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Chess move: UK parties suggest Dec. 9 vote in Brexit gambit

LONDON (AP) — Two British opposition parties on Sunday proposed an even earlier election date than Prime Minister ... Read more

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Johnson returns to London to drum up support for Brexit deal

LONDON (AP) — After defying expectations to win the backing of European Union leaders for his new Brexit ... Read more

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Noise but no breakthrough as Johnson, Juncker talk Brexit

LUXEMBOURG (AP) — Boris Johnson was booed by protesters and berated by Luxembourg’s leader on a visit to ... Read more

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U.K. opposition rages at Johnson after he suspends Parliament

LONDON (AP) — Opposition politicians raged Tuesday at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s five-week suspension of Parliament before the ... Read more

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Irish border riddle still confounds the Brexit experts

BRUSSELS (AP) — In announcing Monday that he hopes to break the Brexit deadlock by next month, Prime ... Read more

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As UK-EU relations cool, battle looms to stop no-deal Brexit

LONDON (AP) — In Brussels and London, one question is growing louder: Can Boris Johnson be stopped? Britain’s ... Read more

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Boris Johnson becomes UK PM, aims to win over doubters

LONDON (AP) — Boris Johnson became Britain’s new prime minister Wednesday, vowing to lead the U.K. out of ... Read more

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Boris Johnson wins race to become UK’s next prime minister

LONDON (AP) — Brexit hard-liner Boris Johnson, one of Britain’s most famous and divisive politicians, won the race ... Read more

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Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt in runoff for U.K. prime minister

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s next prime minister will be a man in his 50s who went to Oxford ... Read more

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Seeking Brexit support, May offers vote on new referendum

LONDON (AP) — In a major concession, British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday offered U.K. lawmakers the ... Read more