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Areas of west Belfast are dominated by vivid murals depicting armed Loyalist and Republican paramilitary figures.
Brexit
Is Brexit destabilizing Northern Ireland?
Scottish bass player Ben Ellis has performed with Iggy Pop for the past seven years with many concerts at festivals throughout Europe.
British musicians warn of devastating impact of new Brexit rules 
A shellfish export truck with a protest sign written across the trailer "Incompetent Government Destroying Shellfish Industry" drives past the Palace of Westminster in London
Scottish fishermen say their industry is in crisis after Brexit  
A long line of semi-trucks are shown bumper to bumper on a highway on an overcast day.
COVID-19
For UK exporters, post-Brexit border chaos arrives early
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown wearing a suit and walking with a red folder under his arm and a large Christmas tree in the background.
Brexit
UK, EU leaders to meet Wednesday amid Brexit no-deal signals
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown speaking into a microphone and wearing a dark suit.
Global Politics
UK officials ‘avoided’ looking into Russian meddling
A man wearing a red top hat with the Russian hammer a sickle is shown holding a sign that says, "Thanks for the Russian Brexit through.
Top of The World
Britain ‘actively avoided’ looking into Russia meddling; EU reaches stimulus deal; New US sanctions on Chinese companies
A man waves a British flag on Brexit day in London, Britain, on Jan. 31, 2020.
Brexit
Brexit? It’s still a thing.
10 Downing Street is illuminated on Brexit day in London
Brexit
With Brexit here, Poles in the UK wonder where home is
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown standing at a lecturn with a microphone and several parliamentary members sitting behind him.
Brexit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins vote on Brexit deal in time for Christmas
A woman in a red coat poses triumphantly in front of a group of happy adults.
Elections
After UK elections, could Johnson face a ‘disunited’ kingdom?
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown walking down a hallway with staff applauding on either side.
Elections
Britain speeds toward Brexit as Johnson wins large majority in election
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is shown holding a white piece of paper off to his side with red lettering.
Elections
Labour leader makes Brexit offensive ahead of UK election showdown
A protester stands with a sign reading "NHS NOT FOR SALE"
Health & Medicine
The NHS is ‘not for sale.’ But is it a victim of Brexit woes?
A woman stands by stocked shelfs in a shop
Brexit
With Brexit looming, Berlin’s ‘Broken English’ shop looks to Ireland
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson sit next to each other.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Brexit might come at the price of the union, says Economist’s editor-in-chief
An anti-Brexit demonstrator is seen wearing an EU flag cap and a t-shirt with "Cancel Brexit" protesting outside the Houses of Parliament.
Fashion
Statement pieces: Fashion designers worry over Brexit’s cost to UK industry
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown walking past the EU and UK flags.
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal: What’s in it and how is it different to Theresa May’s version?
People crossing the street.
Brexit
With Brexit looming, calls for Scottish independence grow
A man with a mask uses a shovel to move flowers on the ground
Politics
‘A very British coup:’ British PM to suspend Parliament before Brexit
Boris Johnson is shown walking through a brick doorway wearing a blue suit.
Global Politics
Britain’s new leader Boris Johnson vows to get Brexit done
Donald Trump is shown standing among more than a dozen of the Royal honor guard dressed in traditional red uniforms and tall black hats.
Global Politics
Donald Trump welcomed to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth
Boris Johnson is shown walking with his hands in his pockets and a gaggle of photographers around him.
UK prime minister candidate Boris Johnson to face court over Brexit claims
British Prime Minister Theresa May is shown standing at a wooden podium and wearing a red suit.
Britain’s Theresa May resigns, paving way for Brexit confrontation with EU
Delegates seated in the European Parliament
Elections
How the EU will vote and why it matters
A man and a woman with pro-Brexit signs stand next to a banner of political caricatures.
Global Politics
Rebels hope to kill off May’s Brexit deal in ‘last-chance’ vote
A white van travels over a grey stone bridge on a bright, sunny day under blue skies.
Borders
This tiny Northern Ireland town fears a Brexit hard border could stir more ‘Troubles’
A woman holds a sign that says "Sex workers and residents against police raids and closures."
Women & Gender
This English collective says Brexit unfairly targets sex workers for deportation
A man in overalls is shown looking down at the sea bed on his cockling board.
Global Politics
Tea, bingo and cockles — my journey to Brexit-on-Sea
A close-up photograph of Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May who is wearing dark-rimmed glasses.
Global Politics
May looks for a way out of Brexit maelstrom as EU says no-deal exit looms
Pro- and anti-Brexit signs
Global Politics
Britain’s May says she will quit if her Brexit deal passes
The large clock face over the entrance of Cergy-Saint-Christophe railway station is shown with the time of 7:10.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Time for a change: EU lawmakers vote to scrap clock shifts in 2021
the back of a woman's head as she rifles through some British souvenir knick knacks
How do you market the UK in a time of Brexit?
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is shown in the middle of a group of three men, all wearing dark suits.
Business, Economics and Jobs
No deal beckons: EU presses May on Brexit deal
Rock of Gibraltar at dusk
Global Politics
Gibraltar after Brexit: Why Spain, not Ireland will decide the UK’s fate
British and EU are shown flying on the same line with the Houses of Parliament in London in the background.
Deal or delay? Wall Street doesn’t believe no-deal Brexit threat
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is shown in a blue jacket and scarf walking out of 10 Downing Street to a car.
British Prime Minister Theresa May asks lawmakers to send a message to Brussels on Brexit deal
Protesters hold signs reading, "We voted leave" and "Leave means leave."
How the US influenced the creation of the EU
Macron hugs Merkel.
Global Politics
Be ‘mein’ valentine: Merkel and Macron renew their ‘vows’ with Aachen treaty, but some critique the coupling
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May shown leaving Downing Street wearing a blue jacket and scarf while carrying a red binder.
Global Politics
Momentum gathers behind British lawmakers’ bid to stop no-deal Brexit
A man with a top hat and UK flag draped around his shoulders holds anti-Brexit protest signs
Global Politics
5 reasons Americans ought to care about Brexit
several hundred members of parliament in a room
Brexit: An ‘escape room’ with no escape
British Prime Minister Theresa May are seen sitting across from Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament.
Global Politics
Search on for Brexit consensus after May’s crushing defeat
Prime Minister Theresa May sits down in Parliament with a grimace on her face
British lawmakers reject Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is shown wearing a grey scarf and blue overcoat with a binder in her left hand.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Britain’s May faces defeat in parliament over Brexit plan
Demonstrators hold EU and Union flags shown in this photograph back lit by the sun with the Houses of Parliament in the background.
100 days to Brexit, businesses and EU ramp up no-deal planning
British Prime Minister Theresa May is shown center wearing a dark jacket and scarf next to Britain's Permanent Representative to the EU Tim Barrow in a suit and red tie.
Rejecting other Brexit options, Britain’s May sticks by her deal
British flags wave against a dark sky outside the Parliament building in Long. People stand behind iron barricades holding the flags.
British PM May survives vote but more than 117 dissent
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is shown standing at a podium with Christmas decorations behind her.
Global Politics
British Prime Minister Theresa May fights leadership revolt, warns Brexit in peril
Theresa May’s Brexit Strategy Suffers Last Minute Defeat
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An person is show walking away from the camera carrying both British and EU flags .
Global Politics
EU says it will not renegotiate the Brexit treaty
Anti-Brexit demonstrators carry UK and EU flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain.
Global Politics
UK Prime Minister Theresa May to withdraw parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal
Tourist binoculars with option to pay in pounds or euros.
EU struggles to agree on Gibraltar before Brexit summit
Theresa May is shown with a folder in her left hand walking out of 10 Downing Street, in London.
Global Politics
British Prime Minister Theresa May tries to sell Brexit deal to ministers
an unmarked border between Ireland and Northern Ireland
Global Politics
Brexit uncertainties cause Irish border communities to fear the worst
A woman in red turns around next to a line of men all in suits.
Britain to EU: ‘Engage with us now in seriousness’ on Brexit proposals
US President Donald Trump is show sitting next to British Prime Minister Theresa May at the end of a table with flags behind them.
Trump says May’s Brexit plan kills hope of a US trade deal
Trevor Shonk is mayor and city councillor in Ramsgate, a town on the coast of Kent, just across the English channel from the shoreline of France.
Global Politics
‘They like me a lot in the UK,’ says Trump. He’s not entirely wrong.
british secretary of state for foreign affairs boris johnson resigned from his post today
Global Politics
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quits in protest over May’s Brexit plan
Arts, Culture & Media
Ali Smith’s “Autumn”