Jun 27 Watch 3:51 The sky is not falling: World leaders look to calm the Brexit jitters By PBS NewsHour British Prime Minister David Cameron tried Monday to assure the world that Brexit isn’t the calamity it’s being made out to be. Despite Germany’s warning against long-term uncertainty, he said the UK is taking a go-slow approach to the divorce. Continue watching
Jun 27 Brexit to Nexit: What happens now that the UK voted to leave the EU? By Larisa Epatko A divided UK voted to leave the European Union last week, and Brits are coming to the realization of what it all means. We spoke to Daniela Schwarzer at the German Marshall Fund of the United States about what comes… Continue reading
Jun 27 WATCH VIDEO: David Cameron speaks to parliament about Brexit By Larisa Epatko In a 9-minute speech to the British parliament, UK Prime Minister David Cameron sought to calm jitters over Thursday's vote to exit the European Union, known as "Brexit."… Continue reading
Jun 26 Watch 2:42 Scottish leaders renew push to exit UK following Brexit vote By PBS NewsHour In a 2014 referendum, Scotland decided to remain a part of the United Kingdom. But following the UK’s vote last week to leave the European Union, Scottish leaders are now renewing the push to exit the UK in order to… Continue watching
Jun 26 Watch 4:29 Foreign-born workers in the UK share their fears for the future By Mori Rothman, Melanie Saltzman, Saskia de Melker Uncertainty prevails in Britain after Brexit has left immigrants feeling vulnerable. The service sector, a large part of the British economy, is also a big employer of foreigners, which means these workers may be hit hard. Hari Sreenivasan reports from… Continue watching
Jun 26 Could Scotland block Brexit? By Kamala Kelkar Scotland’s leader said Sunday that Parliament could attempt to block the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union by refusing to give consent to the historic referendum. Continue reading
Jun 26 What do the Brexit ‘leave’ voters and Trump supporters have in common? By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press At the heart of the campaign that led Britain to vote to leave the European Union was a desire to regain independence lost amid a globalized world, the same kind of feeling that Donald Trump rode to become the presumptive… Continue reading
Jun 26 Kerry urges Britain, EU to cooperate, handle Brexit divorce responsibly By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Britain and the European Union to manage their divorce responsibly for the sake of global markets and citizens, a day before he was to become the first senior American official to… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch 3:04 What Brexit might do to the British economy By PBS NewsHour Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, one of the biggest remaining questions is how it will affect the British economy. Hari Sreenivasan sits down with London School of Economics professor Swati Dhingra, who has been studying… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 4:56 What impact will Brexit have on U.S. trade policy? By PBS NewsHour Britain is the U.S.’s closest diplomatic and military ally and top economic partner in Europe. One-fifth of U.S. exports to Europe go to the UK and so do half a billion dollars in direct investments. Senior editor of Foreign Policy… Continue watching