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6C Sunday, December 2, 2018 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com WORLD May presses on with Brexit plan after yet another minister quits BY JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MARCOS BRINDICCII Associated Press Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, left, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands prior to a bilateral meeting at the G20 Leader’s Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Dec. 1. 125 women, girls raped, tortured in South Sudan LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May said Saturday she was determined to win lawmak ers’ backing for her Brexit deal, after a minister who quit her government said her divorce agreement would leave Britain outnumbered and outmaneuvered in future negotiations with the Euro pean Union. Ex-Universities and Sci ence Minister Sam Gyimah likened the deal to playing soccer against opponents who “are the referee and they make the rules as well. ” May is battling to persuade lawmakers to back the Brexit agreement when Parliament votes on Dec. 11. She and EU leaders say rejecting the divorce terms, which were endorsed by the EU last weekend, would leave the U.K. facing a messy, econom ically damaging “no-deal” Brexit on March 29. But many British lawmak ers on both sides of the Brexit debate oppose the deal — Brexiteers because it keeps Britain bound closely to the EU, and pro-EU politicians because it erects barriers between the U.K. and its big gest trading partner. May, attending a Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, said the message she was get ting from other world leaders was the importance of “cer tainty” about the Brexit path. She said at a news confer ence that “passing this deal ... will take us to certainty for the future, and that failure to do that would only lead to uncertainty.” The two-part agreement includes the legally binding terms of the U.K.’s departure and an ambitious declara tion about future relations between the two sides. Gyimah, who backed remaining in the EU during Britain’s 2016 referendum, said the agreement was “a deal in name only.” “We’ve got a wish-list of aspirations that we intend to negotiate with the EU (after) we’ve lost our voice, our veto and our vote,” he told Sky News. Gyimah is the seventh member of May’s Conser vative government to quit over the Brexit deal. His resignation came after May said Britain was abandoning efforts to retain full access to the EU’s Galileo satellite nav igation system after Brexit. Britain has been a major player in developing the system, but the EU says only member states can work on developing the high-security encrypted parts of Gali leo for use by the military and critical infrastructure sectors. May said, given the EU’s decision “to bar the U.K. from being fully involved in developing all aspects of Galileo, it is only right that we find alternatives.” She said Britain would develop its own sat-nav system, at an estimated cost of several bil lion pounds (dollars). Gyimah said “what has happened with Galileo is a foretaste of the brutal negotiations we will go through that will weaken our national interest, make us poorer, less secure.” May has acknowledged the Brexit deal is not per fect, but says it delivers on voters’ decision to leave the EU while retaining close ties with the bloc, a key trading partner and ally. She got a vote of confi dence Saturday from Japa nese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who praised May’s “leadership” in sealing the Brexit agreement. Speak ing at the G-20 summit, Abe urged May “to avoid no deal, as well as to ensure transparency, predictabil ity as well as legal stability in the Brexit process.” BY SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JUBA — One hundred and twenty-five women and girls have been raped, whipped and clubbed in attacks so shocking that aid workers in South Sudan say they are speechless. Doctors Without Bor ders on Saturday said the “dramatic increase” in sexual violence occurred over 10 days, between Nov. 19 and Thursday, as the women and girls walked to a food distribution site in Bentiu in Unity state. By contrast, the medical char ity’s Bentiu clinic have treated 104 survivors of sexual assault this year. Sexual violence has been widespread in South Sudan’s civil war, and even under a recent peace deal humanitarians have warned of higher rates of sexual assault as grow ing numbers of desperate people try to reach aid. A midwife with Doc tors Without Borders who treated survivors said those targeted include pregnant and elderly women and girls as young as 10. “What is happening since last week is inde scribable. I haven’t got words for it,” Ruth Okello told The Associated Press. The women were robbed of clothing and shoes, and even their ration cards for food distribution were destroyed, the group said. The United Nations mission chief, David Shearer, said the “abhor rent” attacks were car ried out by young men in military uniforms and civilian clothing. The U.N. has increased patrols in the area and launched an investigation while urging local authorities to hold the attackers accountable. 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