The Washington Post has a good look this morning at the consequences Britain could face from Brexit: it could be tougher to stop terrorists from entering the country, harder to keep strong sanctions against Russia, and more difficult to maintain strong military spending.
Why it matters: Britain is locked in on Brexit, with a departure date of March 29 — but it's not clear how many people who voted for Brexit knew it could lead to all of these consequences.
Why it matters: It's a sign that he hasn't been hurt by the prospect that Israel's attorney general might indict him in three corruption cases. The poll in the Maariv daily showed Netanyahu's Likud party would win 30 seats in the 120-seat parliament, followed by a hypothetical party by a former military chief who might not even run.
A federal judge has ordered North Korea to pay the family of Otto Warmbier $500 million in a wrongful death lawsuit.
The backdrop: Warmbier was detained in North Korea for 17 months and died last June shortly after being flown back to the U.S. in a coma. In the lawsuit, filed in April, Warmbier's parents alleged that "North Korea, which is a rogue regime, took Otto hostage for its own wrongful ends and brutally tortured and murdered him."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the heads of the other coalition parties decided this morning to dissolve the Knesset and hold early elections on April 9th, 2019. The elections were supposed to be in November 2019.
Why it matters: This high-stakes political drama is connected to the attorney general's upcoming decision whether to indict Netanyahu on three separate cases of bribery. Last week, the state prosecutor said a decision on the Netanyahu cases will be made in the next several months. The decision to go for early elections might influence his timetable.
