Brexit endgame
Britain became the first country to leave the European Union on January 31 following its 2016 Brexit referendum. But crucial talks on future ties and trade with the bloc dragged on for months, breaking deadline after deadline as negotiators try to avert a hard Brexit before a last-gasp deal on Christmas Eve. While British PM Boris Johnson claimed victory, Scotland's anti-Brexit leader Nicola Sturgeon said its future is "an independent, European nation".
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