Day: March 31, 2017

    Donald Tusk says the EU won't pursue a punitive divorce settlement with the UK because Brexit is punitive enough. The European Council President said the UK will have to wait to start negotiating a trade deal until after the divorce deal has made sufficient progress. And he said the idea Theresa May sought to use international terror security as a bargaining chip in the negotiations must be a misunderstanding. In draft negotiation guidelines issued to the 27 remaining member states today, Mr Tusk announced a phased approach to negotiations. He spoke firmly in a press conference in Valetta, Malta, insisting parallel negotiations will not happen. He said: We treat [the principles announced today] as fundamental and will stand by them. And he said reciprocal, enforceable guar...

    Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Donald Trump's former national security adviser Mike Flynn has told officials he is willing to be interviewed in an ongoing probe into possible links between the President's team and Russia, according to a US newspaper report. Mr Flynn, who was fired for failing to disclose talks with Russia's ambassador about US sanctions on Moscow, has also informed the House and Senate intelligence committees that he will cooperate with the investigation into the Trump campaign's potential ties to the Kremlin. The report in The Wall Street Journal cited unnamed officials with knowledge of the matter. It said Mr Flynn had agreed to be interviewed in return for the promise of immunity from prosecution. His lawyer reportedly made the offer to ...