World The U.K. will have 5 prime ministers in just 6 years. What's gone wrong? With yet another prime minister's resignation, the British government's 10 Downing Street looks like a revolving door. Analysts blame polarization, populism, a flawed system and poor leadership. Frank Langfitt
World The U.K. Left The EU, And Now It's Inching Away From The Metric System Too Boris Johnson's government is eyeing a move to allow shop stalls and supermarkets to use only imperial units of measure in all transactions, ditching a European Union requirement for metric. Scott Neuman
Politics With An Eye To History, Biden And Johnson Try To Rekindle The 'Special Relationship' President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson plan to sign a 21st century "Atlantic Charter," an update of a document that tied the countries together during World War Two. Asma Khalid Frank Langfitt Franco Ordoñez
World Fresh Unrest In Northern Ireland Sparks Comparisons To 'The Troubles' The latest violence erupted amid anger from Protestant unionists concerned they're being isolated from the U.K. and pushed into a union with the republic of Ireland due to post-Brexit trade rules. Scott Neuman
World French Customs Officers In The Port City Of Calais Count Down To Brexit At midnight local time border controls will be reinstated between Great Britain and the European Union for the first time since 1993. One of the world's busiest ports believes it's ready. Rebecca Rosman
Business U.K. And EU Agree To Last-Minute Brexit Trade Deal The agreement comes a week before the Brexit transition period ends. The pact averts a worst-case divorce that would have hurt the EU economy but damaged the British economy even more. Frank Langfitt
World Brexit: French Fishermen Worry What A Trade Deal May Mean For Them "It's not like we have the Atlantic Ocean to fish in," a French fisherman tells NPR. "Here, we're in the Channel. In an hour and a half, I'm in English waters. If that's off limits, I'm dead." Eleanor Beardsley
World Brexit Day: What To Know When The U.K. Leaves The EU On Friday night, Britain will end its more than 40-year membership in the European Union. Here are some of the ways Brexit is expected to play out. Frank Langfitt
Business Like The Empire Itself, The British Pound Is Not What It Used To Be The pound was long the symbol of Britain's economic might. The chaos surrounding Brexit, the country's 2016 decision to leave the European Union, has sent the currency falling sharply. Jim Zarroli
World 'The Time Has Come To Act': Boris Johnson Takes The Helm As U.K. Prime Minister The polarizing and showboating new prime minister has vowed to deliver on the U.K. leaving the European Union in October, whether a deal is reached or not. Merrit Kennedy
