Brexit

(BRUSSELS) — European Union and British negotiators failed to reach a breakthrough in Brexit talks during a frantic all-night session and will continue seeking a compromise on the eve of Thursday’s crucial EU summit. An EU official, who asked not to be ident…

Image copyrightGetty Images UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes in the coming days to strike a deal that takes the UK out of the EU. Doing so would implement the result of the referendum of June 2016, in which 52% of voters backed Leave and 48% Remain. B…

DUBLIN (Reuters) - British citizenship laws are out of step with Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace accord that recognised the birthright of anyone in the British-run region to identify as Irish, British or both, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday. …

LONDON (Reuters) - It is too soon to say whether Britain’s parliament will need to sit on Saturday, Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the lower house of parliament, said on Tuesday, in a reference to ongoing talks in Brussels over a Brexit deal. Last week, a sourc…

LONDON (Reuters) - From the pinnacle of the City of London’s largest skyscraper, Stuart Lipton is wagering a $1.2 billion bet that the British capital remains a master of the international financial universe no matter what happens with Brexit. The 76-year-o…

Fresh concerns that U.K. and European leaders may not reach a deal by October 31 weighed anew on the pound Monday, yanking it down from a three-month high seen late last week. The pound GBPUSD, -0.6009%  slumped to $1.2583 against the dollar, a drop of 0.…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday the latest round of Brexit talks carried no guarantee of success and time was nearly up for a deal to be reached by Oct.31, tempering a burst of optimism after the British and Irish pr…

LONDON — The EU has welcomed "promising" signs that a new Brexit deal could be negotiated after Boris Johnson emerged from last-ditch Brexit talks with Irish premier Leo Varadkar last night insisting they can see the "pathway to a deal". In a strikingly opti…

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meet in Thornton Manor, Cheshire, Britain, on Oct. 10, 2019. NOEL MULLEN/Reuters A Brexit deal could be clinched by the end of October to allow the United Kingdom to leave the Europe…

THORNTON MANOR, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson met his Irish counterpart in northern England on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to revive a British proposal for a Brexit deal that the European Union said falls far short of what is needed fo…