{"source":"Politics","paragraphs":["\u003cp\u003eBrexit is scheduled to take effect

on Oct. 31, but Mr. Johnson has yet to receive Parliament’s support for the
agreement, making the day’s events a major test of whether he has the necessary
backing to make his plan a reality. By the end of the week, if not Tuesday night,
it will be clear whether Mr. Johnson has failed in his \"do or die\" pledge to
complete the withdrawal by the end of October, even if that means leaving without a
deal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the latest twist, Ms. Merkel’s interior
minister, Horst Seehofer, threatened to resign over the dispute with the
chancellor’s migration policy. Talks between the chancellor’s party and Mr.
Seehofer’s Christian Social Union party are expected to take place Monday. If Mr.
Seehofer resigns as minister and party leader, but the Christian Social Union
remains in the governing coalition, Ms. Merkel’s government will limp on. If he
takes his party out of the coalition — a partnership the parties have forged in
Parliament since the end of World War II — she loses her
majority.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter hours of relative lull throughout
Thursday, the gesture appeared to be a face-saving opening for both countries to
head off a war. But Indian officials were guarded, saying that the pilot’s release
would not necessarily end the crisis, which they said was rooted in Pakistan’s
support of terrorist groups that strike at India. The days before had brought both
nations to the brink. On Tuesday, Indian warplanes dropped bombs inside Pakistan —
it is not clear what they hit — and Pakistan shot down at least one Indian fighter
jet on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of troops have been rushed to the countries’
border, heavy artillery barrages and gunfire have been volleyed across it, and tank
columns have been chugging into place for what many feared could turn into a full-
blown war.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eExternal demand - or exports minus imports
- shaved one-tenth of a percentage point off gross domestic product. This matched
the median estimate, but a breakdown of the data showed exports fell 1.8 percent
quarter-on-quarter, the fastest decline in more than three years. Japan’s economy
is likely to resume growth in the current quarter, but falling exports suggest this
recovery could be hampered by trade protectionism, which could increase pressure on
policymakers to turn to fiscal stimulus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThough the
movement has already started to simmer down - after a terror attack in Strasbourg
and promises of quick economic relief - the \"Yellow Vests\" may have altered the
direction of Mr. Macron’s presidency. Mr. Macron has been forced to backtrack on
some tax increases and rethink upcoming changes to pensions and unemployment laws,
which could steer him away from his promise to revolutionize France’s
economy.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn a day that commemorated both the
centennial of the declaration of Germany’s first democratic republic and, just 20
years later, Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, President Frank-Walter
Steinmeier called on Germans to embrace an \"enlightened patriotism\" that
celebrates their democratic achievements while guarding them against the forces of
hate that led to the country’s descent into the \"breach of civilization,\" the
Holocaust.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMr. Pompeo spoke ahead of an appearance
later Tuesday at a United Nations Security Council meeting on the Middle East,
where he sought to portray Iran as the region’s principal wrongdoer. \"Failing to
confront the Iranian regime’s malign activities will only grow the regime’s
multicontinental body count,\" Mr. Pompeo told reporters outside the Security
Council.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIf last week’s debate did move the needle, it
wasn’t clear in her fourth-place finish in Nevada. The state held its early caucus
voting, in which about 75,000 of the 105,000 total votes were cast, before the
debate, meaning any potential bounce for Ms. Warren was not fully reflected. And
Ms. Warren has had strong debate performances before, of course — especially last
summer and early in the fall, when she was surging in the polls and her path to the
nomination was easier to imagine.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are about
2,000 American troops in Syria. Patrick M. Shanahan, the acting defense secretary,
declined to comment when asked if the attack would affect the withdrawal plans. The
American casualties included two service members, a civilian employee of the
Defense Intelligence Agency and a military contractor, according to the United
States Central Command and a Pentagon official. Three other service members were
wounded.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith more than 96 percent of ballots counted
as of Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Zelensky’s party, Sluha Narodu (\"Servant of the
People\") — named after the TV series in which he starred — appears to have won
about 43 percent of the popular vote and more than 250 of the 424 seats that were
contested. Sluha Narodu is the first party to secure an outright parliamentary
majority since Ukraine became independent in 1991. The leading pro-Russia party
came in second, and the party of former Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko third.
(The bloc headed by Mr. Poroshenko ranked fourth.) The newbie party Holos
(\"Voice\"), which is led by a rock star and denounces the influence of oligarchs
and established elites, is projected to win 20 seats; it is thought to be a natural
ally of Mr. Zelensky’s. An estimated 70 percent of members-elect are
newcomers.\u003c/p\u003e"]}