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WATCH: Aftermath of Shootout with Police Shows Strasbourg Attacker Slumped in Doorway

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/14/islamic-state-claims-responsibility-deadly-strasbourg-christmas-market-terror-attack/

Video taken after a shootout between French police and Cherif Chekatt shows the Strasbourg terror suspect slumped in a doorway after being fatally shot.

Macron Had Helicopter on Standby to Escape Presidential Palace During Protests

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/14/fearful-yellow-vests-macron-helicopter-standby-escape-elysee-palace/

French President Emmanuel Macron was not only present at the Élysée Palace during “Act IV” of the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) protests but had a helicopter on standby to escape in case protesters broke in, according to reports.

>The French leader fortified the Élysée Palace last Saturday with an unprecedented amount of security, including 500 republican guards, around a hundred police and gendarmes armed with water cannons, and other anti-riot measures, Le Dauphine reports.

Strasbourg shootings: Armed police mount operation in Neudorf district

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46555705

Police in the French city of Strasbourg have carried out a security operation in the district of Neudorf as they continue their hunt for the gunman who attacked a Christmas market on Tuesday.

>Cherif Chekatt, 29, has been on the run since the attack, which left three people dead and many more injured.

>He was dropped off in Neudorf by a taxi which he commandeered to leave the city centre.

>Hundreds of police are hunting for him in France and Germany.

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Tories Trigger Vote of No Confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/12/tories-trigger-vote-no-confidence-prime-minister-theresa-may/

‘In the National Interest, May Must Go,’ Tory Brexiteers, Remainers Fracture on No Confidence Vote

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/12/in-the-national-interest-she-must-go-tories-announce-positions-ahead-no-confidence-vote/

Strasbourg Christmas Market Shooting: Three Dead, 12 Injured

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/11/strasbourg-christmas-market-shooting-one-dead-three-injured/

Italy’s Salvini Slams E.U. for ‘Unbalanced’ Approach to Israel

https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2018/12/12/italys-salvini-slams-e-u-for-unbalanced-approach-to-israel/

Majority of French Reject Macron’s Offers, Want More Yellow Vest Protests

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/12/majority-french-reject-macrons-offers-want-more-yellow-vest-protests/

Belgian Government Collapses Over UN Migration Pact

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/10/belgian-government-un-migration-pact/

Viral Video Shows EU-branded Armoured Vehicle Crushing Paris Protests

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/09/viral-video-show-eu-branded-armoured-vehicle-crushing-paris-protests/

Macron to Address France After Fourth Weekend of Yellow Vest Protest

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/10/macron-address-france-fourth-weekend-yellow-vest-protest/

Ex-IMF Director Slams Anti-Brexit Economic Forecasts: ‘Farfetched Stories’

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/09/ex-imf-director-slams-anti-brexit-economic-forecasts-farfetched-stories/

Mounted Police and APCs Deployed as ‘Act IV’ of Yellow Vest Protests Unfolds

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/08/mounted-police-and-apcs-deployed-as-act-iv-of-yellow-vest-protests-unfolds/

A total of 615 Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) have been arrested in Paris so far, with 508 of them remaining in custody as French police attempt to lock down the streets of Paris and make preventative arrests to quell potential violence.

>New reports indicate that around sixty people required hospitalisation as a result of the protests in Paris today, mostly with minor injuries. The number of injured is down sharply from last week, when 162 people required hospital care.

>New arrest figures for Paris show the number of Yellow Vests arrested by police has risen to 737. At least 55 people are said to have been wounded so far in the violent clashes, including three police officers.

>Around 400 Yellow Vest protesters have been arrested in Brussels, Belgium, and one police officer has been wounded.

Black Dems Upset Pelosi Considering Committee Term Limits

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/08/black-dems-upset-pelosi-considering-committee-term-limits/

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), said on Thursday that it is a “bad idea” for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to consider instituting term limits on committee chairs.

>Pelosi said on Thursday that she was “sympathetic to the concerns that have been expressed” by some House Democrats regarding term limits.

>“I think it’s a bad idea, I think it’s awful timing, and I think it’s a hell of a reward for all these chairmen who went out there traveling the country and busting their behPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Germany and France to Europe: Accept Migrants or Pay Up

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/07/germany-and-france-to-europe-accept-migrants-or-pay-up/

France and Germany have said that countries which reject migrants should be forced to pay to be excused from the European Union’s redistribution programme.

>The proposal was reportedly made in a document, seen by Reuters, circulated to member states’ interior ministers in Brussels on Thursday.

>The suggested migration rules would still insist countries take migrants from other member-states unless there is a strong objection. In which case, such nations would be able to make “alternative measures of solidarity.”

>Diplomats told Reuters this is Eurocrat-speak for making additional contributions to the European Commission’s budget or paying for development projects in Africa, where the bulk of Mediterranean Sea arrivals are coming from.

'Humiliation on a historic scale': what the papers say about first day of Brexit debate

Front pages paint a grim picture of Theresa May’s horror day in parliament

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/05/humiliation-on-a-historic-scale-what-the-papers-say-about-first-day-of-brexit-debate

>Theresa May’s shocking day in parliament dominates the front pages, with papers leading on the prime minister suffering three defeats including a historic Commons vote that found the government in contempt of parliament.

>As Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC’s political editor, put it: “That’s an absolutely terrible, terrible set of front pages for the government.”

>The Mirror runs the headline: “63 minutes of mayhem”, saying the day’s events left the prime ministerPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

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Petition: The UK should not agree the UN's Global Compact for Migration

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232698

Dow Plunges by Nearly 800 Points on Fears of Economic Slump

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2018/12/04/dow-plunges-by-nearly-800-points/

Bond Market Sends Up a Recession Warning Flare

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2018/12/04/yieldcurveinverts/

Sex Offender Jeffrey Epstein Settles Suit, Averting Accusers’ Testimony

https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2018/12/04/sex-offender-jeffrey-epstein-settles-suit-averting-accusers-testimony/

Delingpole: President Macron Is Heading for His Green Waterloo

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/03/president-macron-green-policies-will-be-his-downfall/

As the Gilets Jaunes protests in France catch fire, French President Emmanuel Macron is heading for his green Waterloo. And really, humiliation, defeat and — with luck — exile somewhere really remote just couldn’t happen to a more deserving candidate.

>One reason this dime store Napoleon has it coming is outlined in a characteristically incisive piece by Dominic Lawson in the Mail. It’s headlined: “Why It’s Hard Not to Gloat at the Travails of the Strutting French President Who Called Brexiteers Liars.”

>Lawson points out that of all the European leaders, no one has gone further out of his way to try to shaft Britain’s Brexit prospects than the pint-sized Mummy’s Boy Macron.

Brexit backstop plan is calculated risk - Geoffrey Cox

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46419790

The UK would be "indefinitely committed" to EU customs rules if Brexit trade talks broke down, the chief law officer has said.

>But Geoffrey Cox said it would not be in either side's political interests to allow that to happen.

>The attorney general said it was a "calculated risk" and "I do not believe we will be trapped in it permanently".

>Labour accused him of "hiding" the full legal advice on the Brexit deal "for fear of the political consequences".

Russian journalist monitored for ‘suspicious behaviour’ near UK military base

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Macron Considers State of Emergency After France Experiences Worst Civil Unrest Since 1968

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/02/macron-considers-state-emergency-france-worst-civil-unrest-1968/

French President Emmanuel Macron is considering imposing a state of emergency in France after violent protests in Paris saw the Arc de Triomphe vandalised and hundreds of arrests.

>President Macron was met with jeers and calls for his resignation by bystanders as he toured the damage along the Champs-Élysée on Sunday morning after his return from G20 in Buenos Aires.

>Macron visited the Arc de Triomphe which was vandalised with graffiti that read “Macron resign” and “Yellow Vests will triumph” after the capital experienced its third straight weekend of civil unrest over rising taxes linked to the progressive president’s climate change programme.

Brexit: Gove warns of referendum if MPs don't back PM's deal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46416591

If MPs don't back Theresa May's Brexit deal there could be another EU referendum, Michael Gove has said.

>The leading cabinet Brexiteer said Mrs May's deal was not perfect - but if MPs did not vote it through on 11 December there was a risk of "no Brexit at all".

>He told the BBC's Andrew Marr show there may now be a Commons majority for another referendum.

>Labour has said it will attempt to topple Mrs May and force a general election if MPs reject her deal.

UK crimewave: 'Ignore low level crime and crooks will think they can GET AWAY with it'

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Scalpel blades found taped to children's slide in Ormskirk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-46411533

Scalpel and razor blades have been found taped to the sides of a slide in a children's play area.

>They were found stuck to play equipment at the Winifred Lane play area in Aughton, near Ormskirk, Lancashire Police said on Facebook.

>Doreen Stephenson, a councillor for Aughton Park, labelled the culprits a "disgrace", adding: "It's quite frightening to think what the consequences could be."

>Police urged "everyone to be vigilant".

UK to unveil £1bn life sciences investment

https://www.ft.com/content/8de1f3be-f4c2-11e8-9623-d7f9881e729f

Government keen to show Britain remains attractive despite Brexit

>Hundreds of millions of pounds worth of fresh investment in UK life sciences will be unveiled next week as the government seeks to show that Britain remains attractive to global industry, despite the continuing political turmoil over Brexit.

>The centrepiece is expected to be an announcement of further investment by UCB, a Belgium-based company that already has a significant presence in the UK.

>Its commitment will form part of a new life sciences “sector deal” that is expected to include as much as £1bn of additional investment by the industry, according to one person briefed on the announcement.

Brexit: Sam Gyimah resigns over Theresa May's 'naive' deal

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46407249

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Despite EU Arrivals Lowest Since 2012, Migration Drives Non-UK Born Population to 9.4 Million

British government statistics show that net arrivals from the European Union are at their lowest since 2014, but this has not stopped rising immigration from the rest of the world continuing to push the United Kingdom’s population upward.

>Despite net EU arrivals — the difference between those arriving and leaving — falling to the lowest level since 2012, this group still yielded an overall positive figure in the ONS statistics, with approximately 74,000 more European Union citizens arriving than leaving during the period.

>Far larger were arrivals from the rest of the world, which are at their highest level since 2014, with net addition of 248,000.

>Overall, the net-positive levels of immigration, which despite coming below the recent 2016 peak, are still running at historically high levels. The ONS revealed that the foreign-born population of the United Kingdom now stands at 9.4 million and that arrivals from Romania in recent years have been one of the largest drivers of growth in that total.

Brussels Beware: ‘Street Fighter’ Orbán Teams Up with Action Man Chuck Norris in Hungary

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/11/29/orban-action-chuck-norris-hungary/