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Brexit Deal Imperiled as PM Reportedly Pulls Parliamentary Vote

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12/10/2018

12/10/2018

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Brexit Deal Imperiled as PM Reportedly Pulls Parliamentary Vote

Top News: The BBC reported that the parliamentary vote this week on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal will be withdrawn. However, a spokeswoman for May said Monday that there were no plans to cancel the vote.

This news comes shortly after the European Union’s top court ruled on the reversibility of the decision to withdraw from the bloc under Article 50. The European Court of Justice said the United Kingdom may unilaterally revoke its “notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU.”

May is expected in Brussels on Thursday for a summit with national leaders.

Peru: In a victory for President Martin Vizcarra, Peruvian voters backed several proposed anti-corruption reforms in a popular referendum on Sunday, according to exit polls. Vizcarra himself took power after the ouster of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, accused of corruption. The proposed reforms include political party financing and appointment protocols in the judicial system. Both of these reforms registered over 80 percent approval, per the polling. However, a proposal to create a second Congressional chamber was rejected.

AFRICA

•  A top official of Somalia’s parliament said he had filed a motion to impeach President Mohamed Abdullahi, reportedly on grounds including secretly signed agreements.

•  The EU has extended its current sanctions against 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo nationals for one year, including an asset freeze and an entry ban. In a press release, the EU highlighted the upcoming elections in Congo as a potential metric for review of the sanctions.

•  Nineteen monks, nuns, and Roman Catholics killed during Algeria’s civil war were beatified over the weekend in the city of Oran.

AMERICAS

•  Brazil’s President Michel Temer has made official a federal intervention in the border state of Roraima with Venezuela, a government newspaper said this week.

•  Mexico will begin the process of building an $8 billion refinery in 2019, newly installed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.

•  President Nicolás Maduro’s party took the majority of almost 2,500 local council seats in elections Sunday, with around 27 percent of eligible voters casting ballots. Opposition figures have been banned from standing for election.

ASIA

•  A poll over the weekend showed that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government may be in for a crushing election defeat in May.

•  Carlos Ghosn, former chairman of Nissan, has been indicted by Japanese prosecutors on charges of underreporting compensation.

•  The bail hearing in the case of a top Chinese executive, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, will continue in Vancouver Monday. The case has led to tension between China and the United States and Canada.

EUROPE

•  Voters gave acting Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, a resounding victory with 70.4 percent of the vote to his alliance in Sunday’s elections.

•  Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said his government will now operate as a minority coalition after the Flemish N-VA party quit his bloc over a United Nations migration compact.

•  After another weekend of protests by the “yellow vests,” French President Emmanuel Macron is set to address the country later today. On Sunday, France’s finance minister said the unrest was significantly impacting the French economy.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Qatar’s emir did not make an appearance at a Gulf summit, leading to tension between Bahrain and Qatar over the status of the ongoing boycott of the latter by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Bahrain.

•  Iran’s fast-track courts have jailed 30 men for economic crimes including bribery, embezzlement, and “disrupting the economy.”

•  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israeli planes would begin flying over Sudan and Oman, in an effort to improve relations.

- By Elizabeth Miles

(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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