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Boris Johnson will try to persuade MPs to back his Brexit deal

A vote on the deal will take place in the House of Commons on Saturday.

The British prime minister, Boris Johnson, is trying to drum up support for the Brexit agreement ahead of a special sitting of parliament on Saturday.

Security forces and cartel gunmen clashed in Mexico after the son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán was found.

The Lebanese government has abandoned plans to tax calls on internet messaging services such as WhatsApp after protests erupted across the country.

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