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Johnson and EU vow to go 'extra mile' to thrash out Brexit deal
Dec 15, 2020 18:26Britain and the EU enter the final stretch of the Brexit negotiations with renewed hope of a deal being struck within days after Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen agreed to “go the extra mile” and ordered the resumption of talks in Brussels.
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Rouhani: Europe’s sensitivity over propagandist’s execution interference in Iran affairs
Dec 14, 2020 12:26President Hassan Rouhani has slammed certain European countries for making interventionist remarks on the recent execution of a counterrevolutionary figure in Iran, noting that their apparent sensitivity on this issue amounts to interference in Iran’s internal affairs.
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UK and EU agree to extend negotiations beyond Sunday deadline
Dec 14, 2020 05:53Against all expectations Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, have agreed to extend post-Brexit trade talks beyond the previously agreed Sunday (December 13) deadline.
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Iran summons French envoy to protest statement on execution of counterrevolutionary propagandist
Dec 13, 2020 12:07Iran has summoned French Ambassador to Tehran Philippe Thiebaud to protest a statement issued by the European country's Foreign Ministry condemning the execution of Rouhollah Zam, administrator of a notorious counterrevolutionary website, who was convicted of corruption on earth, among other crimes.
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Iran summons German envoy over EU sympathy for executed propagandist
Dec 13, 2020 10:58Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned Germany’s ambassador to Tehran after the European Union expressed strong sympathy for the former administrator of an anti-Iran website, who was executed earlier for a crime punishable by death under Iranian law.
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UK ministers warn supermarkets to stockpile food on no-deal Brexit fears
Dec 13, 2020 09:12Supermarkets in the United Kingdom have been warned to stockpile food as talks to reach a deal between the UK and the EU have so far been unsuccessful.
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Former European security chief warns UK of no-deal Brexit
Dec 13, 2020 05:26As both the UK and the European Union (EU) prepare for a no-deal Brexit which is now widely judged to be inevitable, a former European security chief has warned Britons to be “very worried” about the future.
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Turkey slams EU’s ‘biased and illegal’ approach, sanctions threat
Dec 11, 2020 10:54The Turkish foreign ministry has slammed the European Union's approach towards Turkey’s persisting dispute with Greece and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean as "biased and illegal," calling on the Western bloc to instead act as an honest broker.
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EU extends Russia sanctions by another 6 months
Dec 11, 2020 08:24The European Union (EU) has extended sanctions against Russia, by another six months, as the US also imposed further bans on several Russian individuals and entities.
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The potential impact of Brexit without a trade deal
Dec 10, 2020 17:39The EU is Britain’s biggest trading partner, accounting for 47% of its trade in 2019. It had a trade deficit of 79 billion pounds ($106 billion) with the EU, a surplus of 18 billion in services outweighed by a deficit of 97 billion pounds in goods. Even with a Brexit trade deal, Britain’s reasonable worst-case scenario is that 7,000 trucks bound for the continent could stack up in the southern English county of Kent.