Brexit
New Year, new rules: UK begins post-Brexit future
New Year's Day newspapers reflected the historic but still deeply divisive change, which will have repercussions for generations to come.
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EU member states endorse Brexit trade deal
This will provisionally allow tariff-free trade with Britain to continue after it leaves the EU single market at the New Year.
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Trucker, fisherman, scientist... the voices of Brexit
AFP has spoken to six people whose lives will be directly affected by Britain's departure from the EU, the single market, and the customs union.
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Britain and EU release full text of post-Brexit trade deal
To ratify the deal, Britain's parliament has been recalled to sit on 30 December. A vote in favour is virtually assured after the UK's main opposition Labour Party said its MPs would back it.
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Britain faces major Brexit challenges after last-minute deal
The country will now not tumble off a trade 'cliff-edge' come 1 January, avoiding a mountain of harmful tariffs and quotas.
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EU and Britain seal post-Brexit trade deal
The final 2,000-page agreement was held up by last-minutre wrangling over fishing as both sides haggled over the access EU fisherman will get to Britain's waters after the end of the year.
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EU-UK poised to announce post-Brexit trade deal
The two sides had hoped to unveil the accord on Wednesday, and the front pages of several British newspapers already proclaimed victory for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
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Brexit trade talks enter desperate 'final hours'
The European Parliament has demanded that it see the text of any accord by Sunday at the latest, and the UK government says it will not allow talks to go beyond 31 December.
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Facebook to implement UK accounts switch after Brexit
That means that the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy charter will no longer apply to the data.
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UK's Boris Johnson to visit India in first major trip as PM
The trip will coincide with India's annual Republic Day celebrations on 26 January, will also come just weeks after the UK leaves the European Union single market on 31 December, and as it seeks new trade deals post-Brexit.
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UK firms appeal for Brexit deal as PM warns of likely failure
"I'm afraid we're still very far apart on some key things, but where there's life there's hope," Johnson told reporters, after agreeing with EU commission chief Ursula von der Leyen to push on with negotiations.
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UK and EU ditch deadline and pursue Brexit talks
The EU's Michel Barnier and Britain's David Frost held talks late on Saturday and early on Sunday and will continue to negotiate in Brussels.
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A race against time as UK scrambles for workable Brexit agreement
Traders say a Brexit without a trade deal would damage the economies of Europe and send shockwaves through financial markets.
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Brexit deal hopes dim as Johnson says failure 'very likely'
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen have given their negotiators until Sunday before a decision is made on whether to keep talking or give up.
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Brexit hopes dim as Johnson says failure 'very likely'
Whatever happens, Britain will leave the EU single market and customs union, leading to the re-introduction of border checks for the first time in decades.
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Shortages, jams and shutdowns: UK readies for Brexit 'no-deal' chaos
Business groups this week warned of difficulties from January 1 as a frustrating lack of clarity on a post-Brexit trade deal has left many companies unable to plan properly.
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Johnson jets in to Brussels in bid to save Brexit deal
Johnson's dash back to the city where once he made his name as an EU-bashing newspaper reporter marks the last chance of a breakthrough before Britain leaves the EU single market.
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Deal or no deal, Britain to pay high price for Brexit
But the outlook remains uncertain, as the economy struggles to recover from a recession sparked by the coronavirus outbreak.
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UK rules out any more Brexit talks next year: Downing Street
"Time is obviously now in very short supply. We are in the final stages. We are prepared to negotiate for as long as we have time available, if we think an agreement is still possible," a spokesperson told reporters.
