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Environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion says it will start a two-week protest on Monday. In London, it aims to “peacefully occupy the centres of power and shut them down” and protests are also planned in world cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, New York and Sydney. On Monday, Police removed and arrested 21 protesters chained to a car outside the Ministry of Defence as the group begins two weeks of civil disobedience. In the UK, Extinction Rebellion has three main demands,The government must declare a climate “emergency”, The UK must legally commit to reducing carbon emissions to net zero by 2025 and…

The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia have called on Facebook In to not go ahead with end-to-end encryption across its messaging services unless law enforcement officials have backdoor access, saying encryption hindered the fight against child abuse and terrorism. The U.S. and the UK signed a special data agreement that would fast track requests from law enforcement to technology companies for information about the communications of terrorists and child predators. U.S. Attorney General William Barr and British Interior Minister Priti Patel signed the agreement at the British embassy in Washington, D.C..

Hong Kong protest leader Joshua Wong called for international awareness of a potential “martial law” in the city, as leader Carrie Lam looked set to ban face masks at protests. “The world must stand with Hong Kong against Hong Kong being transformed into a police state with martial law,” Wong said as he handed in his application to compete in local elections. Even before the new rule was confirmed, protests against it began across the Asian financial hub, with hundreds of office workers wearing masks gathering to march. Media said Carrie Lam, the city’s Beijing-backed leader, was due to hold…

Rory Stewart, a one-time contender to become British prime minister, said he had resigned from the governing Conservative Party and would not run at the next election. Stewart, a former aid minister, was one of 21 Conservatives to be expelled from the party for backing the first step last month to introduce a new law designed to block Britain from leaving the European Union without a divorce deal. “It’s been a great privilege to serve Penrith and The Border for the last ten years, so it is with sadness that I am announcing that I will be standing down at…

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said that If Britain’s latest proposals for an agreement on leaving the European Union are its final offer, then a no-deal Brexit lies ahead. Earlier the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar welcomed Britain’s offer to the European Union but said customs arrangements and giving a veto to Northern Ireland’s assembly over any future regulatory divergence from EU rules are a problem. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced proposals which focus on how to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland.  A number of European Union officials have expressed doubt the plan…

Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said that new proposals from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked progress but lots of work was still needed for a new Brexit deal to be agreed. Speaking ahead of a meeting with the European Parliament’s Brexit Steering Committee, Barnier insisted that any withdrawal agreement should fulfil the three objectives of the backstop: “no border, all-Ireland economy, and protecting the single market”. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a phone call that the EU’s executive would examine the legal text objectively and in light of the bloc’s “well-known criteria,” it…

Britain issued its proposals for how to deal with the Irish border after Brexit, removing the so-called backstop but with measures it said would avoid the need for checks or physical infrastructure. The document said the proposals would provide for the potential creation of an all-island regulatory zone on the island of Ireland covering all goods, would ensure the integrity of the European Union Single Market and would be in keeping with the 1998 Good Friday peace deal. “It is, as such, a proposal for an agreement which should be acceptable to both sides,” it concluded.

The conservative conference is in full swing and the new party leader and UK PM addressed the gathered members… In his first speech at the event as prime minister, he will call it a “fair and reasonable” Brexit compromise, and say only by leaving the EU on 31 October can the UK “move on”. The Commission’s president, Jean-Claude Juncker will talk to the PM on the phone later, while negotiating teams will meet in Brussels. The new offer from Mr Johnson included some new customs checks on the island of Ireland, and would leave Northern Ireland in a different relationship…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyers said they would argue at pre-trial hearings against looming corruption charges that have combined with election stalemate to threaten his long hold on power. The sessions, scheduled to be held over four days, provide Netanyahu with his last opportunity to make his case against indictment to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit in three graft investigations. A final decision by the attorney-general on whether to file charges is expected by the end of 2019. Netanyahu, who denies any wrongdoing, faces no legal requirement to leave government if indicted, as long as he remains prime minister.

Japanese car maker Nissan will review its decision to build the Qashqai sport utility vehicle at its Sunderland plant in northern England if Britain leaves the EU without a deal, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing three sources. The FT said a disorderly Brexit where Britain leaves the European Union without a deal, damaging supply chains, could prompt the eventual closure of the site. Former British Prime Minister Theresa May struck a 2016 deal with Nissan to ensure the Japanese firm built the model at the plant in Sunderland, a huge boost to the government as it came in…