That date can change, and Brussels may well grant a third extension beyond October 31. This would stop the UK crashing out of the bloc at the end of the month. But it would do nothing to calm the mayhem, nastiness and confusion that has engulfed Westminster for three years. ### Johnson says he will […]

The Treasury confirmed to CNN that the UK’s Royal Mint had stopped making the commemorative coins, but would not provide any further information regarding how many coins have been made or how much it has cost. ### Earlier this month, designs were approved for a series of 50 pence (64 cents) pieces — to be […]

A Vietnamese government source told CNN the government has been contacted by a father who thinks his daughter, Pham Thi Tra My, 26, may be one of the victims. ### The father sent an emergency request to the local authority in Ha Tinh province, about 200 miles south of Hanoi, reporting Pham missing after she […]

Maurice Robinson, 25, from Craigavon, Northern Ireland was arrested shortly after the bodies were found in an industrial park in Grays, Essex, on Wednesday. ### Robinson is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with 39 counts of manslaughter, conspiracy to traffic people, conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering. ### […]

The documentary, which aired last Sunday night in the UK, saw Harry and Meghan reveal how they have been handling their royal duties amid intense media scrutiny. ### In one candid chat with ITV reporter Tom Bradby, the duchess revealed that her British friends had actually warned her against marrying the prince. Barely holding back […]

‘Serious disruption to the life of the community’. If there’s one legal phrase which catches the difference between climate campaigners on the one hand and the police on the other, it’s that one. It comes from section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986. Where a senior police officer ‘reasonably believes that [a public assembly] […]

It Can Be Done – human rights law in action Series #1 In this series we worked with the Migrant's Law Project to tell the story of young refugees trapped in informal camps in Calais. Over several episodes we reveal how lawyers, activists, doctors and others worked to open legal routes to reunite the children […]

In 2011, Twitter was a platform that helped keep people informed on politics and news from the ground. In Egypt, It was also a platform that amplified the voices of local dissidents who were part of the revolution. With live updates posted by many Egyptian users, people from around the world flocked to Twitter to […]

Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party chairman, Richard Tice, is facing calls to “urgently” address concerns about his family’s links to offshore tax havens, after an investigation by openDemocracy today reveals that two offshore firms own large shareholdings in his family’s business. The Brexit Party MEP has also been urged to stand down from the European Parliament's […]

The world is condemning President Bolsonaro’s policy of developing the Amazon, which has been facilitating the spread of forest burning. Watching the forests burn is simply painful for many. At the same time, it is a familiar sight. Bolsonaro’s provocative rhetoric of developing the Amazon against the international demand of conservation is the same as […]