By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is pressing on with her deal to leave the European Union, her spokesman said on Monday, rejecting calls for a second referendum or to test support for different Brexit options in parliament. After a tumultuous week in which she survived a […]
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran called on the European Union on Monday to press U.S. authorities to allow delivery of Airbus passenger aircraft purchased by Tehran, Iran’s student news agency ISNA reported.To upgrade its aging fleet, Iran Air ordered 200 passenger aircraft – 100 from Airbus, 80 from Boeing and 20 from Franco-Italian turboprop maker ATR […]
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is seeking the “extra assurances” needed to get parliament’s backing for her deal to leave the European Union, her spokesman said on Monday, ruling out a second referendum or an indicative vote on Brexit options. May is facing deadlock in the deeply divided parliament over her Brexit […]
By Guy Faulconbridge and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Meghan Markle’s father appealed to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth on Monday to intercede to end his estrangement from his daughter, the wife of Prince Harry. The former U.S. actress, now the Duchess of Sussex, married Harry, the queen’s grandson and sixth in line to the British throne, […]
By David Ljunggren and Ben Blanchard OTTAWA/BEIJING (Reuters) – Canadian diplomats gained consular access on Sunday to the second of two men detained by China over the past week, Canada’s foreign ministry said in a statement that gave few details, as China said it was ensuring their rights were protected. John McCallum, Canada’s ambassador to […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is not preparing for a second referendum on Brexit, ministers said on Sunday, sticking to the script that Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal could still pass through parliament with a few changes. May delayed a vote last week on her agreement to leave the European Union because she was set […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she thought that a confidence motion against the government could succeed in parliament, piling pressure on the main opposition Labour Party to trigger such a vote. “I think it is possible that a confidence motion right now could succeed. This is a government that […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s main opposition Labour Party will do all it can to force the government to bring a vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal to parliament next week, its election coordinator Andrew Gwynne said on Sunday. Gwynne, who is Labour’s policy chief for communities and local government, told the BBC’s Andrew […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British education minister Damian Hinds said on Sunday the government was not planning for a second referendum, denying reports that ministers were looking at such a vote to break the deadlock over Brexit. Asked if the government was preparing for a vote, Hinds told Sky News: “No, a second referendum would be […]
