British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is pushing for a December snap election to try to win more seats in Parliament and more support for his Brexit deal. Members of Parliament want more time to debate his transition plan for withdrawing from the European Union, but Johnson said on Thursday he would only allow that if they agreed to a Dec. 12 election.

The 39 people first responders found dead in a refrigerated truck were Chinese citizens, British officials confirmed Thursday. Authorities found the container with 31 men and eight women on Wednesday in an Industrial Park in Grays, England, 25 miles east of London. The Belgian federal prosecutor launched an investigation on Thursday.

The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood in downtown Minneapolis is nicknamed “Little Mogadishu” because of its Somali American population. On Somali Street, a mall rests inside a wide, blue bungalow. There, different vendors in stalls sell traditional clothes, food items, and duvets. 

A few feet away, a two-story brick building houses the Masjid Darul-Quba mosque and a cultural center. Opposite the mall, several mothers stroll with their children in a small park. Signs for Somali restaurants and other small businesses dot more streets.

Turkey may have breached a cease-fire less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump withdrew sanctions on the country. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Turkey and its Syrian allies targeted three villages on Thursday, causing thousands of civilians to flee.

Russian military police on Wednesday resumed patrol duties along parts of the Syrian border after a “safe-zone” agreement with Turkey. The deal followed more than six hours of talks on Tuesday between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Hong Kong government on Wednesday agreed to comply with the original demand from protesters who sparked social upheaval months ago, but demonstrations likely will continue. Secretary for Security John Lee said the government withdrew a controversial extradition bill on Wednesday because of “conflicts in society.”

Algerian authorities last week sealed up the doors of the two largest Christian churches in the Muslim-majority nation despite last-minute pleas from worshippers. More than a dozen police officers stormed the 700-member Protestant Church of the Full Gospel of Tizi-Ouzou on Oct. 15, a day earlier than the church anticipated, Morning Star News reported.