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• Two teenagers arrested after fatal stabbing

  29-01-2019 23:59
  Two males were arrested after a fatal stabbing in Islington
  
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• PM wins support to renegotiate Brexit backstop - but EU says no

  29-01-2019 23:59
  Theresa May has hailed a "mandate" given to her by MPs to renegotiate her Brexit deal, despite admitting "it will not be easy" in the face of the EU's repeated refusal to reopen talks.The prime minister enjoyed rare success in the House of Commons on Tuesday night, as MPs held a series of votes on how she should proceed with Brexit.After her withdrawal agreement was overwhelmingly rejected by the Commons earlier this month, Mrs May had been forced to return to MPs to set out her next steps.
  
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• How Theresa May's plan was brokered despite Tory divisions

  29-01-2019 23:48
  Theresa May was forced to accept that MPs could vote for changes and still reject them when the deal came back for ratification.When Theresa May addressed the 1922 committee of Tory backbenchers on Monday night, she was still undecided whether to throw the government’s weight behind an amendment that effectively demolished her own negotiated deal.Downing Street had been caught unawares by the reaction of the core group of hard Brexiters who had decided the amendment by Sir Graham Brady, se
  
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• Apple revenue and profits down as iPhone sales take a hit

  29-01-2019 23:43
  Record sales of services like Apple Music and iCloud helped offset 15% fall in iPhone sales.
  
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• Brexit: May goes back to Brussels but EU says nothing has changed

  29-01-2019 23:15
  Theresa May leaves the Commons after tense day in parliament during which MPs voted on seven amendments.Theresa May was handed a two-week deadline to resuscitate her Brexit deal last night after she caved to Tory Eurosceptics and pledged to go back to Brussels to demand changes to the Irish backstop.With just 59 days to go until exit day, MPs narrowly passed a government-backed amendment, tabled by the senior Tory Graham Brady, promising to replace the Irish backstop with unspecified “alte
  
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• LVMH confident on 2019 as Vuitton handbags boost sales

  29-01-2019 23:09
  LVMH is "cautiously" confident about the year ahead after fourth-quarter sales held up despite fears of a China slowdown, powered by accelerating growth at Louis Vuitton handbags.Luxury goods companies have been hit by investor nervousness over signs of slowing demand from Chinese shoppers, their biggest customer group, as consumer and business confidence sours in the country and the Sino-U.S. trade war drags on."We are confident for 2019, which got off to a good start, but we're not in control
  
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• Withdrawal Agreement not open for re-negotiation: Irish Government

  29-01-2019 23:06
  But the Irish Government said changes could be made to the Political Declaration on the future relationship
  
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• Thousands line Shetland streets for Up Helly Aa fire festival

  29-01-2019 23:05
  Guizer Jarl John Nicolson led the men through the streets of Lerwick towards a galley which was set alight.
  
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• Sterling sinks after lawmakers reject way to prevent no-deal Brexit

  29-01-2019 23:03
  Sterling fell sharply on Tuesday after British lawmakers voted down a proposal in parliament that could have prevented a potentially chaotic "no-deal" Brexit.With two months left until Britain is due by law to leave the European Union, parliament instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to renegotiate an exit treaty that the EU says it will not change.Growing expectations that Britain can avoid a no-deal Brexit have fuelled a 3 percent rally in the pound this month against the dollar and the euro.
  
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• Brexit: How did my MP vote on the amendments?

  29-01-2019 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Find out how your MP voted on the latest Brexit proposals in the House of Commons.
  
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• Labour MPs rebel to vote down Cooper's no-deal amendment

  29-01-2019 22:52
  Caroline Flint was among the Labour MPs voting against Yvette Cooper’s amendment.Fourteen Labour MPs voted with Theresa May’s government to prevent parliament from taking steps to prevent a no-deal Brexit by extending the article 50 negotiating period in order to agree an alternative deal with the EU.
  
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• Exiled Puigdemont wants Catalan to become independent State in the EU

  29-01-2019 22:51
  Mr Puigdemont fled to Belgium in 2017 after his regional government held an unauthorised referendum on independence from Spain.
  
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• UK parliament votes for Brexit amendment on replacing Irish backstop

  29-01-2019 22:48
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers voted on Tuesday in favour of a proposal which calls on the government to replace the so-called Northern Irish backstop with alternative arrangements to secure the support of parliament for Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal.
  
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• No renegotiation, says EU after MPs back plan to replace backstop

  29-01-2019 22:46
  Theresa May immediately hit a brick wall in Brussels after being backed by MPs to reopen the withdrawal agreement, as Donald Tusk, with the backing of Emmanuel Macron, said the EU would not renegotiate.Within minutes of the Commons backing the prime minister’s plan to replace the Irish backstop, a spokesman for the European council’s president insisted Tusk would not permit any changes to the deal already agreed with Downing Street.Tusk, the EU’s most senior official, instead u
  
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• May vows to renegotiate Brexit agreement with EU after Commons vote

  29-01-2019 22:43
  Brussels undermined the PM's hopes of replacing the Irish backstop, insisting the deal reached in November is not open for renegotiation.
  
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• EU's Tusk says Brexit 'backstop' not renegotiable

  29-01-2019 22:39
  European Council President Donald Tusk said the EU-UK divorce deal was not up for renegotiation after Britain's parliament on Tuesday voted to replace the Irish "backstop" border arrangement contained in it with unspecified "alternative arrangements".The backstop is aimed at keeping an open border between EU-member Ireland and British-ruled Northern Ireland after Brexit but is strongly opposed by many in Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party, who say it risks trapping the United Kingdo
  
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• After the Brexit amendments, what could happen next?

  29-01-2019 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Theresa May still needs to get her Brexit deal through Parliament. What might the next move be?
  
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• How did your MP vote on the Brady and Cooper amendments?

  29-01-2019 22:26
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• Brexit live: MPs tell Theresa May to try to renegotiate her Brexit deal

  29-01-2019 22:18
  MPs have issued order to Theresa May to prevent a no-deal Brexit and to seek to replace the Northern Ireland backstop with “alternative arrangements".
  
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• UK parliament rejects Labour's Brexit amendment

  29-01-2019 22:15
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers voted 327 to 296 on Tuesday against a proposal which called for parliament to consider alternative options to prevent Britain leaving the European Union without a deal.
  
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• UK parliament rejects Cooper amendment seeking way to delay Brexit

  29-01-2019 22:15
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers voted on Tuesday against a proposal which could have given parliament the power to delay Brexit - a victory for Prime Minister Theresa May who opposed the plan.
  
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• UK parliament rejects amendment J on delaying Brexit

  29-01-2019 22:15
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers voted on Tuesday against a non-binding proposal to delay Brexit - a victory for Prime Minister Theresa May who opposed the plan.
  
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• UK parliament backs amendment urging government to rule out no-deal Brexit

  29-01-2019 22:15
  British lawmakers on Tuesday voted in favour of a proposal calling on the government to rule out leaving the European Union without a deal.The 318 to 310 vote went against Prime Minister Theresa May, who says the only way to take a so-called 'no-deal' Brexit off the table is to vote in favour of an agreement with the EU.The so-called Spelman amendment "rejects the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a Withdrawal Agreement and a Framework for the Future Relationship".
  
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• Ireland says UK-EU withdrawal agreement not open for renegotiation

  29-01-2019 22:14
  DUBLIN (Reuters) - The European Union's position on the Brexit withdrawal deal, including the Irish backstop, has not changed and the agreement is not open for renegotiation, Ireland's government said in a statement on Tuesday.
  
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• British lawmakers instruct May to demand EU reopen Brexit deal; EU says 'No'

  29-01-2019 22:12
  British lawmakers on Tuesday instructed Prime Minister Theresa May to demand that Brussels replace the Irish border arrangement known as the "backstop", in a last-ditch attempt to renegotiate an exit treaty that the European Union says it will not change.The amendment, put forward by influential Conservative lawmaker Graham Brady, passed by 317 votes to 301, and is intended to strengthen May's hand when she returns to Brussels to try to renegotiate - something the EU again ruled out within minut
  
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• UK has sent clear message to Brussels on Brexit deal changes - May's spokesman

  29-01-2019 22:07
  Britain's parliament has sent a clear message to Brussels on what it will take to get a Brexit deal approved, Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said on Tuesday after a vote demanding changes to the current exit deal."Tonight parliament has sent a clear message that there is a way forward to secure this deal if we are able to secure changes in relation to the backstop," the spokesman said.
  
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• Two arrested over stabbing death of 19-year-old in London

  29-01-2019 22:06
  Two teenagers have been arrested after a 19-year-old male was stabbed to death in central London, becoming the latest victim of the rash of knife violence that has beset the capital.The Metropolitan police said they were called to reports of an assault on Caledonian Road, near King’s Cross station, shortly before 7pm on Tuesday.The force said: “Officers attended along with the London ambulance service and found a male suffering stab injuries.
  
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• MPs' best quotes from the Brexit debate

  29-01-2019 21:57
  Jeremy Corbyn: “It will not be any comfort to say: ‘I told you so’ when the lorries are backing up on the M20, when cancer patients can’t get medicines and when prices are rising in the shops.Keir Starmer, shadow Brexit secretary: “It’s one thing for backbenchers to lay an amendment at odds with the prime minister’s deal.Nick Boles, Tory MP who co-sponsored a defeated amendment seeking to avoid no deal: “I am seriously committed to making a success
  
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• MPs order Theresa May to prevent a no-deal Brexit

  29-01-2019 21:52
  The PM has also been authorised to go back to Brussels to try to renegotiate her Withdrawal Agreement.
  
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• Full list: amendments to May’s statement on defeat of her Brexit bill

  29-01-2019 21:51
  MPs have voted on a series of amendments to Theresa May’s statement on the defeat of her Brexit bill.Tabled by Jeremy Corbyn and backed by a series of frontbenchers, this pushes the party policy of avoiding no deal and instead seeking a form of customs union.
  
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• NHS backtracks on Brexit pause in Dover blood donations

  29-01-2019 21:01
  The director of blood donation said the cancellations, since overturned, would have no effect on blood stocks.Health officials have been forced into a U-turn over a decision to cancel blood donation sessions in Dover and Folkestone around Brexit day.NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said earlier on Tuesday it was cancelling sessions for two weeks before and six weeks after the date the UK leaves the EU owing to fears of disruption on the roads in the event of no exit deal.
  
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• No-Deal Brexit More Likely As MPs Reject Bid To Extend Article 50 Deadline

  29-01-2019 20:57
  Theresa May has emerged victorious from her latest Brexit battle after MPs
  
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• Weather front to bring ‘significant snowfall’ across Britain

  29-01-2019 20:50
  Temperatures are also expected to reach at least minus ten across parts of the country, forecasters said
  
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• Mike Ashley sets sights on struggling furniture retailer Sofa.com

  29-01-2019 20:48
  Mike Ashley: the Sport Direct founder has been on a buying spree, snapping up House of Fraser and Evans Cycles.Mike Ashley could be about to make the leap from sportswear to sofa retailing with yet another takeover deal, this time of the online furniture specialist Sofa.com.The Sports Direct founder has been on a buying spree over the past year, snapping up struggling retail chains including House of Fraser and the bike specialist Evans Cycles amid a high street crisis.
  
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• Corbyn amendment defeated as MPs vote on Brexit Plan B

  29-01-2019 20:46
  Prime Minister Theresa May urged the House of Commons to give her a mandate to renegotiate the controversial backstop for the Irish border.
  
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• Venezuelans 'under Maduro dictatorship' - Juan Guaidó - BBC News

  29-01-2019 20:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Venezuelans 'under Maduro dictatorship' - Juan Guaidó  BBC NewsVenezuela: Maduro accuses US of trying to 'get hands on our oil'  The GuardianVenezuela set for another round of protests as Maduro rules out fresh elections  The TelegraphVenezuela's slow coup continues  Al Jazeera EnglishGen. Anthony Tata: Trump is right to keep all options on the table in Venezuela  Fox NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Israeli scientists claim they'll have cancer cure in a year - AOL UK

  29-01-2019 20:36 via aol.co.uk
  Israeli scientists claim they'll have cancer cure in a year  AOL UKScientists 'find cure for cancer which will be available within A YEAR'  Mirror OnlineCancer cure in sight, Israeli scientists say, but critics unsure  Daily MailCure for cancer ‘within a year’ company claims but experts say it can’t be true  Metro.co.uk'Cancer cure' doubted as Israeli team claims it can't afford to publish findings  The Times of IsraelView full
  
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• Ahead of key Brexit vote, Macron rules out backstop renegotiation

  29-01-2019 20:30
  The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has warned prior to a Commons vote on the Brady amendment that there will be be no renegotiation of the Irish backstop as Brussels prepared a similar rebuff should it be passed by parliament.MPs were corralled by the prime minister on Tuesday to back a proposal under which the Commons would commit to supporting the withdrawal agreement should the Irish backstop contained within it be replaced.Speaking in Cyprus, the French president said the withdrawal agre
  
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• UK parliament rejects SNP Brexit amendment O

  29-01-2019 20:28
  LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Tuesday voted against a proposal put forward by the Scottish National Party which called for the government to delay the March 29 Brexit date and rule out a no-deal exit.
  
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• Landmark case could see NI abortion ban overturned

  29-01-2019 20:25
  A landmark case at Belfast high court could find Northern Ireland’s abortion law in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.The legal action is being launched by Sarah Ewart, who embarked on a long, fraught journey in 2013 when a 19-week scan showed that the baby she was carrying had a fatal defect, revealing that the brain and skull had not developed properly.Doctors refused to perform an abortion, citing Northern Ireland’s near-blanket ban on terminations.
  
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• Landmark case could overturn Northern Ireland abortion ban

  29-01-2019 20:25
  A landmark case at Belfast high court could find Northern Ireland’s abortion law in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.The legal action is being launched by Sarah Ewart, who embarked on a long, fraught journey in 2013 when a 19-week scan showed that the baby she was carrying had a fatal defect, revealing that the brain and skull had not developed properly.Doctors refused to perform an abortion, citing Northern Ireland’s near-blanket ban on terminations.
  
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• Ireland ready to tap range of emergency aid in no deal Brexit - PM

  29-01-2019 20:22
  DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has alerted the European Commission that it will seek emergency aid in the event of a no-deal Brexit and is considering a range of other ways to help firms cope, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday.
  
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• Attenborough: Brexit politicians could learn from scientists over Antarctica

  29-01-2019 20:21
  The leading naturalist was delivering a speech to the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
  
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• 'Thick and fast': Snow blankets UK as warnings are extended to Friday

  29-01-2019 20:19
  Parts of the UK have been blanketed in up to 10cm (4in) of snow, and the Met Office has extended weather warnings though to Friday.Yellow snow and ice warnings are in place for much of Britain between until midday on Wednesday.The Met Office issued a further warning this afternoon to be in place between 3pm Thursday and midday Friday.
  
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• Daughter of murdered community worker said he was praying when he was attacked

  29-01-2019 20:13
  Ian Ogle died after being attacked in Cluan Place, near a busy arterial route in the east of the city, on Sunday evening.
  
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• Barclays executive given £25m bonus after 'sham' deal, court told

  29-01-2019 20:11
  A Barclays executive received a £25m bonus after securing Qatari investment in the bank under what amounted to a “sham agreement” at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, a court has heard.A jury at Southwark crown court was told on Tuesday that executives pursued the capital-raising deal in order to safeguard Barclays’ independence and avoid an “extremely unattractive” government bailout that would have restricted the bank’s operations, threatened to
  
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• LVMH boss says has no hand in activist Elliott targeting Pernod

  29-01-2019 20:10
  LVMH, owner of Moet & Chandon champagne and Hennessy cognac, does not want to destabilise Pernod Ricard and has nothing to do with activist investor Elliott buying a stake in the French spirits group, its Chairman and CEO said on Tuesday.LVMH billionaire boss Bernard Arnault, who described relations with Pernod Ricard CEO Alexandre Ricard as "friendly, made the comments at a news conference on the luxury group's annual results.
  
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• Show the EU what Brexit you want, May tells British lawmakers

  29-01-2019 20:07
  Prime Minister Theresa May asked the divided British parliament to send a message to Brussels on Tuesday that lawmakers would support a negotiated European Union withdrawal deal if a plan to avoid a hard border in Ireland was replaced.Parliament has been in deadlock since May's Brexit plan, agreed after months of talks with the EU, was rejected by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers.With exactly two months left until Britain is due to leave the EU on March 29, there is no agreement in London o
  
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• UK Conservative pro-Brexit group says will back Brady amendment

  29-01-2019 20:05
  A group of pro-Brexit Conservative lawmakers said on Tuesday it had decided collectively to back a proposal for the so-called Irish backstop to be replaced with other arrangements to avoid a hard border in Ireland.Prime Minister Theresa May has asked her lawmakers to support an amendment put forward by Conservative Graham Brady, to show the European Union there is popular support in parliament for her attempt to renegotiate the deal."We have collectively agreed to support Brady on the basis of t
  
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• Plan to halt blood donations for Brexit overruled by Department of Health

  29-01-2019 19:51
  The NHS announced that it would suspend donation sessions in Dover and Folkestone for eight weeks amid fears of transport disruption.
  
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