Under the terms of an amendment by Dominic Grieve, an anti-Brexit Tory, Prime Minister Theresa May is bound to present a Plan B for the deal on the UK’s divorce from the EU that was voted down last week. READ MORE: 'Huge Demand': Ex-UKIP Head Farage Aims to Lead New Pro-Brexit Party — Report While details of the counter-proposal to the Brexit deal remain unclear, May is believed to be willing to embrace a softer approach to the divorce. © REUTERS / Clodagh KilcoyneParl't Has No Right to Hijack Brexit Process - British Trade Minister FoxSky News cited unnamed Cabinet sources as saying that May could ditch Irish backstop, which envisages that all of the UK would remain in a temporary customs union with the EU until a permanent trade deal can be clinched in a bid to win over the support of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). According to the insiders, … [Read more...] about May’s ‘Plan B’ on Brexit Deal May Include Ditching Irish Backstop – Reports
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Three Russian Servicemen Killed As Military Vehicle Overturns in Abkhazia
The injured servicemen have been evacuated by choppers to the nearest military hospital. Their condition is currently unknown. READ MORE: Prime Minister of Abkhazia Gagulia Killed in Car Accident © Sputnik / Valeriy MelnikovWashington Urges Moscow to 'Withdraw Forces' From Abkhazia, S OssetiaA military commission is investigating the case, prioritizing two versions — a technical malfunction and that the driver lost control of the vehicle. In 2008, Russia recognized Abkhazia's independence in the wake of Georgia's military offensive against South Ossetia. Abkhazia's independence has been recognized by six UN member states (Nauru, Nicaragua, Russia, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Venezuela), apart from Syria. Tuvalu and Vanuatu, however, subsequently withdrew their recognition. … [Read more...] about Three Russian Servicemen Killed As Military Vehicle Overturns in Abkhazia
Finland Identifies Over 200 Rejected Asylum Seekers Who Pose Security Threat
An intelligence risk assessment of 9,000 asylum seekers who have received negative asylum decisions since the autumn of 2017 has established that over 200 of them pose a potential danger, national broadcaster Yle reported. The aim of the risk assessment carried out by the National Bureau of Investigation was to identify "individuals who have the potential to commit crimes in Finland", who later will be prioritised for deportation. The list includes those who have been suspected of committing a crime at some point or those suspected of posing a threat to national security. "It is determined by the whole picture, although attempted murder and assault on its own can also lead to prioritisation", NBI crime inspector Ritva Elomaa told Yle. The actual number of rejected asylum seekers who made the list and are still in the country may be much smaller than that the NBI assessment, … [Read more...] about Finland Identifies Over 200 Rejected Asylum Seekers Who Pose Security Threat
Former Macron aide Benalla returns before Senate investigative committee
Date created : 21/01/2019 - 09:20 A former top security aide to French President Emmanuel Macron returns Monday before a Senate committee investigating how Alexandre Benalla continued to travel on French diplomatic passports after being fired. "We will ask any question on all matters concerning the security of the head-of-state” and the manner in which the former aide responsible for Macron’s travel “intervened in various areas related to security", Jean-Pierre Sueur, a Socialist senator and co-chair of the Senate investigation committee, told Europe 1 on Sunday evening.Benalla, 27, was taken into police custody on Thursday and charged over his continued use of diplomatic passports after being fired in August.He already faces criminal charges after he was filmed roughing up protesters on May Day last year while wearing a police helmet.The video, and claims that Macron's office tried to cover up the affair, caused a political storm that severely dented the … [Read more...] about Former Macron aide Benalla returns before Senate investigative committee
Denmark Struggles to Ban Sharing VIDEO of Nordic Girls’ Butchering in Morocco
The extremely graphic video of the murder of Danish tourist Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and her Norwegian companion, Maren Ueland, is being widely circulated on social media, the daily newspaper BT reported. Police forces in a number of places in Denmark have received tips that the video has been seen and shared numerous times, especially among children and young people. For instance, pupils from Vejgård Østre Skole on the outskirts of Aalborg had seen the footage. The school subsequently spoke to all pupils in the seventh and eighth grade about it. A large group of people around the country may have broken the law after seeing or sharing the video of the young woman being murdered in Morocco, Viborg public prosecutor Kirsten Dyrmann, who has been assigned the task of assessing the extent of its distribution, said. READ MORE: Swedish National TV Under Fire for 'Hushing Up' … [Read more...] about Denmark Struggles to Ban Sharing VIDEO of Nordic Girls’ Butchering in Morocco