Image copyright PA Theresa May has asked MPs to make an “honourable compromise” as she seeks to persuade them to back her Brexit deal at the third time of asking. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister said failure to support the deal would mean “we will not leave the EU for many months, […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Ms Fadil was writing a book about her experiences A murder investigation is under way in Italy after the death of a Moroccan model who testified against former PM Silvio Berlusconi in 2012. Imane Fadil, 33, died on 1 March in a Milan hospital, a month after being admitted with […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption If she wins in the second round, Caputova will become the first female president of Slovakia Lawyer and anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova has easily won the first round of Slovakia’s presidential election. She has just over 40% with Maros Sefcovic of the ruling Smer-SD party her nearest rival on less […]
Media captionTheresa May and Jeremy Corbyn address MPs after her Brexit deal is voted down again MPs will vote later on whether to block the UK from leaving the EU without a deal on 29 March, after again rejecting the PM’s withdrawal agreement. The deal was defeated in the Commons on Tuesday evening by 149 […]
Media captionTheresa May and Jeremy Corbyn address MPs after her Brexit deal is voted down again Theresa May’s EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit. MPs voted down the prime minister’s deal by 149 – a smaller margin […]
Media captionTheresa May: We have secured what MPs asked for The legal risk of the UK being tied to EU rules after Brexit “remains unchanged” despite changes to the PM’s deal, the attorney general has said. Geoffrey Cox said the new agreements reinforced the legal rights available to the UK if post-Brexit trade talks broke […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The new law demands 10 compulsory vaccinations – and has proved controversial Italian children have been told not to turn up to school unless they can prove they have been properly vaccinated. The deadline follows months of national debate over compulsory vaccination. Parents risk being fined up to €500 […]
Image copyright Terijoki.spb.ru Russians are marvelling at rare ice walls – in places 5m (16ft) high – towering on the shores of the Gulf of Finland near St Petersburg. They were created by storms lashing the region in recent days. Such phenomena are more characteristic of Russia’s Arctic far east. The walls are formed when […]
Image copyright Duncan Hutchison Image caption Duncan Hutchison’s boat was found in Sømna, Norway A hand-built wooden rowing boat has been found in Norway six months after it was abandoned off Land’s End during an attempted Transatlantic crossing. Duncan Hutchison, from Lochinver, spent three years constructing the craft before attempting to row it from New […]
Media captionTheresa May: We have secured what MPs asked for MPs will vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal later after she secured “legally binding” changes to it following last-minute talks with the EU in Strasbourg. The PM said the changes meant the Irish backstop – the insurance policy designed to avoid a hard border in […]
