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Brexit deal rejected

British Prime Minister Theresa May loses a parliamentary vote on Brexit for a second time

The British prime minister Theresa May has lost a parliamentary vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Bill for a second time. MPs defeated the deal, which had been agreed with the European Union, by 391 votes to 242.

Also in the programme: All operations of the Boeing 737 MAX have been suspended in EU airspace pending an investigation into Sunday's fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet.

(Photo: MPs gathered in the House of Commons in London on 12 March 2019. Credit: PRU/AFP)

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Tue 12 Mar 201921:06GMT
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