Is Brexit done now? Of course it isn't
Updated 2308 GMT (0708 HKT) November 13, 2018
We have a deal! Well, sort of. A mere 872 days since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the text of the "withdrawal agreement" has been agreed on between the two sides' negotiating teams. British Prime Minister Theresa May now has to persuade her Cabinet members to give her their blessing. Unfortunately for May, that's only where her headaches start.
Selling the deal to the Cabinet
It's long been acknowledged that the biggest problem May faces is the political reality in London.
There is very little love on any side of the Brexit debate for her plan -- and that starts at Cabinet level.
Bangladesh army arrives in Rohingya refugee camps as repatriations loom
Presence of army, police and paramilitary is latest sign that repatriations to Myanmar may not be voluntary
Plans to send Rohingya refugees back to Myanmar on Thursday have gathered momentum, with reports of Bangladesh armed forces gathering in the Cox’s Bazar camps and allegations that refugees have been assaulted by the authorities for refusing to cooperate.
The army, police and paramilitary troops have moved into several of the camps, where over 700,000 Rohingya are living after fleeing a campaign of violence, described as genocide by a UN fact-finding mission, carried out by the Myanmar military in August 2017.
China makes u-turn on legalising the sale of rhino and tiger parts
Plans to ease a ban on the trading in tiger and rhinoceros parts have been postponed by the Chinese government.
While the trade of the endangered animals was banned by the country in 1993, in October the government announced it would allow the parts to be used for medical, scientific and cultural purposes.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said the decision would have “devastating consequences globally” and along with other animal rights groups it raised fears that poaching and smuggling of the endangered animals could increase.
'El Chapo' lawyer says drug lord a scapegoat at start of US trial
A lawyer for accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman told a New York jury in opening remarks that his client was a scapegoat for the real leader of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
"He's blamed for being the leader while the real leaders are living freely and openly in Mexico," attorney Jeffrey Lichtman said on the first day of Guzman's trial for drug smuggling in Brooklyn federal court, which is expected to last up to four months. "In truth he controlled nothing. Mayo Zambada did."
Lichtman also said that Zambada had been left free because he "bribes the entire government of Mexico including up to the very top, the current president of Mexico," Enrique Pena Nieto.
Palestinian groups to respect Gaza truce 'as long as Israel does'
Palestinian groups in the besieged Gaza Strip say they have agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel to end the worst violence between the two sides in years.
Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from Nahal-Oz near the Gaza-Israel fence, said Hamas-led factions on Tuesday accepted the truce "to restart the situation that prevailed up until this latest military escalation".
Hamas is the group administering the besieged Gaza Strip.
Anti-doping body to be established in Japan ahead of 2020 Olympics
A sports-related organization will be formed in Japan to strengthen the country's position on anti-doping measures ahead of the 2020 Olympics, several sources said Tuesday.
According to sources, the body will be independent from both government and existing sports bodies. It is scheduled to be launched in fiscal 2019, and will come up with policies such as doping testing procedures.
The new organization is being formed in an effort to raise the country's anti-doping measures to match the level requested by the World Anti-Doping Agency or WADA. Officials also see it as a way to raise Japan's profile as a country where doping is not tolerated, now that several Japanese athletes have failed drug tests.
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