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UK's Labour party ponders supporting new Brexit referendum

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Labour Party opened its annual conference on Sunday facing a huge choice — whether to change policy and call for a new referendum that could halt the country's departure from the European Union.

The support of the main opposition party would be a major boost to campaigners for a second vote on Brexit.

UK opposition leader Corbyn apologizes after 2010 event which compared Israel to Nazis

The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, apologized on Aug. 1 for causing "concern and anxiety" by hosting a 2010 event at which another speaker was reported by a newspaper to have compared Israeli policy to Nazi policies.

Turkey submits defense on arrested HDP deputies to European Court of Human Rights

Turkey on Nov. 24 submitted its defense to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the cases of jailed Kurdish-issue focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and other HDP deputies, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Dijsselbloem to leave Dutch politics

Caretaker Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem will leave national politics when a new government takes office in approximately two weeks, a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday.

De Volkskrant newpaper, with historic ties to Dijsselbloem's Labor party, said it had viewed a letter the politician sent to the chairwoman of Dutch parliament.

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