
UK cross-party Brexit talks collapse
Talks between UK's opposition and the government aimed at breaking the Brexit impasse have ended without an agreement
Britain's tumultuous departure from the European Union is once again in disarray after the collapse of cross-party talks to try to forge an agreement that might command a parliamentary majority. We ask commentators on both sides of the political spectrum if the talks were simply a waste of time?
Also on the programme - why Namibia has welcomed the return of a centuries old Portuguese stone cross from former colonial power Germany; and the newly-hatched birds that some say will secure the future of the Tower of London and the British crown.
(Picture: UK prime minister Theresa May; opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Credit: Philippe Lopez and Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty)
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- Fri 17 May 201920:06GMTBBC World Service except South Asia
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