Brexit in deadlock as MPs consider next steps

Image copyright UK Parliament/Mark Duffy MPs will vote again on Brexit on Friday but it is not clear whether it will be another “meaningful vote” on the PM’s withdrawal deal. Asked whether the motion would be the “full package”, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said discussion was “ongoing”. There is speculation that MPs might be asked […]

Brexit in deadlock as MPs consider next steps

Brexit in deadlock as MPs consider next steps

Image copyright UK Parliament/Mark Duffy MPs will vote again on Brexit on Friday but it is not clear whether it will be another “meaningful vote” on the PM’s withdrawal deal. Asked whether the motion would be the “full package”, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said discussion was “ongoing”. There is speculation that MPs might be asked […]

Brexit in deadlock as MPs consider next steps

Brexit in deadlock as MPs consider next steps

Image copyright UK Parliament/Mark Duffy MPs will vote again on Brexit on Friday but it is not clear whether it will be another “meaningful vote” on the PM’s withdrawal deal. Asked whether the motion would be the “full package”, Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom said discussion was “ongoing”. There is speculation that MPs might be asked […]

Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved after 35 years

Image copyright Claire Simonin‎ / Ar Viltansou Image caption Dismembered orange plastic cats and their electronic innards have plagued Finistère for years A French coastal community has finally cracked the mystery behind the Garfield telephones that have plagued its picturesque beaches for decades. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in Brittany has received a supply […]

Migrant ship capture: Maltese armed forces take control of hijacked tanker

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Last year, more than 60,000 migrants sailed to Europe (file picture) Malta’s armed forces have taken control of a tanker which had been seized by migrants off the coast of Libya on Wednesday. The tanker, Elhiblu 1, is now heading to a Maltese port with the crew and migrants, […]

Migrant ship capture: Maltese armed forces take control of hijacked tanker

Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Last year, more than 60,000 migrants sailed to Europe (file picture) Malta’s armed forces have taken control of a tanker which had been seized by migrants off the coast of Libya on Wednesday. The tanker, Elhiblu 1, is now heading to a Maltese port with the crew and migrants, […]

Brexit: No majority for any options after MPs’ votes

Media captionSpeaker John Bercow announced the results of the eight Brexit indicative votes None of MPs’ eight proposed Brexit options have secured clear backing in a series of votes in the Commons. The options – which included a customs union with the EU and a referendum on any deal – were supposed to help find […]

Brexit: No majority for any options after MPs’ votes

Media captionSpeaker John Bercow announced the results of the eight Brexit indicative votes None of MPs’ eight proposed Brexit options have secured clear backing in a series of votes in the Commons. The options – which included a customs union with the EU and a referendum on any deal – were supposed to help find […]

Austria considers disbanding far-right group over donation from NZ suspect

Image copyright AFP Image caption IBÖ leader Martin Sellner has denied any involvement in the Christchurch attacks Austria’s government has said it may disband a far-right group that received a donation from the main suspect in the New Zealand mosque attacks. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the government was investigating whether the Identitarian Movement Austria (IBÖ) […]

Austria considers disbanding far-right group over donation from NZ suspect

Image copyright AFP Image caption IBÖ leader Martin Sellner has denied any involvement in the Christchurch attacks Austria’s government has said it may disband a far-right group that received a donation from the main suspect in the New Zealand mosque attacks. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the government was investigating whether the Identitarian Movement Austria (IBÖ) […]