The U.K. offered the European Union a proposed last-minute Brexit deal on Wednesday that it said represents a realistic compromise for both sides, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the bloc to hold “rapid negotiations towards a solution” after years of wrangling.

Amazon is investing in British meal delivery company Deliveroo, giving the online shopping behemoth a larger stake in the fast-growing restaurant delivery business. Amazon failed to get its own restaurant delivery business going in the United Kingdom, shutting it down for good late last year. It faced tough competition from Deliveroo, as well as its other rivals in the country such as Just Eat and UberEats. Amazon's service, called Amazon Restaurants, still operates in several U.S. cities.

The village was once labeled the most deprived neighborhood in England. But a series of renovation projects has followed and local leaders now complain that the old photo is misleading because the neighborhood has been greatly improved as roads have been paved and infrastructure renovated.

President Donald Trump did not act like a man about to be honored by the queen — until he came face to face with the 92-year-old British monarch Monday afternoon. For three hours between his morning arrival at Stanstead Airport and a formal welcoming ceremony just after noon, Trump set a cantankerous tone for his five-day European trip, tweeting out a series of attacks and complaints.

President Donald Trump did not act like a man about to be honored by the queen — until he came face to face with the 93-year-old British monarch Monday afternoon. For three hours between his morning arrival at Stanstead Airport and a formal welcoming ceremony just after noon, Trump set a cantankerous tone for his five-day European trip, tweeting out a series of attacks and complaints. In a city and country where he is already deeply unpopular, the president at times personified a familiar stereotype: the rude American abroad. Trump was, by contrast, gracious in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, whom he praised as the embodiment of “duty and patriotism.”

A court in the Netherlands convicted 34 people Friday for blocking a highway to prevent anti-racism demonstrators from protesting at a festive parade featuring the Dutch version of Santa Claus — and his helpers, called Black Petes. Black Pete is often played by white people with their faces daubed in dark makeup.

Nenette, one of the world's oldest Borneo orangutans in captivity, has celebrated her 50th birthday at a zoo in Paris, where she has lived almost all her life. Birthday cake, wrapped boxes and visitors singing "Happy Birthday" were part of the party held Sunday for Nenette at Menagerie, a zoo in the Jardin des Plantes gardens.

The chief executive of Airbus warned Thursday that the aviation giant could move its U.K. operations out of Britain if the country leaves the European Union without a deal on trade relations, in one of the starkest assessments yet of the economic impact of a "no-deal" Brexit. "Please don't listen to the Brexiteers' madness which asserts that, because we have huge plants here, we will not move and we will always be here," the CEO said. "They are wrong."

In an attempt to secure a Brexit deal, Prime Minister Theresa May has told the British House of Commons that she will be looking for alternative solutions to the thorny economic problem of the border between the U.K.'s Northern Ireland and Ireland, which will remain an EU member. The opposing Labour Party, however, has said she's in denial — and the EU has said it won't renegotiate.