What the court saidThe Supreme Court judges voted eight to three against the government, upholding a November High Court decision. London (CNN) Britain`s Supreme Court has ruled that the UK government must hold a vote in parliament before beginning the process of leaving the European Union. May took over the premiership after former leader David Cameron stood down over the Brexit vote. "To proceed otherwise would be a breach of settled constitutional principles stretching back many centuries," Lord David Neuberger, president of the Supreme Court, said as he read out the ruling. "The British people voted to leave the EU, and the government will deliver on their verdict -- triggering Article 50, as planned, by the end of March.

Trump also directed that the National Security Council be restructured, an action typical of a new administration, and requested strategies to defeat Isis. Trump and Putin discuss `partnership` on issues including Ukraine, Kremlin says Read moreThe president named Bannon to the council in a reorganization of the NSC. The US president also signed executive memorandums on the reorganisation of the National Security Council and the formation of a new plan to defeat the Islamic State. President Donald Trump granted controversial adviser Steve Bannon a regular seat at meetings of the National Security Council on Saturday, in a presidential memorandum that brought the former Breitbart publisher into some of the most sensitive meetings at the highest levels of government. Also on Saturday, Trump ordered a lifetime ban on administration officials lobbying for foreign governments and a five-year ban for domestic lobbying, in an executive order signed on Saturday.

Although the hawkers were unlicensed, they were supported by Hong Kong residents who saw them as emblematic of local culture, which they feel is under threat. It was that decision that led to the months of protests in Hong Kong, later known as the Umbrella Movement, calling for ?genuine? universal suffrage. Despite the Hong Kong government?s apparent anxiety about the messages of opposing parties provoking violence, political adversaries have long coexisted peacefully at the Lunar New Year fair in Victoria Park. ?It set a very bad precedent,? he said in an interview, referring to the move to bar pro-independence parties from setting up shop at the fair, adding that he does not support independence for Hong Kong. In a first, it cited the party?s pro-independence advocacy, saying visitors might ?support or oppose the messages? of the party and thus ?endanger public order and safety.? Another pro-independence party, the Hong Kong National Party, was also barred from the fair.