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October 19, 2019

Brexit vote derailed at last minute by rebel lawmakers; Boris Johnson pledges not to negotiate a delay

A crucial vote on U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal was facing a last-ditch bid by anti-Brexit MPs to derail it hours before lawmakers were due to cast their votes -- as thousands protested outside Parliament.

October 18, 2019

Climate change protester climbs Big Ben dressed as Boris Johnson, drapes banners

A climate change demonstrator climbed up the scaffolding of London’s Big Ben to drape two banners, calling for citizens to demand action.

October 17, 2019

Brexit breakthrough: Boris Johnson agrees 'great new deal' with EU; British MPs to vote Saturday

Britain and the European Union have struck a Brexit deal, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Thursday.

October 10, 2019

Brexit deal? Boris Johnson and Irish leader Leo Varadkar 'can see pathway'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar had "constructive" talks in the UK's Brexit proposal and agreed Thursday they can "see a pathway to a possible deal" following a last-ditch meeting aimed at finding a way for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

October 9, 2019

Trump vows to get involved in case of diplomat's wife suspected in fatal crash

President Trump on Wednesday said he would speak to the wife of an Amerian diplomat who left Brittain after becoming a suspect in a deadly wrong-way car crash that killed a teenager, resulting in an outcry from UK leaders and igniting a debate over privileges of diplomatic immunity. 

October 9, 2019

Boris Johnson’s father joins climate activists his son panned as being ‘uncooperative crusties’

Boris Johnson’s father is joining the climate protesters that his British prime minister son has panned as being “uncooperative crusties" living in “hemp-smelling” tents.

October 8, 2019

Aggressive climate change protests hit major cities in Europe, Australia, more than 300 arrested

A group of extreme climate change activists around the globe have brought parts of London, France, Germany and Australia to a standstill as they aggressively push politicians to cut carbon emissions. In London alone, the actions of the Extinction Rebellion led to 319 arrests and prompted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to call the group "uncooperative crusties."

October 8, 2019

Brexit deal is ‘essentially impossible,' Johnson says, if European Union stands by trade demand

Boris Johnson, the embattled British prime minister, told Germany’s Angela Merkel that as long as the European Union insists Northern Ireland stays in the EU’s customs union, a Brexit deal is "essentially impossible," Bloomberg reported early  Tuesday.

October 7, 2019

Boris Johnson says Trump intervention possible in case of US diplomat's wife who fled UK after fatal crash

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday he plans to speak with the U.S. ambassador to the U.K. – and even raised the possibility of involving President Trump – after an American diplomat's wife involved in a deadly wrong-way crash fled Britain amid a debate about her diplomatic immunity.

October 3, 2019

Brexit proposal met with skepticism by European leaders who say they are 'still unconvinced'

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new Brexit proposals are being met with skepticism Thursday from top European leaders as they say they are “still unconvinced” and that the plans “fall short in a number of aspects.”