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Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan separatist leaders to between nine and 13 years in prison for sedition over their role in the region’s failed bid for independence in 2017. The three other defendants in the landmark ruling over a banned referendum and short-lived independence declaration were found guilty only of disobedience and not sentenced to prison. All defendants were acquitted of the most severe charge, rebellion. The longest prison term went to former Catalan deputy leader Oriol Junqueras, who was given 13 years. Four of the leaders were convicted of misuse of public funds. Separatist protests have been largely…

UK opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said there was a strong possibility of a national election before Christmas. In an interview broadcast on Sunday (October 13), he told Sky News that he was also unlikely to support a deal agreed between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union. “If it creates a border down the Irish Sea rather than on the Irish border itself, I can see that bringing problems,” he said, adding that he would caution British lawmakers against backing a confirmatory referendum on a deal. Britain’s Liberal Democrat party leader Jo Swinson said on Sunday she…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he did not want to give a running commentary on Brexit talks when asked whether Northern Ireland would be leaving the EU customs union amid hopes an agreement can be found before an Oct. 31 deadline. Speaking during a school visit in South Buckinghamshire, Johnson asked reporters to “look at everything I’ve said previously and you can draw your own conclusions from that.” Johnson met with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Cheshire on Thursday (October 10) in a last ditch bid to avert an acrimonious separation or another delay after Brexit descended into…

Climate-change protesters from the Extinction Rebellion group blocked the entrance to the BBC headquarters in London, calling on the broadcaster to “tell the full truth” in its coverage of the environment. Extinction Rebellion is using two weeks of civil disobedience to pressure governments to do more to combat greenhouse gas emissions and on Thursday a protester forced a jet to turn around at London City Airport. Gathering outside the building in central London, the group called “on the BBC to meet its crucial moral duty to tell the full truth on the climate and ecological emergency.” A BBC spokeswoman said…

Spain’s Supreme Court is expected to announce on Monday its verdict in the trial of Catalan separatist leaders, a judicial source said, in a decision that could reignite tensions over a secession push that plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades. The 12 Catalan politicians and civic leaders are facing charges ranging from rebellion to sedition and the misuse of public funds over their role in a 2017 banned referendum and the short-lived declaration of independence that followed. Spanish authorities are bracing for potentially violent protests in the region. Nine of the separatist’s leaders on trial are…

A Brexit deal could be clinched by the end of October to allow the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in an orderly fashion, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said after what he called a very positive meeting with his British counterpart Boris Johnson. With just three weeks to go before the United Kingdom is due to leave the world’s biggest trading bloc, it is still unclear on what terms it will leave or indeed whether it will at all. Ireland holds the key to any deal. It will have to consent to any solution to the hardest Brexit…

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Turkey angrily rejected international criticism of its attack on a Kurdish militia in Syria, reporting progress by its forces on the second day of an operation that world powers fear could further destabilise a region in turmoil. Taking aim at the European Union and Arab powers Saudi Arabia and Egypt, which have voiced opposition to the operation, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said those objecting to Turkey’s actions were “not honest”. He threatened to permit Syrian refugees in Turkey to move to Europe if EU countries described his forces’ move as an occupation. NATO-ally Turkey has said it intends to create…

Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of dragging politically neutral Queen Elizabeth into the country’s looming general election by holding a Queen’s Speech. Corbyn also promised Britain a radical new political agenda. Britain is trapped in an acute political crisis over voters’ 2016 decision to leave the European Union and PM Johnson’s government has no majority in parliament, no agreed plan for leaving the bloc, and only three weeks until the exit deadline. Both the ruling Conservatives and Labour want an early election, but Corbyn says he will not agree to one until Johnson has…

Ahead of a key meeting with Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with mental health campaigner Ben West at Downing Street. West handed Johnson a petition on mental health before being invited inside by the Prime Minister. This comes ahead of Johnson’s meeting with Varadkar in a last-ditch attempt to revive a British proposal for a Brexit deal that the European Union said falls far short of what is needed for an orderly seperation. Just three weeks before the United Kingdom is due to leave the world’s biggest trading bloc, it is still unclear on what…