Back to the drawing board for UK MPs, French banks call for an end to ‘Yellow Vest’ violence, and more top news

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UK MPs voted Friday to reject Prime Minister Theresa May’s revised Brexit deal — missing an EU deadline to delay the UK's exit and leave with an agreement. May now has until April 12 to get another extension. MPs are due to hold a second series of votes on alternative Brexit proposals today, having last week rejected all eight options put forward. European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted that he will call an emergency EU summit on April 10. ? Here’s what people are saying.

French banks are calling on Yellow Vest protesters to spare them from further damage, reports Bloomberg. BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Groupe BPCE, Société Générale, Crédit Mutuel and Banque Postale say “hundreds of local agencies” have been damaged and a number of employees threatened since protests began 20 weeks ago. A recent Ifop-Fiducial survey found 66% of French condemn the violence, up from 63% in January, while 46% support the movement, down from 50% in February. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Germany’s unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly 30 years in March. Unemployment fell to 4.9% from 5% — the lowest since Germany’s reunification in 1990, per Reuters — while the number of those without jobs dropped by 7,000 to 2.23 million, seasonally adjusted figures show. ING chief economist Carsten Brzeski says the labour market “remains a perfect insurance against any recession fears”. ? Here’s what people are saying.

UK pub chain Samuel Smith Old Brewery is banning the use of mobile phones at its premises. Employees at the 261-year-old company have been directed by memo to tell customers to take their calls outside — “the same way as is required with smoking” — in a bid to encourage social conversation. The independent brewery, which has 200 venues across the UK, also introduced a swearing ban in 2017. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Estonia’s Ministry of Justice is developing a “robot judge” that will be able to handle small claims disputes. Estonian robo-judges, which will likely be in session later this year, will examine documents uploaded by both sides of a dispute and deliver decisions that can be appealed to a human. The goal? To free up human judges and lawyers to focus on more nuanced cases. Efforts to introduce AI into legal systems in the US and elsewhere have faced criticism over claims of algorithm bias. ? Here’s what people are saying.

Idea of the Day: Savvy entrepreneurs rethink traditional business rules, says Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer.

“Our most innovative thinking often stems from questioning the underlying rules we’d always assumed to be absolute.”

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