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Terri Dougan outside the Peppercorn cafe, where a mural has been painted on shutters, in west Belfast, Nortern Ireland on May 3, 2021. - Northern Ireland marks its 100th year on Monday, but faltering efforts to commemorate the centenary encapsulate the rift at the heart of the British province. Northern Ireland was created on May 3, 1921 when the island of Ireland was split in two following the Irish war for independence. Northern Ireland had a powerful Protestant pro-UK majority but a large demographic of pro-Ireland Catholics seeking shared destiny with a new free Irish state, which eventually became a full republic. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP)

Northern Ireland marks a troubled centenary

Commemoration events have been cancelled due to COVID-19 curbs, and the weeks leading up to the anniversary have seen the worst rioting in the region for years.

AFP

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 24, 2018 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster speaks to delegates at the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) annual conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland. - Arlene Foster on Wednesday April 28, announced her resignation as Northern Ireland's first minister and leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), at a tense time in the British province. The 50-year-old politician said she would step down as DUP leader on May 28 and as first minister at the end of June, calling it

EU urged to go easy on Ulster protocol

British ministers are to warn Brussels that failure to compromise risks further damage to the Northern Ireland peace process.

Oliver Wright

LLANDUDNO, WALES - APRIL 26: Britain's Prime Minister, Boris Johnson eats an ice-cream as he campaigns in Wales ahead of elections on April 26, 2021 in Llandudno, United Kingdom. (Photo by Phil Noble - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

European MPs back UK trade deal

The European Parliament on Wednesday night overwhelmingly ratified the EU’s post-Brexit trade deal with Britain.

AFP

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Katter TV goes live

Move over Ita Buttrose and Peter Costello, get out of town Kerry Stokes, Queensland MP Bob Katter is the king of television now.

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Brexit spills onto streets of Northern Ireland

As surely as spring follows winter, warmer weather brings rioting to Northern Ireland.

The Economist

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - APRIL 07: Fire fed by petrol burns as youths clashed at the Peace Gate at the Springfield Road/Lanark Way interface on April 7, 2021 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Violence broke out after a Loyalist protest, with youths attacking police officers and petrol-bombing a bus. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)

Boris condemns loyalist violence

Some suggest a week of rioting is the first evidence Brexit turbulence may be boiling into unrest in Northern Ireland.

AFP

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 11, 2018 Founder of the Dyson company, designer James Dyson, poses next to the model of an engine during a photo session at a hotel in Paris. - British electric appliance pioneer Dyson will switch headquarters to Singapore this year due to booming Asian demand but not because of Brexit, the company said Tuesday, January 22, 2019. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)

How Covid forced Dyson to reinvent

Sir James Dyson: inventor, designer, manufacturer, Brexiteer. Britain’s richest man is showing no signs of slowing down.

TICKY FULLERTON

COMMENTARYThe Times

UK counts cost of Brexit on exports

Away from the pandemic, businesses are struggling to get used to life outside the European Union.

James Dean and James Hurley

MARKETSThe Wall Street Journal

A visitor passes a London Stock Exchange sign at the London Stock Exchange Group Plc's offices in Paternoster Square in London, U.K., on Monday, July 25, 2016. Deutsche Boerse AG has yet to secure shareholder acceptance for its 10.6 billion-pound ($13.9 billion) takeover of London Stock Exchange Group Plc, although it edged closer with 55.5 percent of investors giving it the go ahead. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

UK opens door to SPACs, tech IPOs

Government proposals aim to help London retain its place as Europe’s pre-eminent financial centre post-Brexit.

Ben Dummett

CURRENCYThe Wall Street Journal

A cashier displays multiple denomination US dollar and British pound Sterling bank notes for a photograph inside a currency exchange store in central London on October 4, 2016. The pound slumped to a 31-year low against the dollar Tuesday, sinking to $1.2740 -- its lowest level since 1985 -- on concerns over the timing and terms of Britain's planned exit from the European Union, traders said. Britain's currency also struck a fresh three-year low point against the euro, while the drops helped pushed London's benchmark FTSE 100 stocks index up to a 16-month high beyond 7,000 points at the open. / AFP PHOTO / NIKLAS HALLE'N

Sterling at near three-year high

Rapid vaccinations and a trade deal with the EU have made some investors bullish on sterling.

Caitlin Ostroff

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 10: Arlene Foster, leader of the DUP leaves Downing Street following talks with UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on September 10, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

DUP sues Brexit border protocol

DUP wanted courts to declare the protocol incompatible with the 1800 Act of Union and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.

AFP

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 05: Elton John poses in the press room with the award for Best Original Song - Motion Picture during the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Kevin Winter/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Music stars complain Brexit deal hits bum note

Some of Britain’s biggest musical stars have accused the government of ‘shamefully failing’ the country’s performers with its Brexit deal.

David Sanderson and Oliver Wright

LITTLE BRITAINWorld

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 31: The clock face of Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, is seen at the stroke of 11pm on December 31, 2020 in London, England. At 11pm GMT this evening (midnight in Europe) the UK will finally leave the European Union honouring the result of the 23rd June 2016 referendum when the British people voted to end the 48 year union. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Worst of times, Brexit times

In the dark midwinter as coronavirus rages, Boris Johnson tells his countrymen ‘we have our freedom in our hands’.

Historic voteThe Wall Street Journal

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 30: Prime Minister, Boris Johnson gives a thumbs up gesture after signing the Brexit trade deal with the EU in number 10 Downing Street on December 30, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The United Kingdom and the European Union agreed a Trade and Cooperation Agreement, an Agreement on Nuclear Cooperation and an Agreement on Security Procedures for Exchanging and Protecting Classified Information on Christmas Eve 2020. These Agreements change the basis of the UK's relationship with the EU from EU law to free trade and friendly cooperation. In a referendum of 23 June 2016 the British people voted to take back control of their laws, borders, money, trade and fisheries, commonly referred to as Brexit. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

UK MPs approve Brexit trade deal

The House of Commons has voted 521 to 73 in favour of the free-trade agreement with the European Union, sealing a drawn-out divorce.

Jason Douglas

TOPSHOT - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he holds a remote press conference to update the nation on the post-Brexit trade agreement, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 24, 2020. - Britain said on Thursday, December 24, 2020 an agreement had been secured on the country's future relationship with the European Union, after last-gasp talks just days before a cliff-edge deadline. (Photo by Paul GROVER / POOL / AFP)

Britain to be Europe’s best friend: Boris

Boris Johnson will claim Britain will be ‘the best friend and ally the EU could have’ as the Brexit deal is signed off in Brussels.

Britain's Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove walks through Downing Street in London on December 15, 2020 to attend the weekly cabinet meeting held at the nearby Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. - The British capital faces tougher Covid-19 measures within days, the UK government said on Monday, with a new coronavirus variant emerging as a possible cause for rapidly rising infection rates. Figures released today sees Britain's unemployment rate ride to 4.9 percent as a record number of jobs were wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

UK offers lure to get deal over the line

The British government has pledged a fresh $200m aid package for fishermen who feel betrayed by the last-gasp Brexit deal.

After BrexitThe Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 25, 2016 A pedestrian shelters from the rain beneath a Union flag themed umbrella as they walk near the Big Ben clock face and the Elizabeth Tower at the Houses of Parliament in central London on June 25, 2016, following the pro-Brexit result of the UK's EU referendum vote. - The European Union and Britain could agree the terms of a post-Brexit trade deal within hours, European sources told AFP on December 23, 2020, as negotiations continued. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Can the UK and EU be nice neighbours?

After tortured decades of never quite seeing eye to eye with those across the water, Britain must now chart a new course and enjoy a grown-up relationship with Europe?

PETER CONRADI

Brexiteer MPs set to back deal with EU

Brexit hardliners are preparing to support Boris Johnson’s Christmas Eve trade deal with Brussels in large numbers.

Tim Shipman

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Details of post-Brexit trade deal revealed

The document, more than 1200 pages long, details trade, law enforcement and dispute settlement after December 31.

AFP

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Sorry Brexit saga still not over

Eight years after David Cameron’s vow to hold a referendum, the UK has left the EU. Now comes the hard part for the British public.

DEALSPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 09: Minister for Education Dan Tehan addresses media in the Blue Room at Parliament House on December 09, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Brexit opens way for trade breakthroughs

Dan Tehan says the conclusion of a final Brexit deal will give renewed impetus to Australia’s efforts in securing free-trade agreements with both the UK and the EU.

Joe Kelly

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 28, 2016 a man waves both a Union flag and a European flag together on College Green outside The Houses of Parliament at an anti-Brexit protest in central London. - Britain said on Thursday, December 24, 2020 an agreement had been secured on the country's future relationship with the European Union, after last-gasp talks just days before a cliff-edge deadline. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Brave new world or leap into unknown

After nearly 50 years of integration with Europe, Britain starts an uncertain new chapter on January 1

Jitendra Joshi

ANALYSISThe Wall Street Journal

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 12, 2020 Newhaven fishing boat skipper Neil Whitney (R) and deckhand Nathan Harman (L) sort fish aboard the Newhaven fishing boat 'About Time' after the first trawl of the day, off the south-east coast of England. - According to a British government source a 'deal is done' on post-Brexit trade. (Photo by GLYN KIRK / AFP)

Pact brings economic clarity but no closure

While the historic agreement signed by the UK and European Union on Christmas Eve removes the risk of very bad economic outcomes, it leaves much up in the air.

Stephen Wilmot

BREXITWorld

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he holds a remote press conference to update the nation on the post-Brexit trade agreement, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 24, 2020. - Britain said on Thursday, December 24, 2020 an agreement had been secured on the country's future relationship with the European Union, after last-gasp talks just days before a cliff-edge deadline. (Photo by Paul GROVER / POOL / AFP)

UK and EU seal post-Brexit trade deal

Britain and the EU have struck a trade deal after 10 months of intense negotiation allowed them to soften the economic shock of Brexit.

AFP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) tries his hand at cable splicing with instructor Colin Wilkinson (R) during a visit to the Openreach Learning and Development Training Centre in Bolton, Greater Manchester, northwest England, on December 18, 2020. - Openreach, a division of British telecoms giant BT, announced December 18 plans for 2,500 new engineering jobs across the UK next year as it upgrades broadband services. Meanwhile, as EU and UK negotiators continued to lock horns Britain said on December 17 it was

EU talks go down to the wire

Brexit negotiations are at a ‘crucial moment’ as the European Parliament’s ratification deadline passed on Monday.

Bruno Waterfield

A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), in a socially distanced and hybrid session of the House of Commons, in central London on December 16, 2020. - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday resisted calls to tighten coronavirus restrictions over Christmas, as London faced stricter measures and concern grew about rising case numbers. The government has been under mounting pressure to toughen proposals allowing up to three households to meet indoors during a five-day festive window from December 23, as European neighbours curb their easing plans amid surging infections. (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT

Brexit deal close but fishing may be snag

Britain and the EU are close to agreeing a Brexit deal but a battle over fishing access could derail the agreement in the coming days.

Bruno Waterfield

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 10: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waits to welcome Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president and crown prince of the United Arab Emirates, to Downing Street on December 10, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

An extra mile left for Brexit trade-off

Brussels is looking to rephrase the main obstacle preventing a Brexit trade deal with Britain, paving the way for a possible last-gasp compromise, insiders believe.

BrexitWorld

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson sits in front of a Union flag as he talks with Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 10, 2020. (Photo by Gareth Fuller / POOL / AFP)

Boris warns: prepare for no deal with confidence

The UK PM admits Brexit on WTO terms by January 1 is ‘most likely’ with the UK and EU still ‘very far apart’ on key issues.