Brexit: MPs to vote on Theresa May's deal
MPs will vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal later after she secured "legally binding" changes to it following last-minute talks with the EU in Strasbourg.
The PM said the changes meant the Irish backstop - the insurance policy designed to avoid a hard border in Ireland - could not "become permanent".
At a press conference with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, Mrs May said she had delivered what Parliament asked her to do.
But Labour said the talks had failed.
Speaking alongside Mrs May in Strasbourg, Mr Juncker warned if the deal was voted down, there would be "no third chance".
Boeing to roll out design changes on 737 Max 8 as more aircraft grounded
US air regulator says model is airworthy but will mandate alterations by April
The US air regulator said on Monday the Boeing 737 Max 8 was airworthy but, as more airlines and aviation authorities grounded their planes, said it would mandate design changes to the aircraft from Boeing by April.
The new model of aircraft has been involved in two fatal crashes since October, and airlines using the short-haul passenger jet have been inundated with questions from concerned passengers since Sunday, when an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crashed and all 157 people onboard died.
Brussels Jewish museum killer Nemmouche jailed for life
French citizen Mehdi Nemmouche was sentenced to life in jail on Monday for shooting dead four people in a Jewish museum in 2014, telling the court "life goes on" in his last words to the jury.
The families of victims and survivors of the attacks voiced relief at the end of a two-month-long jury trial dogged by controversy over what they denounced as conspiracy theories put forward by Nemmouche's defence lawyers.
Nemmouche, 33, who staged the attack after coming back from Syria, spat out just that one short phrase ahead of the jury's final deliberation on the length of his penalty on Monday.
Nacer Bendrer, another French citizen being tried as Nemmouche's accomplice told the court, "I am ashamed to be here ... I am ashamed to have crossed paths with this guy. He is not a man, he is a monster."
'Change now or pay later': RBA's stark warning on climate change
By Eryk Bagshaw
The Reserve Bank has warned climate change is likely to cause economic shocks and threaten Australia's financial stability unless businesses take immediate stock of the risks.
The central bank became the latest Australian regulator to tell business that they must analyse their investments on Tuesday, as the Coalition grapples with an internal battle over taxpayer-funded coal fired power and energy policy.
In a speech to the Centre for Policy Development in Sydney, the Reserve's deputy governor Guy Debelle said challenges for financial stability may arise from both physical and transition risks of climate change.
House of HopeBattling the Devastation of America's Opioid Crisis
The U.S. has failed to get it's burgeoning opioid crisis under control, with the number of newborns suffering from withdrawal having multiplied fivefold in the last decade. One family in New Hampshire is doing what it can to help.
When Brayleigh was born on Jan. 10, 2018, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, her body was completely rigid. Her tiny head didn't tilt backwards, her arms could hardly move and her chin was cramped against her breast. She emitted high-pitched, shrill cries. Her tiny body was in the throes of withdrawal.
The first few days in this world were an ordeal for this baby girl. The doctors gave her morphine to stop the shakes and her mother would cradle the naked newborn against her skin to soothe her. Brayleigh remained in intensive care for three weeks -- because she had spent several months ingesting heroin through her umbilical cord.
In India's last election, social media was used as a tool. This time it could become a weapon
Updated 0431 GMT (1231 HKT) March 12, 2019
Can social media clean up its act in time for the world's biggest election? We're about to find out.
About 900 million Indians are eligible to vote in the election, which will take place over about five weeks starting on April 11, and many more of them are online than during the last election in 2014. The scope for social media to be abused to manipulate voters has never been greater.
India is the world's biggest market for Facebook (FB) and its messaging platform WhatsApp. It's also one of Twitter's (TWTR) most important markets. The country's vote will present these companies with their sternest test yet.
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