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UK leader Boris Johnson sorry

for missing Brexit deadline

to take the U.K. out of the But his pledge to leave by cause of Brexit" better by
European Union by Oct. 31 Oct. 31 with or without a di- traveling throughout Britain
and Brexit Party leader Ni- vorce deal was blocked by to support 600 Brexit Party
gel Farage saying he won't Parliament, which required candidates rather than by
personally run for a seat in him to seek a Brexit delay. seeking a seat for himself.
Parliament. The EU has granted a three- "I don't want to be in poli-
Johnson's promise to have month Brexit extension until tics for the rest of my life,"
Britain leave the bloc by Jan. 31. he said.
Oct. 31 had been the cen- Johnson pushed hard for Farage has failed in mul-
tral plank in the party lead- an early national election tiple attempts to win a seat

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures, during a visit to ership competition that on Dec. 12 in which he in the British Parliament, al-
Metropolitan Police training college in Hendon, north London, brought him to power in hopes to get a more Brex- though he has long been a
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. July. it-friendly Parliament that member of the European
Associated Press He told Sky News on Sun- will — finally — pass his pro- Parliament, which he has
By GREGORY KATZ ed up Sunday with Prime day that it was a matter posed deal with the EU. used as a pulpit to criticize
Associated Press Minister Boris Johnson say- of "deep regret" that he He also said on Sunday that the EU.
LONDON (AP) — Britain's ing he would apologize to failed to do so. Asked if he his government wouldn't He said it was difficult to
election campaign heat- Conservatives for failing was sorry about missing the approve another legally back party candidates na-
deadline, Johnson said: binding referendum of in- tionwide while trying to win
"Yes, absolutely." dependence for Scotland. over a local district.
Johnson's failure to deliver The campaign won't of- Farage has vowed that
may cost him some back- ficially begin until after his party will contest every
ing from voters drawn to his Parliament is dissolved on seat in England, Scotland
fiery rhetoric on the need Wednesday, and various and Wales against the
to finalize Brexit, including party alliances are still be- Conservatives unless John-
his famous statement that ing formed. son drops his Brexit agree-
he would rather "die in a Farage, the leader of the ment, which Farage and
ditch" than seek another Brexit Party, told the BBC his party think is worse than
extension. that he can "serve the a no-deal Brexit.q

Merkel: 1 million car charging points in

Germany by 2030

BERLIN (AP) — German
Chancellor Angela Merkel
said Sunday she wants to
drastically increase the
number of charging sta-
tions for electric cars in Ger-
many to give consumers
more confidence to switch
over to electric from inter-
nal combustion engines.
Speaking in her weekly
video podcast, Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with a driver of an
said she wants Germany electric vehicle at a metro station in New Delhi, India, Saturday,
to have 1 million charging Nov. 2, 2019.
stations by 2030. Germany Associated Press
currently has about 21,000 ahead of her meeting of efforts to help Germany's
charging stations. Monday with automobile transport sector meet emis-
The comments come industry executives as part sions targets.q