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Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow announcing on April 1 the outcome of the second round of indicative votes on the alternative options for Brexit.

Brexit imbroglio

Despite holding many debates and votes on Brexit, the U.K. Parliament seems unable to find a way out of the deadlock and avoid a disastrous no-deal cr

Prime Minister Theresa May making a statement in the House of Commons on January 15 directly after MPs resoundingly rejected her government’s Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

Historic defeat

Well before Brexit day, March 29 at 11 p.m., the toll the issue is taking on the United Kingdom has been sharp, enduring and devastating.

Prime Minister Theresa May in the House of Commons in London on November 26 updating Parliament on the newly agreed Brexit deal.

Rocky road to Brexit

The E.U. may have finally approved the terms of both the withdrawal agreement and the political declaration on the U.K.’s future relationship with it,

The Irish backstop

Thousands of people and vehicles move across the border seamlessly at the moment, enabling social and economic linkages regarded as vital to avoiding

Pressure in London

While being listed on the London Stock Exchange provides Vedanta Resources with what has been described as a “cloak of respectability”, London has als

British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson visits UK troops of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence battle group at the military base in Tapa, Estonia March 25, 2018. REUTERS/Janis Laizans

European dilemma

Tensions between Russia and the West have ratcheted up swiftly since the Ukraine crisis of 2014, but the seeds for the discord may have been sown earl

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Members of the emergency services wearing protective clothing work near the bench where former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found poisoned in Salisbury, Britain, March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

War of nerves

The U.K. government’s investigation into the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter has so far raised more questions than answers, but that has

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Catalan crisis

Catalan secessionism has received little international support even as it faces the heavy-handedness of the Spanish government.

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A Eurostar train travels along the High Speed 1 line at the Eurotunnel entrance in Folkestone, U.K., on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Groupe Eurotunnel SA, operator of the Channel Tunnel rail route between England and France, said it may bid for 68 miles (109 kilometers) of track connecting the link with London as the British government seeks a buyer. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

European experience

Europe’s High Speed Rail networks are seen to be hugely driven by political motivations with economic rationale playing a secondary role.

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Foreign students and advisors are pictured outside a campus of the London Metropolitan University in London, on August 30, 2012. Thousands of overseas students on Thursday faced possible deportation from Britain after the government stripped a London university of its right to sponsor their visas. Amid alarm at the potential damage to the foreign student market in Britain -- worth an estimated £14 billion (17.7 billion euros, $22.2 billion) -- the government rushed to reassure foreign students that it was an isolated case. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT

Students or migrants?

The Theresa May government refuses to change its policy on counting international students as migrants, making it tough for them to stay on legally at

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FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2017, file photo, a tourist sleeps on the Malecon sea wall of Havana, Cuba. The Trump administration’s new policy on travel by Americans to Cuba is creating winners and losers. Group tour operators and cruises that take Americans to Cuba said they’ll have no problem complying with the new rules, which bar American travelers from patronizing any entities connected the Cuban military. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Art of resilience

The tourism restrictions announced by President Donald Trump may not make any drastic impact on Cuba.

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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MAY 25: Members of the public observe a national minute's silence in remembrance of all those who lost their lives in the Manchester Arena attack, on May 25, 2017 in Manchester, England. An explosion occurred at Manchester Arena on the evening of May 22 as concert goers were leaving the venue after Ariana Grande had performed. Greater Manchester Police are treating the explosion as a terrorist attack and have confirmed 22 fatalities and 59 injured. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

After Manchester

The terrorist attack in Manchester makes clear the vulnerabilities of the ruling Conservatives, who have struggled to control the debates generated by

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