Brexit referendum
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, a supporter of Britain's departure from the European Union, at right, holds a placard up in front of supporters of remaining in the EU, including Stop Brexit Man, Steve Bray, with his foghorn, outside Parliament in London. Five years ago, Britons voted in a referendum that was meant to bring certainty to the U.K.’s fraught relationship with its European neigbors. Voters’ decision on June 23, 2016 was narrow but clear: By 52 percent to 48 percent, they chose to leave the European Union. It took over four years to actually make the break. The former partners are still bickering, like many divorced couples, over money and trust. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
5 years after Brexit vote, divided UK still feels shockwaves

By Jill Lawless Jun. 23, 2021 02:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 1, 2020, file photo, Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives to attend a cabinet meeting of senior government ministers at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO in London. Raab is heading to Southeast Asia Monday, June 21, 2021, on start a three-nation trip as London looks to promote closer ties and trade with the region following its exit from the European Union. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP, File)
British FM heads to Southeast Asia looking for closer ties

By David Rising Jun. 21, 2021 06:20 AM EDT

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and new Liberal Democrat MP for Chesham and Amersham Sarah Green during a victory rally at Chesham Youth Centre in Chesham, England, Friday June 18, 2021, after Sarah Green won the Chesham and Amersham by-election. In a surprising result, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was easily defeated in a special election for a seat it has held onto for decades. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)
UK's Conservatives suffer defeat in 'blue wall' seat

By Pan Pylas Jun. 18, 2021 11:19 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's global COVID-19 vaccination efforts ahead of the G-7 summit, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in St. Ives, England. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden, Johnson strike warm tone in first meeting

By Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani And Jill Lawless Jun. 10, 2021 04:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 26, 2021, file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London. Helping countries recover from the coronavirus pandemic will be at the top of the agenda for the Group of Seven summit when Johnson welcomes President Joe Biden and the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada to the cliff-ringed Carbis Bay beach resort in southwestern England on Friday, June 11. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
Leaders head to COVID-themed G7 summit with vaccine pledges

By Jill Lawless Jun. 10, 2021 02:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019, file photo, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, front left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, front right, after a group photo at a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. For most of America’s allies, Biden is a relief. Trump often sowed chaos, accusing the NATO military alliance of leeching off the United States, insulting the European Union and storming out of a G-7 summit in Canada in 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Biden to get warm welcome from relieved but wary allies

By Jill Lawless Jun. 08, 2021 06:48 AM EDT

Non-EU member Norway reaches post-Brexit trade deal with UK

By Jan M. Olsen Jun. 04, 2021 09:14 AM EDT
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Non-European Union member Norway said Friday it has reached a post-Brexit trade deal with its greatest trading partner, Britain,...

Scotland's First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon poses for photographers, at Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sunday, May 9, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the U.K.’s devolved nations for crisis talks on the union after Scotland’s pro-independence party won its fourth straight parliamentary election. Sturgeon said the election results proved a second independence vote for Scotland was “the will of the country." She said any London politician who stood in the way would be “picking a fight with the democratic wishes of the Scottish people.” (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
Sturgeon: Scotland independence vote matter of when, not if

By Sylvia Hui May. 09, 2021 06:12 AM EDT

Tower Bridge in London, Saturday, May 8, 2021, against the backdrop of the skyline of the financial district. On what was dubbed Super Thursday, around 50 million voters were eligible to take part in scores of elections in the UK, some of which had been postponed a year because of the pandemic that has left the U.K. with Europe’s largest coronavirus death toll. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Scottish government sets stage for another independence vote

By Pan Pylas May. 08, 2021 06:47 AM EDT

First Minister and SNP party leader Nicola Sturgeon celebrates after retaining her seat for Glasgow Southside at the count for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday May 7, 2021. On winning her seat in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon, said early results indicated that her party was on course to win its fourth straight election in Scotland but that the final outcome would not emerge until Saturday evening. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
UK's Johnson hails electoral win as focus turns to Scotland

By Pan Pylas May. 07, 2021 03:23 AM EDT

First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon, visits Pocra Quay during campaigning for the Scottish Parliamentary election, in Aberdeen, Scotland, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Scotland holds an election Thursday that could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom. The pro-independence Scottish National Party is leading in the polls and a big victory will give it the the moral right and the political momentum to hold a referendum on whether Scotland should end its three-century union with England. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has downplayed independence in her campaign, stressing her credentials as a safe pair of hands to lead Scotland’s recovery from the pandemic. (Russell Cheyne/PA via AP)
COVID-19 overshadows independence in key Scottish election

By Jill Lawless And Renee Graham May. 05, 2021 07:49 AM EDT

A display on grass celebrating the 100 year centenary of Northern Ireland, in Ballyduff, Newtonabbey, Northern Ireland, Monday, May 3, 2021. Queen Elizabeth II has stressed the need for “reconciliation, equality and mutual understanding” as she sent her “warmest best wishes” to the people of Northern Ireland to mark what is widely considered to be its centenary. Northern Ireland was created on May 3, 1921, when the Government of Ireland Act came into effect and partitioned the island of Ireland into two separate entities. Northern Ireland became part of the U.K. alongside England, Scotland and Wales. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)
100 years old: Low-key centenary for Northern Ireland

By Pan Pylas May. 03, 2021 06:20 AM EDT

A general view over London from the Greenwich Observatory, with Tower Bridge and St Pauls Cathedral, left, and the City, of London, Saturday, March 27, 2021. Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic have hit London in a perfect storm. On May 6, Londoners will elect a mayor, whose performance will help determine whether this is the start of a period of decline for Europe's biggest city — or a chance to do things better. Current Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is favored to win re-election, says his top priority is preserving jobs threatened by the economic blow of the pandemic. Rival Shaun Bailey says his top priority is crime. Whoever wins will face the challenge of leading London's fightback from its biggest shock for generations. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Beyond the pandemic: London votes for a mayor during crisis

By Jill Lawless Apr. 30, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement during the second day of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
EU lawmakers approve post-Brexit trade treaty

By Samuel Petrequin Apr. 28, 2021 03:29 AM EDT

Head of the Task Force for Relations with the UK Michel Barnier speaks during a debate on the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement during the second day of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool via AP)
European Parliament set to greenlight post-Brexit trade deal

By Samuel Petrequin Apr. 27, 2021 05:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, April 9, 2021, a tribute to Britain's Prince Philip is projected onto a large screen at Piccadilly Circus in central London. Buckingham Palace officials say Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died, aged 99. Prince Philip who died Friday April 9, 2021, aged 99, lived through a tumultuous century of war and upheavals, but he helped forge a period of stability for the British monarchy under his wife, Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
Prince Philip shaped, and was shaped by, a century of tumult

By Jill Lawless Apr. 13, 2021 03:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 7, 2021 file photo, Nationalists and Loyalists clash with one another at the peace wall on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The chaotic scenes during a week of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland have stirred memories of decades of Catholic-Protestant conflict, known as “The Troubles.” A 1998 peace deal ended large-scale violence but did not resolve Northern Ireland’s deep-rooted tensions. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
EXPLAINER: What is behind the latest unrest in N Ireland?

By Jill Lawless Apr. 10, 2021 02:43 AM EDT

Nationalist youths gesture towards a police line blocking a road near the Peace Wall in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain's exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates

By Peter Morrison And Jill Lawless Apr. 08, 2021 12:04 PM EDT

President Joe Biden's security detail waits for his departure as he attends mass at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, March 17, 2021, on St. Patrick's Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Biden recommits to Good Friday accord on St. Patrick's Day

By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville And Danica Kirka Mar. 17, 2021 05:25 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 file photo, lorries queue at Check-in at the port in Dover, Britain, before entering the EU. Britain announced Thursday, March 11, 2021 that it is delaying the imposition of checks on some goods from the European Union to give businesses more time to prepare for new post-Brexit rules. The U.K. government says it is postponing full border controls until Jan. 1, six months later than planned, because of disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, file)
EU takes legal action vs UK over Brexit deal delays

By Raf Casert And Sam Petrequin Mar. 15, 2021 02:29 PM EDT