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Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray stand outside Westminster Abbey in London, Thursday, July 4, 2019, as protesters continue to demonstrate various views over Britain's Brexit departure from the European Union. Britain's Institute of Directors said Friday that company directors are holding back on investing in staff and technology amid uncertainty about political changes ahead of the country's departure from the European Union.(AP Photo/Natasha Livingstone)

UK economy recovers in May, easing immediate recession fears

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

FILE - This Wednesday, March 23, 2016, file photo, shows a sign at a Marriott Hotel in Richmond, Va. Marriott says it will fight a $123 million U.K. government fine related to its massive data breach. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Marriott faces $123 million fine in UK for data breach

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Conservative party leadership candidate Boris Johnson speaks during a Tory leadership hustings at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, July 6, 2019. (David Mirzoeff/PA via AP)

UK Tory contenders trade blows; Labour backs new Brexit vote

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 20, 2019 file photo, a Turkish police officer patrols the dock, backdropped by the drilling ship 'Yavuz' scheduled to be dispatched to the Mediterranean, at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul. Cyprus is condemning a second attempt by Turkey to drill for gas in waters off its coast as an escalation in its breach of international law. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

EU, Cyprus condemn Turkey’s 2nd offshore gas drilling bid

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FILE - This Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows a part of Arak heavy water nuclear facilities, near the central city of Arak, 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Iran announced Sunday, July 7, 2019 it will raise its enrichment of uranium, breaking another limit of its faltering 2015 nuclear deal with world powers and further heightening tensions between Tehran and the U.S. (Mehdi Marizad/Fars News Agency via AP, File)

Key events raising tensions in the Persian Gulf

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The Italian NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans' Alex migrant rescue ship carrying 46 migrants rescued off Libya coasts, docks in the port of Lampedusa, Sicily island, Italy, Saturday, July 6, 2019. Italy’s hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has barred all private rescue ships from entering Italian ports. He pointed to an offer from Malta to accept the migrants from the Italian-flagged ship. (Elio Desiderio/ANSA via AP)

Malta OKs transfer of 65 migrants from German ship to port

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel,right, and Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki listening to a speech by Poland's President Andrzej Duda during a summit meeting that aims to reassure Western Balkan states that their aspirations to join the European Union have backing among EU leaders, in Poznan, Poland, Friday, July 5, 2019.(AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Merkel seeks to reassure Western Balkan nations of EU future

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI - Associated Press

Debris covers the ground and an emergency vehicle after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli in Libya, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. An airstrike hit the detention center for migrants early Wednesday, killing several. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Deadly land, deadly sea: Libya migrants face brutal choice

By MAGGIE MICHAEL and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on May 28, 2012, Spanish fishing boats sit moored in La Linea de Concepcion, Spain, backdropped by the Rock of Gibraltar. The government of Gibraltar says it has detained a large tanker that is believed to be breaching European Union sanctions by carrying a shipment of Iranian crude oil to war-ravaged Syria. In a statement, authorities on the British overseas territory said port and law enforcement agencies, assisted by the Royal Marines, boarded the Grace 1 super tanker early Thursday, July 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno, File)

Gibraltar detains Syria-bound super tanker with Iranian oil

By Aritz Parra and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo at the Chigi palace in Rome, Thursday, July 4, 2019. Putin emphasized historically strong ties with Italy during a one-day visit to Rome that included a meeting with Pope Francis. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin asks Italy to help restoring ties with EU, meets Pope

By GIADA ZAMPANO - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, July 2, 2019 photo, motorists pass by a Popular Mobilization poster of volunteer militants who were killed in Iraq fighting Islamic State militants in Basra, Iraq. The Iraqi government's move to place Iranian-backed militias under the command of the armed forces is a political gamble by a prime minister increasingly caught in the middle of a dangerous rivalry between Iran and the U.S., the two main power brokers in Iraq. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

The Latest: Europe talking with Iran, dispute tool an option

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Western Balkan nations press EU aspirations at Poland summit

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In this photo released by the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Rouhani warned European partners in its faltering nuclear deal on Wednesday that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to &quot;any amount that we want&quot; beginning on Sunday, putting pressure on them to offer a way around intense U.S. sanctions targeting the country. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)

EU consults nuclear deal partners as Iran warns of new steps

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FILE -- This Oct. 27, 2004 file photo, shows the interior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, 223 miles (360 kilometers) southwest of Tehran, Iran. When it comes to saving Iran's nuclear deal, Europe finds itself in the impossible situation of trying to salvage an accord unraveling because of the maximalist U.S. sanctions campaign. (AP Photo/Fars News Agancy, File)

AP Analysis: Europe squeezed in Iran-US nuclear deal dispute

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

This image taken on a mobile phone on Wednesday July 3, 2019 shows the damage inside the detention center in Tripoli's Tajoura neighborhood after an airstrike. Libyan officials say an airstrike has struck a detention center for migrants in the capital, killing at least 40 people and wounding dozens. The airstrike was likely to raise further concerns about the European Union's policy of partnering with Libyan militias to prevent migrants from crossing the Mediterranean, which often leaves them at the mercy of brutal traffickers or stranded in squalid detention centers near the front lines. (AP Photo)

In Libya, a rogues’ gallery of militias

By RAMI MUSA and SAMY MAGDY - Associated Press

Italy's David-Maria Sassoli shows seven fingers for the number of voices missing to be elected as President at the European Parliament in the first round vote in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday July 3, 2019. European Union legislators are gearing up to elect their parliamentary leader — a decision that will complete the bloc's drawn-out appointment process for its top jobs. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The Latest: EU nominee seeks support, vows to listen

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European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici, left, speaks with European Commissioner for Security Union Julian King during the weekly college meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU holds off on legal action against Italy over debt

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Monday, July 1, 2019. European Union leaders continued a marathon session of talks on Monday desperately seeking a breakthrough in a diplomatic fight over who should be picked for a half dozen of jobs at the top of EU institutions. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU leaders look to set aside embarrassing top jobs impasse

By Lorne Cook and Raf Casert - Associated Press

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. European Union leaders continued a third day of talks to seek a breakthrough in a diplomatic fight over who should be picked for a half dozen of jobs at top EU institutions. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

The Latest: Macron says EU picks reflect Franco-German bond

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Libyan Red Crescent workers recover migrants bodies after an airstrike at a detention center in Tajoura, east of Tripoli Wednesday, July 3, 2019. An airstrike hit the detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital. (AP Photo/Hazem Ahmed)

Airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya; at least 40 killed

By Rami Musa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press