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EU sets two dates for Brexit delay
22Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

EU sets two dates for Brexit delay

    EU leaders have granted Theresa May's request to delay Brexit, giving the UK a two-tier extension. After crunch talks at a summit in Brussels that ran late into the night, the premiers formally announced 29 March 2019 should be scrapped as the date Britain will leave the EU. They softened the immediate threat of a no-deal divorce by offering a delay until 22 May if MPs pass the prime minister's Brexit deal by the end of next week. But if parliament rejects it again in meaningful vote three, the UK faces a new hard deadline on 12 April. At that point it must indicate a way forward including asking for a long Brexit delay and to take part in the EU Parliament elections - or fall out of the bloc with no deal. Mrs May pressed her case for a delay to EU leaders earlie...
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EU to reject Brexit delay request
21Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

EU to reject Brexit delay request

    The European Union is poised to take control of Britain’s exit by rejecting Theresa May’s request for a three-month delay and setting a new withdrawal date of no later than 22 May. The prime minister is seeking an extension of the negotiating period to 30 June to allow the necessary legislation to be passed should she finally get MPs to back her deal next week. But EU ambassadors at a meeting late on Wednesday night agreed that the risks of having the UK as a member state beyond 23 May, when European elections are due, were too high. Sources said that during the discussions some member states had favoured a longer period and some a shorter but that the room coalesced around 22 May as the absolute limit. The heads of state and government will hold a discussion this...
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Tory’s MPs will walk if Boris is PM
20Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Tory’s MPs will walk if Boris is PM

    Conservative MPs are orchestrating against a potential leadership campaign by Boris Johnson, with several talking of resigning the whip if he were to become party leader. With Tories convinced that Theresa May’s days in No 10 are numbered, MPs are feverishly discussing who will seek to replace her, how organised the teams are and whether a general election would be necessary. Johnson is the current favourite of Brexit-backing Tory activists, who will pick the leader out of a final two candidates. However, the former London mayor would first have to clear the hurdle of convincing Conservative MPs to put him on the final list of two. One minister said she would leave the party if Johnson and his supporters, such as Jacob Rees-Mogg, took over the Conservatives. Anoth...
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Tokyo 2020 olympics in crisis
19Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

Tokyo 2020 olympics in crisis

    The embattled head of Japan’s Olympic Committee resigned on Tuesday amid a widening corruption investigation linked to Tokyo’s successful bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. With a little over a year to go until the opening ceremony for the Games, Tsunekazu Takeda announced during a meeting of the national Olympic committee in Tokyo that he would step down when his 10th term ends in June. Mr Takeda, 71, has denied any wrongdoing in the process of bidding for the 2020 Games and said he is cooperating with an investigation led by French authorities. Mr Takeda was placed under formal investigation by France’s financial crimes office on suspicion of “active corruption” on December 10, Le Monde reported. Prosecutors suspect that the IOC vote in 2013 was swayed by secret...
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May to force on third vote on Brexit deal
19Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

May to force on third vote on Brexit deal

    Theresa May will defy John Bercow and find a way through to stage a third vote on her twice-defeated Brexit deal next week, a Cabinet minister has insisted. Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, revealed the prime minister would attempt to get around the Speaker’s shock ruling that identical votes cannot be restaged after defeats by arguing she had secured changes. One option was to insist the EU agreeing an extension to Article 50 to delay Brexit day constituted a different motion, or to agree changes that satisfied the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). However, he ducked whether MPs would still retain a veto over an Article 50 extension, even if agreed by the prime minister with the EU on Thursday. International agreements are reached at council level, but obvio...
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NZ PM vows to never name the accused mosque shooter
19Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Australia, Featured

NZ PM vows to never name the accused mosque shooter

    Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, plans to represent himself when he stands trial for the shootings that killed 50 on Friday. There are fears the self-confessed white supremacist, who referenced Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik in his 'manifesto', could use the legal process to espouse extremist views. Ms Ardern, who opened parliament on Tuesday with a Muslim prayer, said efforts should be made to prevent giving the gunman the attention he wanted. He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless, she said. He obviously had a range or reasons for committing this atrocious terrorist attacks. Lifting his profile was one them and that's something we can absolutely deny him, she said. One thing I can assure you, ...
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IS bride lawyer denied camp entry
18Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

IS bride lawyer denied camp entry

    Shamima Begum's lawyer has been unable to get the Isis bride's permission to launch an appeal for British citizenship after he was blocked from entering the camp she is in by Syrian forces. Tasnime Akunjee was stopped just 50 metres from Begum after travelling thousands of miles to the al-Roj camp in north-eastern Syria. He was there to get her signature on paperwork necessary to start the process to appeal against the government's decision to remove her UK citizenship. He said it now means that her family will need to launch a legal challenge on 19-year-old Begum's behalf. Shamima’s lawyer said: I made the case about why I needed to see her and the head of intelligence out there made some calls so I hung around for another day. But he said he had orders and no one...
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Multiple injuries in utrecht attack
18Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

Multiple injuries in utrecht attack

    There are multiple injuries after a shooting in the Dutch city of Utrecht, police have said. The shooting began at 10.45am local time when a gunman opened fire in a tram on 24 Oktoberplain, a square outside the city centre. According to news website AD, the gunman then fled the scene. A number of trauma helicopters were sent to the area, police said, but it is unclear how many people have been taken to hospital. Jimmy de Koster, who lives nearby, told RTV Utrecht that several shots had been fired and that he had seen a woman lying on the ground shouting: I didn't do anything. Mr De Koster said: I came from my job when it happened. I am standing at the traffic lights on 24 October Square and I see a woman lying down, I think she is between 20 and 35. At that momen...
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May seeks patriotic backing
17Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

May seeks patriotic backing

    Theresa May has urged MPs to vote as democrats and patriots as part of a desperate effort to get her twice-rejected Brexit deal approved by parliament. It comes as ministers continue efforts to win the backing of the DUP, and more Tory Brexiteers indicate they may be prepared to reluctantly vote for Mrs May's deal next week. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the prime minister called on politicians to look beyond the categories of Leave and Remain and resolve this question now. Having suffered another substantial parliamentary loss in the second meaningful vote on the Brexit withdrawal agreement last Tuesday, Mrs May is expected to bring the deal back to the Commons for a third time on Tuesday next week. In the aftermath of the 2017 general election, a confidence a...
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Mosque in east London attack investigated
17Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

Mosque in east London attack investigated

    Police are investigating a hammer attack on a motorists outside an east London mosque. During the incident three men reportedly exited a ford Fiesta and turned on a man, 27, with weapon, believed to be a hammer or a similar object. The trio then returned to their car and fled the scene in Cannon Street Road, Whitechapel shortly after 1pm on Friday. Footage on social media showed the group shouting in the street with one man clinging to the car's bonnet as it drove away from the scene with its back window smashed. Some people claimed the attackers had branded worshippers at the mosque terrorists. However police said a motive had not yet been established and that initial witness reports suggested that it was not a hate crime but they were retaining an open mind. T...
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