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Jeremy Corbyn, leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party addresses party members during the Labour Party Conference at the Brighton Centre in Brighton, England, September 24, 2019. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)
October 29, 2019, 2:10 pm
Britain heads to December election as Labour accepts Johnson’s latest push
Move comes hours before PM set to once again ask lawmakers to approve an early national vote to break Brexit deadlock; final date yet to be set
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Pro-Brexit campaigners stand under umbrellas with their placards outside the Houses of Parliament in London, October 21, 2019. (Alastair Grant/AP)
October 22, 2019, 1:12 pm
UK’s Johnson prepares push to heave Brexit bill over line
British PM faces broad opposition as he tries to pass his European Union divorce plan through the House of Commons before end of the month target date
By DANICA KIRKA and LORNE COOK
Speaker of Britain's House of Commons John Bercow makes a statement in the House of Commons in London whether Government can hold a debate and vote on the Brexit deal with Europe, Monday Oct. 21, 2019. (House of Commons via AP)
October 21, 2019, 9:23 pm
UK Commons speaker blocks second Brexit vote, dealing new blow to Johnson’s plan
John Bercow rules it would be ‘repetitive and disorderly’ to hold vote Monday on bill to leave the EU, throwing into doubt whether British PM can pass it by Oct. 31 deadline
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
In this handout photo provided by the House of Commons, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (House of Commons via AP)
September 26, 2019, 5:02 am
Unrepentant Boris Johnson faces the raucous Parliament he thought he’d suspended
British PM cuts short visit to UN after Supreme Court rules he acted illegally in proroguing Parliament; ignores repeated calls to resign and apologize
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
In this image taken from video, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday Sept. 4, 2019. (House of Commons via PA via AP)
September 5, 2019, 2:07 am
Johnson’s Brexit plans in crisis after 3rd defeat in 2 days
Parliament blocks call for early elections; lawmakers determined to thwart PM’s plan to take UK out of EU by October 31 deadline even without a deal
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves the House of Commons in London, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, after MPs voted in favor of allowing a cross-party alliance to take control of the Commons agenda on Wednesday in a bid to block a no-deal Brexit on October 31. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
September 4, 2019, 1:37 am
Major defeat for British PM as lawmakers seize Brexit agenda
Boris Johnson vows to call new elections after some fellow Conservatives vote against him; cross-party rebels now plan to introduce bill to block ‘no-deal’ exit from EU
By Gregory Katz and DANICA KIRKA
British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts an event at the British Embassy in Washington, October 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)
July 9, 2019, 2:35 pm
UK prime minister stands by envoy to US who called Trump administration ‘inept’
‘You can’t change an ambassador at the demand of a host country,’ May’s party says, after US president lashes out at Kim Darroch as ‘not liked or well thought of’
By DANICA KIRKA
Elly Wright, a Dutch painter who has lived in Britain for 51-years, poses for photographs with a copy of the book "In Limbo", in which her Brexit testimonial story is one of those featured, at her home in Epsom, on the south west edge of London, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. Britain’s seemingly endless debate over leaving the European Union has brought division, strife and fear of foreigners, and the trauma has shattered Wright's sense of belonging. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
April 13, 2019, 8:53 am
‘Brexhaustion’: Long, grinding Brexit is stressing people out
The fatigue and worry caused by three years of conflict has spawned new terms to describe the mental wellbeing of worn-out Brits
By DANICA KIRKA
A pro EU protester shouts through a megaphone at the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 as British lawmakers were preparing to vote on alternatives for leaving the European Union. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
March 28, 2019, 3:58 pm
UK leader Theresa May makes final push on Brexit deal
Lawmakers reject eight alternatives to prime minister’s proposal after unprecedented move to try to break deadlock
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Brexit protesters demonstrate near the House of Parliament in London, March 26, 2019. (AP/Frank Augstein)
March 27, 2019, 2:34 pm
UK lawmakers prepare to vote on alternatives to Brexit deal
House of Commons schedules 5-hour debate on various options, after which lawmakers will vote for those they find acceptable
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, January 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
January 15, 2019, 10:02 pm
UK Parliament rejects May’s Brexit deal, in biggest defeat in modern history
Lawmakers shoot down PM’s proposal in devastating 432-202 vote, plunging the bid to leave the European Union into chaos
By Jill Lawless, DANICA KIRKA and Gregory Katz
Russian President Vladimir Putin, background center, speaks during a meeting with top military officers in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia on November 19, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
November 21, 2018, 12:51 am
Possible Russian president of Interpol raises alarm in West
Kremlin critics fear they could soon face arrest anywhere around the world as Putin ally Alexander Prokopchuk front-runner to lead international police organization
By DANICA KIRKA and Angela Charlton
In this file photo taken on July 04, 2017 Interpol vice president Alexander Prokopchuk (L) and and Meng Hongwei, president of Interpol, attend the opening of the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP)
November 20, 2018, 8:56 pm
Russian police official may be tapped as Interpol president
Kremlin critics warn against move, say Vladimir Putin has already used international agency to hunt down dissidents
By DANICA KIRKA and Angela Charlton
In this April 12, 2016, photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks about the company's 10-year roadmap during the keynote address at the F8 Facebook Developer Conference in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
October 25, 2018, 5:34 pm
UK watchdog fines Facebook over data breach in Cambridge Analytica scandal
$644,000 penalty comes after British regulators find that between 2007 and 2014, social media giant processed personal info of users without informed consent
By DANICA KIRKA
British billionaire Richard Branson visits a Zumba Step dance class at Virgin installations in Madrid, Spain, December 10, 2003. (AP Photo/Abraham Caro Marin, file)
October 12, 2018, 3:29 pm
Global business leaders suspend ties with Saudi Arabia
Pressure grows on Riyadh to explain fate of missing regime critic Jamal Khashoggi
By DANICA KIRKA
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