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The British House of Commons will vote today on Prime Minister May's request for more time to renegotiate the Brexit agreement with the EU. EU Council President Tusk had asked for concrete proposals from London in a bid to overcome the blockade. Commentators feel certain that the worst can be avoided.

Theresa May has asked the British House of Commons for more time to renegotiate the Brexit agreement with the EU. Since Brussels is unwilling to make concessions on the "backstop" the risk of no agreement being reached before the Brexit date on 29 March is growing. Commentators see the United Kingdom on a dangerous path.

At a ceremony commemorating those who were killed for revenge by Yugoslavian partisans between 1943 and 1945 EU Parliament President Antonio Tajani declared "Long live Italian Istria and Italian Dalmatia". Both regions belonged to Yugoslavia after the war and now belong to its successors Slovenia and Croatia. Not only the leaders of these countries are furious.

With the support of the US, Kurdish-Arab units are leading an operation to take the last stronghold held by the IS. Around 600 IS fighters are estimated to have withdrawn to the area surrounding the village of Baghuz in eastern Syria, where some of them are putting up fierce resistance. Will the terrorist group soon be a thing of the past?

In France it has emerged that journalists in the Facebook group Ligue du LOL (League of LOL) have organised sexist and racist cyberbullying against female colleagues for several years. The attacks by members of the largely male League were exposed by French daily Libération as well as reports by victims on Twitter. What are the causes of this hate-driven online behaviour, and how can it be combatted?