Brexit

Of the applicants, 570,000 are still awaiting approval, but Britain's Home Office said their rights to stay in the U.K. are preserved during the process.

Bruce Dickinson, who was previously an outspoken supporter of Britain leaving the European Union, said in a new interview that he is frustrated by travel difficulties that U.K. artists are subsequently facing in Europe.

More than 400,000 European Union citizen applications are currently stuck in a backlog as the June 30 deadline for permanent U.K. residency bids approaches. The British government has declined to extend the deadline.

Everyone know that "Brexit means Brexit" but, five years after the vote, many Brits aren't any clearer on what that really means in practice.

The president instructed a U.S. diplomat to formally chastise the U.K. in a meeting earlier this week.

The U.K. and EU's inability to come to an agreement on policies has led to threats of legal action as tensions rise in Northern Ireland.

"The EU will not be shy in reacting swiftly, firmly and resolutely to ensure that the U.K. abides by its international law obligations," Maros Sefcovic said.

A drama played out in Jersey over fishing rights in the British crown dependency.

"As a precautionary measure the UK will be sending two Offshore Patrol Vessels to monitor the situation," a Downing Street readout announced following a phone call between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and two senior Jersey officials.

Ahead of parliamentary elections in Scotland this week, support for independence has waivered amid the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit.

The announcement came after several lawmakers in her party signed a letter of no-confidence in her over her support for Brexit, which resulted in controversial post-exit trade rules in the region.

When the Brexit result came through five years ago, everything changed—and I believe it had a huge impact on America.

Varoufakis also thinks the Democrats will fragment over the coming years.

Ex-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells Newsweek Conservative MPs voting on post-Brexit trade deals have "betrayed" the NHS.

Supermarkets have called for urgent intervention to prevent "significant disruption" to U.K. food supplies due to post-Brexit border arrangements.

Drivers were told they can no longer bring certain foods to Europe.

The capital's population could shrink by 300,000, from about 9 million in 2020 to 8.7 million this year.

Recently, 15 polls have shown that a majority of Scottish voters support leaving Great Britain. Plus, two-thirds of Scottish voters opposed Great Britain leaving the European Union.

Events that, separately, are perfectly manageable, can create a dangerous interplay if they happen at the same time, triggering cascades of failure. And the new year may harbor a few of those.

The Bulgarian mystic is said to have foreseen the 9/11 attacks years before her death. So, what did she claim would happen in the upcoming year?

"A day of relief tinged by sadness" is how the chief negotiator saw events over recent days.

From the vanishing Unionist electoral majority to Brexit to COVID, historic events are speeding up debates on Irish unity. This generation of Irish Americans may well be the first to be able to return to a united Ireland.

Until last week, Brexit has seemed like an unexploded bomb buried out of sight for most of 2020. But its explosive potential was not reduced—far from it.

The U.K. and EU agreed to abandon their make-or-break deadline and continue talks - but the warning remains that no-deal is the most likely scenario as the Brexit deadline looms.

There is one final act of political drama to unfold in 2020: will the United Kingdom leave the European Union with or without a deal?

Boris Johnson has told people in the United Kingdom to make "proper preparations" for the likelihood that Britain will leave the EU without a trade deal in place.

Significant differences still remain between the two sides.

As U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to fly to Brussels for crunch Brexit talks with the EU on Wednesday, a Communist Party newspaper reminds Downing Street it can still look to China.

Boris Johnson's spokesperson said trade talks between the U.K. and EU are "at a very difficult point".

President-elect Joe Biden has reaffirmed his belief in the Good Friday Agreement and that nothing should put Irish peace in jeopardy.