election campaign and the Russian government. [Full Article...]
Kensington Palace breaks silence on alleged Meghan and Kate feud
Everyone is in Norfolk this year'. Meghan Markle's diva behaviour left her personal assistant in tears, according to a new report in Britain's The Mirror . "Harry wants to be his own person - not in William's shadow". But one royal source also told the publication former actress Markle has been judged too harshly as she tries to fit into royal life: "She is simply not afraid to express ... [Full Article...]
English couple thanks NYC police for finding lost ring
On their official Twitter account, NYPD posted CCTV footage that shows a man dropping his fiancee's ring in the drain while proposing to her. Officers returned to the scene on Saturday morning, removed the grate and recovered the ring, then launched a social media campaign to find Drennan and Anthony. [Full Article...]
Former US President George HW Bush has died
His son, former president George W Bush , paid tribute to him as a "man of highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for". Sir John paid tribute to the way Mr Bush had recognised the need to assemble an global coalition to eject Saddam following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. [Full Article...]
Trump reaffirms commitment to hold summit with Kim Jong
A South Korean train departed for North Korea on Friday for an 18-day joint railway inspection that the Koreas are conducting as part of efforts to modernize, and eventually reconnect, rail lines across their border. They also announced measures to reduce conventional military threats, such as creating buffer zones along their land and sea boundaries and a no-fly zone above the border and also r... [Full Article...]
Police seek couple who lost engagement ring in Times Square
Miraculously, the ring was eventually recovered by ESU members who returned to the scene Saturday morning. The police say that the man stands at around 5ft8in and weighs between 150 and 160 pounds. NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill used his own Twitter feed in hopes of locating the couple. He was so excited when she said yes he promptly dropped the ring down a grate underfoot. [Full Article...]