Brexit woes plague May
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May concedes that she gets “irritated” by the debate over her leadership during the difficult Brexit negotiations.
She told the BBC in an interview scheduled to be broadcast Monday that she is concerned for the country’s future, not her own, as talks about Britain’s upcoming exit from the European Union continue.
Ms. May faces a split in her Conservative Party, with some influential figures preferring a more complete break with the EU than she is advocating. Roughly 50 hard-liners met Tuesday night to discuss her possible ouster.
The opposition Labour Party is also increasingly divided over the Brexit issue. London Mayor Sadiq Khan broke ranks on Sunday with party leader Jeremy Corbyn to publicly back a second referendum of whether Britain should go forward with plans to leave the EU.
Call for dismissal
JERUSALEM — An opposition Israeli lawmaker called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss his ambassador to the United States for failing to report sexual assault allegations against a top Netanyahu aide, ballooning an already embarrassing scandal for the Israeli leader.
Karin Elharrar of the centrist Yesh Atid party said Ron Dermer should be recalled from Washington for not reporting the warnings he received about David Keyes, Mr. Netanyahu’s spokesman to foreign media. She also lashed out at Mr. Netanyahu himself for staying mum on an issue that has engulfed his close associates.
“His silence is thundering. I would expect from the prime minister a clear condemnation, if not at least a mention that the allegations were being looked into,” Ms. Elharrar told The Associated Press. “Who if not the prime minister should be an example on this matter? It’s time that this issue of sexual harassment be at the top of his agenda.”
Last week, Julia Salazar, a candidate for New York’s state senate, accused Keyes of sexually assaulting her five years ago.
New PM in Haiti
A well-known public notary who twice ran unsuccessfully for president became Haiti’s prime minister after the Lower Chamber of Deputies overwhelmingly approved his political program and Cabinet.
Jean Henry Ceant’s ratification came after both chambers of Parliament held separate back-to-back sessions that began Friday afternoon in the Senate and ended shortly after sunrise Sunday with the vote in the Lower Chamber. Eighty-four deputies voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratification. Five were against and four abstained.
Mr. Ceant’s ratification followed the forced resignation of Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant in July after his decision to raise fuel prices by as much as 51 percent sparked widespread civil unrest, riots and caused the cancellation of international flights.