A cross-party Brexit deal will not get through Parliament unless it is subject to a fresh public vote, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer says. Talks between Labour and ministers over leaving the EU have been going on for a month with little sign of progress. Sir Keir told the Guardian that without a new referendum, up to 150 Labour ...

The European Parliament elections will be seen as an opportunity for the ultimate protest vote, Education Secretary Damian Hinds has said. He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme the elections would be difficult for the Conservatives and that “for some people this is the second referendum”. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told the show there had been a breakdown in ...

F R Chowdhury: I remember late Sanaullah Chowdhury of Atlas Shipping with lot of love, respect and admiration. He was a good friend of mine. He has been laid to eternal rest in Dhaka on 25-April-2019. With his sad demise Bangladesh lost a worthy son of the nation who was no doubt the pioneer of private sector shipping in Bangladesh. ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected the call for breaking up his company, saying the size of Facebook is actually a benefit to its users and the security of the democratic process. In an interview with French broadcaster France 2, Zuckerberg dismissed the claim made by his long-time friend and Facebook Co-founder Chris Hughes that it is time to break ...

Prime Minister Theresa May could set a date for her resignation in the coming days, the chairman of the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee has said. The PM said she will step down when her Brexit deal is ratified by Parliament – but some MPs want a fixed date. Sir Graham Brady said he expects a “clear understanding” of that timetable ...

Fatema Miah: I wrote a lot about climate change issues; how the air, land and water effected by or are concern, topic of climate change. Effects are domino to all aspects for example carbondioxide or other gases I wrote about are  the main cause of effect to water, land and air therefore the disturbances caused to whole chain system. Consequencely, ...

The Metropolitan police have launched an investigation after a shot was fired outside a London mosque during prayers for Ramadan. Police said there were no injuries, and they believe the shot came from a blank-firing handgun, and significantly, they were not treating it as a terrorist incident. The single shot was fired outside a mosque in Ilford in east London ...

Labour can “unite our country” and heal the divisions caused by Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn said, as he launched his European elections campaign. Mr Corbyn said the party backed “the option of a public vote” if a “sensible” Brexit deal cannot be agreed and there is not a general election. He said cross-party talks on Brexit were “difficult” as the government’s ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have named their newborn son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. Introducing him to the cameras earlier in the day, Meghan said: “He has the sweetest temperament, he’s really calm. He’s been the dream.” As they laughed, Prince Harry said: “I don’t know who he gets that from.”The announcement came after the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have appeared in front of selected media cradling their two-day-old son at St George’s Hall at Windsor Castle. The couple gushed over their newborn son, who was born Monday morning at 5:26 a.m weighing 7lbs 3oz. “He has the sweetest temperament, he’s really calm,” the Duchess of Sussex said.Harry and Meghan are expected to ...