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Hundreds of civil service jobs dealing with Brexit negotiations have still not been filled just days before Britain formally begins the process of leaving the European Union, the National Audit Office has warned.

Britain’s decision to leave the European Union is a “failure and a tragedy” for the bloc, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said.

Crowds gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square Thursday night to express solidarity with those killed and injured in Wednesday’s Westminster terror attack.

Senior officers decided not to pursue Martin McGuinness over his alleged role in a terrorist attack that killed nine people because it would be too “politically sensitive”, it has been claimed.

The British government should spend potentially hundreds of thousands of pounds funding a language with just 500 fluent speakers, the Council of Europe has said.

France is “overwhelmed” with violence thanks to the “laxity” of successive governments, Front National presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will formally trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty on Wednesday 29 March, Downing Street has announced.

Women should be able to abort their babies simply because they are the “wrong” sex, a leading ethicist at Britain’s doctors’ union has said.

Britain will not ban the Islamic veil in work or public places, the prime minister has said.

Three Sikh men have pleaded guilty to helping Afghan asylum seekers entered the UK under a scam involving British passports.

Populist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has mocked Theresa May for being “good at getting it wrong” after the UK Prime Minister failed to meet her, but did host her main rival.

MPs have backed a proposed law that would effectively legalise abortion for any reason up to birth, in a move criticised by opponents as “extreme”.

A former Albanian asylum seeker who first entered Britain under a false identity has been convicted of murdering an elderly couple in their rural cottage.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been warned public support is being “destroyed” by the fact her government has so far failed to deport half a million rejected asylum seekers.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on the brink of closing the border at the height of the migrant crisis in 2015, but changed her mind because she feared clashes with border police would look bad on television, a book has claimed.

A French mayor has appeared in court on charges of inciting racial hatred after saying there were too many Muslim schoolchildren in his city.

Germany’s populist anti-establishment Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has called for tighter borders, a ban on the Islamic headscarf, and has promised to examine whether the country could ditch the euro currency.

Article 50 could be triggered as soon as Tuesday, with Parliament finally expected to clear the Brexit bill this coming Monday, according to various reports.

British citizens may be able to choose to keep certain aspects of European Union (EU) citizenship after Brexit, one of the bloc’s chief negotiators has said.

Millions of pounds of British aid is being spent to send migrants to “squalid” camps in Libya where they are regularly abused by guards, a watchdog has said.

A bishop in the Church of England has been forced to decline a new appointment following an outcry from liberals opposed to his view on women priests.

Net migration will still be almost double the government’s target by the end of the decade, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has said.

The EU will take just 48 hours to issue its plans for Brexit negotiations after the UK formally triggers Article 50, European Council President Donald Tusk has said.

Attempts by migrants to break through the border into the Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla are becoming increasingly violent, the country’s security minister has warned.

Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders announced Tuesday his visit to an animal sanctuary had been cancelled after threats from “anti-fascist” protesters.

British Chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled his first budget, promising big increases in government spending, and some relief for small businesses, but also hitting the self-employed with higher taxes.

The House of Lords has voted to force the government to give parliament a vote on the final Brexit deal, in a second defeat for the government.

Men who have gender reassignment surgery can never be “real women”, a veteran feminist BBC presenter has said.

Marine Le Pen remains in the lead in polling for the first round of the French presidential election, three points ahead of centrist Emmanuel Macron.

The House of Lords has been warned not to make further changes to the Brexit bill as it will make it easier for the European Union (EU) to give Britain a bad deal.

The president of a conservative group in Spain has vowed to fight on after a judge impounded a bus that was due to tour the country protesting transgender ideology.

Children as young as four will be taught “sex and relationship education” in all Britain’s schools, the Education Secretary is expected to announce Tuesday afternoon.

A large bus protesting the rise of gender ideology is touring Spain, infuriating left wing campaigners. The bus is emblazoned with the slogan “Boys have penises. Girls have vaginas. Don’t be fooled.”

A large majority of Bulgarians would support a total ban on citizens of Muslim-majority nations entering their country.

Marine Le Pen has vowed to make France the “model nation-state” if she wins the presidency this year, saying she is the only candidate “in tune” with the growing sense of national identity in Europe.

Opponents of French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen have launched an “Obama17” campaign to draft the former U.S. President to run against her.