The stories we’re following in the Grasswire Newsroom, Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- Sir Tim Barrow, UK ambassador to the EU, has delivered Prime Minister Theresa May’s letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, formally invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and beginning the Brexit negotiation process.
The Article 50 letter. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/SO5R5BTvhw
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) March 29, 2017
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As it happened
BREAKING: Iraqi officials say a suicide truck bomb has targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad, killing 15. https://t.co/crAibHoqnh
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 29, 2017
FULL TEXT: State Department employee arrested and charged with concealing extensive contacts with foreign agents. pic.twitter.com/N1XUce1dXN
— Evan Rosenfeld (@Evan_Rosenfeld) March 29, 2017
State Department employee to face charges in FBI probe: officials https://t.co/QHQ6sc7w7B
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 29, 2017
Turkey's Euphrates Shield Operation in Syria 'successfully completed,' says National Security Council https://t.co/GOHw6Cg76o pic.twitter.com/7YIVFjSBGm
— Hürriyet Daily News (@HDNER) March 29, 2017
After six decades, U.S. set to turn natgas exporter amid LNG boom https://t.co/N9T8YZ4DYG pic.twitter.com/vyXr95jfLj
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 29, 2017