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GBnews24desk// More than 60 doctors wrote an open letter published Monday saying they feared Julian Assange’s health was so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail. The 48-year-old Australian is…

GBnews24desk// British MPs will on Monday select the new speaker of the House of Commons, once an unremarkable event but one now charged with significance following the previous occupant's role in Brexit. Eight MPs are running to…

GBnews24desk// The government has defended the UK's Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from the US president. Donald Trump said the US "can't make a trade deal with the UK" under Boris Johnson's EU withdrawal agreement.…

GBnews24desk// The UK is set to go to the polls on 12 December after MPs backed Boris Johnson's call for an election following months of Brexit deadlock. By a margin of a total of 438 votes to 20, the House of Commons approved…

GBnews24desk// The PM will push for a general election if the EU proposes to delay Brexit until January, No 10 has indicated. Boris Johnson "paused" his Brexit bill on Tuesday after MPs rejected his plan to get it signed off in three…

GBnews24desk// The discovery was made in the early hours after emergency services were alerted to people in the truck container, on a gritty industrial site in Grays, about 20 miles from central London. "The truck was thought to have…

GBnews24desk// British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reluctantly wrote to Brussels late Saturday asking for a Brexit extension after MPs voted to force him into seeking a delay beyond October 31. But Johnson, who has pinned his…

GBnews24desk// A Brexit deal has been agreed between UK and EU negotiating teams before a meeting of European leaders in Brussels. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: "We've got a great new deal that takes back control."…

GBnews24desk// Britain remains a long way from agreeing a final Brexit deal and the next few days will be critical if it is to agree departure terms with the European Union, a Downing Street source said on Saturday. Negotiators for…

GBnews24desk// Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay is to meet the EU's chief negotiator later - after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Irish counterpart agreed they could "see a pathway to a possible deal". The PM and Leo Varadkar held…