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Downing Street has declined to criticise US President Joe Biden for removing a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office – despite Boris Johnson having previously criticised “part-Kenyan” Barack Obama for not displaying it. As is customary for new presidents, Mr Biden has put his own stamp on the presidential office in the White House. He has included a […]
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Brexit: Drivers have sandwiches confiscated at Dutch border Dutch customs officers have been filmed laughing at British drivers as they confiscated ham sandwiches at the border. One member of staff at the Hook of Holland seaport mocked the trucker, saying: “Welcome to Brexit, sir.” Dutch TV also broadcast footage of the officials wearing hi-vis jackets taking tin foil-wrapped food away […]
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Joe Biden may not be ‘great friend’ to UK claims Farage The former Brexit Party leader told BBC Radio 2 that Joe Biden shares similar views on Brexit to Barack Obama. Mr Farage claimed that former US President Obama “looked down his nose” at the UK and warned them against independence from the European Union. The former Brexit Party MEP […]
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Brexit has ‘exposed consequences’ of leaving EU says Barnier Spanish foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said the move to not participate in the bloc’s Erasmus programme was to the detriment of British and European students. Boris Johnson refused to sign up to the scheme despite holding intensive talks about joining it during the wrangling over the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation […]
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Picardo: Nothing will cleave Gibraltar from the UK Foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya boasted the Rock’s post-Brexit deal hands Madrid significant influence over the territory. She told the Spanish parliament the government would be able to prevent the “uncontrolled” development of international relationships between Gibraltar and its foreign partners. The UK has recently reached a deal with Madrid to secure […]
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Joe Biden inauguration: Boris Johnson congratulates President The Prime Minister congratulated President Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris on Wednesday. He said the inauguration was a “big moment” for the UK and America and their “joint common agenda”. Mr Johnson added that he looked forward to working with the US on tackling climate change and the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to reporters, Mr […]
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By GISELA SALOMON, CLAUDIA TORRENS and ANITA SNOW HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Immigrants cheered President Joe Biden’s plan to provide a path to U.S. citizenship for about 11 million people without legal status, mixing hope with guarded optimism Wednesday amid a seismic shift in how the American government views and treats them. The newly inaugurated president moved to reverse four years […]
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WASHINGTON — In one of his first acts as president, buttressed by several of his predecessors, President Biden on Wednesday moved a ceremonial segment of his inauguration to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, paying his respects at the Tomb of the Unknowns. Reflecting upon the memorial on the first sunny Inauguration Day in 28 years, former Presidents Barack Obama, George […]
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Brexit: Expert says Europe is ‘nervous’ about UK’s direction Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney hit out at Boris Johnson’s Brexit as he outlined the “consequences” of the trade deal with the EU. Brandon Lewis has said it is important not to “overstate” issues at the Northern Ireland border which have led to a shortage of supermarket supplies, Brandon Lewis […]
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Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock have been sworn into the United States Senate after winning their respective runoff elections in Georgia on Jan. 5, officially handing control of the chamber — and the 117th Congress — to the Democrats. Kamala Harris performed the ceremony hours after her own historic swearing-in as vice president earlier on Wednesday. She also swore […]
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