#ISRAEL: Parliament Votes To Restrict Demonstrations Amid Seoond National Lockdown

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Members of Israel Parliament (Knesset) voted to limit anti-government protests after an all-night debate over the controversial move. 

At around 4:30 am, the chamber finally voted 46 to 38 to pass a bill severely restricting demonstrations amid a second national lockdown in an effort to drive down rapidly rising coronavirus cases. 

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#CANADA: PM Trudeau Survives Confidence Vote After Throne Speech

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has survived a key confidence vote.

The Liberals survived the vote with the support of the opposition NDP, avoiding a possible snap election.

Parliamentarians voted 177-152 in support of Trudeau's Throne Speech, which laid out his party's agenda.

The NDP had secured an agreement on new Covid relief measures and had been expected to support the Liberals.

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#GERMANY: Parliament Sets Price For CO2 At 25 Euros Per Metric Tonne

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The German parliament has voted in favor of a higher starting price for the country’s new CO2 reduction scheme in the heating and transport sectors. 

The majority of MPs agreed to setting the price for one metric tonne of CO2 at 25 euros. As of 1 January 2021, companies that bring petrol, diesel, heating oil and natural gas into circulation will have to buy emission allowances. The price will increase to 55 euros per metric tonne by 2025 and as of 2026 the price will be determined by auctions within a frame of 55-65 euros.

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#BULGARIA: Gov't Angered By EU's Resolution Praising Anti-Gov't Protesters

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Bulgaria's ruling coalition has reacted with irritation to a sharply worded European Parliament resolution adopted on October 8 that has cheered the street protesters demanding the government’s resignation.

The resolution cited high levels of corruption, deterioration in media freedoms and lack of diversity in media ownership, Bulgaria’s failure to ratify the so-called Istanbul convention on gender-based violence, or to prevent hate speech on sexual and gender grounds and against Roma people and asylum seekers.

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#UK: Police Questioning Of Conservative Commentator Raises Free Speech Issues

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Conservative commentator Darren Grimes has been asked to attend a police station to be interviewed, after he was accused of a public order offense of "stirring up racial hatred."

He published an interview on his podcast on July 2 in which his interviewee, the historian David Starkey, said slavery was not genocide because there are "so many damn blacks."

The charges against him have caused a serious backlash among those seeking to protect freedom of the press and freedom of speech in the UK. Home Secretary Priti Patel has signalled her support for Darren Grimes, saying "it's important the law protects freedom of speech."

The Home Secretary said the right was a "general principle" which should not be violated.

Starkey has lost his job and a book deal since the comments were broadcast.

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#FRANCE: Lawmakers Vote To Return Artifacts To Two African Nations

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French lawmakers have unanimously voted to return prized artefacts to Benin and Senegal more than a century after they were looted by colonial forces and hauled back to Paris to be displayed in museums.

The pieces include a royal throne and statues taken by the French army during a war in Benin—then the wealthy African kingdom of Dahomey—as well a sabre once wielded by a 19th-century Muslim sheik in what is today Senegal.

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#CANADA: New Green Party Leader Seeks Seat In Parliament

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Newly elected Green Party Leader Annamie Paul said today she will consider running in other ridings if she is defeated in the upcoming Toronto Centre by-election.

She was elected without first being a member of Parliament.

Paul — the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party in Canada — said that being "a first" in politics means she'll have to fight much harder to get where she wants to go.

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#IRELAND: Supreme Court Rules Subway Bread Contains Too Much Sugar To Be Considered "Bread"

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Ireland's Supreme Court has ruled that sandwiches made by Subway contain too much sugar to legally be considered bread. 

The ruling today arose from an appeal from Bookfinders Ltd, a Subway franchisee, which claimed that it should not have to pay Value Added Tax, as many products it sells are “staple foods” and should attract a 0% VAT rate. 

However, the five-judge court ruled that the sandwiches must attract a rate of VAT due to its sugar content. 

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#POLAND: October Ruling By Supreme Court Could Further Tighten Access To Abortions

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An imminent ruling by the government-controlled Constitutional Tribunal would make the country's restrictive abortion laws even more stringent.

A group of over 100 conservative and nationalist members of parliament asked the tribunal last year to review the constitutionality of what they claim is "eugenic" abortion - namely, when the procedure is performed in cases of severe birth defects or fetal abnormalities. In a surprise move last week, the tribunal said it will rule on the group's motion on October 22.

The immanent ruling has sparked protests across the conservative Catholic nation from pro-abortion campaigners.

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#UGANDA: Bill Would Restore Presidential Term Limits

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Uganda's Parliament has started considering a Constitutional Amendment which seeks to restore the two presidential term limits.

The Private Member's Bill was on Wednesday read for the second time by Wilfred Niwagaba, who is also the shadow opposition attorney general.

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#USA: Arizona Educators Consider Adding Holocaust Requirement To Curriculum

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The Arizona State Board of Education is considering a change to the minimum courses of study for elementary school and high school to add instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides to the social studies curriculum at least once in either grade seven or grade eight, and instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides to the world history credit requirement for high school graduation.

The change comes after House Bill 2682, which would have mandated education on the Holocaust and other genocides at least twice between seventh and 12th grade, died at the end of the last legislative session amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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#EU: Parliament Votes To Include Shipping Industry in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System In 2022

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The European Parliament has voted to include greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated by the shipping sector into the EU’s Emissions Trading System.

GHG emissions from ships over 5,000 gigatons will now be included in the Trading System by 1 January 2022. In addition, parliament wants firms to cut ships’ annual average CO2 emissions by more than 40% by 2030.

The vote also confirms the position held by the EU parliament’s environment committee in July when adopting a draft legal report for a regulation on monitoring, reporting and verification of CO2 emissions from shipping.

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#POLAND: Kosher, Halal Meat Exports Banned By Lower House Of Parliament

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Poland has moved a step closer to terminating its $1.8 billion industry of kosher and halal meat for export — one day after a parliamentary committee had removed language about a ban in an animal rights bill.

Th parliament’s lower house, the Sejm, voted in favor of the Law on Animal Protection. Among the 460 lawmakers, 375 backed the measure. The text on the ban was reintroduced.

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#ITALY: 70% Back Referendum To Cut Size Of Parliament By A Third

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Italians have voted in a referendum to cut the size of the country's parliament by more than a third. Almost 70% of people voted to support he change, with almost all votes counted.

The number of MPs in the lower house will be reduced from 634 to 400. The senate will also be downsized.

The referendum was pushed by the Five Star Movement, part of the governing coalition, which argued that the move would reduce costs.

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#ROMANIA: Parliament Votes To Increase Pensions By 40% Ahead Of Local, Parliamentary Elections

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Romania’s Parliament voted for a bill that forces an immediate 40% hike in public pensions, as opposed to a milder 14% increase proposed by the Government. Critics warn that the increase could seriously hike the nation's budget deficit in the near future.

The decision, which comes just five days ahead of the local elections on September 27 and two months ahead of the December 6 parliamentary elections, highlights the fierce battle for votes between the Social Democrats (PSD), who occasionally hold the majority in the Parliament, and the Liberals (PNL), who run the Government.

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#BELARUS: Amid Talk Of Sanctions, Controversial President Closes Borders With Three Neighboring Nations

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Belarus is beefing up securing on the border with Ukraine and will close access to its border with neighboring Poland and Lithuania. 

All three nations say they are supporting sanctions against Belarus after European observers say the nation's recent election was unfair.
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#NORTHERNIRELAND: Trash Collection In Danger Due To Funding Crisis

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A funding crisis could force councils to cut trash collection services and community events, Northern Ireland's government has been warned.

Northern Ireland's 11 councils are to meet with ministers and Members of the Legislative Assembly this week to demand an urgent rescue package.

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#CANADA: Progressive Conservatives Win Majority In New Brunswick Legislature

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New Brunswick's governing party, the Progressive Conservatives, won a majority in the province's legislature Monday night.

Party leader Blaine Higgs won the coveted majority after two years of leading the province's first minority government since 1920. The victory ends a streak of four consecutive single-term governments. 

The PCs have been elected in 27 ridings, two more than the 25 needed for a majority.

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#JAPAN: Yoshihide Suga Elected LDP Party Ldr. Will Become Prime Minister

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Yoshihide Suga was elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, making him all but certain to become prime minister of the world's third-largest economy later this week.

As widely expected, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's chief cabinet secretary defeated former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Suga took 377 of 534 votes, with Kishida way back in second on 89. Ishiba came last with 68 votes.

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#IRELAND: Mass March In Dublin Against Mask Mandate

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Up to 2,000 people marched through Dublin City Centre on Saturday in protest at the wearing of face masks.

The march was organised by a group called Yellow Vest Ireland, which describes itself as a “people’s movement” that is “not aligned to any political group, organisation or politician”.

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#ALGERIA: Parliament Approves Constitutional Amendments; Sends To Popular Referendum

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The National People's Assembly, the lower house of parliament, has unanimously voted in favor of several constitutional amendments, amid a boycott of the opposition blocs.

The draft amendments, which will go to a referendum on November 1st, oblige the president to appoint a prime minister from the party that has the majority in parliament.

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#LEBANON: Parliamentary By-Elections Postponed Due To Instability, Covid-19

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Parliamentary by-elections to replace 8 resigned MPs were postponed until after Jan. 2021, in accordance with a decree issued by the caretaker prime minister’s office, the state-run National News Agency reported Wednesday.

The by-elections were postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, with at least 400 cases registered daily, and due to the “current conditions,” the NNA said.

The decision was made by caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and President Michel Aoun.

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#CANADA: Oppo. Leader O'Toole Names Shadow Cabinet Critics

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The list of who will sit on the Opposition front benches as the critics for the Liberal government ministries is a mix of those who backed O'Toole in his leadership campaign, those who backed his rivals and several key players in the party who had remained entirely neutral in the race.

Among them: his predecessor Andrew Scheer, who will serve as infrastructure critic; Ontario's Pierre Poilievre, who remains as finance critic; and Alberta MP Michelle Rempel Garner, who will take on the health portfolio.

Ontario MP Michael Chong is taking a big step up to become the Conservatives' critic for foreign affairs, considered one of the most high-profile portfolios.

That was the portfolio O'Toole himself was granted in 2017 after he lost the leadership race that year to Scheer.

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#TUNISIA: Third Government Sworn In In Less Than A Year

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Tunisia's Parliament has approved Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi's government - the country's third administration in less than a year.

Following a 15-hour session that started on Tuesday, Mechichi's cabinet - dominated by independent technocrats - won 134 votes out of the 217 members of parliament.

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#NORTHERNIRELAND: New Rule Says Civil Servants Can Be Fired For Using Wrong Pronouns

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During the period when there was no government in Northern Ireland, the civil service altered its rule book to say that all workers must use whatever words transgender people want, or face disciplinary action – and possible dismissal.

A transgender campaign group and the Equality Commission spoke positively of the changes.

But former finance minister Mervyn Storey said there are religious people and people of no faith alike who “do not sit comfortably with all of this” – and criticised the fact it was put into force in the absence of a minister.

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