Portrait of the week: Britain leaves the EU, coronavirus evacuations and a great day for Trump

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The United Kingdom quietly left the European Union at 11 p.m. GMT on 31 January. Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said in a speech about trade negotiations: ‘We have made our choice — we want a free trade agreement, similar to Canada’s but in the very unlikely event that we do not succeed, then our trade will have to be based on our existing withdrawal agreement with the EU.’ Britain would also pursue trade deals with other countries. The government brought forward from 2040 to 2035 a ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars. David Cameron, the former prime minister, declined an offer from Boris Johnson to head the UN climate change summit in Glasgow in November. A passenger found a gun belonging to Mr Cameron’s close protection officer in the lavatory of an aeroplane from New York. ‘In a hole the size of HS2, the only thing to do is keep digging,’ Mr Johnson told the audience of the Sky Kids’ show FYI.