'A complete humiliation'

Britain is in "uncharted waters" after Prime Minister Theresa May was "humiliated" by the "crushing defeat" of her Brexit deal in parliament, according to scathing reactions in the British and world press yesterday.

"May's Brexit deal dead as a dodo", Britain's biggest-selling newspaper The Sun said, with a mock-up picture of the PM as the extinct flightless bird, under the front page headline "Brextinct".

The Daily Telegraph's front page read: "A complete humiliation". Times columnist Matthew Parris branded May "a zombie prime minister".

The Daily Mirror's front page said: "No deal, no hope, no clue, no confidence."

The Daily Mail tabloid said May was "fighting for her life".

"Now it's time for MPs to do their duty and work with Theresa May for a deal that satisfies the 17.4m who voted for Brexit... Don't fail us!" the Daily Express said under the headline "Dismay".

"May suffers historic defeat as Tories turn against her," said The Guardian's front page.

"A democracy that cannot change its mind is not a democracy," wrote New York Times columnist Roger Cohen, suggesting Britain hold another referendum on leaving the EU.

The Washington Post said in an editorial that "Brexit has gridlocked the British political system," warning against a "no-deal" Brexit.

"Great Britain, the homeland of democracy, was once known as the 'island of reason'. That is over," Germany's Bild tabloid said, under the headline "What a Brexshit".

"Attention Brussels: your time is coming! As the British obviously don't know how to help themselves, someone else must come to the rescue, and it can only be the partner on the other side of the table," said German newspaper Die Welt.

French newspaper Le Figaro's headline read: "Plan B, what Plan B?"

"All this may lead to the inevitable postponement of the exit date from the EU," it said.