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Brexit endgame? British MPs set for fresh vote on EU divorce deal

British MPs are voting on Theresa May's Brexit deal today after the Prime Minister secured "legally-binding changes" to the agreement at an eleventh-hour meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Strasbourg last night.

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Support for no-deal Brexit growing: poll

44% of people — up from 38% in January — believe a no-deal Brexit is better than May's deal, a poll by ComRes has found.

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Euroviews. No new HIV cases by 2030 is a pipe dream without NHS funding ǀ View

UK health secretary Matt Hancock’s goal of England being the first country in the world with no new cases of HIV by 2030 seems ambitious at best - and unrealistic at worst.

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Watch again: Theresa May takes questions in parliament

Join us live as British Prime Minister Theresa May takes questions in parliament ahead of this evening's Brexit debate.

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Brexit: Labour MPs draft amendent for potential second vote

Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson plan to put forward an amendment to the Brexit bill that ties the prime minister’s deal with the potential to trigger a second referendum.

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Theresa May under pressure to seek Brexit delay as clock ticks down

The British prime minister insists it is still "within our grasp" for the UK to leave the EU as scheduled on March 29 – amid mounting pressure for a delay.

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UK ministers defy May, warn they would back delaying Brexit

"But too many of our parliamentary colleagues appear complacent about the consequences of leaving the EU without a deal."

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Watch again: Rebel MP Soubry calls on others to join breakaway group

The press conference is due to get underway around 14.15 CET.

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Business 'Brexodus': How no-deal uncertainty is hurting small companie

"We feel we've been hung out to dry by the UK government."

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Brexit: May faces Valentine's Day showdown in parliament

The UK prime minister has tabled a motion for Thursday. Six other amendments aiming to force her hand on Brexit have also been brought forward.

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Brexit road trip day 2: Blaenau Gwent and Boston

NBC's Alexander Smith continues his trip across the UK to towns in Wales and England to gauge opinion on the nation's most talked about issue — Brexit.

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Euroviews. Brexit is pushing the NHS to the brink. Time is running out to save it

As EU doctors and nurses leave the UK in droves and medical supplies become threatened by a 'no deal' Brexit, the stark fate facing the NHS is becoming ever clearer as approach the March Brexit deadline.

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UK post-Brexit immigration bill passes parliament

The British parliament has voted in favour of a bill planning post-Brexit immigration policies.

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Watch live: UK Parliament to vote on proxy balloting

After a long campaign, Parliament will vote today on a year-long trial of proxy voting- which would allow MPs on parental leave to have their votes cast by another MP on their behalf.

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What are the amendments seeking to change the course of Brexit?

British members of parliament on Tuesday voted on seven amendments to Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, two of which passed.

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Euroviews. The Brexit backstop is Northern Ireland's insurance policy | View

The opposition to the backstop on the benches of Westminster has been a stark reminder of how Northern Ireland is almost always an afterthought in British politics.

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Euroviews. The UK is obsessed with closing doors on the foreign workers it needs

Our Prime Minister is willing to gamble the economy on the basis of an inward-looking, nostalgic view of a Britain that never truly existed.

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Ex-Liberal Democrats leader Paddy Ashdown dies aged 77

He had received treatment for cancer.

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Could a second referendum empower right wing UK Independence Party?

UKIP sources told Euronews that if Brexit is overturned it would be a “huge irony” and a great opportunity for UKIP to gain support.

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Blair on a new Brexit vote: 'the probability is, it’s going to happen'

Britain's former Prime Minister, a keen advocate for the UK staying in the EU and a second Brexit referendum, was talking to Euronews' Darren McCaffrey.