Queen’s Speech: Monarch outlines PM’s Brexit and NHS agenda
Plans to take the UK out of the EU are among the bills unveiled as the Queen opens Parliament. BBC News – UK
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Jailed Catalan leader ‘should have had immunity’, rules EU court
The EU’s top court says Oriol Junqueras was wrongly prevented from taking his EU Parliament seat. BBC News – Europe
US immigration: Migrants camped on US border endure cold snap
Images of the hundreds of people camped out in Ciudad Juárez who are waiting to apply for US asylum. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Giulio Regeni: Egypt tried to cover up student murder, Italy says
Prosecutors say student Giulio Regeni was ensnared in a “spider’s web” before his death in 2016. BBC News – Middle East
Bank of England press briefings hijacked by hedge funds
Traders may have had early access to market-sensitive information from Bank press conferences. BBC News – Business
Donald Trump is impeached and faces trial in the US Senate
The president becomes only the third in US history to be impeached and now faces a Senate trial. BBC News – US & Canada