News Headlines - 03 September 2019
▽Phillip Lee quits Tories, leaving government without a majority | The Guardian
Boris Johnson saw his one-vote Commons majority vanish before his eyes, as a statement by the prime minister to parliament was undermined by the very public defection of the Conservative MP Phillip Lee to the Liberal Democrats... In a carefully stage-managed manoeuvre, as Johnson began his statement Lee, who resigned as a junior justice minister last year over Theresa May’s Brexit policy, walked across the floor of the Commons chamber, sitting down on the Lib Dem benches close to Jane Dodds, the newly sworn in MP for Brecon and Radnorshire.
This is a transcript of a talk given last week by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to a group of businesspeople in the city. The transcript is taken from an audio recording of Lam’s remarks that was obtained by Reuters.
▽France pushes $15 billion credit line plan for Iran, if U.S. allows it - Reuters
France has proposed offering Iran about $15 billion in credit lines until year-end if Tehran comes fully back into compliance with its 2015 nuclear deal, a move that hinges on Washington not blocking it, Western and Iranian sources said.
▽Baby born to brain-dead mother in Czech Republic - CNA
A healthy baby was born in the Czech Republic to a mother who had been brain-dead for nearly four months, doctors said Monday (Sep 2).
The baby girl was born by Caesarean section in the 34th week of pregnancy last month, 117 days after her mother was declared brain dead, doctors at University Hospital in the second Czech city of Brno told a press conference.
▽Harry Potter books removed from St. Edward Catholic School
The students at St. Edward Catholic School in Nashville can no longer check out the popular Harry Potter book series from their school's library.
The seven-book series depicting the magical adventures of a young wizard and his friends was removed from the library because of their content, the Rev. Dan Reehil, a pastor at the Roman Catholic parish school, wrote in an email.
