New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans to ban nearly all military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles on Thursday, six days after a gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch. At a dramatic news conference, Ardern lamented that previous attempts to reform the country’s gun laws had fallen short and declared that “the […] Read more
British Prime minister Theresa May will ask the European Union for a short Brexit delay, a British government source confirmed to Euronews on Wednesday. “There is a case for giving parliament a bit more time to agree a way forward”, the source said. The British PM is expected to send a letter to the EU […] 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
Good morning, Europe. Today we’re watching: London explosive devices: An investigation is underway after three suspicious packages were received in buildings at London’s Heathrow and City airports as well as Waterloo mainline railway station in the city centre on Tuesday. Read more on this here Rights post-Brexit: Brexit minister Stephen Barclay has asked the European […] Read more
Police officers try to disperse people trying to reach the government palace during a protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plan to extend his 20-year rule by seeking a fifth term in April elections in Algiers, Algeria, March 1, 2019. By: ZOHRA BENSEMRA A total of 183 people were injured during protests across Algeria on Friday […] 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
Two of Britain’s opposition MPs are working on a plan to bring UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal through, on the condition that it is put to a public vote. Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson have put forward an amendment to the Brexit bill that ties the prime minister’s deal with the potential to […] Read more
A ninth MP has quit Britain’s opposition Labour party in protest over its handling of the anti-semitism row and Jeremy Corbyn’s lurch to the ‘hard-left’. Ian Austin, MP for Dudley in the West Midlands, told party members in a series of text messages on Friday that he felt “ashamed of the Labour Party under Jeremy […] 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
