It seems Britain will fall into what Tony Blair described as Boris Johnson’s early election “elephant trap”.

Boris Johnson’s decision to seek the suspension of parliament in order to pursue a no-deal Brexit is a salutary reminder to the Irish Government that it can control only what it can control, ie what is within its sphere of influence.

Mairead McGuinness has been re-elected First Vice-President of the European Parliament securing over 93% (618 votes in a valid poll of 661) of the votes in the Parliament in Strasbourg this evening.

Theresa May's withdrawal agreement has been defeated for the third time in the House of Commons today.

How will British historians record the behaviour of its political establishment during the great Brexit crisis?

The DUP’s Ian Paisley begged his constituents to retain confidence in him during an emotional apology in the British House of Commons for a major breach of parliamentary rules.

The Ukrainian parliament has stripped a celebrated former military pilot and presidential hopeful of her immunity as a politician, sanctioning her arrest on charges of plotting an attack on parliament with grenades and automatic weapons.

Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to address the issue of corruption as he was voted in by parliamentarians as South Africa's new president, following the scandal-tainted reign of his predecessor Jacob Zuma.

Iraq’s parliament has approved May 12 as the date for holding national elections despite calls from the country’s Sunni community to delay the vote until the return of nearly three million people displaced by the fight against the Islamic State group.

Catalonia’s new parliament has convened amid looming questions about the role fugitive and jailed politicians will play in the chamber’s separatist majority as well as the future regional government.

MPs have "taken back control" of the Brexit process and inflicted a humiliating House of Commons defeat on Theresa May with the help of around a dozen Tory rebels.

The border between Catalonia and the neighbouring region of Valencia cuts right through the community whose 500 residents fear the conflict between Catalan and Madrid authorities will split the town in two.

A coat of arms to honour MP Jo Cox will be unveiled in Parliament by her two children, following the first anniversary of her death.

Early results on Sunday showed Russia's ruling United Russia party winning in the parliamentary election, amid reports of election violations and visible voter apathy in the country's two largest cities.

Complaints of election violations are increasing as Russians went to the polls for a new national parliament on Sunday.

Opposition policymakers in Kosovo have repeatedly used tear gas to block work in parliament as they pressure the government to renounce deals with Serbia and Montenegro.

Egypt’s first legislature in more than three years, a 596-seat chamber packed with supporters of president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has convened.

With France still reeling from the attacks that killed 129 and wounded hundreds, France’s lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, has voted to extend a state of emergency for three months. The measure now goes to the Senate, where it is likely to be approved.

The international community has strongly condemned the Kosovo opposition’s “continued use of violence to achieve political goals”.

Kosovo’s opposition has used tear gas and pepper spray inside parliament and pelted police with rocks and pink paint outside the building.

Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has signed a decree formally dissolving parliament and calling a general election for December 20.

A police officer and two protesters have been injured in clashes in Kosovo a day after the opposition disrupted parliament with tear gas to protest against agreements with Serbia and Montenegro.