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Theresa May to urge Trump to avoid London protests during UK visit: The Sun
The details of the plan will be given to the White House by Kim Darroch, British ambassador to the United States, the report said.
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Pro-Brexit lawmakers pressure British PM May over customs plan
She also faces increasingly urgent demands from Brussels to come up with a customs plan to avoid a return to a hard border between British-ruled Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
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UK govt defeated as Lords back powers to block or change EU exit deal
May’s majority in the lower house of parliament is likely to be severely tested next month when she is expected to call on her divided Conservative Party to throw out the changes.
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British interior minister Rudd resigns after immigration scandal
The resignation of one of May’s closest allies is a blow as she navigates the final year of negotiations ahead of Britain’s exit from the European Union in March 2019.
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May dealt new Brexit defeat in upper house of parliament
While many of the defeats were expected, it is the rifts over whether to remain in a customs union with the EU that have taken centre stage.
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May suffers another defeat in upper house over EU rights
Last week’s defeat, the first of two on that day, increased pressure on May to reconsider her refusal to remain in a customs union with the EU.
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US President Trump to visit UK mid-year, possibly July – reports
The Daily Telegraph quoted an unnamed official in the Trump administration as saying the president was looking at a visit to Britain in “late summer”.
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Ramaphosa, May agree R858m deal to make SA attractive to investors
On his first official visit to Britain as South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa has met Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Theresa May.
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G7 backs US, British, French efforts to curb Syrian chemical weapon capability
Russian officials have said that the inspectors were unable to reach Douma because they had not been cleared by the United Nations.
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US, Britain blame Russia for global cyber attack
Moscow has denied previous accusations that it carried out cyber-attacks on the United States and other countries.
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Air strikes on Syria will not change course of war – Johnson
France and Britain on Syria will not change the course of the war, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Monday.
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MPs, celebrities call for 'people's vote' on Brexit
At a launch in north London, MPs from both the Conservative Party and Labour joined with hundreds of others to press for what they described as a “people’s vote” on Brexit.
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Daughter of poisoned Russian spy declines embassy help - statement
The Russian Embassy in London has previously said it had not been granted consular access to the 33 year-old woman.
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'You'll be sorry,' Russia tells Britain at UN nerve agent attack meeting
It was the second showdown between Russia and Britain at the world body since the 4 March nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in an English town.
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Russian bid for joint inquiry into England spy poisoning fails
Britain called the Russian proposal for a joint investigation a “perverse” attempt to escape blame for the poisoning of the Skripals, and part of a disinformation campaign mounted by Moscow.
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Britain to ban ivory items regardless of their age
New legislation will create the toughest ban on ivory in Europe and one of the toughest in the world, it said, with a prohibition on the sale of nearly all antiques containing ivory.
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Russia says it will respond in kind to West's expulsions
The biggest demarche came from the United States, which on Monday said it was expelling 60 Russian diplomats.
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British lawmakers launch inquiry into economic crime
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has estimated there were 3.2 million frauds in the year to last September.
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Russian envoy warns world risks 'Cold War' if anti-Moscow bias continues
Russia denies any part in the 4 March nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England.
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Parliament must have power to stop 'No Deal' Brexit, says opposition Labour
The government has promised to put that final deal to parliament for approval, but has made clear the choice is either to accept the exit agreement, or leave without a deal.
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Russia claims Britain could be source of nerve agent in attack
Russia’s ambassador to the European Union says the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sweden or the United States might also be to blame.
