Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig detained in China
A former Canadian diplomat has been detained in China, and his current employer, the International Crisis Group, has said it is seeking his prompt and safe [...]
Politics
May tries to woo Brexit MPs with Irish backstop ‘parliamentary lock’
Theresa May has stepped up last-ditch efforts to try to win over Brexit-backing MPs after government legal advice warned the Irish backstop could leave the UK trapped in “protracted and repeated rounds of negotiations” for years to [...]
French government suspends fuel tax increase
The French government has suspended plans to introduce an eco-fuel tax after three weeks of increasingly violent protests across the [...]
Arlene Foster says DUP would not back second Brexit referendum
The Democratic Unionist leader, Arlene Foster, has said she and her 10 MPs will not vote for a second EU referendum but did not rule out backing a “Norway-plus option” that is gaining support in the [...]
Brexit deal: Theresa May gives herself two weeks to win over MPs
Theresa May has pleaded with MPs to consider the interests of the country and the importance of delivering Brexit as she gave herself two weeks to try to persuade 89 hostile Tory backbenchers to support her final [...]
Spain accuses UK of treachery over Gibraltar Brexit deal
The UK has been accused by Spain of “treachery” and acting “under the cover of darkness” in an escalation of a war of words over the future of Gibraltar that risks derailing Theresa May’s Brexit [...]
European travel ban imposed on 18 Saudis over Khashoggi killing
Germany has imposed European travel bans on 18 Saudi nationals suspected of involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and confirmed its arms embargo against the regime in [...]
Ireland to remain open door to UK for EU citizens post-Brexit
Ireland will remain an open door to the UK for EU citizens after Brexit with no mandatory passport checks on those who travel to Britain via Dublin and Belfast, it has been [...]
Trump shot at French wine trade leaves sour taste in Paris
A tweet by Donald Trump attacking the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and threatening a wine war with France, has left a sour taste in Paris. In a series of online comments lambasting Macron over nationalism and world wars, the US president rated the wine trade between France and the US as “not [...]
Brexit deal not dead despite DUP warning, says Lidington
Theresa May’s de facto deputy, David Lidington, has insisted the government remained confident it could get its Brexit deal through parliament, despite the Democratic Unionist party’s warning it was prepared to vote it [...]