As Britain’s 2019 exit from the European Union edges closer, it is looking to carve out a new role for itself on the world stage. Many analysts say it could struggle to retain its influence as other world powers demand greater representation in global bodies like the United Nations. But as Henry Ridgwell reports from London, the British government insists it is looking to build global alliances beyond Europe.
Analysts say Britain could struggle to retain influence
Brexit and migrant crisis among challenges lurking in 2018
Amnesty International says EU funds, trains Libyan groups in charge of detaining migrants
The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe continued to fall last month, and the European Union says its policies to ease the crisis are working. But Amnesty International claims the bloc's collaboration with Libyan groups involved in the detention of migrants makes it complicit in gross human rights abuses. Henry Ridgwell looks back on Europe's migrant crisis in 2017, as the political fallout from the huge influx in previous years continues to be felt.
Pro-independence parties win slim majority, but unity party wins most votes
Independence leaders in Catalonia have renewed their calls for the region to break away from Spain, following Thursday's regional election result, which gave pro-secessionist parties a slim majority. The election was called after Madrid sacked the Catalan government following a disputed referendum in October. As Henry Ridgwell reports, Thursday's vote offers little indication of how the political standoff will end.
After lurching from one crisis to the next over the past 10 years, the European Union has survived a series of seemingly existential threats – and its leaders claim the bloc is ascendant. Economic growth in the Eurozone is forecast to be higher than in the United States and Britain, while the migrant influx appears to be easing. Henry Ridgwell looks back on the year Europe regained its confidence.
Pro-independence parties have won an absolute majority in elections in the Spanish region of Catalonia, dealing a blow to the Spanish government. The election was called after Madrid sacked the Catalan government and arrested many independence leaders following a disputed referendum in October. The exiled former president of Catalonia has pledged to return to Barcelona, as Henry Ridgwell reports.
Exiled former Catalan president pledges to return to Barcelona
With more than 90 percent of the votes counted, the three secessionist parties together have won enough votes for 70 seats in the 135-seat assembly
The future of Spain and Catalonia could be decided Thursday, as voters in the Spanish region head to the polls to choose new lawmakers for the regional parliament. The election was called by the Spanish government after it seized control of the Catalan administration, following the disputed independence referendum in October. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Barcelona, the heated debate appears to have brought voters out in big numbers.
Voters in Spain's Catalonia region are choosing members of their regional parliament Thursday in an election called after the separatist lawmakers made a unilateral declaration of independence in October.
Close result are expected as polls show the vote is evenly divided
Critics compare jailing of independence leaders to Franco dictatorship
Catalonia will hold regional elections Thursday, two months after separatist campaigners tried to declare independence from Madrid following a disputed referendum. Many leaders of the secessionist movement have been arrested – prompting comparisons among some supporters to the actions of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Barcelona, history plays a key role in the Catalan independence movement.
Residents of the Spanish region of Catalonia will vote in regional elections Thursday — two months after separatist campaigners tried to declare independence following a disputed referendum. The Spanish government called the election in an attempt to take the heat out of the crisis — and is hoping that a silent majority will vote for pro-unity parties. As Henry Ridgwell reports from Barcelona, many Catalans who oppose independence say it would devastate the region’s economy.
Anti-independence campaigners fear breaking trade links with Spain, Europe
A new exhibition aims to show how the art world has responded to the global changes since the terror attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001. Age of Terror: Art since 9/11 at London's Imperial War Museum brings together 40 artists from across the world whose works reflect on conflict and society since that day. Henry Ridgwell reports.
Russia has been banned from competing in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea. Following a seventeen-month investigation, the International Olympic Committee or IOC ruled that Moscow had deliberately manipulated the global anti-doping program through a state-sponsored conspiracy. Russian officials have reacted with anger, accusing the IOC of being part of an anti-Russian campaign. Henry Ridgwell reports.
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