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UK destined for Brexit as election triumph looms for Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was set for a resounding victory in Britain’s election, allowing him to deliver Brexit on Jan. 31 in what would be the country’s most significant geopolitical move in 70 years. For Johnson, whose brief
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No posters or street campaigns, UK goes for landmark election
MANCHESTER: The United Kingdom goes for a landmark general election today as it would set the country’s future direction in the region and the world. This is UK’s second general election since 2017 and the third in under five years.
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Brexit versus public services: British leaders make final campaign push
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to the heartlands of Brexit Britain in a final campaign blitz ahead of Thursday’s election, as he seeks to secure the parliamentary majority he needs to take the country out of the European
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Leak of classified papers ahead of UK election tied to Russian operation
The leak and distribution of classified UK-US trade documents online is tied to a previous Russian disinformation campaign, social media site Reddit said yesterday, fuelling fears that Moscow is seeking to interfere in Britain’s upcoming election. Britain’s opposition Labour Party
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London Bridge attack: Britain to honour its dead with vigil
Britain today honoured the two people killed by a militant knifeman, who went on a stabbing spree near London Bridge in an attack that has thrust criminal justice to the centre of the election campaign. Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia
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London attack: British PM vows to strengthen prison sentences
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said he would strengthen prison sentences, vowing to boost security after an attack in London by a man jailed for terrorism who had been released early. Less than two weeks before Britain heads
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Trump off to London for NATO summit, told to stop being nosy on British polls
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump leaves for a NATO summit in London today and he is under pressure from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resist the temptation to wade into the British election campaign coming up later this month.
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Trump tells UK’s Johnson and Farage to unite
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yesterday urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage to come together to safeguard prospects for expanded US-UK trade after Britain leaves the European Union. Trump told reporters at the White
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EU keeps UK waiting on Brexit delay, Johnson gears for an election
EU member states yesterday delayed a decision on whether to grant Britain a three-month Brexit extension, while Prime Minister Boris Johnson said if the deadline is deferred to the end of January he would call an election by Christmas. Britain
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Brexit to proceed on Oct 31 despite PM’s unsigned delay request
The British government insisted yesterday that the country will leave the European Union on Oct 31, despite a letter that Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced by Parliament to send to the bloc requesting a Brexit delay. The Brexit maelstrom
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