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An anti-Brexit campaigner waves European Union and Union flags outside Parliament in London, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Brexit finally arrives Friday: A momentous yet quiet moment

By RAF CASERT and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell answers a question during a news conference in Brussels, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Borrell met Tuesday with the Foreign Affairs Minister's of Britain, Italy, Germany and France where they were expected to hold talks about the current situation in Libya and Iran. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

EU renews efforts to resume Kosovo-Serbia talks

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI - Associated Press

Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing speaks during an interview of the Associated Press in Paris,, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Giscard d'Estaing, 93, who spent much of his life working to forge a united Europe, told The Associated Press in an interview that he regrets Brexit but that Britain's departure isn't a fatal blow for the European Union. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

AP Interview: French ex-president regrets, shrugs off Brexit

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

An anti-Brexit campaigner waves European Union and Union flags outside Parliament in London, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Video game helps English Premier League grapple with Brexit

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

EU: Russia, China use ‘digital war’ to undermine democracies

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Ireland wary of UK’s optimism for EU trade deal this year

By CARLO PIOVANO - Associated Press

Mobile network phone masts are visible in front of St Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. The Chinese tech firm Huawei has been designated a &quot;high-risk vendor&quot; but will be given the opportunity to build non-core elements of Britain's 5G network, the government has announced. The company will be banned from the &quot;core&quot;, of the 5G network, and from operating at sensitive sites such as nuclear and military facilities, and its share of the market will be capped at 35%. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

EU stops short of recommending ban on China’s Huawei

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019 file photo, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson drives a JCB through a symbolic wall with the Conservative Party slogan 'Get Brexit Done' in the digger bucket, during an election campaign event at the JCB manufacturing facility in Uttoxeter, England. Johnson's Conservatives won an overwhelming majority in the election two days later and Britain is now scheduled to leave the European Union on Jan. 31, 2020. (Ben Stansall/Pool via AP)

Britain’s EU Journey: When Johnson gambled to deliver Brexit

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sets out the case for a second referendum on Scottish independence, during a statement at Bute House in Edinburgh, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (Neil Hanna/PA via AP)

Scottish Parliament urges post-Brexit independence vote

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Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The U.K. is due to leave the EU on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, the first nation in the bloc to do so. It then enters an 11-month transition period in which Britain will continue to follow the bloc's rules while the two sides work out new deals on trade, security and other areas. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Brexit deal cleared by EU Parliament; UK set to leave Friday

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020, photo, a fishing vessel is docked at Kilkeel harbor in Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom and the European Union are parting ways on Friday and one of the first issues to address is what will happen to the fishing grounds they shared. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

Post-Brexit talks gear up for fish fight between EU, U.K.

By Raf Casert and David Keyton - Associated Press

UK automakers report drop in investment, production

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 file photo, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, foreground, and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn arrive for the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the new session of Parliament after Johnson's Conservatives won a big majority in a general election of Dec. 12, 2019 with a promise to "Get Brexit Done." Britain leaves the European Union on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020 after 47 years of membership. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP/File)

Boris Johnson should focus on trade deals beneficial to the United Kingdom and United States

By Andrew Davies

FILE - In this Thursday, April 4, 2019 file photo, a pro EU protestor waves flags opposite the House of Parliament in London. _ Anxious, angry, abandoned. Brexit elicits strong emotions, and as Britain’s departure from the European Union approaches, more than 3 million U.K. residents who are citizens of EU countries feel the impending separation more strongly than most. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

‘Confused and angry’: Brexit unsettles EU citizens in the UK

By JILL LAWLESS and JO KEARNEY - Associated Press

Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, left, welcomes vice president of the European Commission Vera Jourova,right, for talks on the conflict over the government's much-criticized taking of steps to control the judiciary in Warsaw, Poland, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

EU high official has talks in Poland on rule of law threats

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, a supporter of Britain's departure from the European Union, at right, holds a placard up in front of supporters of remaining in the EU, including Stop Brexit Man, Steve Bray, with his foghorn, outside Parliament in London. After Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016, Parliament became the focal point of opposition to Brexit, but after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a general election, Britain is finally due to leave the EU on Jan. 31, 2020 after 47 years of membership. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham/File)

Britain’s EU Journey: When Brexit chaos ensued

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

EU slaps sanctions on 7 over elections in east Ukraine

Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019, filer photo, a man uses his smartphone as he stands near a billboard for Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. British and American officials are meeting as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government prepares to decide on whether there's a future for Chinese equipment maker Huawei in the country's next-generation telecom networks, his spokesman said Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

UK faces choice on Huawei with global implications

By KELVIN CHAN and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

German exports to Britain down amid Brexit uncertainty

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, April 17, 2018 file photo, scaffolding surrounds the Queen Elizabeth Tower, which holds the bell known as Big Ben, in London. The bell of Britain’s Parliament has been largely silent since 2017 while its iconic clock tower undergoes four years of repairs. Brexit-backing lawmakers are campaigning for it to strike at the moment Britain leaves the European Union -- 11 p.m. (2300GMT) on Jan. 31. Parliamentary officials say it is not worth the cost, which could come to 500,000 pounds ($650,000). The House of Commons Commission said Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 that because the clock mechanism has been dismantled and the belfry is currently getting a new floor, arranging for the bell to ring “could result in huge costs to the public purse.” (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file) **FILE**

Ringing in Brexit? Plans to celebrate UK exit divide country

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press