Brexit trade deal clash: UK and EU spar over rules
The European Union and Britain clashed over a post-Brexit trade deal on Monday, with the two sides setting out very different visions of a future relationship that could result in the most distant of ties.
France says Britain and EU must have common rules to protect single market
Britain will need to adopt EU rules if it wants friction-free trading access to the European single market, which must be protected, French Secretary of State for European Affairs Amelie de Montchalin said on Monday.
Explainer: Maple syrup or Vegemite? – UK looks to Canada and Australia for EU deal template
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pitched two models for his country’s trade ties with the European Union after Brexit: a deal based on the EU’s accord with Canada, or the basic terms the bloc has with Australia.
In death, Iran’s Soleimani bequeaths perilous dilemma for Iraq
A month after a U.S. missile killed him, Qassem Soleimani looms as large over Iraq’s fractured democracy as he ever did alive.
Man shot dead by British police wanted girlfriend to behead her parents
The man shot dead by police after wounding two people in a stabbing spree on a busy London street had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents.
China says communication with Taiwan on coronavirus has been good
China told the World Health Organization on Monday that it had shared full information about the coronavirus with authorities in Taiwan, where there are 10 confirmed cases, and that outbreak communication had been “smooth” across the straits.
Israeli PM hopes Uganda will open embassy in Jerusalem in ‘near future’
Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he hopes long-standing African ally Uganda will open an embassy in Jerusalem soon, becoming the third nation to do so after the United States and Guatemala.
Medical flights start from Yemen’s Sanaa in diplomatic breakthrough
Flights carrying patients needing urgent medical attention began from the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, a long-sought confidence-building measure in diplomatic efforts to end the five-year war.
Denmark arrest three members of Iranian Arab opposition group for espionage
Denmark’s intelligence agency said on Monday it had arrested three leading members of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA) on suspicion of spying on behalf of a Saudi Arabian intelligence service.
Survivors of London’s Grenfell fire denounce ‘sabotage’ of public inquiry
Bereaved families and survivors of London’s 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, on Monday accused those responsible for wrapping the building in combustible materials of trying to sabotage a public inquiry into the disaster.
