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Historian Simon Schama Describes Brexit Vote As 'Turning Point' For Britain

4:34pm June 24, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with historian Simon Schama about what the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union means for both Britain and Europe.

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East London Residents Praise Historic Vote To Leave EU

4:34pm June 24, 2016

by Frank Langfitt

Britain's vote to leave the European Union may have shocked the financial markets and political elites, but supporters of Brexit in Romford, a working class area of London, are triumphant.

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Germany Gains New Leverage After U.K. Votes To Leave EU

4:34pm June 24, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The Brexit vote is a bitter blow for Germany, the most powerful member of the European Union whose chancellor will now struggle to stop the anti-elite contagion from spreading on the continent.

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Right-Wing Leaders In Europe Hail United Kingdom's Vote To Leave EU

4:34pm June 24, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

The leader of the National Front political party, Marine Le Pen, wasted no time in calling for a referendum in France on European Union membership after the United Kingdom voted to Brexit. Other right-wing leaders in Europe echoed her.

Week In Politics: Brexit, House Democrats' Sit-In Over Gun Control

4:34pm June 24, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brooking Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, Donald Trump's visit to Scotland and House Democrats' sit-in over gun control.

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U.S. Leaders Divided Over United Kingdom's Vote To Exit EU

4:34pm June 24, 2016

by Scott Horsley

President Obama and Hillary Clinton wanted the United Kingdom to remain in the European Union. But Clinton opponent Donald Trump hailed the vote to leave the EU, drawing parallels with the U.S. presidential campaign.

Brexit Vote Sends Shock Waves Through Global Financial Markets

4:34pm June 24, 2016

by Chris Arnold

Britain's vote to exit the European Union is sending shock waves throughout the global economy. In the U.S., there are fears a slowdown in Britain and the entire European continent will harm growth at home as trade and exports stall.

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Supporters of leaving the EU celebrate at a party hosted by Leave.EU in central London as they watch results come in from around the country after Thursday's EU referendum.

Britain's EU Exit: What Comes Next?

3:56pm June 24, 2016

by Peter Kenyon

The United Kingdom will be getting a new prime minister soon, and that leader will have to negotiate the country's exit from the EU, a process that could take up to two years.

A young man hands out "Remain" leaflets outside the polling station at Notre Dame Primary School on Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland. As a nation, Scotland voted to remain in the EU; but as a whole, the United Kingdom opted to leave.

A Less-United Kingdom: 'Brexit' Vote Revives Talk Of U.K. Breakup

3:45pm June 24, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The United Kingdom voted to leave the EU, 52 percent to 48 percent. But Scotland and Northern Ireland were in favor of staying — renewing talk about Irish unification and Scottish independence.

Searches for "what is the eu" and "what is brexit" spiked in the U.K. after polls closed.

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After Brexit Vote, Britain Asks Google: 'What Is The EU?'

3:43pm June 24, 2016

by Alina Selyukh

Google Trends shows that this was the second-searched EU-related question in the United Kingdom after polls closed. The first was "What does it mean to leave the EU?"