ASSOCIATED PRESS Britain's Prime Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions in Parliament in London on Wednesday. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will ask Parliament to allow him to hold an early general election on December 12. Johnson said Thursday that he would give members of Parliament more time to debate his Brexit deal on the condition that it votes in favour of an election before Christmas. To force an election via that route, Johnson needs to win the votes of two-thirds of MPs. His previous two attempts to hold an election were thwarted after Jeremy Corbyn ordered Labour MPs to block it.

Source: Huffington Post October 24, 2019 16:30 UTC