Politics

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  EU ready to postpone UK's exit; Labour could support a second referendum

  

  The European Union opened the door on Monday to Britain postponing its exit from the bloc beyond the March 29 deadline, as the main opposition Labour Party said it could eventually support a second referendum. 

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Trump anticipates a “signing summit” with China's Xi: trade agreement “very, very close”

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Monday he expects to hold a “signing summit” with China’s President Xi Jinping to seal a trade deal, since negotiators are “very, very close” to an agreement. Cheering global stock markets, the new comments confirm the dispute will not ratchet up immediately, averting an even bigger impact on the global economy. 

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  What are the next steps for Guaidó after the failed humanitarian operation?

  

  “I will return by the airport,” responded the leader of the Venezuelan National Assembly and proclaimed the president in charge, Juan Guaidó, during a press conference in the border city of Cúcuta, Colombia. And is that after the end of the failed humanitarian operation that failed to internalize the oil country tons of food and medicine, many wonders how Guaidó will concretely return to Venezuela.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Vice president Mike Pence to announce “clear actions” on Venezuela

  

  US Vice President Mike Pence is set to announce “concrete steps” and “clear actions” to address the Venezuela crisis when he meets this Monday with regional leaders in Bogota, Colombia, a senior US administration official said.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Venezuela soldiers who defected to Colombia fear for their families

  

  Venezuelan soldiers who defected into Colombia on Saturday say they fear for the safety of their families under President Nicolás Maduro's government. Speaking exclusively to the BBC's Orla Guerin, one defector aged 23 says he is worried forces loyal to the president may “lash out against my family”.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  UK's Falklands garrison force travels to Argentina for Search and Rescue exercises

  

  The new Commander of British Forces South Atlantic Islands, CBFSAI, Brigadier Nick Sawyer said that a small team of his garrison will be travelling to Argentina, at the end of the month, for search and rescue exercises, as part of the (UK, Argentina and Falklands) shared humanitarian values and responsibility in and around the South Atlantic area that extends to Antarctica.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  PM May considering delaying Brexit deadline for two months

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May is considering a plan under which Britain’s exit from the European Union would be delayed for up to two months, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. British government officials have drawn up a series of options, which were circulated at the weekend, in a bid to avoid resignations by ministers determined to support a backbench bid to take a “no deal” Brexit off the table this week, according to the Telegraph.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  Ecuador reaches an agreement with IMF and will receive US$ 4.2 billion

  

  Ecuador and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reached an agreement on a set of policies to underpin a US$4.2 billion (435% of quota and SDR3.035 billion) arrangement under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF). This arrangement, which is subject to IMF Executive Board approval, would provide support for the Ecuadorian government’s economic policies over the next three years.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Pope ends sexual abuse conference calling for an “all out battle” but victims remain deeply disappointed

  

  Pope Francis has ended his conference on the sexual abuse of children by clergy by calling for an “all-out battle” against a crime that should be “erased from the face of the earth”. But victims and their advocates expressed deep disappointment, saying Francis had merely repeated old promises and offered few new concrete proposals.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

  “Rotten Bourbons” shouts the Barcelona crowd to Spanish visiting King

  

  Hundreds of people took to the streets of Barcelona on Sunday to protest against a visit by Spain's King Felipe VI to the Catalonia region that made a failed bid to secede in 2017.