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EU could hold emergency summit to offer conditional Brexit extension – UK’s foreign secretary

Hunt added that, if the deadlock remained next week, parliament still had the option to vote to revoke Article 50 and cancel the entire Brexit process, though it was “highly unlikely.”

The EU could next week hold an emergency summit to offer a Brexit extension with potentially “onerous” conditions such as holding another referendum, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Thursday. “There could be and we don’t know there will be an EU emergency summit to offer us an extension,” Hunt told BBC radio. “We don’t know what the length would be and it could have some very onerous conditions,” such as holding another referendum, he said, adding that such an option would be unlikely to be supported by the British parliament. According to Hunt, the government does not yet know whether Prime Minister Theresa May’s twice-defeated Brexit deal would be brought back to parliament next week. Hunt added that, if the deadlock remained next week, parliament still had the option to vote to revoke Article 50 and cancel the entire Brexit process, though it was “highly unlikely.”

https://www.rt.com/newsline/454368-eu-summit-conditional-brexit/

‘Possible misinformation’: Analyst calls US bluff on imminent test of ‘DEATH RAY’ with ‘tiny’ budget

Published time: 20 Mar, 2019 23:30 Edited time: 21 Mar, 2019 09:38

The Pentagon wants $300 million to experiment with a space-based direct energy weapon for intercepting ballistic missiles - May be misinfo

The Pentagon wants $300 million to experiment with a space-based direct energy weapon for intercepting ballistic missiles – but the request may be deliberate misinformation, in the spirit of the Reagan-era ‘Star Wars’ program.

The US military has vowed to boost its space infrastructure, keeping ahead of Russia and China as they develop anti-satellite capabilities. Most of Washington’s effort is to provide more redundancy and to ensure that, if either of the two adversary nations were to start shooting down American satellites, enough would remain in orbit so that American troops on the ground are not left without communications and intelligence. But the Pentagon also wants cool new toys that –hypothetically– would kill ballistic missiles during boost phase.

https://www.rt.com/usa/454345-star-wars-laser-beams/

Third rail no more? MoveOn asks 2020 Dems to boycott AIPAC

Published time: 21 Mar, 2019 02:32 Edited time: 21 Mar, 2019 09:39

Influential progressive activist group MoveOn.org has a favor to ask 2020’s army of Democratic presidential candidates: steer clear of the AIPAC conference. Do not pass Go; do not collect hefty campaign checks.

The activist organization with ties to controversial billionaire George Soros called on the growing swarm of Democratic candidates to boycott the pro-Israeli lobbyist conference, long considered a rite of passage for American politicians. While AIPAC itself only spent about $3.5 million lobbying last year, its influence lies in matching wealthy donors with favored candidates, “bundling” enormous sums to those it believes will do the most to advance Israel’s aims stateside.

https://www.rt.com/usa/454350-moveon-asks-democrats-boycott-aipac/