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'Vel Gaelg ayd?' The obscure European languages that came back to life

Thousands of languages face extinction, but some are fighting back.

27 September 2019

Iran

Iran says legal steps for British tanker release completed

Iran says legal steps for British tanker release completed

22 September 2019

Spain

'The UK has forgotten us': Britons hold anti-Brexit protest in Malaga

Spain is home to some 300,000 British nationals who may lose their benefits when Britain leaves the EU.

22 September 2019

Europe News

Juncker; 'The risk of a No Deal remains very real'

The debates on Brexit in the European Parliament appear to have turned into a trading to barbs between pro-Europeans and their counterparts in the UK's Brexit party. Despite the digs, the mood in Strasbourg remains serious for MEPs worried about the effects of a No Deal Brexit.

18 September 2019

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France

British expats in France fear the prospect of a no-deal Brexit

More than a quarter of Gouarec's population is British. Many residents are angry at Boris Johnson for not ruling out a no-deal Brexit which leave their future highly uncertain.

14 September 2019

Business

"Operation Yellowhammer" Explained

What happens if there is no Brexit deal? A few pages of the UK's government assessment, "Operation Yellowhammer" offers a rare glimpse at what a no-deal Brexit looks like.

12 September 2019

Europe News

Brexit: MEPs on decision to suspend UK parliament

So here on the Brief from Brussels we've been talking to member of the European Parliament about how worried they are about Brexit now.

Europe News

The Brief: British government announces plans to pull its diplomats out of most EU meetings

The Brief: Being fully in the know is a hard currency in Brussels. That's why decision makers on all levels are in meetings almost every day. As Brexit is getting closer, the UK government has announced plans to pull its diplomats out of most EU meetings.

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'Chap Olympiad' celebrates British eccentricities with umbrella joust

The event marked the celebration of British eccentricities. The extravagant "Chap Olympiad" saw competition participants try to outdo each other in unconventional "sporting" competitions.

Business

UK at risk of 'full-blown' recession

Britain might be entering a full-blown recession and a no-deal Brexit could more than double the country's budget deficit next year.

Iran

UK offers release of Iran tanker if oil isn't bound for Syria

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the tanker detained near Gibraltar could be released if the UK receives guarantees that its oil isn't bound for Syria.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II receives keys to city of Edinburg

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II received the keys to the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, in a ceremony on Friday (28 June) that kicks off Holyrood week.

United Kingdom

Theresa May faces heat over Saudi arms sales at PMQs

Jeremy Corbyn challenged the prime minister about the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, which is engaged in the war in Yemen.

United Kingdom

Britain's top jobs dominated by private school elite — report

Britain’s most influential people are five times more likely to have been to a fee-paying school, according to research.

United Kingdom

Brexit: Boris Johnson £350m claim case thrown out by court

It alleged Johnson — in the running to be the UK's next prime minister — mislead voters by suggesting the UK gave the EU £350m a week.

Russia

Russia says D-Day's significance 'should not be exaggerated'

Russia says the D-Day invasion "did not have a decisive impact" on World War II and its significance "should not be exaggerated".

France

D-Day heroes return to Normandy 75 years after the D-Day landings

75 years after the Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, some of the heroes of D-Day departed from Portsmouth to make the journey once more

European Union

The battle for Europe

The elections are upon us - and the motto of the Parliament's campaign is 'this time I'm voting' - they have the support of celebrities to get the vote out, but we look at voter turnout on a downward spiral and how Brexit will affect the new hemicycle.

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Ready to coal-lapse? Competitors race with heavy sacks of charcoal

Competitors raced uphill with heavy sacks of charcoal at a quirky contest in the UK.

United Kingdom

British MPs return to duty and crucial Brexit issue after Easter break

British MPs return to duty and the crucial Brexit issue after the Easter break as Theresa May hopes Britain will avoid taking part in Euro elections