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Tropical storm Karen, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 kph), is on track to pass near or over Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on as a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reported. Karen took shape near the Windward Islands of the Caribbean on Sunday as it headed for the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, still struggling to recover from devastating back-to-back hurricanes in 2017. In addition to high winds, forecasts called for up to a half-foot (15 cm) of rain in parts of Puerto Rico, and as much as 4…

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British opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would be willing to work with opposition parties if the Supreme Court decides parliament should be recalled. At the start of Labour’s annual conference in the seaside resort of Brighton, Corbyn faced pressure from party members to unequivocally back remaining in the European Union in any new vote. On the eve of a conference when party officials hoped to present Labour as a government in waiting, a new row broke out when an ally of Corbyn tried to oust deputy leader Tom Watson over Brexit.  This week the Supreme Court will rule…

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EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said he is convinced Brexit will happen, reiterating that if Britain left the European Union without a deal there would be a new border between Northern Ireland and Ireland. Three years after Britons voted to leave the EU, hopes of a breakthrough over the terms of its departure have been stoked in recent days by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying the shape of a deal is emerging and Juncker saying an agreement is possible.  But diplomats say the two sides are split over London’s desire to remove the Irish border “backstop” from the…

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Thomas Cook, the world’s oldest travel firm, has collapsed, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history. Hundreds of passengers arrived on Monday at Mallorca’s Palma airport not knowing if they could fly as Thomas Cook flights were delayed, causing long queues at the airport as many customers were redirected to Iberia Airlines flights. Customers were told not to travel to airports until they have been told via a special website – thomascook.caa.co.uk – that they had been secured a return flight that organized by the British government. The…

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British trade minister Liz Truss signed a mutual recognition agreement with Japan to ensure business continuity, as the two countries moved closer to a post-Brexit trade deal. Truss, after signing the letter with Japan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi, said she was interested in hearing from Japanese businesses about where they saw future opportunities in the bilateral trade. The exchange of letters would ensure UK certificates and inspections of technical regulations, currently covered by the EU-Japan Mutual Recognition Agreement, will continue to be recognised by Japan and vice versa. Japan is one of Britain’s biggest foreign investors, encouraged by…

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The European Union must introduce a new, automatic system of taking in migrants saved from the Mediterranean, the leaders of Italy and France said as they sought to patch up bruised bilateral relations. Italy has long complained that it has been left alone to deal with the hundreds of thousands of migrants who have crossed the sea in recent years looking for a better life in Europe. The issue has caused particular tensions between Rome and Paris, but French President Emmanuel Macron has leapt on the fact that a new, pro-European government has taken office in Italy to try to…

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on his main rival, former general Benny Gantz, to join him in a broad, governing coalition after Israel’s election with no clear winner. A spokeswoman for Gantz, leader of the centrist Blue and White party, had no immediate response to the surprise offer from Netanyahu, head of the right-wing Likud party. The change of strategy reflected Netanyahu’s weakened position after he failed again in Tuesday’s election, which followed an inconclusive ballot in April, to secure a parliamentary majority. On Wednesday, Gantz said he hoped for a “good, desirable unity government” but he has also ruled…

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British Brexit minister Stephen Barclay said the so-called backstop on the Irish border as part of a Withdrawal deal with the European Union “has to go,” and that while his government wanted a deal, Britain may have to leave the European Union without one at the end of October. “We recognise that we may not be able to agree a deal and in that instance, we will leave with no deal,” he said. Barclay was speaking to journalists and business people in Madrid just six weeks before the October 31 deadline by which Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to…

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Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament is a political issue and not a matter for judges, a lawyer for the UK prime minister said as he sought to persuade the British Supreme Court that the five-week shutdown was lawful. James Eadie, a lawyer for Johnson, told the court that the ability to prorogue parliament was a matter of politics or “high policy” which was non-justiciable, meaning it was not something judges could rule on. It was a matter for parliament to hold the government to account, not the courts, he said, arguing that lawmakers could hold a vote of no-confidence…

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