The stories we’re following in the Grasswire Newsroom, Wednesday, March 29, 2017
- Sir Tim Barrow, UK ambassador to the EU, has delivered Prime Minister Theresa May’s letter to European Council president Donald Tusk, formally invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and beginning the Brexit negotiation process.
The Article 50 letter. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/SO5R5BTvhw
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) March 29, 2017
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#Breaking EU regulators block London Stock Exchange Group's £21 billion merger with Deutsche Borse
— PA Media (@PA) March 29, 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to trigger Article 50 on Wednesday, kick-starting the Brexit process https://t.co/5VLp5yrnvF pic.twitter.com/iDPEiSMnw2
— CNN International (@cnni) March 29, 2017
A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East – PTWC
— BNO News (@BNONews) March 29, 2017