Shares fall on doubts May can survive probable loss of Brexit vote on Tuesday

European shares played catch-up with the US by falling for a second day, suggesting the global rout for stock markets is far from over.

In the UK, the Ftse-100 ended 1.4% lower on Brexit fears over the UK economy and on whether Prime Minister Theresa May will survive if as seems likely she loses her Brexit withdrawal bill when the Commons votes on it on Tuesday.