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Toby Melville / Reuters Brexit Got a Lot More Complicated for EU Citizens
The government’s bid to end freedom of movement after Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc puts Europeans in the country at risk.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Boris Johnson’s G7 Balancing Act
The summit has forced the British prime minister to navigate divided priorities: Europe and Trump.
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Boris Johnson / Facebook Live Boris Johnson’s Carefully Crafted Political Stunt
The British prime minister’s “unpasteurized, unmediated” Facebook Q&A was anything but.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters London’s Falling, and a U.S. Trade Deal Won’t Save It
Britain will be the “desperate” party in a trade negotiation, and the United States knows it.
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Toby Melville / Reuters A New British Prime Minister Faces the Same Old Brexit Problem
Boris Johnson is convinced he can compel the EU to change its Brexit position. The bloc says it won’t budge.
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Matt Dunham / Reuters Theresa May Called Three People to Talk About Life After Office
As May navigated going from prime minister to a backbench MP, she turned to her predecessors Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and David Cameron.
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Jason Reed / Reuters What Is Britain’s Responsibility to Hong Kong?
Even if London wanted to play a bigger role in its former colony’s impasse with China, it lacks the leverage.
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Denis Balibouse / Reuters Khashoggi’s Killers ‘Must Be Held to Account’
The UN rapporteur who found “credible evidence” linking the Saudi crown prince and others to the killing of the journalist tells The Atlantic justice would also mean that all sides, including the U.S., need to tell the truth about what they know.
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Glyn Kirk / AFP / Getty The Very British Tradition of ‘Verbal Cartooning’
A centuries-old British newspaper tradition continues to find humor in the politically mundane and provide commentary in the era of Brexit.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Britain Has No Good Options for Its U.S. Ambassador
The U.K. is left with two seemingly impossible choices after President Trump’s assertion that “we will no longer deal with” Sir Kim Darroch.
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Dylan Martinez / Reuters The ‘Selectorate’ Picking Britain’s Next Prime Minister
The race to succeed Theresa May as the leader of the Conservative Party—and, consequently, prime minister—means the U.K.’s political future is in the hands of less than 1 percent of its electorate.
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Dylan Martinez / AP The Heir to the (Brexit) Throne
British conservatives are selecting the next prime minister. Most voters won’t get a say.
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Leon Neal / Getty The Race to Replace Theresa May: A Cheat Sheet
Either Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt will be Britain’s next prime minister. Can either resolve the long-running impasse over Brexit?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Time Boris Johnson Thought Trump Was ‘Out of His Mind’
They might appear to be natural allies, but the man who might be Britain’s next prime minister once had strong words for the man who became the U.S. president.
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Dylan Martinez / Reuters Britain’s Conservatives Agree on Everything but Brexit
The men vying to replace Theresa May as prime minister are divided on Brexit. It’s the only issue anyone in their party seems to care about.
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Chris Jackson / Pool / Reuters Using D-Day to Remind Trump Who His Real Allies Are
Trump has expressed affection for authoritarian leaders, so it’s unclear what impression the celebrations will make on the president.
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Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters The British Remind Trump That He's Still the Leader of the Free World
British leaders have accommodated Trump at every turn, yet gifts from Queen Elizabeth II and Theresa May are subtle reminders of the power of democracy.
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Toby Melville / Reuters Trump’s Combative Visit With America’s Closest Ally
Donald Trump began his state visit to the U.K. by reviving his feud with London’s mayor. It’s unlikely to be this week’s last political controversy.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The U.S.-U.K. Alliance Has Seen Better Days
As President Trump arrives in Britain, the two partners are divided on how to deal with Iran, Huawei, and even Brexit.
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Janerik Henriksson / TT News Agency / Reuters The Slow Death of Europe’s Traditional Center
Smaller, pro-EU parties made large gains. Far-right nationalists won too, but less than expected.
