Your morning briefing: What you should know for Tuesday, March 26

MPs vote to take control of Brexit process

Theresa May's Brexit plan has been thrown into disarray after MPs voted to wrest control of the process from the hands of ministers.

Three pro-EU ministers also announced they were quitting to vote against the government.

They joined a 30-strong Tory rebellion who supported the amendment in Parliament last night.

The Commons amendment was passed by 392 to 302 – a majority of 27.

It enables MPs to stage a series of "indicative votes" on alternatives to the Prime Minister's deal.

Brit snowboarder dies after ski resort crash in Andorra

A British snowboarder has died after crashing into a tree at a ski resort in Andorra.

The 59-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest in the smash, according to a statement from the Grandvalira ski resort.

He was said to have been alone at the time of the incident on Monday.

Trump hints at payback for Russia probe

Donald Trump has hinted at payback for his “evil” political enemies after he was absolved of colluding with Russia.

The US leader has been cleared by Special Council Robert Mueller of conspiring with Moscow in the 2016 presidential election.

Mr Trump has since hit out saying no other president should be investigated over “a false narrative”.

Stormy Daniels' lawyer charged with extorting millions from Nike

High-profile US lawyer Michael Avenatti has been arrested on fraud charges.

He is accused of trying to extort millions of dollars from Nike and embezzling a client's money to pay his own expenses.

The 48-year-old is best known for representing porn actress Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump.

Mr Avenatti said he is confident he will be "fully exonerated" of federal extortion and bank and wire fraud charges.

He was released on $300,000 bond.

Nasa cancels first ever all-female spacewalk due to spacesuit shortage

Nasa has cancelled its plans for the first ever all-female spacewalk.

Christina Koch and Anne McClain were set to take part in the first-of-its-kind mission from the International Space Station this week.

But the space agency has since said it will not go ahead due to a shortage of spacesuits in the correct size for the astronauts.

On this day...

1707: The Acts of Union became law, making England and Scotland one country.

1780: The British Gazette And Sunday Monitor, the first Sunday newspaper in Britain, was published.

1885: The first cremation in Britain took place at Woking in Surrey.

1937: Popeye the sailor-man became the first cartoon character to have his statue erected - by spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas.

1971: East Pakistan, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, declared independence to become the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

1973: The first woman stockbroker set foot on the floor of the London Stock Exchange.

1979: Israel and Egypt ended 30 years of war after a peace deal brokered by the United States.

1981: The so-called Gang of Four (Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams) launched the Social Democratic Party.

1992: Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was jailed after being found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of criminal deviate conduct.

1997: The bodies of 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult were found after a mass suicide - they believed they would join aliens following the Hale Bopp comet.