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Britain's new prime minister forms pro-Brexit cabinet

25/07/2019 GMT

Britain's new prime minister forms new-look cabinet

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Britain's new cabinet is largely made up of those who supported leaving the EU in 2016

Britain's new cabinet is largely made up of those who supported leaving the EU in 2016.

The cabinet chosen by new British prime minister Boris Johnson is largely made up of those who supported Britain leaving the EU in the referendum campaign in 2016 and who support a no deal policy now, if the agreement reached with the EU in eighteen months of negotiation is not replaced with a new one. 

Also in the programme: Puerto Rico's protests force its governor from office, car maker announced job cuts in its global operations


(IMAGE: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid attend the first Cabinet meeting at Downing Street CREDIT: Aaron Chown/Pool via REUTERS)

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