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Brexit secretary denies UK seeks Article 50 extension

Theresa May’s government is not seeking to extend Article 50, according to U.K. Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay. Asked three times if he denied a report in the Telegraph that U.K. officials are...

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Suspicious packages delivered to European, US Consulates in Australia

SYDNEY — Suspicious packages containing white powder were sent to embassies and consulates in Canberra and Melbourne Wednesday. Police, fire crews and ambulances attended the Melbourne missions of...

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Labour will put forward no-confidence motion if May loses Brexit vote

The U.K. opposition Labour Party would put forward a vote of no confidence in Theresa May’s government under the Fixed Terms Parliament Act if she loses the “meaningful vote” on her Brexit agreement...

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3 UK ministers threaten to quit over no-deal Brexit

Three Remain-supporting ministers today threatened to quit the Conservative Party if Theresa May doesn’t rule out a no-deal Brexit, with others reportedly ready to join them. “We will have no choice...

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Labour’s Keir Starmer: Remain should be on ballot in second Brexit vote

Any second referendum in the U.K. should be a straight choice between “a credible Leave deal or Remain [in the EU],” Keir Starmer, the opposition Labour Party’s shadow Brexit secretary said Tuesday....

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House votes to block Trump’s national emergency declaration

WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to overturn President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, delivering a harsh rebuke to the president’s attempt to go around Congress...

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Iranian president rejects Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation: report

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani rejected Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif’s resignation on the grounds of national interests, according to local media. “As the Supreme Leader [Ali Khamenei] has...

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Estonia’s opposition Reform party wins election

Estonia’s center-right Reform party beat Prime Minister Jüri Ratas’ governing center-left Center party, securing 28.8 percent of the vote and 34 seats in Sunday’s general election. Ratas’ party, which...

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French minister: No-deal Brexit could stoke anti-British sentiment

The U.K. crashing out of the EU without a Brexit deal could create “bitterness between nations,” with “British-bashing in France and French-bashing or European-bashing in London,” warned France’s...

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‘Unreal’ Brexit fears ‘put to bed’ by late-night deal, says Varadkar

Fears that the EU intends to trap the U.K. in the Northern Ireland backstop are “unreal” and can be “put to bed” by the add-ons to the Brexit deal agreed late last night in Strasbourg, said Irish Prime...

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Barry Gardiner: Labour to whip MPs to rule out no-deal and no-Brexit

Labour Party MPs will mostly get free votes in today’s House of Commons votes on a series of alternative Brexit plans, but are likely to be whipped to vote against a no-deal scenario or revoking...

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Romania indicts former anti-corruption chief Kövesi: reports

Romania on Thursday indicted on corruption charges Laura Codruta Kövesi, a candidate to be the first-ever EU public prosecutor, meaning she cannot travel abroad, according to media reports. Romania’s...

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EU soft power fills space for US tech giants

While the EU battles American tech giants on earth, it helps them with free data beamed down from orbit. Brussels pitches its Copernicus Earth observation space program as a force for global good,...

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POLITICO Westeros Playbook: Who’s Jonny? — Night King’s landing — Cersei you...

By ZOYA SHEFTALOVICH, CRISTIANO LIMA AND ZACH STANTON Tweet @zoyashef | @viaCristiano | @zackstanton | Hear a Playbook dramatic reading This special edition newsletter is part of POLITICO’s family of...

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Australia’s secret US refugee deal faces blowback from victims, Kiwis

SYDNEY — Revelations that Australia resettled Rwandans accused of murdering tourists after the U.S. agreed to take in refugees being held in Australia’s controversial offshore refugee centers are...

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Australian PM confirms secret Rwandan guerilla deal

SYDNEY — The Australian prime minister confirmed his country resettled two Rwandans accused of murdering tourists two decades ago in a secret deal revealed by POLITICO Thursday. “They’re in Australia,”...

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Juncker lashes out at ‘stupid nationalists’

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called out “stupid nationalists” in an interview Wednesday, on the eve of the European Parliament election. “These populist, nationalists, stupid...

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Romanians reject criminal code reform

Romanians overwhelmingly voted “No” in Sunday’s non-binding referendum on whether the government should be allowed to offer pardons and amnesty in corruption cases, and on the broader powers...

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Jeremy Hunt: Tories would be ‘annihilated’ in pre-Brexit general election

The Conservative Party would be committing “political suicide” if it tried to force through a no-deal Brexit this autumn as that would trigger a general election it would lose, Foreign Secretary Jeremy...

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Tory leadership hopefuls line up to fix Brexit

Tory leadership hopeful Rory Stewart says a citizens’ assembly of 500 members of the public paid to sit seven days a week could draw up a Brexit withdrawal deal palatable to the U.K. parliament. “If we...

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