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President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker met with First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels on Wednesday, as the European Council emergency meeting on the 'Brexit' issue takes place in the Belgian capital. Relations between Scotland and the EU, the 'Brexit' result, as well as the possibility of a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the UK were expected to top the agenda of the meeting.
Bernard Cazeneuve, French Interior Minister, said on Wednesday in Paris that a British exit from the European Union will not affect the situation with refugees, stranded in Calais, who are trying to reach the UK.
Port-au-Prince, Jul 20 (EFE).- Haiti's new prime minister used the occasion of his swearing-in ceremony Tuesday to call for dialogue with the opposition in pursuit of a way out of the long-running crisis that deepened 13 days ago with the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, was named premier by Moise on July 5, but had yet to take office when the president was slain in the wee hours of July 7 and acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph rushed to present himself as the rightful interim leader.On July 8, the United Nations special envoy for Haiti said that the world body recognized Joseph as acting head of the government. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS).SHOT LIST: SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF HAITI'S NEW PRIME MINISTER, ARIEL HENRY, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said to Turkish officials that all those involved in last week's failed coup attempt "will be purged and suffer the consequences that they deserve", during a statement alongside Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, in Ankara, on Tuesday. His comments come as officials announced that over 15,000 education staff had been suspended, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government continues to purge its ranks of opponents following Friday’s failed coup.
Mark Toner, deputy spokesperson for the US State Department, said on Tuesday that "it's absurd to think that United States was somehow complicit or anyway connected" to Friday's failed coup in Turkey.
Haiti's president is to seek the resignation of the prime minister hoping to settle a long-running political dispute that's blocked elections. Paul Chapman reports