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Spain To Hold Snap Election in April

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02/15/2019

02/15/2019

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Spain To Hold Snap Election in April

Top News: Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Friday that the country will hold elections on April 28, marking the third time Parliament is up for election since December 2015.

The move was triggered by the rejection in Congress of Sánchez’s 2019 budget, after Catalan pro-independence groups banded together with the opposition on the right. The legislative developments coincided with the beginning of the trial of 12 Catalan politicians and leaders who had spearheaded an October 2017 referendum on leaving Spain.

U.S.-China trade: China’s official news agency said U.S. and Chinese negotiators are set to continue talks next week on trade, focusing specifically on tensions over technology. If no breakthrough is reached, there is a March 2 deadline for a potential U.S. tariff hike on $200 billion in Chinese imports.

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AFRICA

•  Nigeria’s suspended chief judge will face a trial after Saturday’s presidential elections.

•  Mozambique’s ex-intelligence chief and the heads of three state-run firms have been arrested. Those three firms are involved in a $2 billion fraudulent loan scandal.

•  Zimbabwean authorities will begin attempting to rescue gold miners trapped in mine shafts, but they do not expect to find survivors.

AMERICAS

•  The U.S. government is reportedly weighing new sanctions against Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA.

•  The ACLU and others are suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over the policy billed “Remain in Mexico,” which returns some asylum seekers waiting for immigration court dates to Mexico.

•  Chile’s president said Thursday that the country will make a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, together with Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

ASIA

•  A bomb killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir on Thursday; the Pakistan-based militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility.

•  A South Korean presidential advisor said North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, was prepared to accept the dismantlement and inspection of the Yongbyon nuclear plant.

•  Australia and Indonesia plan to sign a multibillion-dollar trade deal in March.

EUROPE

•  Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has reportedly told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, his government could not accept reimposed border controls on the Irish border.

•  Italy’s Five Star Movement has recruited parties from Croatia, Finland, Greece, and Poland in an attempt to form a new political group within the European Parliament, party leader Luigi Di Maio said Friday.

•  France’s ambassador to Italy will return to Rome on Friday—he was recalled in protest by the French government after Di Maio, in a surprise visit, met with some French Yellow Vest protesters.

MIDDLE EAST

•  As U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces conduct precision operations on and around Baghouz in eastern Syria, Islamic State militants and a number of civilians remain inside the territory.

•  On Thursday, the leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Iran—meeting in Sochi—agreed to coordinate on planning for Syria after the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

•  Egyptian lawmakers approved in principle several draft constitutional amendments that would pave the way for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to remain in power until 2034.

- By Elizabeth Miles

(Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images)

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