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UK will take part in European elections, says David Lidington. The vote is due on 23 May, but Theresa May said the UK would not have to take part if MPs agreed a Brexit plan first. BBC News

 

Britain and Ireland to sign Common Travel Area deal. Agreement will guarantee the free movement of people between the two countries. The British and Irish governments will on Wednesday sign a deal to guarantee that rights offered by the Common Travel Area (CTA) will continue after the United Kingdom quits the European Union. Read

 

Bomb blast outside Data Darbar Sufi shrine in Lahore kills 4, several others injured. Although it was not clear immediately whether the target of the attack was explicitly the Sufi place of worship, Sufi Islam has been under threat in Sunni-dominated Pakistan for last two decades and there have been several deadly attacks on Sufi shrines across the country. Report

 

Hackers steal $41 million worth of bitcoin from Binance cryptocurrency exchange. The 7,000 bitcoin were withdrawn by hackers using a variety of techniques, “including phishing, viruses and other attacks”, according to a post on Binance’s website by chief executive officer Zhao Changpeng. Reuters