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Irish Border Remains Sticking Point As May Pushes Brexit Deal Forward

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Irish Border Remains Sticking Point As May Pushes Brexit Deal Forward

Top News: British Prime Minister Theresa May told Parliament Wednesday that she intends to get assurances from European Union leaders to address the concerns of British lawmakers.

The Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party, on whose support May’s government depends, said it would not support the deal as long as it includes the possibility of the backstop, which is intended to avoid the possibility of imposing a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, an EU member.

If May’s deal does not win a majority in Parliament in an expected Jan. 15 vote, ministers must propose a plan to proceed within 21 days (some lawmakers are now calling for a vote that would force May to present a new proposal within as few as three days). The pro-EU People’s Vote campaign has said that they would ask lawmakers to do so by calling for another referendum, requiring an extension to the Article 50 process.

Sudan: Despite thousands of protesters taking to the streets yesterday in the city of Gadaref, calling for President Omar al-Bashir to leave office, Bashir said Wednesday that he will not resign. The protests, initially spurred by high food and medicine prices, have gone on for almost three weeks, and 816 people have been arrested. Curfew and emergency laws are in place across the country.

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AFRICA

•  Anti-riot police have been deployed around the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s electoral commission ahead of the announcement of presidential election results, which have been delayed since Sunday.

•  Nigeria’s military released a newspaper editor after detaining him for two days over an article about a planned offensive against Boko Haram.

•  Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang may face U.S. extradition after a South African judge ruled his arrest over alleged secret loans was valid.

AMERICAS

•  Venezuela launched a complaint challenging U.S. sanctions with the World Trade Organization.

•  Peru’s new Attorney General, Zoraida Avalos, has taken power after her predecessor Pedro Chavarry stepped down on Tuesday, amid widespread outcry after he tried to remove prosecutors from a bribery probe. Avalos criticized President Martin Vizcarra’s proposed plan to shake up the top prosecutor’s office as unconstitutional.

•  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted his rejection of a U.N. migration pact, lending credence to several reports that Brazil has already withdrawn from the accord.

ASIA

•  The United Nations’ resident coordinator in Myanmar expressed concern regarding the state of Rakhine, after fighting between the military and rebels has displaced more than 4,000 people.

•  In October, a Korean court ordered a Japanese company to pay out compensation for using forced labor during World War II—on Tuesday, the court permitted plaintiffs’ requests to seize the company’s assets, causing Japan’s foreign ministry to summon South Korea’s ambassador.

•  On the fourth day of protests, Bangladeshi police fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands of garment workers who are demonstrating for better wages.

EUROPE

•  At a press conference in Warsaw, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said he wants Italy and Poland to work together ahead of European elections, in which Salvini is widely viewed to favor a Euroskeptic alliance.

•  Malta will allow 49 stranded migrants to disembark in Valletta, before being sent to eight European countries.

•  Belgian prosecutors confirmed that police had arrested a suspect in the Paris terrorist attacks of November 2015.

MIDDLE EAST

•  In a surprise visit, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with U.S. troops and Iraqi officials on Wednesday in Baghdad.

•  Israel’s former energy minister has agreed to a plea deal, admitting to spying for Iran.

•  The U.N.’s refugee agency has referred the case of Rahaf al-Qunun, a Saudi woman seeking asylum, to Australia.

- By Elizabeth Miles

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