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As Iran war strains ties with Trump's US, UK looks to Europe
The bill would let ministers align UK rules with evolving EU standards and advance trade, electricity and youth mobility talks, officials said.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to introduce an EU "reset" bill next month enabling "dynamic alignment" with European single market rules, with King Charles III scheduled to announce the legislative plans on May 13.
- Strained US-UK relations amid the Iran conflict and President Donald Trump's "unreliable behaviour" have accelerated momentum for the UK to pivot toward the European Union, according to trade expert David Henig.
- Proposed measures include a youth mobility scheme and an electricity deal integrating the UK into the EU's internal market, with officials adding they aim to "build economic resilience across the continent."
- While surveys show many Britons now regret the 2016 Brexit vote, the hard-right Reform UK party and leader Nigel Farage have branded the legislation "a betrayal" of the referendum's narrow result.
- The International Monetary Fund warns Britain is vulnerable to global economic fallout, prompting Liberal Democrats foreign affairs spokesman Calum Miller to argue the UK must "be doubling down on relations with reliable partners.
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Experts predict Iran-US war headed toward frozen conflict, not peace agreement
By Jessica Genauer, Academic Director, Public Policy Institute, UNSW Sydney and Benedict Moleta, PhD student, Department of International Relations, Australian National UniversityWith a shaky ceasefire in place between the US, Israel and Iran – and little progress on talks to resolve the complex issues at the heart of the war – where is this conflict going? The most likely scenario is a frozen conflict. A frozen conflict is not static, but is an…
·Washington, United States
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3 reasons war between US, Israel and Iran is headed for frozen conflict
3 reasons war between US, Israel and Iran is headed for frozen conflict
·New Delhi, India
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