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German Chancellor Angela Merkel,left, welcomes British Prime Minister Theresa May prior to a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 9, 2019. Prime Minister Theresa May will hold talks with the leaders of Germany and France ahead of a key Brexit summit this week. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

The Latest: Macron and May meeting over Brexit delay request

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In this image taken from video released by Downing Street, Sunday April 7, 2019, showing Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May defending her position on Brexit, and her decision to hold cross-party talks with opposition Labour Party, in a video message filmed at her Chequers country retreat. Cross-party talks over Brexit are expected to resume before the U.K.'s Friday deadline for leaving the European Union. (Downing Street via AP)

U.K. government, opposition cling to hope of Brexit compromise

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

A pro EU protestor demonstrates opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May is set for a marathon session with her Cabinet as the government tries to find a way out of the Brexit crisis, after lawmakers again rejected all alternatives to her European Union withdrawal agreement. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The Latest: UK lawmakers vote to avert ‘no-deal’ Brexit

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UK Labour Party suspends lawmaker over anti-Semitism remarks

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Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks during the annual conference of the EEF manufacturers organisation at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2019. Seven British lawmakers quit the Labour Party on Monday over its approach to Brexit and alleged anti-Semitism, the biggest shake-up in years for one of Britain's major political parties. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

8th lawmaker quits UK’s Labour over anti-Semitism and Brexit

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Labour MP Chuka Umunna, center, speaks to the media during a press conference with a group of six other Labour MPs, in London, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Seven British lawmakers say they are quitting the main opposition Labour Party over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism. Many Labour lawmakers are unhappy with the party's direction under leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran socialist who took charge in 2015 with strong grass-roots backing. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Brexit split: 7 lawmakers quit Labour over EU, anti-Semitism

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

The sun shines through a European Union flag tied onto a railing near parliament in London, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. British Prime Minister Theresa May is reaching out to opposition parties and other lawmakers Thursday in a battle to put Brexit back on track after surviving a no-confidence vote. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The Latest: Labour deputy says party must join Brexit talks

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UK starts criminal probe of Labour Party anti-Semitism

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

In this Tuesday June 17, 1997 file image Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok gets on his bicycle, applauded by European Prime Ministers, background, after European leaders were presented with Dutch bikes by the city of Amsterdam at te occasion of a two-day European Union summit to salvage plans for a single currency and the expansion of the EU. Current Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said that former premier Wim Kok, a trade unionist-turned-politician who inspired a new breed of pragmatic Social Democratic leaders in Europe, has died at age 80. (AP Photo/Hermann Knippertz)

Former Dutch PM Wim Kok dies at 80, haunted by Srebrenica

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

UK Labour Party criticizes Israel amid anti-Semitism warning

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Britain's Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, waves to supporters outside the International Slavery Museum at the Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, as he arrives in the city for his party's annual conference, Saturday Sept. 22, 2018. The annual Labour Party conference includes a weekend of full of various rallies and meetings, with thousands of people expected to greet party leaders. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Stop Brexit? UK’s Labour party mulls backing new referendum

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Britain's Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves his house in London ahead of a meeting of the party's National executive Committee, in London, Tuesday Sept. 4, 2018. Labour's ruling body will decide whether to fully adopt an international definition of anti-Semitism as the row over the party's response to the problem continued to simmer. (Nick Ansell/PA via AP)

Amid ire, UK’s Labour Party alters anti-Semitism definition

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Former chief rabbi warns of ‘existential threat’ to UK Jews

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Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival in Tolpuddle, England, Sunday July 22, 2018. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of agricultural labourers who clashed with authorities in 19th-century England. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Britain’s Labour Party anti-Semitism dispute surfaces again

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, March 12, 2015 file photo, Israeli Labor party leader Isaac Herzog, left, visits a market in Tel Aviv, Israel. Labor party will vote for new leader early July. Israel’s venerable Labor Party, which led the country to independence and steered it for decades through wars, crises and the pursuit of peace is now fighting to stay relevant on the political stage. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, File)

Israel’s Labor aims for relevance with leadership election

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street, London, after chairing a meeting of the Government's emergency Cobra committee following Saturday night's terrorist incident in London. Several people were killed in the terror attack at the heart of London and dozens injured. The prime minister called for a tougher stance at home against extremists. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

Theresa May Conservative party lose majority, 16 seats in Britain election exit polls show

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The latest ICM polls show Jeremy Corbyn and the Labor Party trailing Theresa May's Conservatives by a stunning 49 percent to 27 percent. Labor Party members blame Mr. Corbyn's lackluster leadership. (Associated Press/File)

Theresa May strong in Labor bastion Wales

By Martin Arostegui - Special to The Washington Times

Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn, centre, is greeted by supporters and the party's deputy leader Tom Watson centre right, upon his arrival, prior to the start of the annual Labour party conference at the Brighton Centre, in Brighton, England, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

UK Labour Party to vote on scrapping nuclear weapons

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press