Europe

News Brief: Northern Syria, Impeachment Inquiry, Canadian Election

6:12am October 22, 2019

The U.S. is likely to keep some troops in northern Syria. The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine is to testify in the impeachment inquiry. Justin Trudeau wins a second term as Canada's prime minister.

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Kamel Guemari is a manager of a McDonald's in a neighborhood in Marseille, France, that's known for crime and drug gangs. He has been leading an employee charge to save the restaurant, which has become a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigr

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Save The .... McDonald's? One Franchise In France Has Become A Social Justice Cause

10:29am October 21, 2019

by Eleanor Beardsley

McDonald's employees in Marseille are fighting to save their restaurant. For them, McD's isn't a capitalist giant; it's a vital community anchor in an under-resourced immigrant neighborhood.

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'Sisters In Arms' Celebrates Women Kurdish Fighters In Anti-ISIS Fight

5:09pm October 20, 2019

by Eleanor Beardsley

A new movie in France fictionalizes the Kurdish women's brigades and the role they played in helping to defeat ISIS.

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Demonstrators Decry Long Prison Sentences For Catalan Separatists

7:59am October 20, 2019

by Lucia Benavides

Protesters are gathering in Barcelona for a seventh straight day of protests against long prison sentences handed down to Catalan independence leaders.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves No. 10 Downing St. to go to the Houses of Parliament in London on Saturday.

U.K. Parliament Votes To Delay Vote On Johnson's Breakthrough Brexit Plan

8:45pm October 19, 2019

by Alexander Tuerk

In compliance with the Letwin Amendment, approved 322 to 306 on Saturday, a reluctant Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a letter to the EU requesting an extension to the Oct. 31 no-deal deadline.

Politics & Government

Parliament Deals Setback For Boris Johnson's Brexit Deal

5:24pm October 19, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

British parliamentarians voted today on whether to ratify Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to leave the European Union.

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U.K. Parliament Debates Latest Brexit Plan

1:23pm October 19, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

In a rare Saturday session, Britain's Parliament is debating the latest proposal for removing the U.K. from the European Union.

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Protesters wave Catalan independence flags in the street in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday, following a week of demonstrations over the prison sentences given to separatist politicians by Spain's Supreme Court.

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Protests Rock Spain's Catalonia Region But Residents Are Divided Over Independence

11:28am October 19, 2019

by Lucía Benavides

While many Catalans are outraged at the central government's crackdown on the independence movement, the huge demonstrations have obscured deep divisions in Catalan society.

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Why Many People In Northern Ireland Are Not Satisfied With Latest Brexit Proposal

4:58pm October 18, 2019

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Ben Lowry, deputy editor of the unionist-leaning Belfast News Letter about the latest proposed Brexit deal, and why Northern Ireland's unionists oppose it.

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Irish Finance Minister On Brexit

7:09am October 18, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe about the latest developments surrounding Brexit and its potential impact on the Irish economy.

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