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French official reports 8th protest death

The French interior minister says that an eighth person has died since the start of a nationwide protest movement that began in mid-November over fuel tax hikes but has expanded to an array of issues. Christophe Castaner said in a tweet on Saturday that the death occurred the previous...

Merkel seeks to calm UK concerns on Brexit deal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Friday to assuage concerns in the U.K. about the Brexit deal, stressing that a controversial “backstop” arrangement is intended as an insurance policy, and would be temporary. Speaking to reporters in Brussels, at the end of a two-day EU...

Merkel: UK can get additional assurances on Brexit

Germany on Thursday raised the possibility of giving “additional assurances” to the U.K. on its agreement to withdraw from the European Union. “I don’t think that we can change this withdrawal agreement. But of course one can discuss whether there should be some additional...