News Daily: Brexit 'end' plan, and UK embassy worker's murder
By Justin Parkinson
BBC News
Hello. Here's your morning briefing:
May to discuss 'end' plan for Brexit
EU countries have agreed that talks on Brexit can move on. So what does the UK want from its future relationship with them? Theresa May will address that subject - the so-called "end state" - later
when she chairs the "Brexit cabinet" , consisting of a dozen or so of her most senior ministers.
The prime minister will also update Parliament on last week's Brussels summit, telling MPs she wants to sign trade deals with countries outside the EU during the "implementation period" immediately after Brexit happens in March 2019.
The EU says discussions on the long-term trading relationship between itself and the UK are not likely to start before next March - although "internal preparatory discussions" can take place before then. Labour argues the timescale could be a "real problem" for business. But Mrs May will tell MPs she wants "access to one another's markets" to "continue as now, while we prepare and implement the new processes and new systems that will underpin our future partnership".
It's going to be another busy day of Brexit news, so why not reacquaint yourself with all the issues, using our guide?
Murder probe after British woman found dead in Lebanon
Police in Lebanon are investigating the murder of Rebecca Dykes, a British woman whose body was found on the side of a motorway at the weekend. Sources told the BBC that Ms Dykes - who worked at the UK embassy in Beirut - had been strangled. It is believed she was abducted after leaving a going-away party for a colleague. A post-mortem examination is due to take place later. Hugo Shorter, the UK's ambassador to Lebanon, tweeted that embassy staff were "deeply shocked" and "saddened" by Ms Dykes's death.
Why are British Muslim marriages unprotected by law? FEATURE / ISLAM MUSLIM MARRIAGE IN THE UK 60 percent Muslim marriages religious-only, unregistered 28 percent do not realise Islamic ceremony not legally recognised 66 percent know union has no legal status 50 percent do not intend to have marriage legalised - Source: Channel 4 survey Aina Khan Aina Khan is a journalist focusing on race, faith and identity. She's reading a masters in religion in politics at SOAS. @ ainajkhan United Kingdom Islam Europe, Maureen, right, was not entitled to financial support after her husband Rashid - the father of her child - passed away [Courtesy: Maureen] London, England - When Maureen wed her husband Rashid in a Muslim ceremony in 1973 in Bradford, she knew that should the relationship fall apart, she would not be entitled to share his assets. Her marriage was sanctified in the eyes of God, but in the eyes of the state it was "unregistered", not legal, and so financial protection...
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