Good morning, Europe. Today we’re watching: New Zealand cabinet meets: The government meets on Monday following the shootings at two mosques last week that left 50 people dead. The cabinet is set to discuss changes to gun laws. Macron faces renewed pressure: France witnessed scenes of looting and rioting over the weekend in the latest […] Read more
By Terrence Dopp President Donald Trump said he’s ready to veto efforts to block his declaration of an emergency on the southern U.S. border. The Republican-led Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on legislation that would reverse the declaration, which Trump issued as a way to bypass Congress and secure funding for his border wall. […] Read more
Thirteen French citizens accused of fighting for the Islamic State group are to be tried in Iraq rather than face charges back home in France. Iraqi President Barham Saleh said the 13 were handed over by Syrian Kurdish forces last month. French President Emmanuel Macron declined to comment, saying it was a sovereign matter […] Read more
Labour wants a choice between “a credible Leave option” and Remain – with a public vote on the PM’s deal if it passes. By Greg Heffer Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News a second EU referendum should be a “basic choice” between a “credible Leave option and Remain” – but voters should not […] Read more
Forensic and security officials stand next to the wreckage of a bus after a suicide bomber rammed a car into the bus carrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on Thursday, in Lethpora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, February 15, 2019 By Hamid Shalizi and Rupam Jain in Kabul Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Pakistani […] Read more
Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria aged 15, is to lose her UK citizenship. Whitehall sources said it was possible to strip the 19-year-old of British nationality as she was eligible for citizenship of another country. Her family’s lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, said they were “disappointed” with the decision and were considering […] Read more
By: Jason Burke Dimninished and cornered, the terrorist group has lost its appeal for young Muslims The last fighters are holding out, just. The leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is still alive but hiding somewhere in the desert. We have already had one “final defeat” of Islamic State. This came 18 months ago when the organisation’s […] Read more
Donald Trump: “Put them on trial” President Trump has told the UK and other European allies to take back and put on trial more than 800 Islamic State (IS) group fighters captured in the final battle against the group. His tweet comes as US-backed Kurdish forces continue an assault on the last pocket of IS […] Read more
By Jeremy Diamond, Priscilla Alvarez and Kevin Liptak President Donald Trump is expected to sign a compromise border security bill and swiftly declare a national emergency on Friday to unlock billions more dollars in federal funds that Congress refused to authorize for the construction of a border wall. Through a combination of executive authorities — […] Read more
By Eli Watkins Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not the enemy of the United States, standing by her opposition to US involvement in that country’s civil war two years after she met personally with the accused war criminal. “Assad is not the enemy of the United States because Syria […] Read more
