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Pompeo in London to Discuss UK-US 'Special Relationship'

by Associated Press

   LONDON --

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London for talks with British
   officials on the status of the special relationship between the nations
   amid heightened tensions with Iran and uncertainty over Britain's exit
   from the European Union.

   Pompeo is meeting Wednesday with British Prime Minister Theresa May and
   Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and will later deliver a speech on the
   potential for improved U.S.-U.K. ties after Brexit.
   Pompeo arrived in London after canceling a trip to Germany to make an
   unannounced visit to Baghdad, where he warned Iraqi officials about
   what he called imminent threats to American interests in the Middle
   East.
   Iran said earlier Wednesday that it would partially suspend its
   compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal from which President Donald Trump
   withdrew last year. Britain remains a party to the deal.