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Pound slides as Boris Johnson pledges fresh Brexit negotiations
Boris Johnson on Monday pledged to "go the extra thousand miles" to seek an exit deal with the European Union, even as government preparations for a no-deal Brexit sent the pound to fresh lows.
US and China expected to rekindle trade negotiations
United States negotiators are expected to travel to China next week, it emerged on Wednesday, as the two nations re-enter discussions for another attempt to end their long-running trade war.
EU foreign ministers meet to save Iran nuclear deal
Foreign ministers from France, Germany and the UK were meeting in Brussels on Monday in an attempt to save the Iran nuclear deal.
Codebreaker Alan Turing new face of £50 note
The mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing, whose work helped shorten the Second World War, is to be the new face of the £50 note.
UK claims Iran "attempted to impede" British tanker in Gulf
Tensions in the Gulf were heightened after the UK claimed three Iranian boats “attempted to impede” a BP-owned British oil tanker in the strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.
Iran will not engage in US talks unless sanctions lifted
Iran's Intelligence Minister said the Middle Eastern nation will only engage in talks with the United States if sanctions are lifted and the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gives his approval, according to reports from Iranian state media on Thursday,.
Irish backstop has to change or go, says Hunt
Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday told an audience of Conservative Party members in Belfast that the Northern Irish backstop "has to change or has to go".
Iran breaches enriched uranium limit, says report
Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile has exceeded the 300 kilogram limit permitted under its nuclear deal, according to a report from the nation's semi-official Fars news agency on Monday which cited an "informed source".