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The proposed legislation fell at stage one, in which MSPs are asked to agree to its general principles, after the government and the Greens argued against it.

Jonathan Powell, the British government's national security adviser, was heavily involved in the negotiations that brought about the Good Friday Agreement, when he was Sir Tony's chief of staff.

In a report published Thursday, the body advised Sunak, who is still an elected parliamentarian, to not lobby the government on Microsoft's behalf.

But his attempts to pressure Democrats to back the Republican bill -- which would open the government through late November as negotiations continue -- have so far fallen on deaf ears.

The Moroccan government on Thursday made fresh calls for dialogue with the youth collective GenZ 212, whose members have been staging nationwide protests since late September to demand reforms and a change of government.