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Britain and the EU have declared their intention to create a new joint free trade area. DW gives you the highlights of the 26-page text that describes how the two sides’ economic relationship will play out...

Britain and the European Union are frantically trying to agree on how to avoid a chaotic breakup in March. Germany’s finance minister has said Berlin is prepared for the worst possible outcome. Germany is prepared for...

In the mid-1950s, my husband and I were living in Paris and my brother came to visit. I showed him around the city, took him to all my favourite places. We were up in Montmartre when I saw...

Your editorial (20 November) on the threat to the UK’s integrity says: “In the worst case, the union might be rent asunder.” That may be the case, and it is undoubtedly true that “Conservative Brexiters have long shown...

Who has travelled to space? Space flight is now a venerable industry. Humanity’s first space explorer, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, orbited around the globe on 12 April 1961, more than half a century ago, when Britain remained...

Leicester City Islam Slimani, 30, Fenerbahce The striker has made 13 appearances for Fenerbahce in both the Turkish league and the Europa League this season. He has scored six goals for the club, including two in a...

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Facebook admitted on Wednesday that a top executive hired a public relations firm to attack George Soros and undermine critics by publicizing their association with the billionaire Jewish philanthropist. Elliot Schrage, Facebook’s outgoing head of communications and policy,...

A joint document on Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU fails to give hope of frictionless trade said to be vital to the British economy, but offers Theresa May arguments to bolster her hopes of selling...

A British academic who was accused of spying for the UK government in the United Arab Emirates after travelling to Dubai to conduct research has been sentenced to life in jail. Matthew Hedges, 31, has been in a...