Brexit agreement: Theresa May faces MPs' questions
Theresa May faces a grilling from MPs later over the draft Brexit agreement the UK has reached with the EU.
The PM secured her cabinet's backing for the deal after a five-hour meeting, although several ministers are understood to have spoken against it.
She has also faced a backlash from Tory Brexiteers and her Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) backers, amid suggestions of moves to force a no-confidence vote.
Labour will announce later whether or not it will back the deal.
However, leader Jeremy Corbyn said he did not believe the agreement - set out in a 585-page document - was in the national interest.
Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them to George Soros
Facing a string of crises, Facebook hired a PR firm to push conspiracy theories about the billionaire, the New York Times reports
Facebook hired a PR firm that attempted to discredit the company’s critics by claiming they were agents of billionaire George Soros, the New York Timesreported Tuesday.
Soros is a Jewish philanthropist who is the frequent subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories. At the same time, the social media company urged the Anti-Defamation League to object to a cartoon used by anti-Facebook protesters over its resemblance to antisemitic tropes.
News of Facebook’s aggressive attempts to undermine critics came in a damning report by the Times, detailing how Facebook executives have struggled to manage the numerous and severe challenges confronting the company, all while lashing out at critics and perceived enemies.
Cuba to pull thousands of doctors out of Brazil after election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro
Cuba’s health ministry rejects new leader's comments as 'contemptuous and threatening'Harriet Agerholm
Cuba has said it will pull thousands of its doctors from Brazil, indicating a sharp downturn in relations between the nations after the election of far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro last month.
The communist state announced it would stop the “Mas Medicos” or “More Doctors” scheme shortly after Mr Bolsonaro said he would impose new conditions on the doctors when he takes office on 1 January.
For the programme to continue, the 11,420 Cuban doctors must receive their their salaries directly from Brazil and be able to bring their families with them during their assignments, he said.
Beijing advances 'code of conduct' for South China Sea
China's premier has hailed progress on an agreement that would "ensure peace and stability" in the strategic sea. Beijing has continued to fill a void as US influence in the region wanes under Donald Trump.
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Wednesday said Beijing and countries with stakes in the South China Sea are closer than ever before to a "code of conduct" for the strategic thoroughfare.
Ahead of a meeting between China and the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN), Li said the recent adoption of a draft text for the pact was a major breakthrough.
"The single draft negotiating text is not merely a technical term, but an indication that China and ASEAN have reached consensus on ensuring peace and stability, freedom of overflight and navigation in the South China Sea," Li said. "We have found the way to properly manage and defuse differences."
Digital dictatorship in Vietnam seeks to silence dissidents
Activists fear new cyber law will allow authorities to crack down harshly on those promoting freedom of expression.by Adam Bemma
Pham Doan Trang strums softly on an acoustic guitar. She's performing the Vietnamese folk song Water Ferns Drift Clouds Float Far. It's a song permitted by Vietnam's government. The authorities keep a close eye on any public performance.
Trang, 39, now suffers when she plays the song. Not because of its moving lyrics or melody but because she can barely strum the chords. Last August, Trang was arrested along with 50 others at a concert in a Ho Chi Minh City teashop.
REPUBLICANS USED A BILL ABOUT WOLVES TO AVOID A VOTE ON YEMEN WAR
REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN the House of Representatives undercut a bipartisan effort to end U.S. involvement in Yemen by sneaking a measure that would kill an anti-war resolution into a vote about wolves.
On Tuesday night, the Republican-led House Rules Committee voted to advance the “Manage Our Wolves Act,” which will remove gray wolves from the endangered species list. The Rules Committee waived all points of order against the bill and voted to advance it to the floor.
The catch: Republicans inserted language that would block a floor vote on whether to direct President Donald Trump to end U.S. involvement in the Saudi- and UAE-led intervention in Yemen. The intervention has been highly destructive, flattening homes, roads, markets, hospitals, and schools, and leading to the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
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