UK

Last-gasp Brexit deal set to dominate fraught EU summit

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2019

BRUSSELS – European Union leaders’ two-day summit in Brussels starting on Thursday will be dominated by last-gasp efforts to seal a deal on Britain’s exit from the bloc despite a raft of other pressing issues, from the crisis in the Middle East to the bloc’s budget. The

UK

Brexit deal at hand in Brussels, Johnson struggles to win support at home

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2019

BRUSSELS/WARSAW – Britain and the European Union were on the verge of a last-minute Brexit deal on Wednesday but Prime Minister Boris Johnson still has work to do at home to ensure his government and factious parliament approve the plan. “The basic foundations of this agreement are ready and theoretically we could accept a deal […]

UK

Woman charged in London with planning to bomb St Paul’s cathedral

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2019

LONDON – A woman appeared in court on Wednesday charged with terrorism offences including scoping out St Paul’s cathedral as a possible bomb target. Safiyya Amira Shaikh, 36, was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to appear again at the Old Bailey court on Nov. 1, police said. Shaikh, of Hayes, west London, was […]

UK

U.S. security chief ‘heaped pain’ on grieving parents of UK teen – lawyer

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2019

LONDON – Donald Trump’s national security adviser heaped pain and grief on the parents of a British teenager killed in a car crash by trying to hold a meeting at the White House between them and a U.S. diplomat’s wife who was involved, the parents’ lawyer said. Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn were invited to […]

UK

Bored by Brexit? British TV starts Brexit-free news channel

Editorial Bureau October 17, 2019

LONDON – After three years of Brexit crisis, Sky News is betting that some viewers are so bored by the divorce drama that there is a market for a channel dedicated to news that has nothing to do with Britain’s exit from the European Union. Ever since the 2016 referendum, British politicians have been debating […]

UK

Johnson to meet party lawmakers on Wednesday night

Editorial Bureau October 16, 2019

LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to address a meeting of his lawmakers from the Conservative Party on Wednesday evening, the chief political correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reported. Johnson has been meeting the most pro-Brexit members of his party, and the small Northern Ireland party which supports him in government, as he […]

UK

UK border risks snarl up in no-deal Brexit – audit office

Editorial Bureau October 16, 2019

LONDON – The United Kingdom’s border risks being snarled up in a no-deal Brexit because as few as 30 percent of traders are prepared, the European Union would introduce controls and organised crime groups would exploit weaknesses, the National Audit Office said. The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on Oct. 31 and […]

UK

Prince Harry wells up at awards for seriously ill children

Editorial Bureau October 16, 2019

LONDON – Britain’s Prince Harry was overcome with emotion on Tuesday when he spoke at an event for seriously ill children, welling up as he explained how the event pulled at his heart strings now he was a father. Harry, joined by his wife Meghan, briefly broke down as he made a speech at the […]

UK

Irish PM says Brexit talks make progress and going in the right direction

Editorial Bureau October 16, 2019

DUBLIN – Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday that Brexit talks between the United Kingdom and the European Union had made progress and were moving in the right direction. “In terms of Brexit negotiations, I’ve a confession to make: Tuesday is a pretty crazy day and I spent the morning in cabinet and […]

UK

Queen attends service for Westminster Abbey’s 750th anniversary

Editorial Bureau October 16, 2019

LONDON – Queen Elizabeth attended a service at London’s Westminster Abbey on Tuesday to mark 750 years since King Edward the Confessor’s original church on the site was rebuilt during the reign of Henry III and consecrated in 1269. The 93-year-old monarch was accompanied by her daughter-in-law Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, wife of her eldest […]