The stories we’re following in the Grasswire Newsroom, Monday, March 27, 2017
- Northern Ireland Assembly meeting suspended after talks to form a devolved government collapse; Secretary of State James Brokenshire says he will make a statement about “next steps” in UK Parliament tomorrow.
- Russia Opposition politician Alexey Navalny jailed for 15 days after March 26 arrest at demonstration against Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow.
Also on Grasswire
Syria SDF says engineers confirm Tabqa dam undamaged, ceasefire over
Syria Ongoing live coverage of SDF operations in the Tabqa area
Northern Ireland New IRA says EFP mortar used in March 21 attack on police
How the day unfolded
Всем привет из Тверского суда. Настанет время, когда и мы будем их судить (только уже честно) pic.twitter.com/zs6ueJMM8o
— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) March 27, 2017
'IRA' says it struck police vehicle with mortar bomb https://t.co/QliTdLUntC pic.twitter.com/azsq4gNpXy
— The Irish News (@irish_news) March 27, 2017
So if the Assembly doesn't sit it means no FM/dFM will be elected & at 4pm it's over to @JBrokenshire
— Tracey Magee (@Tracey_utv) March 27, 2017
Party whips have agreed to suspend today's business at Stormont as negotiations aimed at restoring power-sharing collapse
— Maria McCann (@BBCmariamc) March 27, 2017
NI power-sharing deadline set to expire without prospect of deal https://t.co/TQQJEbAlSA pic.twitter.com/FcOtZayKEo
— BBC News NI (@BBCNewsNI) March 27, 2017