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Britain and EU should prepare for second Brexit referendum

London - Arab Today

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will say on Friday that Britain and the European Union should prepare for a second Brexit referendum because parliament will probably fail to agree on a divorce deal and the public will need to break the deadlock. Less than four months before Britain is due to leave the EU, Prime Minister Theresa May called off a parliamentary vote onRead more

PM limps on with UK still in Brexit gridlock

Andrew Hammond

Even though Theresa May won the Conservative leadership confidence vote, the result — with a larger-than-anticipated 117 of her party's MPs dissenting — means she remains in a politically precarious position with massive Brexit challenges ahead. In this sense, Wednesday’s vote only “kicks the can down the road,” despite the high political drama of the last few days. Fundamentally, the UK isRead more

Britain’s May says Brexit deal defeat could topple government

London - Arab Today

Prime Minister Theresa May warned on Sunday if parliament rejects her Brexit deal, it could leave Britain in the European Union and bring the opposition Labour Party to power. The embattled leader’s message came with her government fearing a heavy defeat in Tuesday’s parliamentary vote on the draft withdrawal agreement she signed with Brussels last month. Media reports said May is underRead more

EU’s Barnier says UK future at stake in Brexit vote

Brussels - Arab Today

The British parliament’s vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal will determine the future of the country, the chief EU Brexit negotiator said on Thursday, insisting that the deal was the only route to secure an orderly withdrawal from the EU. “If there is no withdrawal treaty, there is no transition, no basis of confidence that we need with theRead more

Reading Montesquieu in Tehran

Amir Taheri

Although the recent visit to Tehran by Britain’s new Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt did not produce the result he had hoped for, it may have helped him get a better understanding of how things work in the Islamic Republic in Iran. According to London sources, Hunt had hoped to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual national hostage servingRead more

EU leaders gather to approve Brexit divorce deal

Brussels - DPA

EU leaders are gathering in Brussels on Sunday for a special summit to endorse a deal on Britain's departure from the European Union, as well as an accompanying political declaration on future relations. Negotiations continued up to the last minute on the package of texts, which will lay out the legal terms for Britain's departure on March 19, 2019, asRead more

Brexit Deal To Be Signed On November 25 In Summit, Says Eu President

London - NNA

EU President Donald Tusk on Thursday confirmed the bloc would hold a special summit to seal the hard-fought Brexit agreement with Britain on November 25. Tusk's announcement will come as a boost to British Prime Minister Theresa May as she begins the daunting task of selling the deal to a fractious parliament where she faces resistance from arch Brexiteers andRead more

May to tell British parliament Brexit "95 percent" settled, faces party mutiny

London - Arab Today

Prime Minister Theresa May will tell Britain’s parliament on Monday that Brexit negotiations are “95 percent” complete but that she cannot accept the European Union’s Northern Ireland border proposals — as she faces down an increasingly mutinous faction within her own party. May has been on the receiving end of a furious backlash from Brexit hardliners in her own partyRead more

WhatsApp dirty tricks alleged in Brazil presidential race

Sao Paulo - Arab Today

Allegations of a dirty tricks campaign on WhatsApp dominated Brazil’s presidential election race on Thursday, turning attention to social media manipulation following abuses uncovered in the last US election and Britain’s Brexit referendum. Trailing leftist candidate Fernando Haddad accused the far-right frontrunner, Jair Bolsonaro, of “illegal” electoral tactics after a report that companies were poised to unleash a flood ofRead more

UK PM says open to longer post-Brexit transition

Brussels - Arab Today

Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed Thursday that Britain would consider extending the transition period after Brexit for a few months if needed to agree on a new trade deal with the EU. EU negotiator Michel Barnier raised the idea as a way of breaking the deadlock on how to keep Britain’s border with Ireland open after Brexit, the key issueRead more