INTERNATIONAL NEWS - UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to trigger Article 50 Wednesday, kick-starting the Brexit process that will see Britain leave the European Union in two years' time.
The UK voted to withdraw from the EU in a hotly contested and controversial referendum last June, but formal "divorce" proceedings cannot begin until the Prime Minister officially informs Europe that the government is triggering Article 50.
That is expected at 1.30 p.m. Wednesday (7.30 a.m ET) in Brussels, when Tim Barrow, the UK's permanent representative to the EU, delivers a letter to European Council President Donald Tusk. May was photographed signing the letter on Tuesday night.
On Wednesday, at the same time across the channel in London, May will stand to deliver a statement to the House of Commons, confirming that the Brexit process has begun.
