RUSSIA, TURKEY TO FILL SYRIA VOID
ANKARA, Turkey — Russia and Turkey reached an agreement Tuesday that would cement their power in Syria, deploying their forces across nearly its entire northeastern border to fill the void left by President Donald Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of U.S. forces. Meanwhile, the Americans are stumbling out of Syria in a withdrawal that has proved chaotic. In the latest hitch, Iraq’s military said Tuesday the U.S. troops coming out of Syria do not have permission to stay in Iraq, contradicting U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s statement a day earlier.
Setback for Brexit timetable
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won Parliament’s backing for the substance of his Brexit deal but lost a key vote on its timing, a result that effectively guarantees it won’t happen on the scheduled date of Oct. 31. The good news for the prime minister was that lawmakers for the first time voted in principle for a Brexit plan, backing by 329-299 a bill to implement the agreement Johnson struck with the EU last week. But minutes later, legislators rejected his fasttrack timetable to pass the bill, saying they needed more time to scrutinize it. The vote went 322-308 against the government.
Trump insider has book deal
NEW YORK — The Trump administration official who wrote an anonymous essay about resistance from the inside has a book deal. The book, titled “A Warning,” will come out Nov. 19, The Hachette Book Group imprint Twelve announced Tuesday. It will likely set off the biggest Washington guessing game since “Primary Colors,” the fictionalized take on Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign that turned out to be written by journalist Joe Klein.
Carter sustains fracture in fall
ATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter had another fall at his home in Plains, Georgia, fracturing his pelvis and going to the hospital for treatment and observation, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo described the Monday fracture as minor. Her statement said that the 95-year-old was in good spirits.