Brexit talks can only begin once Britain triggers Article 50 - German government

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BERLIN Negotiations about Britain's future relationship with the remaining 27 European Union members can only start once the British government has invoked Article 50 to start the divorce talks, a German government spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

Asked about British Prime Minister Theresa May's announcement that Britain would leave the EU's single market, government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer declined to comment.

She added, however, that EU member states remained united in their position that the bloc's "four freedoms" - of movement of goods, capital, people, and services - were inseparable.

ROME A series of strong earthquakes hit snowbound central Italy on Wednesday, unnerving residents shaken by last year's deadly tremors and forcing the closure of hundreds of schools as well as rail links and even Rome's underground railway.

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