International

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 06:02 UTC

  British couple will make history this weekend when they marry at Antarctica's Rothera Station

  

  British couple will make history this weekend when they become the first to tie the knot in the British Antarctic Territory. Bride-to-be Julie Baum and her groom Tom Sylvester will take their vows at the icy cold Rothera Research Station, almost 2,000 miles south of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 05:51 UTC

  Exit Brexit secretary laughs at Johnson's comments; Corbyn calls them silly arrogant remarks

  

  UK is already challenging Brussels over its Brexit divorce bill plans, David Davis has said as he laughed off concerns about Boris Johnson’s controversial suggestion the EU could “go whistle” if it makes “extortionate” demands.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 05:32 UTC

  EU can “go whistle”, says Boris Johnson of Brexit divorce bill

  

  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has told MPs the European Union can “go whistle” for any “extortionate” final payment from the UK on Brexit. He added the government had “no plan” for what to do in the event of no deal being agreed with the EU.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 19:44 UTC

  Philip Morris ordered to pay Australia millions after losing packaging lawsuit

  

  Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been ordered to pay the Australian government millions of dollars after unsuccessfully suing the nation over its world-first plain-packaging laws.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 12:11 UTC

  Old round pound rolling out replaced by the new 12-sided coin

  

  The old round pound is on the way out, slowly being replaced by the new 12-sided coin, brought in by the Royal Mint in attempt to thwart forgers. Both pound coins are currently in circulation, but soon the old pound coin will lose its status as legal tender and will be worth no more than the metal it's printed on.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 08:00 UTC

  Scottish shearer tackles more than 2.000 sheep in 50-hour endurance challenge

  

  A shearer from south west Scotland has tackled more that 2,000 sheep in a 50-hour endurance challenge. Grant Hurcomb was raising funds for Cancer Research UK and MND Scotland.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:05 UTC

  World Population Day

  

  World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 05:49 UTC

  European Parliament rejects point blank PM May offer on citizens' rights

  

  European Parliament’s lead Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt has rejected Theresa May’s offer on citizens’ rights, claiming it was casting a “dark cloud” over people’s status. In a joint article with a cross-party group of senior MEPs, Mr Verhofstadt said the Prime Minister’s plan was a “damp squib” which carried a risk of creating “second-class citizenship”.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 05:39 UTC

  “Remain” cross party group in Parliament pledges to fight “hard Brexit”

  

  A cross-party group to co-ordinate the UK parliamentary fight against a “hard Brexit” has been set up under the leadership of Tory former minister Ana Soubry and senior Labour MP Chuka Umunna.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 05:26 UTC

  PM May will miss Questions in Commons to welcome Spanish King and Queen

  

  Theresa May is to miss her regular weekly session of Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, in order to welcome the King and Queen of Spain to London, Downing Street has announced.