Global News 4/1/19 – Setback for Erdogan, Slovakia elects first female president, and White House threatens to shut border

Supporters of the opposition Republican People’s Party celebrating in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday. Credit EPA, via Shutterstock

April started off with a bang, with Turkey’s main opposition party winning local elections in Turkey’s two most important cities, Slovakia electing its first female president, and the White House doubling down on threats to close the Mexican border if Mexico didn’t do more to curb migration to the US. Read more below.

• Turkey local elections: Setback for Erdogan in big cities (BBC)

• Zuzana Caputova becomes Slovakia's first female president (BBC)

• Trump aides repeat threat to shut down U.S.-Mexico border over migrant issue (Reuters)

• Leaked reports reveal severe abuse of Saudi political prisoners (The Guardian)

• Brexit could head in a new direction as lawmakers vote for alternative options (CNBC)

• Whistle-blower tells Congress of irregularities in White House security clearances (NY Times)

• Ukraine election: Comedian leads presidential contest (BBC)

• International aid helps Mozambique fight cholera in Beira (AP)

• Pope tells Moroccans “we are brothers and sisters” (AP)

• Venezuela's Maduro announces power rationing amid outages (ABC News)

• North Korea says Madrid embassy raid was 'grave terror attack’ (BBC)

• Afghan VP survives second assassination attempt (BBC)

• Arab leaders to seek U.N. Security Council resolution on Golan (Reuters)

• Gaza border protests: 190 killed and 28,000 injured in a year of bloodshed (The Guardian)

• Exxon faces investor pressure on climate (Axios)

Global News 3/28/19 – Theresa May offers resignation if Brexit passes, Facebook engages in housing discrimination, and Medicaid work requirements blocked

Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain leaving Parliament on Wednesday. She offered to give her critics what they wanted — her resignation — but only if they made a titanic concession: approving her Brexit agreement. Credit Jack Taylor/Getty Images

This Thursday, Theresa May raised the stakes of Brexit by offering her own resignation if it passes, Facebook was accused by the United States of race-based housing discrimination, and a federal judge blocked work requirements for Medicaid in two states. Read more every weekday right here.

• Theresa May put her head on the block for her Brexit deal. It might not be enough. (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/europe/theresa-may-brexit.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

• Facebook engages in housing discrimination via its ad practices, U.S. says (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/politics/facebook-housing-discrimination.html

• Federal judge blocks Medicaid work requirements in Kentucky and Arkansas (Washington Post) https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/federal-judge-blocks-medicaid-work-requirements-in-kentucky-and-arkansas/2019/03/27/34dab2c8-50a8-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f_story.html?utm_term=.4952f3463405

• UK watchdog slams Huawei over ‘serious’ cybersecurity vulnerabilities (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/28/18285185/huawei-uk-government-cybersecurity-report-5g-rollout-security-concerns

• ‘You can’t put it behind you’: School shootings leave long trail of trauma (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/us/parkland-shooting-suicides-newtown-mental-health.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

• Study: Many in DRC Ebola outbreak don’t believe virus is real (AP) https://apnews.com/3a4260df676f47efb535f6bd5af4ef6f

• As U.S. tightens sanctions, Iran’s network of allies feels the pain (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/middleeast/iran-sanctions-arab-allies.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

• After New Zealand attacks, more people registered to move there (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/asia/new-zealand-attacks-visas.html?action=click&module=News&pgtype=Homepage

• Brunei to punish adultery and gay sex with death by stoning (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/asia/brunei-stoning-death.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

• Monsanto ordered to pay $80 Million in Roundup cancer case (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/us/monstanto-roundup-california-verdict.html?action=click&module=Latest&pgtype=Homepage

• At least 7 die in office tower fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh (NY Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/28/world/asia/bangladesh-fire-dhaka.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=World

• Russia says it sent 'specialists' to Venezuela, rebuffs Trump (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-usa-russia-defence/russian-military-team-arrived-in-caracas-venezuela-military-attache-idUSKCN1R910T

• Car bomb outside Somali hotel kills at least 15 (Reuters) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-security/car-bomb-outside-hotel-kills-at-least-eight-in-somali-capital-idUSKCN1R914B

• Italian minister praises storming of migrant ship (AP) https://apnews.com/519554b4ec7c456288cc576e0e64c3a2?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP

Global News 3/27/19 – EU extends Operation Sophia, top Algeria party backs Bouteflika exit, Saudi airstrike hits Yemen hospital

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This Wednesday, the EU decided to continue Operation Sophia, its anti-smuggling mission; a top Algerian political party backed the military in saying President Bouteflika should resign, and a Saudi airstrike hit a Yemeni hospital. Read these stories and more below.

• EU diplomats tentatively agree to extend Operation Sophia (Politico)

• Algerian party, top union join army in seeking Bouteflika exit (Reuters)

• Secretive group seeking to oust Kim Jong-un claim North Korea embassy raid (The Guardian)

• Tusk urges European Parliament to stay open to long Brexit delay (Politico)

• Saudi airstrike said to hit Yemeni hospital as war enters year 5 (NY Times)

• Calm appears to hold in Gaza despite exchange of fire (AP)

• New York county declares measles outbreak emergency (BBC)

• Road safety: UK, Europe set to adopt vehicle speed limiters (BBC)

• Article 13: Memes exempt as EU backs controversial copyright law (BBC)

• The squeeze of monopolistic platforms (Axios)

• A potential domestic catastrophe as flooding degrades wells in Midwest (Axios)

• Nicaraguan clergy face threats after providing refuge for protesters fleeing gunfire: ‘The church became a type of morgue’ (LA Times)

• IBM accused of violating federal anti-age discrimination law (ProPublica)

• El Salvador considers amnesty for those accused of crimes during its civil war (ProPublica)

• After Boeing crashes, sharp questions about the industry regulating itself (NY Times)