Leaders of U.K., Spain meet to sign agreement on Gibraltar

LONDON The British and Spanish leaders met Wednesday in London to sign a deal to ease cross-border trade and travel in Gibraltar, after years of post-Brexit wrangling over the contested territory at the tip of the Iberian peninsula.

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BRITISH Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, greets Spain's Pedro Sanchez.

Greeting his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez in his offices at 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke of the close ties between the two countries.

Sanchez commended Starmer and his government for breaking the post-Brexit deadlock on Gibraltar.