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'Ready and willing' to do a Brexit deal, Britain tells EU
The EU has repeatedly ruled out renegotiating the Withdrawal Agreement, and The Guardian cited a senior EU diplomat as saying Britain 'does not have another plan'.
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May heads to Brussels for Brexit crisis talks
Theresa May's critics accuse her of wasting time before holding another vote in parliament on her deal, hoping that the looming deadline will change MPs' minds.
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May asks lawmakers to send a message to Brussels on Brexit deal
Parliament will on Tuesday try to shape the future of the country’s exit from the European Union by debating and voting on what changes they want May to seek to her Brexit deal.
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Jewish museum attack victims shot with 'surgical' precision
Mehdi Nemmouche, 33, the alleged jihadist gunman, faces life in prison if convicted of the charges of murdering four people during the anti-Semitic attack on 24 May 2014.
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Jewish museum terror attack trial opens in Brussels
Mehdi Nemmouche, 33, who was in court, faces a life sentence if convicted of the cold-blooded killings in the Belgian capital on 24 May 2014, following his return from Syria's battlefields.
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Minister urges divided UK MPs to find Brexit consensus
The prime minister has repeatedly ruled out holding a second referendum, but there is growing support for the idea among opposition Labour MPs.
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Wounded May seeks EU compromise to save Brexit deal
The British leader, who survived a confidence vote staged by her own party's MPs late on Wednesday, now needs to turn a narrow victory on home turf into an unlikely away win.
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70 arrested in Brussels during 'yellow vest' protest
The area housing European institutions including the offices of the European Commission and the European Parliament was sealed off as a precautionary measure.
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Swiss faces deadline on EU ties
The EU wants Switzerland to agree to a broad deal that would simplify relations, currently defined by a messy set of some 120 bilateral accords.
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May begins intensive campaign to sell Brexit deal at home
May returns to a mutinous Westminster after sealg the agreement with European Union leaders at a summit on Sunday in Brussels, where both sides insisted this was the best and only option available.
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Days from summit, May takes Brexit battle to Brussels
The British prime minister will enjoy afternoon tea with the president of the European Union Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, with negotiations set to continue right up to Sunday's planned deal-signing summit.
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Policeman stabbed in central Brussels, police say motive unclear
Belgian newspaper 'DH' cited unnamed sources as saying the attacker shouted: “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest).
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May seeks to reassure EU leaders on Brexit deal
But three days after talks stalled over the Irish border “backstop”, thwarting hopes of a deal at the summit, May arrived determined to stress that an accord was still on the cards.
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Paris attacks suspect guilty of attempted murder in Belgium
Neither Abdeslam nor co-accused Sofien Ayari, who Belga said was also found guilty, were in court to hear the ruling on Monday.
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2 killed after explosion destroys buildings in Belgium
Belgium has been on high alert since deadly suicide bombings in 2016 and a wave of Islamist attacks across Europe.
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Waiting for May, Brussels eyes December Brexit deal
There has been only a day of top-level talks between the two lead negotiators since a mid-October summit that dismissed May’s call for immediate talks on a future trade agreement.
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Celebrations to mark Morocco World Cup success turn violent
Celebrations in Brussels to mark Morocco’s return to soccer’s World Cup finals for the first time in two decades turned violent when crowds clashed with police.
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May heads for Brussels after Brexit talks deadlock
The leaders have been expected to say they hope that they can launch that second phase of talks after their next summit in December.
