EU to move towards deciding asylum seekers’ fate outside its borders: draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will agree next week to look into setting up “regional disembarkation platforms” to decide on asylum requests before the claimants actually get to Europe, a draft statement of the leaders’ summit next week showed…
Trump, U.S. Republicans to meet amid furor over immigrant children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, facing a blast of criticism for the detention of children separated from their immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, was slated to meet with Republican lawmakers on Tuesday ahead of votes on immigra…
Setting up new showdown, Britain’s May rejects Brexit proposal
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May cannot accept a proposal to hand parliament more control over Brexit, her spokesman said on Tuesday, setting up a showdown with lawmakers who want the right to step in if Britain risks crashing out of the E…
Britain could access but not develop European GPS, Barnier says
VIENNA (Reuters) – Britain could access the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation system after Brexit but will no longer be able to work on developing the project, the bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.
Rescuers hunt for victims of ferry disaster on Indonesian supervolcano lake
PEMATANG SIANTAR, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian rescue workers struggled in rain and two-metre waves on Tuesday to search for at least 128 passengers from an overloaded ferry that sank in Lake Toba, a tourist destination in an ancient supervolcano c…
Iran says no plans to increase missile range, rejects talks with Trump
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran has no plans to extend the range of its missiles since their 2,000-km (1,240-mile) reach is enough to protect the country, the Revolutionary Guards commander said on Tuesday, amid mounting U.S. pressure over Tehran’s missile pro…
North Korea’s Kim visits Beijing; South Korea, U.S. halt military drill
BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he will likely brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, as Washington and Seoul agreed to suspend a major…
Londoners mark anniversary of mosque attack with minute’s silence
LONDON (Reuters) – Senior British political figures joined faith and community leaders on Tuesday to commemorate the anniversary of an attack by a far-right extremist who drove a van into Muslim worshippers leaving a London mosque.
UK government will not accept Lords proposal of ‘meaningful vote’: source
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government will not accept a proposal from the upper house of parliament which hands lawmakers greater power over a Brexit deal, a government source said on Tuesday, setting up a showdown over plans for a “meaningful vote”….
At least 128 missing after ferry sinks in Indonesia: official
JAKARTA (Reuters) – At least 128 passengers were missing after a ferry sank in Indonesia’s Lake Toba on Monday evening, a search and rescue official said on Tuesday.
