Parliament is now effectively re-considering how to go about Brexit all over again
​Britons born in Commonwealth countries without proper documentation have been granted some relief on the status of their citizenship
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​British Prime Minister Theresa May is under pressure from MPs to avoid a "cliff-edge" divorce from Europe that would throw the economy into chaos.
British MP Amber Rudd said that a scandal over sexual harassment was a "watershed moment" that was "clearing out" inappropriate behaviour.
After a year of deliberation, Brexit has begun,
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Prime Minister Theresa May was safe after the incident, a spokesperson for her office said.
Local media reported on Thursday that a member of the British parliament, Labour party member Jo Cox, 41, was shot and died in hospital.
China ramped up security on Thursday to quell a Tibetan uprising as it expressed concern over British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s planned meeting with the Dalai Lama. Huge military convoys were seen heading towards Tibet, while a build-up of troops took place in nearby provinces after a week of violent protests against China’s rule of the region.
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/ 27 February 2008
Protesters scaled the roof of Britain’s Parliament in a major security breach on Wednesday and threatened further direct action against government plans to expand London’s Heathrow airport. Environmental protesters from the ”Plane Stupid” group scaled the Houses of Parliament.
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/ 6 November 2007
Queen Elizabeth II’s speech in the British Parliament on Tuesday may have been routine, but at least nobody was bored to death. That would have been against the law. Dying in Parliament is an offence — and by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a survey of nearly 4 000 people.
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/ 25 October 2007
Britain’s Auditor General, the man charged with stopping government waste, announced he is stepping down on Thursday after criticism of his own lavish spending on foreign travel and top-notch restaurants. Sir John Bourn for 20 years served the British Parliament by making sure public money was not frittered away on frivolous projects.
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/ 21 September 2007
Cuban leader Fidel Castro may have dropped out of sight, but his trademark green military cap is everywhere. Nearly 49 years after Castro’s socialist revolution, the Fidel cap is selling like hot cakes to tourists visiting Cuba, and more and more young Cubans are also snatching them up.