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Tensions flare-up between UK and Spanish navies at Gibraltar
Feb 18, 2019 15:41A British Royal Navy ship has been deployed to waters off Gibraltar to respond to an alleged violation of UK sovereignty over the Mediterranean territory by a Spanish warship.
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Iran denies claims of ‘commitments’ to UK on Yemen
Feb 18, 2019 05:56Iran has dismissed claims by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt that it has made special commitments to comply with the West’s demands in order to end Saudi Arabia’s ongoing war on Yemen.
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UK MPs: Facebook intentionally violates user privacy
Feb 18, 2019 04:51British lawmakers have issued a hard-hitting report, accusing Facebook and other social media platforms of deliberate breach of user privacy.
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UK Remainers plan huge march, possible referendum in run-up to Brexit
Feb 17, 2019 12:46British campaigners and Members of Parliament opposed to the country's imminent withdrawal from the European Union, which many believe would take place in a disorderly manner, are planning a huge march and a possible referendum to stop the divorce days before the official deadline at the end of March.
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May to speak to every EU leader over Brexit deadlock next week
Feb 17, 2019 09:16Prime Minister Theresa May is to hold Brexit talks with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker next week, her office said on Saturday, following this week’s symbolic defeat in parliament which was widely interpreted as undermining her negotiating strength with the EU.
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Third Russian named as suspect in UK spy poisoning case
Feb 17, 2019 05:08European security sources have confirmed that a third Russian national has been identified by investigators in Britain as a suspect in a case related to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in southern England last year.
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UK chancellor cancels trip to China after Beijing spoils plan
Feb 16, 2019 14:43Chinese authorities have cancelled planned trade talks with Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond over London’s plan to send an aircraft carrier to the disputed South China Sea.
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May loses symbolic Brexit vote in parliament
Feb 15, 2019 03:58UK Prime Minister Theresa May was defeated in a symbolic vote in parliament on her Brexit strategy on Thursday, undermining her negotiating strength in talks with the European Union to secure changes to the agreement.
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UK judiciary exempts Prince Philip from prosecution over car crash
Feb 15, 2019 03:51The aging Prince Philip of Britain has been exempted from judicial prosecution over a car crash that left two members of the public injured.
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BBC-staged footage on Syria’s Douma Western media's ‘theater of absurd’: Russia
Feb 14, 2019 13:17Russia says the latest revelations by BBC that the footage of an April chemical attack near the Syrian capital was fabricated proves the “theater of absurd” in Western media’s coverage of events in the Arab country.