Jeremy Corbyn will tell the EU's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier that Labour is a "government in waiting" and ready to take up responsibility for negotiating Britain's withdrawal from the EU.

Corbyn, joined by Shadow Brexit Secretary Sir Keir Starmer and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott, will meet Barnier in Brussels on Thursday. Corbyn is expected to tell Barnier that Labour's approach to Brexit negotiations would be "very different" from Prime Minister Theresa May's and say his party would not use the "megaphone diplomacy" employed by the Tories.

Barnier will also meet Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones for private talks ahead of the second round of formal negotiations in Brussels next week.

Speaking ahead of his visit, Corbyn told MPs that "Labour is a government-in-waiting and we are ready to take up the responsibility for Brexit negotiations.

Another YouTube video has been censored on the grounds that it violated the platform's Community Guidelines—but the removal of this video does not protect viewers from nudity or crude language. Instead, it 'protects' viewers from the reality of United States foreign policy.

Alternative geopolitical analyst Mimi Al Laham, who goes by the name "Partisan Girl," revealed on Twitter that one of her YouTube videos was flagged and removed upon review. "It documented US military airdrops falling into ISIS hands," She wrote. "Truth is graphic content."

The notice from YouTube claimed the video was removed because it violated the platform's Community Guidelines. In addition to the video's removal, Partisan Girl also received a "strike" or penalty on her account—a YouTube user can receive up to three "strikes."

Hillary and Ukraine better hope that Trump's nominee for FBI Director, Christopher Wray, is not confirmed by the Senate.

Real news...Ukraine did collude with the Hillary Clinton campaign, and the DNC, to prevent then-candidate Trump from entering the White House. They failed, and they then quickly projected their sneaky crimes into a fake Russia-election meddling narrative.

If President Trump's nominee for FBI Director, Christopher Wray is confirmed by the Senate, then expect an investigation into the Ukraine-Clinton collusion that is very real, very factual, and very well documented...unlike the zero evidence Russian election meddling fake news story.

On January 11, 2017, Politico ran a post entitled "Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire", which detailed how Kiev officials were scrambling to make amends with president-elect Trump after quietly working to boost Clinton.

The discussion draft of the 'Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017' has been released, amid ongoing opposition from Democrats and a number of Republican lawmakers who think the bill either goes too far, or not far enough.

The 171-page document is the second attempt of the Senate GOP to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare. It takes only three Republican dissenters to halt the law's passage in the Senate.

As revised, the bill would keep some of the Obamacare taxes on wealthy Americans, provide new government subsidies for health insurance purchases, and allow providers to offer plans with less comprehensive coverage.

The second version would provide about $70 billion in additional funding to states in an effort to reduce premiums, hold down out-of-pocket costs, and make healthcare more affordable in general ‒ adding to the $100 billion in the first draft, the New York Times reported.

"Scares and speculations" surrounding Russian military drills are a smokescreen for NATO's military buildup in Eastern Europe, where the alliance is effectively mastering a potential new battlefield, the Russian permanent representative to NATO says.

"We pointed out that while a lot of insinuations, completely unjustified from our point of view, are being spread around the Zapad-2017 drills, NATO's funneling of arms and materiel into its eastern flank is going unnoticed," Russia's permanent representative to NATO, Aleksandr Grushko, told reporters following a meeting of the Russia-NATO council on Thursday.

"Speaking about solely military activities, NATO will hold some 15 drills complementing each other in the period between July and November, which are held in the same operative field and aimed at providing a vast range of support measures," Grushko added.

During the meeting, the sides exchanged information on upcoming military drills, including the joint Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad-2017 and NATO's Trident exercises. The drills have already caused an hysteria in several countries neighboring Belarus, including Lithuania, as one of its spy agencies released a report alleging that the drills will be used as a cover-up for an invasion.

"The Russian Defense Ministry answered the NATO colleagues' request and today our military gave a detailed briefing on these drills, providing information on their goals and objectives, test grounds where the troops will be deployed, and on the forces and materiel employed - the numbers of troops and hardware," Grushko stated, adding that true de-escalation in Europe can be achieved only through resumed contacts between Russian and NATO militaries.

Booming NATO activities are a part of a broader strategy for "getting NATO's military infrastructure closer to our borders,"Grushko said.

"It's clear for us that such activities not only ensure a reinforced military presence of the allies in the immediate vicinity of Russia's borders but in fact represent an intensive mastering of the potential theater of military operations, accompanied by the development of the necessary infrastructure."

"Growing NATO military presence in Eastern Europe undermines stability in the region. We state that it represents a strategy for getting NATO's military infrastructure closer to our borders," Grushko added. "Russia won't stay inactive and we will undertake necessary steps to boldly defend our interests."

Russia not an "imminent threat" - Stoltenberg

The top UN humanitarian official has condemned opposing forces in Yemen's civil war and their allies for destroying its health system and fueling a major cholera outbreak. He called for an immediate end to the air and sea blockade of the country.

"This is a man-made crisis, and the sheer scale of humanitarian suffering of the Yemeni people is a direct result of the conflict and serious violations of international law," Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O'Brien told UN Security Council in a statement on Wednesday.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced on Monday that Iraqi security forces had finally liberated the second largest Iraqi city after months of fighting Daesh (a terrorist group outlawed in Russia).

"Today, the clashes escalated in the areas of Al-Shahwan and Al-Maidan, several soldiers were wounded," a military source told Sputnik.

According to the source, the security forces have not been able to advance in these areas yet, despite the fact that fighting has been taking place for the third day already. He also said that the militias from the suburbs of Mosul had moved out to reinforce the group of security forces.

Saudi Arabia has been funding mosques across Europe that are encouraging terrorism through extremists ideologies, the former UK ambassador to Saudi Arabia has said.

Sir William Patey claimed that even though the Gulf State - which is the UK's biggest trade and security ally in the Middle East - does not directly fund terrorism, it still finances religious institutions which radicalize individuals, becoming the breeding ground of terrorists.

"It is unhealthy and we need to do something about it," he said, according to the Guardian.

"The Saudis [have] not quite appreciated the impact their funding of a certain brand of Islam is having in the countries in which they do it - it is not just Britain and Europe.

"That is a dialogue we need to have. They are not funding terrorism.

"They are funding something else, which may down the road lead to individuals being radicalised and becoming fodder for terrorism."

Patey, who was the UK ambassador to Riyadh from 2006 to 2010 and previously head of the Foreign Office Middle East desk, called for "a grown up dialogue with the Gulf about what we think," adding that even if it is not the Saudi regime funding terrorists directly, there are individuals within the country who may defy the government.

A Dusseldorf court has released a suspected Islamist who worked for the country's spy agency, according to media reports citing a local court official. He was arrested last year for gathering confidential data and planning a terrorist attack.

A Dusseldorf court freed the former agent for the German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (BfV) on Wednesday, media reported citing the court's spokesperson.

The court has dropped some of the charges, allowing the release of the 51-year-old suspect, but he is still to face prosecution for disclosing sensitive information, Deutsche Welle reports. The man will be charged only with attempted treason, according to the Local.

Officials in Gibraltar are angry at the King of Spain's call during a speech to MPs for a dialogue on the future of the contested British Overseas territory.

During his speech Wednesday, King Felipe pointed to past "estrangements" as well as cooperation. Gibraltar has been a British possession since it was wrested from Spanish control in 1704 and Spain has long claimed the territory and demanded the peninsular be returned.

"I am certain this resolve to overcome our differences will be even greater in the case of Gibraltar and I am confident that through the necessary dialogue and effort our two governments will be able to work towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved," he told peers and MPs.