Britain exit eu News

Global stock markets plunged on Friday, and sterling saw its biggest one-day drop in history after Britons voted by 52-48 percent to exit the EU, which it joined more than 40 years ago.  

US President Barack Obama said on Friday he respected Britain`s vote to leave the European Union, and that the United States` relationship with Britain would endure.

Spain will push for Gibraltar to stay out of any general negotiations with the European Union following Britain`s exit from the bloc.

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will host talks on Saturday with his counterparts from the European Union`s founding nations, following Britain`s vote to leave the bloc.

The UK voted to leave the European Union after 43 years in a historic referendum. Leave won by 52 percent to 48 percent votes.

The anti-immigrant, anti-euro FN, was the only major French political party to call for Britons to vote to leave the EU.  

Australia`s relationship with Britain will stay "very strong and intimate", Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday, adding he was confident negotiations over a free-trade deal with the EU would not be jeopardised by the Brexit vote.

Nigel Farage, the leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party, said on Friday that Britain should now have a "Brexit government" after it voted to leave the European Union.

The Brexit referendum result will be announced on June 24, 2016.

A convincing vote to remain in EU could mean David Cameron continues as the British PM; a vote for exit would see him yielding to a new leader.