PM May’s talks with Labour’s Corbyn ‘a trap’: Labour lawmaker
Prime Minister Theresa May’s offer of talks with the opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to break the Brexit deadlock is a trap, Labour lawmaker Ben Bradshaw said on Wednesday.
EU parliamentary committee backs visa-free travel for Britons after Brexit
A European Parliament committee on Wednesday backed giving Britons the right to travel to the European Union without visas after Brexit, following weeks of controversy over the way the draft legislation dubs Gibraltar a UK “colony”.
Brexit: DUP still seeking time limit on Northern Ireland backstop – MP
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party remains a key player in Brexit and is seeking a time limit on the “backstop” insurance mechanism designed to keep the region’s border with EU-member Ireland open, a senior member said on Wednesday.
Turkish election board rules in favor of partial Istanbul recount
Turkey’s election board ruled on Wednesday in favor of a recount in eight of Istanbul’s 39 districts after an initial count showed the main opposition candidate earned a narrow victory in the city’s local election.
Turkey’s electoral board says votes in eight Istanbul districts to be recounted
Turkey’s High Election Board (YSK) will recount local election votes in eight districts of Istanbul after objections, YSK head Sadi Guven said on Wednesday, after President Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party (AKP) appealed results across the city.
UK PM May will not set preconditions in talks with Corbyn: Brexit minister
Prime Minister Theresa May will not set preconditions when she begins talks aimed at breaking the Brexit deadlock with opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday, her Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said.
UK’s Labour not setting red lines on talks with PM May: lawmaker
Britain’s Labour Party will not make particular topics off-limit when its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, starts talks with Prime Minister Theresa May on reaching a Brexit compromise, a senior Labour lawmaker said on Wednesday.
Malaysia’s former leader Najib in the dock as graft trial begins
Ten years to the day after he was first sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak stood trial on Wednesday for corruption charges linked to a multibillion-dollar scandal that brought down his government.
UK PM May set to meet opposition leader Corbyn on Wednesday: minister
British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to meet the opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday to begin talks on how to break the Brexit deadlock, junior Brexit minister Robin Walker said .
Labour’s Corbyn is someone we can do business with on Brexit: Conservative lawmaker Letwin
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn can be trusted to work with Prime Minister Theresa May on Brexit, Conservative Party lawmaker Oliver Letwin said on Wednesday.
