British Prime Minister Theresa May won the backing of her senior ministers for a draft European Union divorce deal on Wednesday, freeing her to tackle the much more perilous struggle of getting parliament to approve the agreement.

The United Kingdom and the European Union have agreed a deal that will give London's vast financial center only a basic level of access to the bloc's markets after Brexit.

President Donald Trump was poised to endorse a bipartisan U.S. House bill on Wednesday that would reform the federal prison system to help inmates prepare for life after their release, but the legislation still faces an uncertain future in the Senate.

A special European Union initiative to protect trade with Iran against newly reimposed U.S. sanctions faces possible collapse with no EU country willing to host the operation for fear of provoking U.S. punishment, EU diplomats said.

A defense lawyer for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Wednesday named some of the former close associates of the Mexican drug lord -- including his alleged head of operations in Central America -- who will likely testify against him at a U.S. trial.

The Justice Department on Wednesday defended the legality of President Donald Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general to replace the ousted Jeff Sessions, rejecting the views of critics that the move ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

A California jury on Wednesday cleared Johnson & Johnson of liability in a case involving a woman who alleged that the company's talc-based products, including its baby powder, contain asbestos and caused her cancer, the company said.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday British Prime Minister Theresa May's draft Brexit divorce agreement was bad for the Scottish economy, adding that parliamentary approval would be difficult to win.

The European Parliament on Wednesday welcomed progress on agreeing a Brexit deal after Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet approved a draft agreement reached by negotiators.

The European Union's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday a draft agreement on the terms of Britain's departure from the bloc was a key step towards concluding Brexit talks.