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Anti-Brexit protesters hold night rally in Westminster

Anti-government protesters have gathered in Westminster as MPs ready for a vital Brexit vote. Some protesters carried placards bearing anti-Boris Johnson and anti-Brexit slogans.

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Brexit: How the world's media covered Johnson's defeat in parliament

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered his first parliamentary defeat on Tuesday which could derail his plans for the country to leave the EU by October 31.

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What are the odds? Bookies still back Tories in event of snap election

The odds in the event of a snap election remained in Boris Johnson's favour, despite dipping slightly, after his defeat in parliament on Wednesday

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Britain will have enough food after Brexit, government says

''Everyone will have the food they need" after Brexit, said government minister Michael Gove.

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London protest against UK parliament suspension

Crowds in London began to gain momentum on Saturday (31 August) as a growing number of people joined the protest against Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of Parliament in the run-up to the Brexit.

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'What a crazy time': Europe reacts to Johnson's move on parliament

'What a crazy time': Europe reacts to Johnson's parliament suspension plan for Brexit

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'Constitutional outrage': Critics slam PM's move to suspend parliament

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, called Boris Johnson's plan for parliament a "constitutional outrage".

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'Nein, non'? UK PM Johnson heads to Berlin & Paris amid Brexit impasse

Boris Johnson is to visit Berlin and Paris this week on his first foreign trips as the UK's new prime minister.

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Peterloo Massacre remembered 200 years on

The bicentenary of one of Britain’s bloodiest political rallies will be marked in Manchester with events in memory of the Peterloo Massacre.

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Former Conservative MP joins Liberal Democrats to stop no-deal Brexit

The MP for Totnes in Devon left the Conservatives to join Change UK in February but left that party after the disaster result in the European elections and has now joined the Liberal Democrats bringing their firmly anti-Brexit block in parliament up to 14 MPs

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UK-based Turks take government to court over immigration policy change

"We feel vulnerable and insecure. What if the Home Office changes the rules again?," Esra Candan Saginc, a Turkish national established in the UK, told Euronews.

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Debate flares up over whether UK PM can suspend parliament for Brexit

Debate is hotting up in the UK over whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be allowed to suspend parliament to push through a no-deal Brexit as MPs prepare to take the government to court over the issue.

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UK MPs running out of options to block no-deal Brexit, report says

There is no time for MPs opposing to a no-deal Brexit to legislate against it or to hold elections or a second referendum that would derail such an event, according to the Institute for Government.

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Lib Dems win Welsh by-election, cut Johnson parliament majority to one

"My very first act as your MP when I arrive in Westminster will be to find Mr Boris Johnson, wherever he’s hiding, and tell him loud and clear: stop playing with the futures of our communities and rule out a no-deal Brexit," newly-elected Jane Dodds said.

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Scotland wants continued EU-protection for its whisky and salmon

Scottish authorities have called on the British government to secure mutual recognition of geographically protected produce with the EU even in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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Boris Johnson's ancestral Turkish village 'proud' over him becoming PM

The new British leader's great-great-grandfather was born in Kalfat, in central Turkey, in 1813.

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Who got the top jobs in Boris Johnson's new government?

Sajid Javid is promoted, Priti Patel and Dominic Raab are reinstated while Jeremy Hunt is out. Here's what you need to know about the key appointments in Boris Johnson's government.

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Boris Johnson divides opinion from Parliament to the streets of London

New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has proved a divisive figure through his entire career- and on the streets of London, people are more split than ever.

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Sliding doors: What May and Johnson's day will look like

Both May and Johnson will head to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday — one to resign as Prime Minister and one to be anointed new British leader.

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Carolyn Harris: the MP whose grief united Britain's fractured politics

30 years ago, Carolyn lost her son Martin and couldn't afford his funeral. She's been fighting ever since.