Labour’s McDonnell says UK in disarray but parliament will block no-deal Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is in disarray over Brexit but there is no majority in parliament for damaging the economy by leaving the EU without a deal, the opposition Labour Party’s finance minister-in-waiting said on Wednesday.
Merkel to back Brexit deal, hopes Gibraltar hurdle cleared by Sunday
Germany will back an agreement on Sunday on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, and hopes Spain’s objection to wording over the disputed British territory of Gibraltar can be resolved by then, Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
British lawmakers won’t vote for no-deal Brexit, UK minister says
Britain’s parliament will not support a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, work and pensions minister Amber Rudd said on Wednesday, also playing down the prospect of a second referendum if lawmakers do not approve Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
Outcry and arrests in China over abattoir pumping cattle with water
Police in eastern China have detained 29 suspects linked to an abattoir that pumped up to 120 liters of water over a 12-hour period into cattle to inflate their slaughter weight before being carved up and sold, state media reported on Wednesday.
Labour’s Mcdonnell says UK parliament will block no-deal Brexit
Britain’s opposition Labour Party’s finance policy chief, John McDonnell, said on Wednesday there was not a majority in parliament for leaving the European Union without a deal.
Poland backtracks on Supreme Court law contested by EU
Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) rushed a legislative amendment through parliament on Wednesday reversing reforms it had made at the Supreme Court which the European Union had condemned as undemocratic.
EU demands Hungary explain why ex-Macedonia PM granted asylum
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban needs to offer a “sound explanation” of his country’s decision to grant political asylum to the former Macedonian prime minister, the European Union’s head of membership bids tweeted on Wednesday.
Merkel hopes Spain’s Brexit deal objection can be resolved by Sunday
Germany will back an agreement on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel said, and she hoped Spain’s objection to wording over the disputed British territory of Gibraltar could be resolved by Sunday.
China building on new reef in South China Sea, think tank says
China has installed a new platform on a remote part of the Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea which could be used for military purposes, according to recent satellite images reviewed by a U.S. think tank.
Support for Polish ruling party slumps amid graft scandal
Support for Poland’s governing party has fallen, a survey published late on Tuesday showed, as it scrambles to contain fallout from the country’s biggest corruption scandal in years.
