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Michel Barnier: Withdrawal Agreement 'only option' for orderly Brexit Jeremy Hunt: 'Ultra hardliner' would fail in Brexit renegotiation Matt Hancock: 'Not against' no deal  - but it 'won't happen' Rory Stewart admits smoking opium in Iran as he continues tour of UK   Priti Patel: It's time to make the Conservative Party Conservative again Sign up: Brexit Whatsapp updates and the Brexit Bulletin​ Michel Barnier said the existing Withdrawal Agreement is "the only option" for the UK if it wants to leave the EU in an orderly fashion as he blamed British "nostalgia" for the 2016 Brexit vote. … [Read more...] about brexit latest news conservative party tory leadership

Mattis also said the "first thing" the administration is considering is why chemical weapons are being used at all in Syria. Russia was a guarantor of a deal the Obama administration struck in 2013 in which Syria was to have removed all of its chemical weapons. Mattis added that the administration will work with other countries to "address this issue." … [Read more...] about The Latest: Trump says Syria attack will be met ‘forcefully’

Asked about the potential use of chemical weapons in Syria back in 2012, Obama said: "We have been very clear to the Assad regime, but also to other players on the ground, that a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus." … [Read more...] about The Briefing: The Syrian snake that bites U.S. presidents

Happening Wednesday Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee … President Trump is scheduled to sign a bill passed by Congress aimed at cracking down on online sex trafficking … The Senate Budget Committee holds a hearing on the Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook for FY2018-FY2028 … The Senate Finance Committee holds a hearing on trade with China … The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on cyberwarfare. … [Read more...] about The Briefing: Collins is next stop on Zuckerberg’s ‘apology tour’