Bloomberg The UK and the European Union signalled their readiness to work to break the deadlock in Brexit talks as Prime Minister Theresa May prepared for a crucial summit aiming to persuade EU leaders to back her plans. The bloc’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, repeated his offer to re-write his blueprint for avoiding a hard border between the UK ...

Bloomberg Pro-government forces in South Sudan went on a weeks-long rampage of “staggering brutality” in opposition-controlled areas and killing civilians and destroying their food supplies even after warring sides agreed a cease-fire, Amnesty International said. Soldiers and allied militias were given “free rein” to commit atrocities in the country’s north between mid-April and early July, the London-based group said on ...

Bloomberg Steve Bannon helped upend the political order in the US before falling out with President Donald Trump. Now he’s looking to recreate his former glories in Europe. Bannon is planning a roadshow across half a dozen European countries this week to organise a loose alliance of populist leaders and parties in a bid to gain a bigger foothold for ...