Hurricane Dorian intensifies as it heads toward US - CNN

If you're looking for the 8 a.m. ET Hurricane Dorian update, it's not coming.

The next update from the National Hurricane Center will come at 11 a.m. ET.

Here's why: The National Hurricane Center releases new advisories every three hours — at 2, 5, 8 and 11, both a.m. and p.m. — when tropical storm or hurricane watches and warnings in place.

But Dorian is over water right now, and no area is under a watch or warning.

Under these conditions, the center only releases advisories every six hours: at 5 a.m., 11 a.m., 5 p.m. and 11 p.m.

The 5 a.m. ET advisory is the latest, which reported that Dorian has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph.

Here's a look at the latest predicted path:

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2019-08-29 12:24:00Z
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Hurricane Dorian intensifies as it heads toward US - CNN

Parts of Florida could feel tropical-storm-force winds as early as Saturday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The center urged residents to make preparations now ahead of Hurricane Dorian.

Dorian, currently a Category 1 storm, is forecast to grow into a major Category 3 over Labor Day weekend before landing in Florida.

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2019-08-29 12:06:00Z
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China deploys fresh troops to Hong Kong - Fox News

China's military deployed fresh troops to Hong Kong on Thursday in what it called a routine rotation amid speculation that it might intervene in the city's pro-democracy protests.

Video broadcast on China Central Television showed a long convoy of armored personnel carriers and trucks crossing the border at night and troops in formation disembarking from a ship. Earlier, scores of soldiers ran in unison onto trucks, which the state broadcaster said were bound for ports and entry points into Hong Kong. A handover ceremony was held before dawn.

"This time the task has a glorious mission. The responsibility is great. The job is difficult," an unnamed major said to troops before they departed. "The time for a true test has arrived!"

The official Xinhua News Agency said it was the 22nd rotation of the People's Liberation Army's garrison in Hong Kong. The previous one was in August 2018.

Nearly three months of fiery anti-government demonstrations have sparked concerns that the military will be deployed in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The Hong Kong garrison earlier published a promotional video with scenes of soldiers facing off with people dressed like protesters.

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Armored personnel carriers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) pass through the Huanggang Port border between China and Hong Kong, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua via AP)

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang told reporters in Beijing on Thursday that the demonstrators must abide by Hong Kong's laws.

A leader of 2014 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong said the city's government is using the same tactics as five years ago.

"The government is just trying to threaten people with emergency law, with the entrance of the People's Liberation Army," Yvonne Leung said at a news conference.

A former British colony, Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" framework, which promises the city certain democratic rights that are not afforded to the mainland. In recent years, however, some Hong Kong residents have accused Beijing of steadily eroding their freedoms.

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Chinese state media has published photos of the country's Hong Kong-based troops' armored carriers and a patrol boat undertaking what they call a routine rotation. (Xinhua via AP)

The newly arrived Chinese troops have been educated on Hong Kong's laws and vowed to defend the nation's sovereignty, Xinhua said.

"We will firmly implement the guideline of 'one country, two systems' and the Basic Law and the Garrison Law of Hong Kong," Liu Zhaohui, the garrison's deputy chief of staff, said on CCTV.

The Garrison Law allows the Hong Kong-stationed troops to help maintain public order at the request of the city government. That has never happened, and Hong Kong authorities have said they can handle the situation themselves.

Troops stationed in Macao, another special administrative region, also completed a rotation Thursday.

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The Xinhua report on the previous rotation in August 2018 did not mention "one country, two systems" or national sovereignty.

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2019-08-29 11:40:39Z
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Ruth Davidson QUITS as Boris Johnson plans to prorogue parliament - The Sun

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2019-08-29 10:29:17Z
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Boris Johnson’s Parliament Suspension Prompts Growing Backlash - The New York Times

LONDON — Britain’s prime minister, Boris Johnson, faced a growing and angry backlash on Thursday as his decision to suspend Parliament next month prompted protests and legal challenges, and political opponents scrambled to salvage efforts to stop a disorderly Brexit.

The normally fractious opposition swiftly united in outrage at Mr. Johnson’s maneuver on Wednesday, which brought protesters onto the streets in London and other cities across the country, while an online petition against the action drew well over a million signatures.

[What did Boris Johnson just do to Parliament? An explainer.]

The move also strained relations within Mr. Johnson’s Conservative Party and prompted claims from critics that the government was trampling the conventions of the country’s unwritten constitution, undermining its democracy.

The party leader in Scotland, Ruth Davidson, resigned on Thursday, though she did not explicitly refer to the suspension or a no-deal Brexit in her resignation letter.

Lord Young of Cookham, a former cabinet minister, resigned as a Conservative Party whip in the House of Lords on Thursday, saying in a letter that Mr. Johnson’s action “risks undermining the fundamental role of Parliament at a critical time in our history, and reinforces the view that the Government may not have the confidence of the House for its Brexit policy.”

On Wednesday Mr. Johnson had Queen Elizabeth II approve a plan to restrict the sittings of Parliament in September and October, reducing its prospects of legislating to prevent Britain from leaving the European Union without first reaching an agreement in Brussels.

Numerous reports by bodies including the Bank of England and the International Monetary Fund have said a “no deal” Brexit would be chaotic and would seriously damage Britain’s economy. Leaks from the government itself have warned of the possibility of jammed ports and shortages of some medicines and fuel.

A majority of lawmakers are on record as opposing such an outcome. But Mr. Johnson, who became prime minister last month, has promised to leave the European Union on the scheduled date, Oct. 31, preferably with an agreement but without one if necessary.

[With Brexit gambit, Boris Johnson reveals a ruthless side]

In an overnight poll, far more Britons opposed than supported his suspension of Parliament, and angry comments calling it undemocratic peppered social media, many with the hashtag #StopTheCoup.

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The front pages of newspapers in Britain on Thursday.CreditKirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press

[Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament drew intense reactions on social media.]

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, and a senior Conservative lawmaker, Philip Hammond, each called it a “constitutional outrage;” Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the Labour Party, labeled it a “a sort of smash and grab on our democracy.”

But Jacob Rees-Mogg, a hard-line Brexit supporter and the Conservative leader of the House of Commons, on Thursday defended the government’s decision, arguing that there would still be adequate time to debate Brexit. The real threat to Britain’s unwritten constitution, he wrote in The Daily Telegraph, came from those who opposed Brexit and who want to overturn the 2016 referendum decision to leave the bloc.

“The candyfloss of outrage that we’ve had over the past 24 hours — which is almost entirely confected — is from people who never wanted to leave the European Union,” Mr. Rees-Mogg said in an interview with BBC radio.

The suspension procedure was normal, he argued, because Mr. Johnson wanted to start a new session of Parliament.

While that is technically correct, the timing of the decision, the length of the suspension and its practical impact make the move look like a politically motivated tactic to stifle opposition in Parliament — an institution that Brexit was supposed to strengthen.

Mr. Johnson’s stance also suggests that he is preparing for a general election campaign, in which he could present himself as the champion of the people against a Parliament intent on thwarting the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Lawmakers are scheduled to return from a summer vacation next week but Mr. Johnson’s move means that Parliament will be suspended some time the following week, heading off any attempt by his opponents to tack on a few more days by shortening a scheduled break for annual political party conferences.

His new timetable has Parliament resuming work on Oct. 14, after the party conferences and several days later than previously expected.

In addition, he has scheduled an address to Parliament on that date by the queen, laying out his government’s agenda, which lawmakers must then address.

In effect, he has cut short the already dwindling time for Parliamentary action before Oct. 31, and has packed it with other business.

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2019-08-29 09:15:00Z
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Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament over Brexit sparks outrage: Live updates - CNN International

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Critics of Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament for a Queen's Speech should either change the law or change the government, House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said on Thursday.

The ardent Brexiteer met with Queen Elizabeth II at her Scottish residence in Balmoral on Wednesday, as one of the three Conservative members of the Queen’s Privy Council, to request the suspension of Parliament on behalf of the Prime Minister, which the Queen approved.

Speaking to the BBC Thursday, he called outrage against Johnson’s move “phony.” 

“All these people who are wailing and gnashing their teeth know that there are two ways of doing what they want to do. One, is to change the government and the other is to change the law," he dared lawmakers.

“If they don’t have the courage or the gumption to do either of those then we will leave on the 31st of October in accordance with the referendum result," he added.

Responding to criticism that the move by the Prime Minister is designed to prevent Parliament from debating Brexit, he said some were “crying constitutional wolf” and that if there is an agreement with the EU, Parliament will have 13 days to implement it into UK law. 

Rees-Mogg also criticized Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow, after he said Wednesday that the move by the Government was a “constitutional outrage.”

The lawmaker said it wasn’t constitutional for the Speaker to express his opinion without direction of the House and that his comments were in a private capacity. Citing the words of Speaker William Lenthall, an English politician from the 17th century Civil War period, he said: “Mister Speaker has no eyes to see nor tongue to speak unless directed by the House.”

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2019-08-29 08:57:00Z
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Parliament suspension: What does it all mean? - BBC News - BBC News

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2019-08-29 07:32:00Z
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