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Hunt said it was too early to say if an extension to the Brexit process would be required. Britain is due to leave on March 29.

In an incident that has sent shock waves through the Indian-American community in Louisville Kentucky, vandalism resulted in deity image sprayed with black paint, broken windows, walls spray-painted with inappropriate messages and graffiti.

'Militant groups supported by Pakistan will continue to take advantage of their safe haven in Pakistan to plan and conduct attacks in India and Afghanistan, including against US interests,' Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said.

In the event of a no-deal Brexit, in which Britain crashes out of the union with no agreement on future trading ties, scientists from London's Imperial College predicted as many as 12,400 additional cardiovascular deaths over the next 10 years in England.

"This is a Constitution which aims to divide the country," Rajapaksa said, adding that the government has failed to deliver their promises made in elections and made it unpopular.

News of progress on a deal comes as the Taliban continue to stage nearly daily attacks against the Western-backed Afghan government and its security forces.

The coordinated announcements are the most explicit yet from EU countries as the 28-member bloc struggles to draft a joint statement with regards to its position on the crisis in Venezuela.

Sharif's counsel Khawaja Haris filed the petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC), where petitions for suspension of sentence and appeal against conviction have been already filed.

Roger Stone is one of the closest Trump associates to be charged in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to help win the election.

The United States has rejected Maduro, a socialist in power since 2013, as the oil-rich nation's legitimate head of state and has thrown its support behind opposition leader Juan Guaido, the head of Venezuela's National Assembly.

The tweet drew swift criticism on Twitter, with some saying that the anchor was giving weight to the false claim that Harris who was born in Oakland is not eligible to run for president because her parents are immigrants.

'China is not the only authoritarian regime in the world but it is the wealthiest, strongest and technologically most advanced,' he said, noting concerns too about Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Trump is demanding USD 5.7 billion of congressional funding to build the wall, but the Democrats have refused. Some 800,000 federal employees have been going unpaid since December 22 due to the shutdown.

Some 2.3 million people have fled the country since 2015, according to the United Nations, while the International Monetary Fund says inflation will hit a staggering 10 million percent this year.

The clash between two of Washington's most powerful leaders escalated the standoff that has partly closed the government for 33 days and that threatens the US economy and the livelihoods of about 800,000 federal workers.

The visit by the Chinese President is expected to take place after the polls and after the new government takes charge, the sources said, adding that no preparations were currently underway for such a high-level visit.