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Hello readers. More Brexit chaos as the UK lurches towards what Greg Sheridan calls the worst political crisis since appeasing Hitler, and global outage hits Facebook.

A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement in the House of Commons in London on March 13, 2019 after MP's voted to reject leaving the EU with no deal. - British MPs signalled their opposition Wednesday to leaving the EU with no deal on March 29, in another blow to Prime Minister Theresa May's authority which opens the door to Britain requesting a Brexit delay. (Photo by HO / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / PRU " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

No-deal Brexit rejected

An amendment calling for parliament to reject a no-deal Brexit in any circumstance is passed and ‘Malthouse’ compromise fails. Greg Sheridan writes that Britannia is in the laughing stocks, and its politicians have led the nation into the worst political crisis since appeasing Hitler.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 11, 2019 A Boeing 737 flown by American Airlines passes by the Lockheed Martin building as it takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. - US President Donald Trump on March 13, 2019, announced a plan to ground all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft amid intense international and political pressure following the second deadly crash in less than five months. "We're going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition regarding all flights of the 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9," Trump told reporters the White House. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Trump grounds jets

Donald Trump has issued an emergency order grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 9 planes after the Ethiopian disaster.

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Borce Ristevski (centre right) the husband of missing Melbourne woman Karen Ristevski and their daughter leave a press conference after pleading for information as police search the Maribrynong River for her belongings in Melbourne, Thursday, July, 14, 2016. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

Ristevski admits killing wife

By his own confession, Borce Ristevski is the killer and liar nearly everyone suspected he was. But despite the plea, he has not come clean.

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Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps are are displayed on an iPhone on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in New York. Facebook says it is aware of outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram and is working to resolve the issue. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Facebook down

Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram have been struck by a global outage, as users flock to Twitter looking for answers.

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A court artist sketch by Paul Tyquin of Cardinal George Pell at the County Court in Melbourne, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Cardinal George Pell has been jailed for a maximum of six years for sexually abusing two 13-year-old boys at Melbourne?s St Patrick?s Cathedral in the 1990s. (AAP Image/Paul Tyquin) NO ARCHIVING

Solitary Pell

George Pell’s life is in serious danger in jail and he will effectively remain in solitary confinement to protect him.

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Australia's Usman Khawaja celebrates scoring a century during the final one day international cricket match between India and Australia in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Winning ton

Opener Usman Khawaja stars with a brilliant century as Australia secures a historic 3-2 ODI series victory over India in Delhi.

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Kudelka’s view

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