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Theresa May has come out fighting after attempts to topple her, warning that Brexit could be cancelled
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France fuel protest: One dead in 'yellow vest' blockades
A protester has died in an accident and dozens have been injured as demonstrators angry at rising fuel prices disrupt traffic across France.
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Draft Brexit plan approved by British cabinet, released to public
Britain's cabinet has backed Theresa May's EU withdrawal agreement, the prime minister has confirmed. She said that the deal is the best that could be negotiated and is in the interest of the country.
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Brexit: UK and EU 'agree text' of draft withdrawal agreement
UK and EU officials have agreed the draft text of a Brexit agreement after months of negotiations in Brussels.
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Armistice Day: Growing criticism of Trump WW1 no-show
A British minister has appeared to join growing criticism of US President Donald Trump's decision to miss a memorial event on Saturday due to rain.
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Ireland warns UK over post-Brexit border issue
The UK government has been told by Ireland to "stand by its commitments" on avoiding a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.
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Angela Merkel to step down as German chancellor in 2021
FOR years Angela Merkel saw off all challengers, now the powerful German chancellor has announced she will quit after a crisis engufled her party.
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Merkel to step down as chancellor
GERMAN chancellor Angela Merkel has announced she will not seek re-election when her term ends in 2021, beginning a long goodbye for the world’s most powerful woman.
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Theresa May says 95% of Brexit deal is done
has said she is prepared to "explore every possible option" to break the deadlock in Brexit talks.
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Hundreds of thousands of Brits expected to march in London calling for People’s Vote on Brexit
“Life can be hard,” the video, which has already been viewed 180,000 times since it was published on Thursday, says. “Sometimes people don’t deliver what they promised.
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May makes Brexit plea as EU steps up plans for no deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May assured EU leaders in Brussels on Wednesday that she can still reach a Brexit deal, avoiding a showdown over stalled talks as Brussels stepped up planning for a failure of negotiations.
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Deadly attack strikes vocational college in Crimea
A Russian official said a student attacked a vocational college Wednesday in Crimea, a rampage that killed 17 other students and left more than 40 people wounded, before killing himself.
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Pippa Middleton gives birth
PIPPA Middleton has given birth, but there was one thing which made her pregnancy so much easier than her famous sister Kate.
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Theresa May says Brexit deal still 'achievable' despite differences
Prime Minister Theresa May has called for "cool, calm heads" as she insisted a Brexit deal was "still achievable" despite differences with the EU.
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Russian police probe mysterious death of 32yo ‘Nigerian prince’ in night club
A Nigerian-born ‘prince’, who became a local celebrity in a small Russian steel-casting city after marrying a local woman and moving in, has died under murky circumstances, triggering a police investigation.
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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting her first child
They will also visit New Zealand as well as Tonga and Fiji -- two areas where there is a risk of Zika virus transmission.
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Brexit is just six months away. And neither backers nor foes are happy.
A slew of issues remain unresolved, including customs and tariffs, medicine and aviation regulation, fishing rights and what happens at the Irish border.
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Macedonia PM vows to press on with name change despite referendum failure
Low turnout negates referendum in which vast majority of voters backed name change
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Washington to blacklist 12 Russian companies in new round of sanctions
The US Department of Commerce has imposed restrictions on 12 Russian corporations that are allegedly acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests of the US.
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May blasts Brussels' rejection of Brexit blueprint, wants to ‘hear from the EU’
British Prime Minister Theresa May demanded new proposals from the EU in a pugnacious speech delivered a day after EU leaders rejected her Brexit blueprint at a summit in Austria.
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