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• European Parliament figures have been updated on progress
Brexit: 50-50 chance of breakthrough –Brexit Secretary
THERE IS a 50-50 chance of
a deal on Monday allowing
the next phase of Brexit talks
to begin, the European Parliament's
negotiator has said.
Guy Verhofstadt said
agreement on the Irish border,
the UK "divorce bill"
and citizens rights' was "possible".
Theresa May will meet
key EU figures later in an attempt
to hammer out a deal
ahead of summit in 10 days
time.
Brexit Secretary David
Davis said it was an "important"
moment and progress
to the next phase was "vital".
As the Brexit process enters
a crunch phase, the
prime minister will meet European
Commission president
Jean-Claude Juncker and
Donald Tusk, the president
of the European Council.
The UK voted for Brexit
last year and is due to leave in
March 2019, but negotiations
have been deadlocked over
three so-called separation issues.
BBC
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Arab opposition mounts against Trump’s
Jerusalem announcement
Former Egyptian PM
denies kidnapping
OPPOSITION IS growing in the
Arab world to an expected announcement
by Donald Trump
that the US will recognise
Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Reports say the president will
make the statement this week but
will further delay acting on a campaign
pledge to move the US embassy
to the city.
The head of the Arab League,
Jordan and the Palestinian president
have warned of the consequences
of a declaration.
The city's fate is one of the
thorniest issues between Israel and
the Arabs.
A deadline for Donald Trump
to sign a waiver delaying the relocation
of the US embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem expires on Monday.
Every president, including Mr
Trump, has signed the waiver every
six months since US Congress
passed an act in 1995 calling for
THE FORMER
Egyptian Prime
Minister Ahmed
Shafiq has given a
phone interview
on live TV, denying
reports that he was kidnapped.
Mr Shafiq's family had voiced
fears of foul play, saying they were
unable to contact him after he
landed in Egypt.
He was deported from the UAE
on Saturday after five years in exile.
The deportation came after Mr
Shafiq stated his intention to run for
the presidency of Egypt in 2018. He
said on TV he was now reconsidering
the plan.
Mr Shafiq's family issued a statement
on Saturday saying they had
been unable to contact him after his
arrival in Egypt.
Then on Sunday his lawyer, Dina
Adly, released a short statement saying
she had met Mr Shafiq in a hotel
in Cairo.
"I had a meeting with Shafik an
hour ago at one of the hotels in
New Cairo and confirmed his
health," Ms Adly, wrote on Facebook.
"He confirmed that his health
was good and that he was not subjected
to any investigations," she
added.
Mr Shafiq fled to the UAE after
losing the 2012 presidential election
the embassy to be moved.
Mr Trump repeatedly pledged
during his election campaign to
move the embassy, and while he
has said it was still his intention, he
has not yet done so.
There are signs however he will
make a statement on Wednesday
announcing Washington's recognition
of Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel while holding off moving
the embassy. BBC
•Ahmed Shafiq's family said they were concerned over his wherabouts.
to Mohammed Morsi, who issued
an arrest warrant for him on corruption
charges.
Mr Morsi was later ousted by the
military, and replaced by Abdul Fattah
al-Sisi in 2014, while Mr Shafiq
was acquitted of the charges. BBC
• David Ndii official Kenya's opposition coalition - Nasa
Top Kenyan opposition
official arrested
KENYA'S OPPOSITION
coalition - Nasa - has
protested against the arrest
of one of its top officials
after a police raid last night.
The Daily Nation newspaper
reported that David
Ndii was picked up at his
hotel in the coastal county
of Kwale. His room was
also searched.
He is a renowned economist
and an influential
strategist in the coalition and
has been a critical voice
against President Uhuru
Kenyatta's government.
But the newspaper says
he was arrested for his role
in an opposition initiative
called the People's Assembly,
which plans to discuss challenges
experienced in the
past election.
Some media reports have
also said that the coalition is
planning to use the People's
Assembly to support opposition
leader Raila Odinga's
push to form a parallel government.
Mr Odinga has said that
he does not recognise Mr
Kenyatta as president. He
told his supporters recently
that he plans to be sworn in
as president on 12 December.
BBC
UK foreign aid money 'diverted
to extremists' in Syria
THE GOVERNMENT has
suspended a foreign aid project
after a BBC Panorama investigation
found taxpayers'
cash was being diverted to extremists
in Syria.
Officers from a UK-backed
police force in Syria have also
been working with courts carrying
out brutal sentences.
A UK government
spokesman said it takes allegations
of co-operation with terrorist
groups "extremely
seriously".
Adam Smith International,
the British company running
the project, said it strongly denies
the allegations.
The Free Syrian Police
(FSP) was set up following the
uprising in Syria, to bring law
and order to parts of the country
that were controlled by opposition
forces.
Adam Smith International
(ASI) has been running the
project since October 2014.
Britain was one of six
donor countries paying for the
project, which provides community
policing to the rebelheld
areas of Aleppo, Idlib and
Daraa provinces.
It is intended to be an unarmed
civilian police force,
and not co-operate with extremist
groups, but Panorama
has found examples where that
was not the case. BBC