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UK government starts thrashing out post-Brexit vision

By SYLVIA HUI and maintain close eco- bitious, which allows zero occupied with the terms of own decision,” he told Brit-
Associated Press nomic ties with the bloc, tariffs and frictionless trade Britain’s divorce, including ain’s Prospect Magazine.
LONDON (AP) — British or seek more flexibility so but still gives us that impor- how much Britain owed the May also outlined to Parlia-
Prime Minister Theresa May Britain could strike its own tant freedom to decide our EU. Brexit Secretary David ment her plans for the two-
met Monday with senior trade deals around the own regulatory framework, Davis has said he wants year transition period Brit-
ministers to begin thrash- world. our own laws and do things Britain to adapt a tailor- ain wants to implement af-
ing out Britain’s plans for its Among those who want in a distinctive way in the made free trade deal with ter it leaves the EU in March
long-term relationship with more flexibility is Foreign future,” he told the Sunday the EU that’s more substan- 2019. May told lawmakers
the European Union after Secretary Boris Johnson, Times. tive than the one Canada that Britain wants its cur-
Brexit. who said that Britain would Leaders of the EU’s 27 other has with the bloc. But the rent access to European
May met with her Brexit “have gone from a mem- nations last week declared EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, markets unchanged dur-
“war cabinet” to formally ber state to a vassal state” that Brexit talks could fi- Michel Barnier, insists Britain ing the transition period —
discuss what trade deal if it continues to adhere to nally move on to the next has to “realize there won’t even though it would have
Britain wants with the EU EU trade rules after Brexit. phase — specifically on be any cherry picking.” formally left the EU’s single
— whether to stay aligned “What we need to do is their future relationship. For “No way. They have to face market and the customs
with the EU’s trade rules something new and am- months officials were pre- the consequences of their union by then.q

Shots fired in ‘disturbance’ at UK base used by US Air Force

dent at the Royal Air Force in Britain, has air-refueling
base in Suffolk, according assets stationed there. The
to county police. No one Pentagon initially urged
was injured other than the all individuals near RAF
suspect, a 44-year-old Brit- Mildenhall to avoid it, but
ish man who suffered cuts the lockdown was lifted
and bruises, police said. about an hour after the po-
Police said the incident tential threat was reported.
was not treated as ter- Suffolk police said nearby
rorism. The nature of the schools and businesses
disturbance was unclear, had resumed normal activ-
although British media re- ities because there was no
ported that a car tried to danger to the community.
ram the perimeter gates The Mildenhall base was
at RAF Mildenhall. Police scouted out in 2015 by
and officials at the air base an Islamic extremist who
declined to comment on eventually received a life
the reports. Suffolk Police sentence for plotting an
said they were not looking attack against U.S. military
for any other suspects at personnel. Junead Khan
the site. “There is no wider was tried for using his job
threat to the public or oc- as a delivery driver to study
cupants on the base and RAF Mildenhall and an-
British police secure the area outside RAF Mildenhall, England, an incident and a suspect was no other people have other Royal Air Force base.
arrested after a disturbance at the base, Monday Dec. 18, 2017. The Midenhall airbase, about 80 been injured as a result of A jury convicted Khan last
miles (130 kilometers) north of London, is used by the U.S. Air Force, and was briefly locked down the incident,” they said. year of planning to travel
and a man was taken into custody after a disturbance Monday, police said. The base located about to Syria as a supporter of
(Sam Russell/PA via AP) 80 miles (130 kilometers) the Islamic State extrem-
By GREGORY KATZ used by the U.S. Air Force arrested on suspicion of north of London is home to ist group and preparing
SYLVIA HUI was locked down Monday “criminal trespass,” police some 3,000 military person- possible attacks at Milden-
Associated Press after a disturbance, but and Air Force officials said. nel and their families. The hall and RAF Lakenheath,
LONDON (AP) — A British the emergency measure American service members U.S., which has long made which is also used by U.S.
military air base in England ended when a man was fired shots during the inci- extensive use of air bases personnel.q

Austria swears in Europe’s youngest leader amid protests

BERLIN (AP) — Sebastian as Kurz and his new Cabi- which itself has publicly Kern, a Social Democrat. whose requests are de-
Kurz was sworn in Monday net were sworn in, the dpa disassociated itself from He has stressed the impor- nied and a crackdown on
as Austria’s new chancel- news agency reported. decades of covert anti- tance of a pro-European radical Islam. A coalition
lor, making him Europe’s The two parties have Semitism, but continues to direction and is expected agreement finalized Friday
youngest leader at age 31, pledged to tighten the attract a neo-Nazi fringe. to continue to take the night pledged to bolster
after his Austrian People’s country’s asylum and im- Political opponents have lead on European issues the country’s police forces
Party formed a coalition migration regulations while expressed particular con- even though the Freedom with another 2,100 officers,
with the nationalist Free- maintaining a firm com- cern that the Freedom Par- Party, which has traditional- as well as immigration poli-
dom Party that is expected mitment to the European ty has control of the impor- ly been strongly euroskep- cies that “can be sustained
to move the country’s poli- Union. Kurz has moved his tant Interior, Defense and tic, will have the Foreign by the population.” The
tics to the right. About 6,000 traditionally centrist party Foreign Ministries. Its leader, Ministry. Both Kurz’s conser- agreement also says asy-
people protested outside to the right, particularly on Heinz-Christian Strache, is vatives and the Freedom lum should only be offered
President Alexander Van the issues of migration and now vice chancellor. Kurz Party campaigned on the to people “for the dura-
der Bellen’s office with signs Muslims, but has avoided served as foreign minister in need for tougher immigra- tion of their persecution,
like “we don’t want any the inflammatory rheto- the outgoing government tion controls, quick depor- who really need Austria’s
Nazi pigs” and “Nazis out” ric of the Freedom Party, led by Chancellor Christian tations of asylum-seekers help.”q