With the Tories locked in a leadership battle that will likely result in a no-deal Brexit, Europe is negotiating an agreement with South America’s Mercosur bloc and flying the flag for open trade, says Guy Verhofstadt

The election results are almost all in and political anoraks have been digesting the information gleaned from the ballot boxes like famished goats.

The possibility that Boris Johnson might greet President Donald Trump as UK prime minister when he arrives in this part of the world cannot be discounted.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has dismissed reports of splits in the Cabinet over Brexit, saying senior ministers are united on delivering a global Britain after its departure from the European Union.