Tag: Boris Johnson

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Boris Johnson clashes with the civil service in defending the Interior minister

  

  Three months after his triumphant re-election, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to save one of his top ministers from a bullying scandal that has exposed tensions at the heart of his government.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 07:22 UTC

  Boris Johnson announces engagement with girlfriend Carrie, expecting a baby

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds announced that they are expecting a baby and have got engaged. “The Prime Minister and Miss Symonds are very pleased to announce their engagement and that they are expecting a baby in the early summer,” a spokesperson for the couple told British media.

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC

  Foreign Office official visits Argentina to address a long agenda including Falklands

  

  Wendy Morton, the foreign office minister of European Neighborhood and the Americas arrives this Monday to Buenos Aires to meet with members of the Kirchner government, who over the weekend announced a new more demanding and aggressive Argentine policy referred to the Falklands and South Atlantic Islands sovereignty claim.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:53 UTC

  UK to ban sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035

  

  Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  UK and EU begin this Monday post-Brexit negotiations

  

  Britain on Sunday began to detail a hard-line stance in upcoming negotiations with the European Union on future relations, following its historic departure from the bloc. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who will embark on a tour of Asia and Australia this week as he looks to pave the way for global trade deals, warned that London will not accept alignment with EU rules.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Cheers and tears as UK ends 47 years of European Union membership

  

  Britain on Friday ended almost half a century of European Union membership, making a historic exit after years of bitter arguments to chart its own uncertain path in the world. There were celebrations and tears across the country as the EU's often reluctant member became the first to leave an organization set up to forge unity among nations after the horrors of World War II.

• 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 - 08:27 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.

• Friday, January 31st 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  Bitterly divided Britain abandons European Union; Johnson message calling for unity expected

  

  Britain this Friday, 31 January ends almost half a century of integration with its closest neighbours and leaves the European Union, starting a new - but still uncertain - chapter in its long history.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Johnson defies US and grants Huawei a limited role in UK's mobile network

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson granted Huawei a limited role in Britain's 5G mobile network on Tuesday, frustrating a global attempt by the United States to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West's next-generation communications.