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EU reins in after UK PM gives ultimatum on Brexit
Oct 25, 2019 08:26EU officials have put everything on hold after UK PM Boris Johnson threatened to pull his Brexit deal over opposition in the House of Commons.
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Iran warns EU path of diplomacy getting narrower every day
Oct 25, 2019 03:59Iran’s deputy foreign minister has warned European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the JCPOA, that the time is running out and the path to diplomacy is getting narrower and more impassable every day.
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Boris Johnson frustrated over choosing Brexit vs. election
Oct 24, 2019 10:49UK PM Boris Johnson has grown frustrated over whether to hold a snap election or try instead to push his Brexit-enabling withdrawal agreement bill through the House of Commons again.
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Sinn Fein: Brexit deal may lead to united Ireland poll
Oct 23, 2019 14:19A Sinn Fein official has warned that the UK’s long, agonizing struggle with Brexit may lead to a referendum on a united Ireland within five years – opening a way for the disintegration of the UK itself.
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Westminster, Brussels await Brexit uncertainty from Downing Street
Oct 23, 2019 13:18As Westminster and Brussels sit back and watch the spectacle that is Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the premiere scrambles to bring life back to his failed Brexit.
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Westminster, Brussels await Brexit uncertainty from Downing Street
Oct 23, 2019 09:27As Westminster and Brussels sit back and watch the spectacle that is Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the premiere scrambles to bring life back to his failed Brexit.
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Boris Johnson threatens to abandon Brexit bill in the face of Parliamentary opposition
Oct 22, 2019 13:17Prime Minister Boris Johnson has threatened to abandon his Brexit bill, known as the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB), if the House of Commons opposes his proposed three-day ratification timetable.
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Iran’s 4th step to reduce JCPOA commitments worked out
Oct 21, 2019 06:23Iran has devised the fourth step in reducing commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said, warning the remaining parties to the JCPOA that Tehran will definitely take the step if they fail to fulfill their undertakings.
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EU sees ‘chance for ceasefire’ in Afghanistan despite spike in violence
Oct 20, 2019 13:30The European Union (EU) says there is a chance for a ceasefire in Afghanistan, despite renewed violence in the country after the collapse of talks between the United States and the Afghan Taliban militant group.
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Boris Johnson appears undaunted by his parliamentary defeat yesterday
Oct 20, 2019 13:08Yesterday’s defeat in the House of Commons does not appear to have diminished Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s determination to get his new Brexit deal over the line.