If you want to get this briefing by email, sign-up here Image copyright PA European election polls open Polls have opened across the UK as Britons vote to elect 73 members of the European Parliament. Polling takes place until 22:00, with the results announced on Sunday night once every European Union member state has finished […]
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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has what is reported to be a milkshake thrown on him as he visits Northumberland Street in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, on May 20. Photo: Ian Forsyth (Getty Images) It’d be a severe understatement to say that tensions are high in the United Kingdom right now. Since 2016, the Brexit […]
Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption One of the Chagos Islands – Diego Garcia – is home to a US military base The UN has passed a resolution demanding the UK return control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. In the non-binding vote in the General Assembly in New York, 116 states were in […]
The prime minister is resisting calls to resign despite a growing backlash against her Brexit plan from Conservative MPs. Several cabinet ministers told the BBC that she cannot stay, with one saying it is “the end of the line”. Tory backbenchers met on Wednesday evening, but decided not to change rules which would have allowed […]
Image copyright EPA Voters will head to the polls later for the European Parliament elections. Seventy-three members, known as MEPs, will be elected in nine constituencies in England, and one each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each region has a different number of representatives based on its population – ranging from three MEPs in […]
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Media captionTheresa May says failure to back her deal risks “no Brexit at all” Theresa May has said MPs have “one last chance” to deliver Brexit, urging them to back what she called a “new deal”. MPs will get a vote on whether to hold another referendum if they back the EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill, […]
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