British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing pressures to step down as Prime Minister after delaying a parliamentary Brexit vote.

The PM sparked backlash after postponing the vote on her Brexit deal until March 12, days before Britain exits the EU. Cabinet ministers expected the PM to stand down after local elections in May, and Brexitors hope to see a new future successor.

May says Britain should be able to leave the EU with a deal by March 29.

A 25-year-old, armed, a Bangladeshi man responsible for attempting to hijack a plane has been shot by special forces in Chittagong.

The plane was safely landed and the 148 passengers of flight BG147 were rescued unharmed.

In order to conduct a safe emergency landing, Air Vice Marshall Mofid says he managed to keep the accused busy while talking to him on the phone while special forces prepared a raid.

Doctors and nurses are supplying mums-to-be with ‘do-it-yourself’ birthing kits as maternity services in regional Queensland dwindle.

The DIY birthing kits were introduced by the Palaszczuk Labor Government and have now sparked a push for more maternity services and a boost for midwives.

LNP Leader Deb Frecklington says the situation is disgraceful and Queensland deserves a world-class system, not a band-aid DIY solution.

In a report released this morning by Oxfam titled Made in Poverty, some of Australia’s top clothing brands have been outed as contributing to systematic exploitation, as well as not paying employees a living wage and sustaining unsafe and horrid conditions.

Researchers interviewed more than 130 factory owners, managers and others in powerful positions, as well as over 450 women working in factories that supply clothing to Australian brands such as Kmart, Target, Big W, Cotton On and more.

The rollout of the National Broadband Network is a step closer to completion with nearly 3 in 4 Australian homes and businesses now able to connect.

More than 8 million homes and businesses are now able to order a service from their preferred retailer, with a further 628,000 set to be able to connect by the end of June.

Katherine Dyer from NBN Co says they're on-track to complete the rollout by 2020.

Slater and Gordon is calling on the big banks to show they have truly turned over a new leaf by introducing a formal process of structured remediation, through which independent advice is provided to customers who may be entitled to compensation.

The process would involve a qualified, independent third party being engaged by the banks to help aggrieved customers understand what happened to their money, what their rights are, and what a just way forward would entail.

Pope Francis has vowed he will tackle all cases of sexual abuse committed by priests of the Roman Catholic Church in a speech to the Vatican Summit on Sunday.

The Pope left victims cold by blaming the devil for sexual abuse acts, insisting the Church was not the only place children were assaulted, as well as comparing the acts to “human sacrifice”.

The Pope has ensured the Church is developing strategies in their legislation to prevent any further cases of sexual assault.

EU senior officials said Brexit may be delayed until 2021, giving UK Parliament more time to strike a consensus on an exit deal.

Support is growing amongst Members for Parliament for British Prime Minister Theresa May to seek an extension of article 50 until a deal is agreed upon after Prime Minister May’s last deal was struck down by 230 votes in January.

Britain is currently still on track to leave the EU on March 29.