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News Articles: Brexit

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, left, and Keir Starmer, prime minister of the U.K., greet each other, ahead of their bilateral meeting at the 6th European Political Community summit on May 16 in Albania.

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  • Europe

5 years since Brexit, Britain and the EU announce fresh ties

With a war in Ukraine and the U.S. rethinking alliances, Britain and the European Union may need each other more than they thought. Here's what happened at Monday's summit — and what didn't.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer
Britain's former prime minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street in London on Monday.

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  • Europe

Ex-Prime Minister David Cameron makes shocking return to U.K. government

Cameron, who triggered the country's exit from the European Union, returns as U.K.'s foreign secretary. Hardliner Home Secretary Suella Braverman was fired in the same cabinet shakeup.

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown leaving 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 25, 2022.

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  • Europe

Inquiry finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over 'partygate'

A U.K. parliamentary committee says the former PM's lies over COVID rule breaches were "unprecedented," and recommends he be denied a pass to ever enter the parliament building again.

June 15, 2023
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab and
  • Lauren Frayer
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared as a guest at a Washington Nationals baseball game on Wednesday.

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  • World

In his 1st White House visit, Rishi Sunak talks Ukraine, AI — and how to say his name

After Boris Johnson, Brexit and political turmoil, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to convey stability in his first trip to the White House. On the agenda: Ukraine, NATO and AI.

June 08, 2023
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab and
  • Lauren Frayer
Tomato shortages in the U.K. are being blamed on bad weather, energy prices and trade policy

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  • Economy

Let them eat... turnips? Tomato shortage in UK has politicians looking for answers

Frost, floods, energy prices and Brexit are among the possible culprits in the shortage of tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli and lettuce in the U.K.

March 01, 2023
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By:
  • Stacey Vanek Smith
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after a news conference at Windsor Guildhall, Windsor, England, Monday. The U.K. and the European Union ended years of wrangling, sealing a deal to resolve a dispute over Northern Ireland.

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  • Europe

Why Brexit's back in the news: Britain and the EU struck a Northern Ireland trade deal

Britain and the European Union signed a new agreement to solve one of Brexit's thorniest challenges: the trading status of Northern Ireland.

February 27, 2023
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers her resignation speech as her husband, Hugh O'Leary, stands nearby at Downing Street in London on Thursday. Truss has been prime minister for just 44 days.

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  • Europe

The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong?

With yet another prime minister's resignation, the British government's 10 Downing Street looks like a revolving door. Analysts blame polarization, populism, a flawed system and poor leadership.

October 20, 2022
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
A truck arrives at Larne port in County Antrim, where a customs post has been established as part of the Northern Ireland Protocol, on November 29, 2021.

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  • Europe

A trade dispute between the U.K. and the EU erupts over post-Brexit deal

The international trade dispute has drawn widespread condemnation and threatened to disrupt the relative peace in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Belfast.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
A staff member sorts through fresh produce at British supermarket chain Morrisons last month in Leeds, United Kingdom.

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  • Europe

The U.K. Left The EU, And Now It's Inching Away From The Metric System Too

Boris Johnson's government is eyeing a move to allow shop stalls and supermarkets to use only imperial units in all transactions, ditching a metric requirement from when the U.K. was in the EU.

September 17, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Customers walks into a McDonald's restaurant, in London on Aug. 24. McDonald's says it has pulled milkshakes from the menu in all 1,250 of its British restaurants because of supply problems stemming from a shortage of truck drivers.

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  • Europe

McDonald's Is Out Of Milkshakes In The U.K. And A Truck Driver Shortage Is To Blame

A shortage of tens of thousands of drivers is affecting McDonald's and many other businesses after scores of European truckers left the U.K. in the aftermath of Brexit.

August 31, 2021
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By:
  • Willem Marx and
  • Joe Hernandez
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and President Biden talk Thursday during a meeting in Carbis Bay, England, as they look over copies of the original Atlantic Charter from 1941.

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  • Politics

With An Eye To History, Biden And Johnson Try To Rekindle The 'Special Relationship'

President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a 21st century Atlantic Charter, an update of a document that tied the countries together during World War II.

June 10, 2021
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By:
  • Asma Khalid,
  • Frank Langfitt,
  • and 1 more
Skirmishes erupt at the "peace wall" dividing Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday night.

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  • Europe

Fresh Unrest In Northern Ireland Sparks Comparisons To 'The Troubles'

The latest violence erupted amid anger from Protestant unionists concerned they're being isolated from the U.K. and pushed into a union with the republic of Ireland due to post-Brexit trade rules.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
The European Union quickly reversed a decision invoking an emergency provision of the Brexit deal that could have restricted exports of COVID-19 vaccines across the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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  • World

EU Reverses Move To Restrict Export Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Northern Ireland

The European Union backtracked after a move to restrict the movement of vaccines between Ireland and Northern Ireland drew condemnation.

January 31, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
Haut-de-France Customs Director Jean-Michel Thillier, left, believes the Port of Calais is ready for Brexit.

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  • Europe

Brexit Arrives With Border Controls Reinstated Between Britain And The EU

"We have spent the last three years preparing for this moment," says an official in Calais, France, one of the world's busiest ports.

December 31, 2020
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
A pro-EU demonstrator sets up banners outside a London conference center, where trade talks were being held on Dec. 4.

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  • Europe

'Time To Leave Brexit Behind': EU And U.K. Agree To Last-Minute Trade Deal

The agreement comes a week before the Brexit transition period ends. The pact averts a worst-case divorce that would have hurt the EU economy but damaged the British economy even more.

December 24, 2020
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
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