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MICHEL Barnier should be sacked and replaced with a “much more generous” negotiator if Brussels is really serious about reaching a good Brexit deal, a Czech MEP said today. Daily Express :: News Feed

THE EUROPEAN Union will continue to expand its defence cooperation programme with “full determination” to let EU members “explore all possibilities”, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini has declared. Daily Express :: News Feed

Poland’s ruling party lawmakers give preliminary approval to two bills allowing parliament and the president to replace top judges and to a bill that would sweep out electoral commission officials, plans the opposition and the European Commission denounce as a threat to the rule of law. CBC | World News

Will Emmerson Mnangagwa be a leader for all of Zimbabwe and not just the narrow interests of the Zanu-PF ruling party? There are plenty of skeptics. CBC | World News

Dozens of upset parents gather outside a kindergarten in Beijing run by a U.S.-listed company to demand answers, after reports emerged alleging some children had been molested, abused and left with what appeared to be needle marks on their bodies. CBC | World News

THE Duchess of Cambridge showed off her baby bump in a glittering gown as she stepped out with Prince William for tonight’s Royal Variety Performance hours after the Oxford Circus incident. Daily Express :: News Feed

London’s police force said on Friday that they have stood down after a reported incident in the heart of London’s shopping district. CBC | World News

PANIC erupted on the streets of Paris after a tiger escaped a local circus. Daily Express :: News Feed

Militants bombed a Sufi mosque and fired on worshippers in the volatile Sinai Peninsula during Friday prayers, Egyptian officials said, killing at least 200 people in what appeared to be the latest attack by the area’s affiliate of ISIS. CBC | World News

BRUSSELS boss Donald Tusk today controversially implied that Russia had interfered to sway the Brexit referendum result – by misquoting a speech given by Theresa May. Daily Express :: News Feed