UK

After election threat, MPs begin no-deal Brexit showdown
5:03am, 3rd September, 2019

After election threat, MPs begin no-deal Brexit showdown

British lawmakers will on Tuesday try to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson from pursuing what they cast as a calamitous no-deal Brexit, a challenge a senior government source said would prompt him to call for a snap election on Oct. 14.
Johnson holds Belfast talks on Brexit backstop riddle
10:16pm, 31st July, 2019

Johnson holds Belfast talks on Brexit backstop riddle

Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks with allies in Northern Ireland on Wednesday in a bid to solve the Irish border conundrum that has scuppered all efforts to secure an orderly withdrawal from the European Union.