British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday he would not negotiate a delay to Brexit after lawmakers-backed proposal to withhold approval for his agreement until formal ratification legislation has passed.
We get more from AP's Ben Thomas.
"Order."
A special Saturday session of Britain's Parliament to consider Prime Minister Boris Johnson's renegotiated terms for leaving the European Union produced this: "The ayes to the right 322. The noes to the left 306."
But that vote was for an amendment postponing ratification until Parliament approves the plan for how Brexit will be carried out.
Implementation legislation will now be considered Monday. One way or another, though, Johnson says there is no way he will negotiate another delay with the EU.
"... further delay would be bad for this country, bad for the ..., bad for all European Union and bad for democracy."
To its Ian Blackford of the Scottish National Party responded, "... well, prime minister, you'll find yourself in court."
I'm Ben Thomas.
Late Saturday, Johnson sent the EU an unsigned letter asking for a Brexit delay but then sent a second signed letter that said asking for the delay was a mistake.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on Saturday to "crush" the skulls of Kurdish militants in northern Syria if they did not withdraw during the 120-hour cease-fire.
He said, "If it works, it works. If it doesn't, the minute 120 hours expire, we will continue from where we left and keep crushing the heads of the terrorists."
A Kurdish official said that Turkey was not abiding by the cease-fire and that airstrikes and artillery had killed 17 people in the past two days.
Turkey agreed with the United States to pause its military offensive for 120 hours.
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At a rally in New York, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said he is back following his heart attack and emergency surgery that took him off the presidential campaign trail.
AP's Julie Walker reports.
"I am back."
The 78-year-old Democratic presidential candidate burst in the crowd of what he says with at least 20,000 supporters in Queensbridge Park.
"I am more than ready to assume the office of president of the United States."
The rally marks Sanders' formal return to the campaign trail as he tries to give his stagnant bid for the White House an instant shot of energy.
Among those introducing the Vermont senator was Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "Bernie Sanders fought for us," who Sanders says will be on the campaign trail with him.
Julie Walker, New York.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Saturday he received a phone call from President Donald Trump to express "solidarity" over the events this week in the northern city of Culiacan, where the government backed off from an attempt to arrest a drug suspect in the face of extraordinary cartel violence.
An attempt to arrest Ovidio Guzmán, the son of convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, in response to a U.S. request for extradition resulted in a deadly gunfight in the city of 80,000.
López Obrador said he thanked Trump in a Twitter message for showing "respect for our sovereignty and his willingness to maintain a good neighbor policy."
At least 15 people died after a dam at a small Siberian gold mine collapsed and water flooded two workers' dormitories Saturday.
Russian news reports quoted the emergencies ministry as saying seven people were unaccounted for while the regional health ministry said 16 people were injured.
The collapse during heavy rain occurred early Saturday morning in the Krasnoyarsk region, about 3,400 kilometers east of Moscow.
For more, visit our website. I'm David Byrd, VOA news
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