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Sweden's parties have spent four months seeking a governing majority that excludes the Sweden Democrats. Now the Liberals and the Centre Party have agreed to support a minority government composed of Social Democrats and the Greens under Stefan Löfven. But the votes of the Left Party would still be needed for a parliamentary majority. Will it play along?

On Tuesday Britain's House of Commons will vote on the Brexit agreement reached between the EU and the British government. With defeat looming, Prime Minister May has warned that if the parliament doesn't pass the deal a stop to Brexit is more likely than a no-deal Brexit. Commentators ask how outsiders can come to the PM's aid.

Commentators have long been predicting that the European elections in May will be decisive for Europe's future - not least because the right-wing populists are forming alliances and the hard-right US strategist Steve Bannon has joined the fray with his organisation The Movement. The media is now reporting that other forces will try to make their mark in 2019.

The Congo is set to witness its first peaceful transfer of power in five decades. In a surprise turn of events the electoral commission has announced that opposition leader Félix Tshisekedi won the elections held at the end of December. But this announcement has raised questions because according to the Catholic Church's count the second opposition candidate Martin Fayulu had won. What will happen now?