British PM Boris Johnson hospitalized with COVID-19
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Is This The First Glimmer Of Hope In The UK Fight Against Coronavirus?
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PA Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus. You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Game for a graph? It was … Read More
Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock both test positive for coronavirus
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VIRUS: Boris Johnson says he has tested positive for coronavirus. Pic. PA PRIME Minister Boris Johnson and health secretary Matt Hancock have both tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Johnson announced on social media he had mild symptoms and is now self-isolating. … Read More
Britain must take in refugee children stranded between Turkey and Greece, campaigners demand
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A child walks next to tends in a migrant camp set up near the Turkish-Greek border in Pazarkule, Edirne region CAMPAIGNERS are demanding that the British government follow the example of other EU countries and urgently take in child refugees … Read More
UK to publish draft trade deal in next nine days after EU says ‘make your mind up’
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The PM’s Europe adviser says he will unveil a draft-free trade deal before next week’s round of negotiations with Brussels. The PM’s Europe adviser David Frost and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier will meet again in London next week The … Read More
Talking about life after the divorce: EU and Britain set for new talks
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union kick off talks on Monday on how their relationship will shape up after Brexit, with half a trillion euros worth of annual trade and close security ties at stake in what are … Read More
EU ‘surprised’ at Boris Johnson’s Brexit stance
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Ursula von der Leyen speaking to MEPs BORIS Johnson’s suggestion that the UK could be prepared to accept an Australian-style relationship with the EU without a formal trade deal has “surprised” Brussels. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pointed … Read More
Trump claims the EU has ‘no choice’ but to agree a new trade deal
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KEY POINTS The president met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, and told CNBC’s Joe Kernen that the pair had a “great talk.” Amid ongoing informal discussions, Trump … Read More
Britain leaves the European Union, leaps into the unknown
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An image of the clock face of ‘Big Ben’ is projected onto the exterior of 10 Downing street, the residence of the British Prime Minister, in London as Britain left the European Union, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. With little fuss … Read More
Brexit Is Here, and It’s a Texas-Size Defeat for the E.U.
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The loss of such a rich, sizable, powerful member state will weaken the European Union’s momentum and its diplomatic weight. A pro-Brexit rally in London last September. Britain will officially withdrawal from the European Union on Friday.Credit…Andrew Testa for The … Read More