Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Scotland's Sturgeon convinced a no deal Brexit, the most likely outcome

  

  A no-deal Brexit may be the “most likely outcome” of the UK’s negotiations with the EU, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told MSPs. The First Minister said that while the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc are 95% agreed, there remains an “impasse” over the issue of the Irish border.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Lords furious with Brexit Secretary who refuses to attend and inform EU Select Committee

  

  The House of Lords EU Select Committee has written to Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab urging him not to stand in the way of Parliamentary scrutiny, and to honor his previous commitment to give evidence to Committees “on a regular basis”.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Gibraltar prepared and confident on a Withdrawal Agreement from EU

  

  Gibraltar will step up its contingency planning as from January 1, 2019, if there is no certainty of a Withdrawal Agreement and implementation period by that date, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told an influential House of Lords select committee. Addressing the EU Select Committee, he also signaled his hope that Gibraltar, the UK and Spain could salvage elements of the Gibraltar negotiations even in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit between the UK and the EU.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Ecuador changes policy towards Assange: “it is a matter to be resolved between Wikileaks founder and UK”

  

  Ecuador does not plan to intervene with the British government on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to negotiate a way for him to leave the country's embassy in London, where he has lived under asylum since 2012, Ecuador's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine foreign minister in political and business visit to United Kingdom

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie will be visiting the United Kingdom this week where he is scheduled to address an important political and economic agenda, meetings with top level British officials and a conference on Latin America at Chatham House.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Risk of return to violence if a hard Brexit is imposed, says Irish president Higgins

  

  Irish President Michael D Higgins has said he shares the concerns of the country’s premier Leo Varadkar that there is a risk of a return to violence if a hard border is imposed post-Brexit. Mr Higgins said: “I do share the Taoiseach’s concern.”

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  UK government watchdog warns Britain is not ready for a no-deal Brexit

  

  Britain will “pay the price” of a no-deal Brexit because complicated new border controls may not be ready in time, a UK government watchdog has warned. Thousands of UK exporters did not have enough time to prepare for new border rules, the National Audit Office said.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  PM May: 95% of Brexit terms agreed but Irish border remains a “considerable sticking point”

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is prepared to “explore every possible option” to break the deadlock in Brexit talks. She told MPs 95% of the terms of exit were agreed but the Irish border was still a “considerable sticking point”.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Conservative “jitters” about Brexit, admit Mrs. May's most loyal ministers

  

  The Brexit Secretary has said he understands Conservative “jitters” about EU negotiations but urged British MPs to hold their nerve as talks continue. “The end is in sight in terms of a good deal, the prize we want,” Dominic Raab said, asking them to “wait and see”.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Tristan albatross threatened by super sized mice in Gough island; an eradication campaign planned for 2020

  

  Super-sized mice are killing millions of seabird chicks on a remote island in the South Atlantic, threatening some rare species with extinction. According to a study from the RSPB, the mice have learned to eat the eggs and chicks of the many millions of birds that make Gough Island their home.