Next stop, Brexit: Britain’s EU divorce bill becomes law

JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. The U.K. is finally leaving the 28-nation bloc more than 3 1/2 years after voters narrowly opted to do so in a June 2016 referendum — and after interminable rounds of political wrangling. Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans announced Thursday in the House of Commons that the Withdrawal Agreement Act had received royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II, the final formality in its legislative journey. An identical announcement was made by the speaker of Parliament's upper House of Lords. Evans' brief announcement, which drew cheers of "Hear! Hear!" from some Conservative lawmakers in the Com
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