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U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior members of Congress made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan and met with top Afghan leaders. Pelosi, who traveled to Afghanistan after a stop in Jordan on Saturday (October 19), met Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, President Ashraf Ghani and civil society leaders, including Afghan women. Her visit came as U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden withdrawal of troops from northeastern Syria raised questions about the United States’ commitment to its allies. Trump last month broke off negotiations with Afghan Taliban militants aimed at ending the United States’ longest war, a move…

One of the most prominent figures against independence for the Spanish region of Catalonia staged a counter-protest after a week of separatist unrest and called for an end to the violence. Albert Rivera, head of the pro-unionist Ciudadanos party, told hundreds of flag-waving supporters that Spain’s acting Socialist government was not doing enough to end the chaos sparked by the jailing of separatist leaders. Protesters waved Spanish, European and Estalada (Catalan separatist) flags in Sant Jaume square outside the Government of Catalonia’s headquarters and in front of police headquarters. Demonstrators attending the rally said they were there to support the…

After Parliament voted on an extension to a BREXIT, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pulled the debate on the new BREXIT Deal and was forced by law, to send an extension request to the EU. In a move that some branded as an attempt to frustrate the Law (The Ben Act), he sent an unsigned photocopy letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain’s exit from the bloc but added another “Dear Donald” note in which he explained that he did not want a “deeply corrosive” Brexit extension. Johnson had previously said he would rather be “dead in a…

Boris Johnson will attempt to persuade MPs to back his Brexit deal today ahead of what is expected to be a knife-edge vote in the Commons on Saturday. However, the Northern Islands DUP’s have expressed opposition to his plans, because of concessions made by the UK to the EU on customs checks at points of entry into Northern Ireland, among other issues.  This means he faces a battle to get the agreement through Parliament and so the PM is expected to focus his attention on Labour MPs in Leave-voting areas, a group of Tory Brexiteers, and rebels he expelled from…

Protesters in Catalonia blocked roads morning as a general strike kicked-off in the region following four days of violent protests over a supreme court ruling on Monday that convicted nine Catalan separatist leaders over their 2017 role in a failed independence drive. In Barcelona, dozens of people sat on Diagonal Avenue, one of the Catalan capital’s main streets, holding separatist flags and chanting slogans. Since the court decision, the divided region has experienced the worst sustained street violence in Spain in decades. The general strike coincides with the arrival in Barcelona of thousands of peaceful protesters who set off from…

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at a campaign rally at Democratic opponents like “crazy Nancy” Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, for pushing an impeachment inquiry. Pelosi accused Trump of having a “meltdown” after walking out of a White House meeting on Wednesday where she and other Democratic leaders complained about his decision to pull U.S. troops from northeastern Syria and allow Turkey to attack America’s Kurdish allies in the area. Trump has faced a backlash from his own Republican allies in Congress for the Syria pullout but he said on Thursday a ceasefire negotiated by Vice…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that Britain and the European Union had agreed a “great” new Brexit deal and urged lawmakers to approve it at the weekend. “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control,” Johnson said in a tweet. “Now parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday so we can move on to other priorities like the cost of living, the NHS, violent crime and our environment.” European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker tweeted that the deal was “fair” and “balanced”. “I recommend that EUCO endorses this deal,” he said. So now the PM’s Attention moves to Parliament…

Climate change activists disrupted rail services in the east of London early, sparking a physical confrontation between angry commuters and a protester who had climbed onto the roof of a London Underground train, video on social media showed. British Transport Police said they had responded to incidents at Shadwell, Stratford and Canning Town, near to London’s Canary Wharf financial district. Footage showed protesters unfurling an Extinction Rebellion protest group banner on top of a stationary London Underground train at Canning Town before one was pelted with food and physically dragged off by commuters. “Arrests have already been made and officers…

Border communities gathered on the border between the Irish town of Lifford and the Northern Irish town of Strabane during the night in protest against UK’s departure from the EU. Holding flames and placards, residents on both sides of the border staged a candlelight vigil on a bridge connecting Ireland to Northern Ireland. After another day of technical talks in Brussels, EU officials said an agreement had been reached on customs arrangements for Northern Ireland, ‘level playing field’ provisions on labour and environment standards. But residents living on both sides of the border said they remained concerned that a hardening…

Queen Elizabeth attended a service at London’s Westminster Abbey to mark 750 years since King Edward the Confessor’s original church on the site was rebuilt during the reign of Henry III and consecrated in 1269. The 93-year-old monarch was accompanied by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The Anglo-Saxon Abbey, one of Britain’s oldest and biggest tourist attractions, was where Elizabeth was crowned in 1953, where her grandson Prince William and his wife Kate were married in 2011 and where 17 British monarchs are buried. It was originally consecrated in 1065 and mostly demolished by Henry III to build the present Gothic…