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Pelosi warns US trade deal under threat if UK ploughs ahead with protocol rehash

Comments follow Liz Truss's assertion that UK would rewrite parts of protocol to remove customs checks on some goods

Birmingham Post · May 20, 2022

Passports, Bali and jabs: Simon Calder answers your pressing travel questions

Many myths prevail about passport validity rules

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Spain supports Ukraine's EU entry, foreign minister says

Spain supports Ukraine's ambition to join the European Union and the idea of a new European political entity that could, for the time-being, accommodate Ukraine as a fellow-minded democracy, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told Reuters on Friday.

Reuters · May 20, 2022

Three EU nationals in Scotland on experiencing xenophobia in politics

After Fife SNP council candidate and EU national Olaf Stando revealed he had received a barrage of xenophobic abuse during his campaigning for the…

The National (Scotland) · May 20, 2022

Cigarette butt recycling scheme aims to stub out waste in Catalonia

Move could provide income for homeless and clean up Barcelona’s streets and beaches, says government

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

Unacceptable for one party to block Stormont, says Irish PM

Micheál Martin visits Belfast to try to break deadlock over DUP’s opposition to Brexit protocol

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

Monkeypox spreads in Europe as Sweden, Italy, France and Belgium confirm first cases

Infection reports mark a global transmission of the disease as cases emerge in US and even Australia

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Stanley Johnson ‘delighted’ after gaining French citizenship

‘Magnifique’, responds prime minister to news his father’s application has been successful

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022

N Ireland party leader pans Pelosi's warning on Brexit terms

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party after saying Congress won’t approve a trade deal with the U.K. if Britain scraps the agreement governing post-Brexit trade on the Irish island

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Ukrainian PM says EU disburses 600 million euros to Ukraine

The European Union has disbursed 600 million euros ($634.98 million) to Ukraine as part of a macro financial assistance program, Denis Shmyhal, the Prime Minister, said on Friday.

Reuters · May 20, 2022