U.S. says it will help El Salvador handle more asylum seekers
The United States and El Salvador on Friday agreed to attempt to reduce the flow of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border by strengthening El Salvador’s capacity to provide for asylum seekers, but did not detail any concrete actions.
Small but rare protests in Egypt after online call for dissent
Hundreds protested in central Cairo and several other Egyptian cities late on Friday against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, responding to an online call for a demonstration against government corruption, witnesses said.
Brazilian climate strikers take aim at Bolsonaro for Amazon fires
Thousands of Brazilians demanded action on climate change on Friday, taking aim in nationwide protests at President Jair Bolsonaro who they say is allowing fires to destroy the Amazon rainforest, worsening the environmental crisis.
Canada’s Freeland says she has full confidence in PM Trudeau as leader
Canada’s Foreign Minister Chyrstia Freeland said on Friday that though she was “troubled and disappointed” by images of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in blackface, she had full confidence in his leadership of the party.
In tech ‘awakening,’ U.S. workers at Google, Amazon join climate protests
Hundreds of workers from Google, Amazon and other technology companies on Friday joined climate-change marches in San Francisco and Seattle, saying their employers had been too slow to tackle global warming and needed to take more drastic action.
UK’s Sajid Javid plans October giveaway Budget: FT
British Finance Minister Sajid Javid is planning a pre-election giveaway budget in the week of October 21 if the UK strikes a Brexit deal with the European Union and parliament votes for the accord, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
UK Labour Party officials attempt to oust deputy leader over Brexit
Britain’s opposition Labour Party was plunged into fresh turmoil over Brexit on Friday as a key ally of leader Jeremy Corbyn attempted to have his deputy leader sacked on the eve of the party’s annual conference.
Britain and EU spar over Brexit as clock ticks down
Britain said on Friday a Brexit deal with the European Union could be reached at a summit next month, but EU member Ireland said the sides were far from agreement and London had not yet made serious proposals.
UK’s draft proposals for Brexit deal fails to solve backstop issues: Sky News
The British government’s latest draft proposals for a new Brexit deal with the European Union “fall short of satisfying all the objectives of the Irish backstop”, Sky News reported on Friday, citing a leaked European Commission memo.
Canada Foreign Minister Freeland ‘troubled, disappointed’ by Trudeau’s blackface images
Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, the most visible minister in Justin Trudeau’s government and a key ally, said she was “troubled and disappointed” by images of the prime minister in blackface but that she accepted his apology.
