International

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Brexit deal on the Irish border must be agreed and shared, Dublin tells London

  

  Irish premier Leo Varadkar has told Theresa May that he will not accept a Brexit deal which gives the UK the unilateral power to halt “backstop” arrangements for the border with Northern Ireland. In a phone conversation with the Taoiseach, Mrs. May said that any agreement would have to include a mechanism to bring an end to the backstop – designed to ensure there is no hard border in Ireland if the UK and EU fail to reach a broader trade deal.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Foreign nationals eligible to join UK armed forces; Military shortfall of 5.7%

  

  Foreign nationals will be eligible to join the UK armed forces in greater numbers, ministers will announce, as British residency requirements for service are set to be scrapped. The Ministry of Defense will remove the need for Commonwealth citizens to have lived in the UK for five years before applying for service.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  “Business as usual with Iran, and take advantage”, UK government tells British companies

  

  Britain will continue to expand trade relations with Iran despite Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose sanctions on the state, Downing Street has said. The government “regrets” the US president’s move to restore restrictions on Tehran that were lifted when it signed up to a nuclear deal in 2015, and believes the agreement makes the world a safer place, No 10 insisted.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Egypt postpones visit of top Brazilian diplomat allegedly because of the Jerusalem controversy

  

  Egypt has postponed a visit by Brazil's top diplomat, Brazil's foreign ministry said on Monday, in a move that allegedly was due to the President-elect's vow to relocate the yBrazilian embass in Israel to Jerusalem.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 18:06 UTC

  Bill Gates foresees taxes on robots to keep people at their jobs

  

  Microsoft founder Bill Gates foresees that a special tax on robots will be introduced in the near future to help people keep their jobs, according to an interview published Monday in the Japanese Nikkei newspaper.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Pompeo defends sanctions on Iran, “the toughest ever”, but eight countries will enjoy waivers

  

  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended the White House’s move last week to reimpose sanctions against Iran amid criticism from some conservatives that the action does not go far enough to cripple the country’s economy.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  UK's top lawyers and business leaders have urged for another Brexit referendum

  

  Members of Parliament have been urged to back another Brexit referendum by 1,400 of the UK's top lawyers. They have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to say that Parliament should not be bound by the 2016 vote. “Democratic government is not frozen in time,” the letter said.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Tower of London lit by flames to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War

  

  Some 10,000 flames were lit at the Tower of London to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Yeoman Warders, also known as Beefeaters, who have all served in the military, and representatives from the armed forces, started the process of lighting the flames at a ceremony on Sunday.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Soccer and the Holocaust exhibit in Argentina awarded German football tolerance prize

  

  The German soccer federation is giving an award for tolerance for an Argentine exhibition of harrowing stories about soccer from the Holocaust era. The 11-panel exhibit — one for each soccer player on the field — tells the stories of teams and sportsmen who suffered under the Nazis.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Macri and PM May scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting at the end of the month

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May and Argentine president Mauricio Macri are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting in the framework of the coming G20 summit to be held in Buenos Aires at the end of the month.