(BBC) The Queen will use her Christmas Day message to acknowledge that 2019 has been “quite bumpy”.She will say the path is never “smooth” but “small steps” can heal divisions.It comes after a year of intense political debate over Brexit, as well as a number of personal events affecting the Royal Family.Her husband, the Duke…
(BBC)MPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January.They voted 358 to 234 – a majority of 124 – in favour of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which now goes on to further scrutiny in Parliament.The bill would also ban an extension of the transition period…
(BBC) Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office.The House voted on two charges – that the president abused his power and that he had obstructed Congress.Both votes fell along…
December 18, 2019December 18, 20192(BBC) President Donald Trump has lashed out over his impending impeachment in an irate letter to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi, accusing her of declaring “open war on American democracy”.“You have cheapened the importance of the very ugly word, impeachment!” he wrote in the letter, sent on Tuesday.Mr. Trump faces an impeachment…
(BBC) Protests over a controversial new law on migrants have raged across several Indian cities, prompting police to clash with demonstrators.The new law entitles non-Muslim migrants from three Muslim-majority countries to citizenship if they are facing religious persecution.Police used tear gas and detained protesters in the capital Delhi as buses were torched and roads blocked.Protests…
December 16, 2019December 16, 20198(BBC) At least 22 people have been killed during a rebel attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a village near Beni City.Officials in the east of the DRC have confirmed the incident which is thought to have been carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces -ADF.The Congolese military recently…
(BBC)Estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa, will appear in court today to face charges of money laundering and fraud.The fraud charges arise from an alleged attempt to forge a marriage certificate without her husband’s consent while he was sick.The couple was customarily married after Mr Chiwenga paid a bride price to her…
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