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Boris Johnson plays numbers game after securing Brexit deal PM insists he is ‘very confident’ his deal will be approved by parliament on Saturday Boris Johnson has insisted he is “very confident” that his Brexit deal will be approved by the House of Commons in a historic knife-edge vote on Saturday, even without the backing of the DUP.“I want to stress that this is a great deal for our country, for the UK; I also believe that it is a very good deal for our friends in the EU,” Johnson said at the European council in Brussels, where EU leaders signed off on the last-minute deal. Continue reading... Go to Source

Brexit deal may be a rare win-win for Boris Johnson PM will hope to pass his deal on Saturday but knows rejection will set him up for a general election Boris Johnson’s team were pasty-faced with exhaustion as they briefed journalists about the details of the Brexit deal in Brussels on Thursday afternoon – but the PM himself was unable to suppress a beam of triumph, as he glad-handed his fellow leaders.Just a week after Johnson’s meeting with the Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, at a wedding venue on the Wirral, Downing Street hopes it has now engineered that rare thing in politics – a win-win situation. Continue reading... Go to Source

'My deal or no deal': what the papers say about Boris Johnson's Brexit plan Front pages report on ‘numbers game’, with some calling on MPs to ‘do their duty’Boris Johnson’s progress in getting his Brexit deal dominates the front pages, though most papers make clear it is not a done deal. Related: How is Boris Johnson's Brexit deal different from Theresa May's? Continue reading... Go to Source

How is Boris Johnson's Brexit deal different from Theresa May's? New deal swaps backstop for a four-year alignment between Northern Ireland and EULatest Brexit news – live updatesThe new Brexit deal is essentially the old Brexit deal with a new chapter on the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland and a few key tweaks to the political declaration.The main protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland runs to just 15 pages – 64 pages including the annexes – and restates the commitment to all the baseline elements on the Good Friday agreement, the common travel area and other rights contained in Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement of 2018. Continue reading... Go to Source

Boris Johnson has a deal. Now MPs must end the agony and vote it through | Simon Jenkins The DUP is again proving the fly in the Brexit ointment, but it should not be allowed to decide who rules Britain Related: Brexit: Johnson's deal's 'far worse' than May's, says Labour - live news Here we go again. The bloody torso that is Brexit will this weekend dump itself in the torture chamber of the House of Commons. MPs will be asked to approve – in some fashion or other – the Brexit deal reached by Boris Johnson in Brussels. It is now surely clear that the deal comes as close as is feasible to a workable withdrawal from the EU, given the limitations set by the Commons since 2016. It also sets a framework for something quite separate, Britain’s long-term relationship with the EU, which i...

Mulvaney: Trump Held Back Ukraine Aid Pending Inquiry of Democrats The acting White House chief of staff undercut President Trump’s denial of a quid pro quo. Go to Source

Turkey to suspend Syria offensive, US says US Vice-President Mike Pence says the pause in operations will allow Kurdish-led forces to withdraw. Go to Source

National Doral Miami: Trump Florida golf course to host G7 summit The Doral Miami resort will host the summit but the president will not profit, the White House says. Go to Source

The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest News The acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, told reporters that the U.S. withheld military aid to force Ukraine to investigate corruption, which he said would include scrutinizing Democrats. Go to Source

Gordon Sondland, E.U. Envoy, Testifies That Trump Delegated Ukraine Policy to Giuliani Gordon D. Sondland said in his prepared statement to House impeachment investigators that he was disappointed the president involved his personal lawyer in diplomacy with Kiev. Go to Source

Trump’s Impeachment Blockade Crumbles as Witnesses Agree to Talk After vowing not to cooperate with a “kangaroo court,” the president has largely failed to prevent current and former administration members from spending hours with Democrats seeking to impeach him. Go to Source

Trump Will Host 2020 G7 Summit at His Doral Resort The decision to host the economic summit at the Trump National Doral Miami Golf Club is sure to alarm ethics watchdogs and critics of the administration. Go to Source

Pence Announces Cease-Fire After Turkish Incursion in Syria Vice President Mike Pence said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey had agreed to a cease-fire lasting 120 hours in order to allow a Kurdish-led militia to withdraw from the northern border region. Go to Source

Turkey's Erdogan 'threw Trump's Syria letter in bin' The letter told Mr Erdogan not to be "a fool" by launching a military offensive in northern Syria. Go to Source

Elijah Cummings: Veteran US Democrat dies aged 68 The US congressman was heavily involved with the Trump impeachment inquiry. Go to Source

New Brexit deal agreed by EU and UK The prime minister calls the agreement "a great new deal", but a successful vote in Parliament is not yet certain. Go to Source

Elijah E. Cummings, Powerful Democrat Who Investigated Trump, Dies at 68 A son of sharecroppers, he fought tirelessly for his hometown, Baltimore, and became a key figure in the impeachment investigation of President Trump. Go to Source

Boris Johnson Strikes Draft Brexit Deal: Live Updates The agreement was a step forward in the frantic negotiations to map out Britain’s departure from the E.U., but the support of Parliament and Northern Irish lawmakers is far from assured. Go to Source

Turkey-Syria offensive: Not our border, says Donald Trump His remarks come as the US comes under fire at home and abroad for withdrawing its troops from Syria. Go to Source

Hong Kong: Hecklers dragged out in new parliament chaos Security guards drag out opposition lawmakers in a second day of parliamentary protest. Go to Source

Catalan protests: Region's president urges immediate halt to violence Unrest in the Spanish region continues for a third night after the sentencing of Catalan separatists. Go to Source

US makes China's diplomats say where they're going China has reacted angrily - but the US says it is merely "levelling the playing field". Go to Source

Holocaust trial: Former Stutthof guard to go on trial in Germany Bruno Dey, 93, will go on trial for complicity in mass murder at a Nazi death camp on Thursday. Go to Source

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