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Nigel Farage urged to stand aside in Tory target seats after climbdown Brexit party will not contest Conservative seats but source says it will pursue Labour-held onesNigel Farage is facing calls from Brexit supporters to stand down further candidates to help Boris Johnson after he made a dramatic public U-turn by agreeing to withdraw his party from all Conservative-held seats.The Brexit party leader claimed he had changed his mind about fielding candidates in 317 seats held by the Tories after Johnson released a video pledging to take Britain out of the EU by 2020 and to pursue a Canada-style trade deal. Continue reading... Go to Source

Impeachment inquiry: defense official raises fears over Ukraine aid in transcript – live Laura Cooper testifies that she expressed concern over Trump’s freezing of congressionally approved aidTrump Jr ends book launch after heckling – by supporters 11.17pm GMTDemocrats behind the impeachment investigation into Donald Trump released transcripts from two more key witnesses on Monday. Interviews with diplomat Christopher Anderson and state Department Ukraine specialist Catherine Croft have been released and can be read here. 10.58pm GMTFormer Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick is considering entering the 2020 presidential race, the Associated Press reports:Patrick ruled out a run earlier this year but has since been talking with Democratic operatives and donors about launching a ca...

Former Bolivian leader Evo Morales granted asylum by Mexico Ex-president claims he is victim of coup as unrest spreads and fears grow about political chaosThe former Bolivian president Evo Morales has been granted asylum by Mexico, the country’s top diplomat has said, following the veteran socialist’s announcement on Sunday that he would resign.Mexico’s foreign minister, Marcelo Ebrard, told reporters: “We will immediately proceed to inform Bolivia’s foreign ministry that under international law, it should offer safe conduct [to Morales].” Continue reading... Go to Source

Boris Johnson to hold emergency Cobra meeting over floods Response follows Jeremy Corbyn urging PM to ‘take personal charge’ as locals tell of ruined homes Boris Johnson has agreed to chair a meeting of the government’s emergency committee on Tuesday to discuss the response to the recent severe floods, after he was urged by Jeremy Corbyn to “take personal charge” of the situation.The announcement by Downing Street came as residents began a clean-up operation, and warned that further damage was likely unless existing water was pumped away. Continue reading... Go to Source

Alleged US Isis member 'marooned between Turkish and Greek borders' Turkish TV airs footage of person gesturing from no-man’s land as Turkey begins deporting foreign Isis fightersAn alleged American member of Islamic State has been marooned in the no-man’s land between the Turkish and Greek borders after the Greek authorities refused him entry, according to a Turkish news report.The Turkish television channel Haber 7 screened video images of a man dressed in dark clothes waving at the camera from the strip of land between the two border posts. Continue reading... Go to Source

UK government delay of Russia report is shaming, says Clinton Ex-secretary of state says it is unacceptable to keep report from public before electionHillary Clinton has called Downing Street’s suppression of a report into potential Russian infiltration of British politics “damaging, inexplicable and shaming”.The 2016 US presidential candidate told the Guardian it was “incredibly surprising and unacceptable that in your country there is a government report sitting there about Russian influence and your current government isn’t releasing it”. Continue reading... Go to Source

British founder of White Helmets found dead in Istanbul James Le Mesurier, who set up Syrian rescue group, reportedly fell from balcony The British founder of the organisation that trained the Syrian rescue group known as the White Helmets has died in Istanbul.A spokesman for the White Helmets confirmed on Monday afternoon the death of James Le Mesurier and said further details were yet to be established. Continue reading... Go to Source

Green candidate steps aside as Labour targets Tory-held Chingford John Tyne ‘tactically withdrawing’ to help Labour unseat Iain Duncan SmithLatest election news – live updatesA Green party candidate has withdrawn in a second marginal seat targeted by Labour, prompting speculation that more Greens could step aside as part of an informal anti-Conservative alliance not sanctioned by the central party.John Tyne, the Green candidate in Chingford and Woodford Green, the constituency held since 1992 by the former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith, was “tactically withdrawing” to help Labour take the seat, a statement on the local party’s website said. Continue reading... Go to Source

Mouse deer species not seen for nearly 30 years is found alive in Vietnam Silver-backed chevrotain caught on camera after it was feared lost to scienceA distinctly two-tone mouse deer that was feared lost to science has been captured on film foraging for food by camera traps set up in a Vietnamese forest.The pictures of the rabbit-sized animal, also known as the silver-backed chevrotain, are the first to be taken in the wild and come nearly 30 years after the last confirmed sighting. Continue reading... Go to Source