News of united kingdom

BREXIT

UK PM Johnson says 'great new deal' reached with EU on Brexit

Today 08:22 All eyes in London will now turn to whether Johnson, who has vowed to take Britain out of the EU by the end of the month, has enough support to push through the agreement in the House of Commons.

DISPUTED ISLANDS

Former Malvinas foes to swap Virgin Mary statues at Vatican

25-09-2019 16:04 Pope to preside over the exchange of two symbolically powerful statues of 'La Virgen de Luján' between Argentine and British bishops, 37 years after the conflict in the South Atlantic between the two nations.

Football

Man arrested in connection with death of Emiliano Sala

21-06-2019 08:35 Sala's body was recovered from the wreckage two weeks after the single-engine aircraft he was travelling on crashed in the English Channel.

BREXIT BRITAIN

Conservative rivals battle as UK PM May exits, defeated by Brexit

07-06-2019 09:52 Theresa May formally steps down as Conservative Party leader today, defeated by the Brexit conundrum. No public event is planned to mark the occasion as her time at the helm ends, not with a bang but a whimper.

BRITISH POLITICS

UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces she will resign on June 7

24-05-2019 08:55 Decision ends a dramatic three-year tenure of near-constant crisis over Brexit and increases likelihood of Britain crashing out of the EU later this year.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Cabinet Chief Peña to honour fallen British soldiers in London

30-05-2018 16:00 Marcos Peña to attend ceremony paying tribute to slain soldiers at St. Paul's Cathedral as part of whistlestop tour to three nations taking in Cuba, the US and the UK.

MEGHAN MARKLE MARRIES PRINCE HARRY

Royal wedding fever grips United Kingdom

19-05-2018 10:26 Thomas Markle, the father of the bride, will not go to the wedding of Meghan and Harry after being caught for agreeing with a paparazzi

ROYAL BABY

New son for Britain's Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge

23-04-2018 11:51 The baby is the couple's third child, after Prince George and Princess Charlotte.

HMS Protector

British ship docks in Buenos Aires for three-day visit

11-04-2018 17:48 A British Navy ship docked in Buenos Aires this morning for a three-day visit, further evidence of improved bilateral relations between the Argentine and British governments.

world

Tensions rise over poisoning of former Russian spy in UK

16-03-2018 17:57 The death of a Russian businessman and the ensuing diplomatic tit-for-tat have driven British-Russian relations to new lows in recent weeks.