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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that if the U.K. and the EU cannot reach a Brexit trade agreement, he will "move on" and work to secure individual deals with each EU member state. As the latest round of negotiations gets underway, the government is reported to be planning a new law which could affect special arrangements for Northern Ireland. BBC News political editor Laura Kuenssberg has this special report for CBSN.
A storm has killed at least 13 people in northeastern Spain. Puerto Ricans brave the rain to protest their new governor. And EU leaders formally sign the Brexit agreement. Ian Lee rounds up the latest world headlines from London.
The fighting in Kiev's Independence Square is now in its third day and Western journalists report at least 22 more deaths. Government opponents are trying to force the country's president to resign. Holly Williams reports from the center of the violence in Ukraine's capital.
The U.S. is leaning hard on 20 top Ukrainian officials that it holds responsible for the brutality in Ukraine, and banned them from traveling to the U.S. The U.S. is expected to take further action, including freezing their financial assets. CBS News State Department correspondent Margaret Brennan reports on the political maneuverings surrounding the recent violence in Ukraine.
In Kiev, Ukraine, clashes between anti-government protesters and police turned deadly, with multiple deaths reported on both sides.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in the biggest show of strength yet denouncing its government's decision not to sign a trade deal with the European Union, and instead strengthening ties with Russia. A rift is growing within the country between those who seek closer ties with Russia in Ukraine, and those who want Ukraine to become closer to the E.U. Charlie D'Agata reports.
No smoking gun to prove Moscow meddled, but the parliamentary committee does take the government to task for failing to address the problem earlier.
Almost unprecedented bickering gave way to pushing for the common good in pact French President Macron said will have "historic" consequences.
High turnout amid a pandemic showed a thriving democracy, but the results highlight an ideological divide so deep the candidates couldn't even come together to debate.
In 2019, more than 5.5 million Americans visited Italy, spending nearly $3 billion. But one travel industry group predicts this year may be the worst for tourism in decades – and last week the European Union extended its ban on American travelers. Correspondent Seth Doane reports on how businesses in Rome – heavily dependent upon tourism – have suffered not just from the pandemic, but also from the economic fallout due to an absence of visitors from the United States.
While most of Europe has successfully reduced new cases of the coronavirus, America's numbers continue to climb.
The 27 nations of the European Union have agreed to let each other's citizens visit again, but American tourists will have to wait.
The U.S. is currently the largest funder of the WHO, and the organization is expected to be weakened by its departure.
There's less than three weeks until Britain is set to leave the European Union and time is running out to negotiate a withdrawal agreement. Foreign Affairs columnist for McClatchy and a fellow at the Hoover Institute Markos Kounalakis joined CBSN to discuss the latest on negotiations.
Queen Elizabeth delivered an address to members of Parliament just weeks before the deadline for Britain to leave the European Union. BBC News correspondent Jonathan Blake has details from London.
Britons will be heading out to vote again in December after the House of Commons on Tuesday backed an early election that could break the country's political impasse over Brexit. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes a new crop of of lawmakers could end the stalemate in pulling Britain from the European Union.
Voters in Britain will go to the polls yet again after lawmakers failed to come up with a Brexit deal over the past three years. A general election as been set for December 12th, with Parliament deadlocked on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joins CBSN to break down the significance of this new election.
William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, revealed new details Wednesday about the events immediately following President Trump's July 25 call with the president of Ukraine. Taylor said a member of his staff told him last week about a phone call he overheard between the U.S. Ambassador to the E.U., Gordon Sondland, and Mr. Trump. Watch what Taylor said in his opening statement in the first public impeachment hearing.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the top expert on Ukraine on the National Security Council, said U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland said the Ukrainians would have to provide a "deliverable" in order to get a White House meeting, "which is investigations, specific investigations."
U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland testified Wednesday, "The suggestion that we were engaged in some irregular or rogue diplomacy is absolutely false."
U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland said Wednesday that Rudy Giuliani demanded Ukraine make a public statement announcing investigations of the 2016 election, DNC server and Burisma. He said Giuliani "was expressing the desires of the president of the United States, and we knew these investigations were important to the president."
U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland said Wednesday he was first informed that the White House was withholding security aid to Ukraine on July 18 and that he was "never able to obtain a clear answer regarding the specific reason for the hold -- whether it was bureaucratic in nature ... or reflected some other concern." He said he concluded that the aid "was jeopardized."
U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland confirmed he spoke with President Trump on the phone the day after Mr. Trump's July 25 call with the president of Ukraine. "I have no reason to doubt that this conversation included the subject of investigations," he said.
Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the EU, said Wednesday that he mentioned to Vice President Mike Pence his concerns that the delay in aid to Ukraine was tied to the issue of investigations.
Steve Castor, senior investigative counsel for Republicans, asked U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland Wednesday why he didn't include a "vignette" about a call he had with President Trump in his opening statement at the impeachment hearing. "It was in my previous testimony and I assumed if people had questions they would bring it up," Sondland said.
