Lords defy May for a second time on Brexit

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May suffered her second defeat in a week over Brexit Tuesday when the House of Lords voted to give parliament the final say on how Britain leaves the European Union.

Peers voted by 366 to 268 to amend the bill empowering May to trigger Article 50 of the EU's Lisbon Treaty -- the formal notification of Brexit, which she has promised to issue by the end of March.