Media playback is unsupported on your device The Commons Speaker has refused a government request to hold a “yes” or “no” vote on its Brexit deal. John Bercow said a motion on the deal had already been brought before MPs on Saturday, and it would be “repetitive and disorderly” to debate it again. Saturday’s sitting

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran rejects Turkey’s establishing of military posts inside Syria, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday, adding that the integrity of Tehran’s key regional ally should be respected. “We are against Ankara’s establishing of military posts in Syria … The issues should be resolved by diplomatic means … Syria’s integrity

The Duke of Sussex has insisted he will “always” protect his family, adding that he “will not be bullied into a playing a game that killed my mum”. Speaking in an ITV documentary, the duke said that he did not want a “repeat of the past”. Meanwhile, the Duchess of Sussex said her British friends

DHAKA (Reuters) – At least four people were killed and about 50 injured on Sunday in clashes with police in Bangladesh over a Facebook post that offended Muslims, officials said. The clashes in the southern district of Bhola, 195 km (120 miles) from the capital Dhaka, broke out when angry crowds protested against a Facebook

Boris Johnson has sent a request to the EU for a delay to Brexit – but without his signature. The request was accompanied by a second letter, signed by Mr Johnson, saying he believes a delay would be a mistake. The PM was required by law to ask the EU for an extension to the

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union on Saturday requesting a delay to Brexit but he also sent another message in which he stated he did not want the extension, a government source said. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to head for the

Media playback is unsupported on your device Protesters reacted with jubilation as MPs backed a delay to Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal. Supporters of the “People’s Vote” second referendum campaign marched on Westminster calling for a “final say” on the new deal. Protesters gathered outside Parliament as MPs sat on a Saturday for the first

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts his last-minute Brexit deal to a vote in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday, a day of reckoning that could decide the course of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference

Media playback is unsupported on your device Boris Johnson has urged MPs to “come together” to back the Brexit deal he has secured with the EU, insisting there is “no better outcome”. The prime minister told the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg he wanted the country to “move on” from Brexit, which he described as “divisive”. And

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he holds a news conference at the end of the European Union leaders summit dominated by Brexit, in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France’s president on Friday bemoaned Turkey’s offensive into northern Syria as “madness” and decried the North Atlantic Organisation’s (NATO) inability to

Liverpool’s Premier League trip to Leicester City on Boxing Day has been moved to an 20:00 GMT kick-off so it can be televised by Amazon. The change is part of Amazon’s plans to broadcast fixtures for the first time, with the American media company showing all 10 games on 26 and 27 December. Liverpool fans

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Thousands gathered in Barcelona in a fourth day of protests that have led to the worst sustained street violence in Spain in decades after Catalan leaders were sentenced to lengthy jail terms for their roles in a 2017 bid for independence. Young people draped in Catalan flags congregated peacefully, tossing balls and

Media playback is unsupported on your device A Brexit deal has been agreed between the UK and EU before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. Boris Johnson and Jean-Claude Juncker called it a “fair” outcome – and the EU Commission President said there was no need to extend the Brexit deadline. He said: “We

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm at the center of the “Panama Papers” scandal, has filed a lawsuit against Netflix, accusing the video streaming heavyweight of defamation in a new movie based on the case and seeking to stop its immanent release. The Panama Papers, which consist of millions of documents

MP Louise Ellman has quit the Labour Party – saying Jeremy Corbyn is “not fit” to become prime minister. In a tweet, the Liverpool Riverside MP cites the allegations of anti-Semitism in the party that have surfaced under the Labour leader’s tenure. Ms Ellman, who is Jewish, has been a party member for 55 years

ANKARA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser flew to Turkey on Wednesday as part of an emergency delegation to try to persuade Ankara to halt an assault on northern Syria that has forced Washington into an abrupt retreat. Smoke billows out after Turkish shelling on the Syrian town of Ras al Ain,

If you want to get this briefing by email, sign up here Brexit: Talks in final day, ahead of key summit It’s the last day of talks between EU and UK officials before the Brussels summit. Both sides will need to come up with a Brexit deal today, if national leaders meeting on Thursday and

A separatist demonstrator puts an object into a fire during a protest after a verdict in a trial over a banned independence referendum in Barcelona, Spain, October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Albert Gea BARCELONA (Reuters) – New clashes erupted between Catalan pro-independence demonstrators and riot police in the center of Barcelona late on Tuesday in tense protests

Conservative leaflets obtained by the BBC suggest the party accepts the UK might not have left the EU by the time it has to fight an election. One says voting for The Brexit Party would mean “more delay” because Nigel Farage’s party “can’t deliver Brexit”. The “new campaigning products”, made available to agents and activists

BARCELONA (Reuters) – The Catalan separatist leader hit by the heaviest jail sentence by Spain’s Supreme Court for his role in the region’s failed secession bid told Reuters a new referendum on independence was unavoidable. FILE PHOTO: Jailed Catalan politician Oriol Junqueras attends the first session of parliament following a general election in Madrid, Spain,