UK Prime Minister Theresa May is set to meet her cabinet on Monday amid growing pressure over her own future.
She's being urged by many lawmakers in her own party to say she'll step aside - in exchange for backing for her Brexit deal with Brussels.
Downing Street says the government will only bring the deal to the House of Commons for a third so-called "meaningful vote" if it's confident it will go through.
Conservative MP Nigel Evans says May needs to set a departure date.
Strike hits Beirut apartment block as Israel presses attacks
An Israeli strike hit an apartment block in central Beirut on Wednesday, Lebanese authorities said, further widening Israeli attacks in the capital beyond the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs where heavy bombardment continued.
Six killed in Swiss bus blaze after person reportedly sets themselves on fire
At least six people have died, and three others were injured in a bus fire on Tuesday in a small town in western Switzerland, in what police said may have been a deliberate act following reports that a person on board set fire to themselves.
Thailand's Phuket airport closes runway after Air India Express plane malfunction
Thailand's Phuket airport said on Wednesday it had temporarily closed its runway to remove a disabled Air India Express plane after it experienced a malfunction upon landing.
US says it destroyed mine-laying vessels as Trump warns Iran over strait
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Britain working with allies to support shipping through Strait of Hormuz
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