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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the European Union's position on Brexit negotiations was "completely unacceptable" to Britain. Reuters  

Boris Johnson accuses EU of abandoning free trade plans and says ‘get ready for no deal’
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing mounting criticism over his new bill which will attempt to override the Brexit withdrawal agreement. AFP

British government wins vote on controversial Brexit bill
Mr Johnson is planning legislation to override parts of the withdrawal treaty that Britain and the EU agreed last year. Reuters

Pound sinks as Boris Johnson resurrects spectre of no-deal Brexit
UK media reports indicate there will be 10 freeports spread across Engand as the UK looks to attract investment post-Brexit. AFP 

No-deal Brexit roller coaster fails to alarm investors
Opinion

Post-Brexit, the UK should be more pragmatic in dealing with the world

The choice of the British people to Brexit will be vindicated

Brexit: Britain slips its moorings

Alistair Burt: Despite Brexit, Britain can remain a world power

Cartoon for January 31, 2020

For British territories, Brexit will amount to being cut off from Westminster

UK general election: Remain and Leave camps are splitting the vote
Kalfat villagers are proud of Boris Johnson's heritage in their region. 

Village of the blond ones: Boris Johnson's Turkish homeland
Shadi's take on the European elections

Cartoon for May 28, 2019
Anti-Brexit protesters are seen outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Britain April 8, 2019. REUTERS

UK Parliament approves law to stop no-deal Brexit
Labour's Brexit spokesman Keir Starmer speaks to journalists as he leaves the Cabinet office in central London on April 4, 2019. Britain's main opposition Labour Party said on Friday it was "disappointed" after a third consecutive day of discussions with the government over Brexit ended without a breakthrough. AFP 

Labour: May needs to offer 'real change' to her Brexit deal
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke exclusively to The National about Brexit, the New Zealand attack and leadership in challenging times. Victor Besa / The National

Tony Blair: Britain faces a painful Brexit...or a pointless one
British Prime Minister Theresa May leaving the Houses of Parliament, London. EPA

UK parliament votes to seize control of Brexit from PM
Aerial footage 

Aerial footage shows astounding scale of Brexit protest
Donald Tusk, president of the European Union (EU), centre, speaks with Giuseppe Conte, Italy's prime minister, left, at the start of round-table talks at a European Union (EU) leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, March 21, 2019. European leaders have offered Theresa May extra time to avert a disastrous no-deal Brexit next week. Bloomberg

UK accepts extra time to finalise Brexit

How Britain voted in the EU referendum

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More on Brexit

Clouds gather above skyscrapers on the skyline in the City of London. The City of London Corporation unveiled a five-year mission to reinvent the capital by 2025 with new start-up hubs, affordable work spaces, digital funds and stock exchange reforms. Bloomberg

Tough challenges facing the City of London's five-year rebrand plan
Britain's international trade secretary Liz Truss and Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi bump elbows during their news conference following a signing ceremony of the UK-Japan trade agreement in Tokyo on Friday. Reuters

UK signs first big post-Brexit trade deal with Japan as talks with EU rumble on
The report  urged Boris Johnson’s government to respect international rules. Getty

UK foreign policy ‘lacks clarity’ as MPs distracted by Brexit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is looking beyond years of negotiations with the EU to building future ties to the Arabian Gulf as well as other allies. Getty Images

Boris Johnson: We will use historic ties to strike Gulf trade deals
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is looking beyond years of negotiations with the EU to building future ties to the Arabian Gulf as well as other allies. Getty Images

Sterling traders opt to ignore Brexit noise until the 'real deadline'
President of the European Council Charles Michel said he was concerned by the lack of progress in the talks. AFP

Brexit talks still deadlocked as EU urges UK to compromise
 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London on October 14, 2020. AFP

Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen in talks as cracks emerge in EU over Brexit
A new study by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research reports that ‘long Covid’ could be a debilitating mixture of four syndromes attacking the body simultaneously. Bloomberg

UK economy at 'critical' point amid threat of second lockdown and disorderly EU exit
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said there was still room for a deal to be hammered out. EPA

EU says UK must make substantial movement in Brexit trade talks
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson was a key backer of Brexit. EPA

EU leaders work on contingency plan should Brexit trade talks collapse
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