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Johnson forms ‘war’ cabinet as prospect of no-deal rises

Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson formed a war cabinet of six senior ministers to plan for exiting the European Union by October 31, as a key adviser said leaving without a deal had become a very real prospect, the Sunday Times reported. Johnson’s most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, a key leader in the 2016 Brexit campaign, called advisers to ...

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British opposition leader Corbyn says he’s ready for polls

Bloomberg UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said he’s ready for a general election at any time as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to take the country out of the European Union without a deal. “We oppose no deal, and people should have a final say on it,” Corbyn said on Sky News’s Sophy Ridge programme on Sunday. “In the ...

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US sanctions strand Iran ships in Brazil

Bloomberg US sanctions on Iran are not only reverberating through the oil world, but also the agricultural market in Latin America. At least two Iranian vessels set to carry Brazilian corn are stranded off the Latin American nation’s coast because they can’t get fuel, according to the port authority at Paranagua, about 450 kilometres south of Sao Paulo. State-controlled oil ...

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