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FactCheck: the new Brexit deal explained
How does Boris Johnson’s deal differ from the one that Theresa May failed to get past the House of Commons?
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FactCheck: Corbyn did call for NATO to disband – but it’s Labour policy to stay in
Official Labour policy is to maintain Britain’s commitment to the NATO alliance and to continue to spend at least 2 per cent of GDP on defence.
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FactCheck: the government’s voter ID plans
What could it mean for future elections?
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Appeals for international intervention as Turkey claims to have captured a key Syrian border town
Turkey’s president has vowed to continue his offensive in Syria, and claims to have taken the border town of Ras al-Ain.
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Donald Trump faces outrage from his own party over Syria
Well President Trump is facing growing outrage from his own party over his decision to pull US troops out of Syria – the threat of impeachment from House Democrats – and successful legal proceedings which might force the release of his much guarded financial records.
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Trump downplays American ties to Kurds in Syria to justify withdrawal decision
President Trump is downplaying America’s ties to the Kurds as he attempts to defend his decision to withdraw US troops in Syria, which is what triggered Turkey to launch its offensive. But Republicans and Democrats remain unified in criticism of the President for abandoning an ally.
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Syrian-Kurdish politician says Turkish strikes are beginning of major offensive against Kurds
Salih Muslim, former co-president of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party, the PYD speaks from Rojava, a region of north-eastern Syria now under attack. He tells us that he believes the Turkish bombardment is the beginning of a major offensive against the Kurds.
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EU have tried to have Brexit ‘their own way’, says Tory MP
We’re joined by Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran and the Conservative MP Gillian Keegan, who is Parliamentary Private Secretary to Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
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DUP and Sinn Féin clash over Brexit customs plan
The leader of the Democratic Unionists has declared that any demand to keep Northern Ireland inside the customs union after Brexit would be “beyond crazy”.
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White House subpoenaed by Congress as Trump impeachment inquiry intensifies
“After nearly a month of stonewalling, it appears clear that the President has chosen the path of defiance, obstruction and cover-up.” That’s the conclusion of not one, but three, Democratic committee chairmen.
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan revealed
Boris Johnson has thrown down the gauntlet to the European Union, challenging them to agree to his long-awaited new proposal for Northern Ireland after Brexit.
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Trump says impeachment would cause ‘civil war-like fracture’
In the United States, as Democrats try to speed up their timeline of an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, the President’s ramped up his attacks against them, and against the whistleblower, saying moves to remove him from office amount to treason, and might lead to civil war.
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US special envoy for Ukraine resigns
Kurt Volker the US special envoy for Ukraine has resigned – just days before he was due to give a deposition to Congress.
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Whistleblower alleges White House ‘cover-up’
Seeking to interfere in the 2020 election, and what’s more – attempting to cover it up. Those are the allegations facing President Donald Trump tonight.
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Former Justice Secretary David Gauke: ‘I can’t see how you can abide by law and leave by 31 October unless you have deal’
Former Justice Secretary David Gauke and the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, react to parliament’s return.
