UK heads for December election to break Brexit deadlock

London  — Prime Minister Boris Johnson won parliament’s preliminary approval on Tuesday to hold Britain’s first December election in almost a century in a bid to break the Brexit deadlock.

As the European Union granted a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, the UK, its parliament and its electorate remain divided on  Brexit...

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