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Urgent: British PM signs Article 50 notification letter to EU leader

Xinhua, March 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday signed the Article 50 letter which will officially begin Britain's exit from the European Union (EU), local media said.

Nine months after the divisive Brexit referendum last June, May will officially trigger Article 50 in a letter that will be hand delivered in Brussels, headquarters of the EU. Endit