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Newsday episode 0806

14/03/2019 GMT

Another important day for Brexit

BBC World Service - Newsday, Another important day for Brexit

British MPs will vote on Thursday on delaying Brexit after they rejected the idea of leaving the EU without a deal. In a night of high drama in the Commons, MPs surprised the government and voted by 312 to 308 to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances. However, no-deal remains the default legal position.
Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash. The Federal Aviation Administration said fresh evidence as well as newly refined satellite data prompted the decision to temporarily ban the jets.
The Democratic Republic of Congo has announced the release of a number of prisoners. Among them, Firmin Yangambi, a lawyer who was arrested in 2009 and condemned to a death penalty a year later.

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