Politics

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Gibraltar Marks EU Departure

  

  Gibraltar originally joined the EU under the British Treaty of Accession in 1972. On the evening of Friday 31st January 2020 at midnight Central European Time the departure from the European Union at the appointed time the UK formally ceased being a member state.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Beijing furious with US over warning American citizens to avoid China

  

  Beijing on Friday sharply criticized the United States for warning American citizens to avoid China and for urging those already there to leave due to the coronavirus health emergency.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Violence resurgence in Chile: three deaths, looting and torched supermarkets

  

  A man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a supermarket was torched in Chile's capital Santiago on Friday, bringing the death toll from a resurgence in violent unrest rose to three. A mob looted and then set fire to the supermarket in southern Santiago in the early hours of Friday.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Facebook to down misinformation about China's fast spreading coronavirus

  

  Facebook said it will take down misinformation about China's fast-spreading coronavirus in a rare departure from its approach to health content, after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a global health emergency.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Scotland votes for independence referendum; EU flag will remain flying outside Holyrood

  

  Scotland’s Parliament voted this week ahead of Friday, to hold a new referendum on Scottish independence, a move intended to increase political pressure on the British government as the UK leaves the European Union.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  “We must stand up for Europe, otherwise at some point we won’t have it any more”

  

  Britain’s departure from the European Union shows the bloc must deliver for its citizens and its leaders must stand up for the project or else risk it failing, the head of the European Union’s executive, Ursula von der Leyen, said on Friday.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Boris Johnson confident that “we can turn this opportunity into a stunning success”

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Brexit offers Britain an opportunity for “renewal and change” as he called on the divided nation to pull together in an address ahead of its split with the European Union.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Brexit is a “historic warning sign”, the reaction from Paris on EU reforms

  

  Brexit is a “historic warning sign” for the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said hours before Britain's departure from the EU, adding that it meant “we need more Europe”.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Trump's acquittal of the impeachment trial any moment with solid Republican Senators' support

  

  The US Senate on Friday voted against calling witnesses and collecting new evidence in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump's likely acquittal in the coming days.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  Colombian peace accord rapidly failing as ex guerrillas are murdered

  

  More than 100 Colombian former left-wing guerrillas and their family members have left an area designated for them following the murder of 12 fellow ex-rebels elsewhere in the country, the FARC said on Friday.