UK and EU hold first post-Brexit summit in bid to reset relations

“Britain is back on the world stage.” That was the message from UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer today as he hosted a landmark summit with the European Union — the first official meeting of its kind since Brexit. Five years after leaving the bloc, the UK and EU are once again sitting down to discuss key issues including security, trade, energy, travel and fisheries. But the so-called “reset summit” hasn’t been welcomed by all — with some Brexit supporters denouncing it as a betrayal of the referendum result. The World’s Europe correspondent Orla Barry has more

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