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EU, UK consider ways around Irish border issue

Bloomberg The European Union and the UK will seek to agree on broad principles on the Irish border dilemma in coming months to prevent the search for a solution holding up the wider Brexit talks, according to four officials familiar with the matter. The principles will go a little further than the negotiating directives published by the EU in May, ...

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May to avert nuclear fallout ahead of Brexit repeal bill

Bloomberg The UK is preparing a departure from Euratom that will keep disruptions to a “minimum,” as the government moves to quell concerns that ending European nuclear cooperation could put cancer patients at risk. The assurances came from Energy Minister Richard Harrington during a debate in Parliament on Wednesday. The transportation of radioactive materials used to diagnose and treat cancer ...

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Saudi bloc says US-Qatar anti-terror pact ‘isn’t enough’

Bloomberg The Saudi-led bloc boycotting Qatar said a counter-terrorism pact struck with the US in Doha to strengthen Qatari action against terrorist funding “isn’t enough” to end the Gulf diplomatic crisis. The alliance, which includes the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt, said Tuesday’s agreement between the US and Qatar came about due to years of pressure from the bloc, ...

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