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The European Commission will propose a wide-ranging ‘climate law’ in the next few months.
Boris Johnson: heading back to Downing Street.
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December 13, 2019
Paul James Cardwell , University of Strathclyde ; Costas Milas , University of Liverpool ; Hanna Szymborska , The Open University ; Helen Parr , Keele University ; Katy Hayward , Queen's University Belfast ; Ken Rotenberg , Keele University ; Kevin Albertson , Manchester Metropolitan University ; Sean Kippin , University of Stirling , and Victoria Honeyman , University of Leeds
Our panel of experts analyse the results of the British election.
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Whatever it’s merits, one thing is clear: Boris Johnson’s deal does not mean anyone will stop talking about Brexit.
Digital traders will not escape taxation.
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Digital transactions generate massive amounts of revenue and the Kenyan government wants to ensure that online traders pay their fair share of taxes.
Who would Putin prefer as prime minister?
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Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn? Who would Vladimir Putin want to see in Downing Street and why?
Valeria, Shahadat and Leonardo – an EU family living in London.
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London’s superdiversity offers a safe and welcoming space for European citizens – but Brexit poses a real challenge to it.
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What the main parties propose to do about immigration.
The EU and NATO: aligned but not always together.
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Why the EU and NATO have struggled to cooperate fully.
SOS Mediterranee team members from the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking approach a boat in distress with 30 people on board in the waters off Libya on Nov. 20, 2019.
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The EU’s proposals for relocating migrants is inefficient in measuring whether member states actually have the economic capacity to welcome asylum-seekers.
British troops on deployment for NATO in Poland.
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With Brexit on the horizon, Britain’s role in NATO won’t change, but its defence priorities might.
From left, the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union affects Ireland, too.
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Politicians who want to unite Ireland under a Dublin-based government are stuck choosing whether to participate in the UK in an effort to stay in the EU.
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The UK has benefited from EU labour protections, which will be vulnerable to the Conservative party’s deregulation agenda.
A migrant hugs an SOS Mediterranee rescuer aboard the Ocean Viking ship before stepping into the port of Messina, Italy, Sept. 24, 2019. He was among 182 people aboard the Ocean Viking rescued in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya.
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In Libya, a lack of authority has allowed the ongoing kidnapping and extortion of migrants. What can European countries do to prevent the murder and torture of migrants?
The Gambia’s relationship with the European Union could be shaken by the immigration question.
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The Gambia’s agreement with the European Union to return immigrants to the country is causing the government problems at home.
Fishing boats in Senegal.
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The EU continues to enter into fresh agreements with countries, despite evidence of serious population declines in the species of interest.
Consumers should bear in mind that the bigger the fish, the more likely that it will have a high concentration of mercury.
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Cape monkfish caught from some areas off Namibia’s coast should be screened for mercury and other heavy metals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during a joint press conference following their talks in the Black sea resort of Sochi on October 22, 2019.
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The EU’s rhetoric after Turkey’s military incursion in Syria has not been backed by concrete action or a persuasive engagement with Erdogan’s government.
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With a further extension the EU hopes to facilitate the ratification of the withdrawal agreement and thus ensure an orderly Brexit
University professors and students protest against Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro and his government’s cuts to federal spending on higher education, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Universities are increasingly under threat everywhere.
Syrian refugee men work as day laborers at a textile workshop in Istanbul, Turkey, June 20, 2019.
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Almost 4 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, which has taken noteworthy steps to integrate them into the country in the past five years. Will Turkey now try to force those refugees back to Syria?