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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sits for an interview with NPR on Wednesday.

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U.S. Ambassador Huckabee is 'outraged' at European leaders for condemning Israel

In an interview with NPR, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said the U.K., Canada and France were "blaming the wrong perpetrator," and that Hamas is responsible for the suffering in Gaza.

May 21, 2025
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a news conference, ahead of the publication of the government's immigration policy paper, in London, Monday.

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  • Europe

With immigration limits, the U.K. vows to end a 'failed experiment in open borders'

Taking a page from President Trump's playbook, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced visa restrictions, using language his critics said was dangerous.

May 12, 2025
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
A general view of Harrods store in Knightsbridge, central London

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  • Europe

Harrods, iconic department store, latest British retailer hit by cyberattack

Harrods latest U.K.retailer to be hit by cyberattack, raising concerns over the vulnerability of high-end businesses to online security breaches.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Rosman
British forces charge crowds during bread riots in Manchester, England, in 1819. The event became known as the Peterloo Massacre, when troops were ordered to disperse the crowds.

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  • Europe

One city prides itself as the cradle of the working class. Here's why

As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace of the very concept of the working class.

April 19, 2025
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By:
  • Fatima Al-Kassab and
  • Lauren Frayer
Have you seen this toilet?

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  • Strange News

UK court finds men who stole $6 million gold toilet guilty

The artwork, titled, America, was stolen from the palace where Winston Churchill was born.

March 20, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
The remains of an ice skating facility destroyed after strong winds tore the structure apart are pictured in Blanchardstown, Ireland, Friday, Jan.24, 2025, as Storm Eowyn hit the island.

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  • World

Ireland and UK clean up after storm brings record winds and damage

Work was underway to remove hundreds of trees blocking roads and railway lines in the wake of the system, named Storm Éowyn by weather authorities.

January 25, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Journalists for the British newspapers <em>The Guardian</em> and <em>The Observer</em> voted to strike for several days this week and next to protest the planned sale of the <em>Observer</em>, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.

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  • Media

Nearly 500 journalists walk out at 'The Guardian' and its sister paper

Nearly 500 journalists have walked out of the Guardian and its sister paper, the Observer, to protest what they see as a betrayal of the paper's values: the planned sale of the Observer to a startup.

December 04, 2024
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  • David Folkenflik
Britain's Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch speaks after being elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, in London, on Saturday.

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  • Europe

U.K. Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as their party's new leader

The party elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing defeat that ended 14 years in power. She is the first Black woman to lead a major British political party.

November 02, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Lee Hsien Yang (right) receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore, March 24, 2015.

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  • Asia

The son of Singapore's founder says he has been granted political asylum in the U.K.

Lee Hsien Yang, the brother of Singapore's former prime minister, said he is a "political refugee" after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.

October 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A collage of photos taken this past week of statues of actor Gene Kelly (from left), former Arsenal player Thierry Henry, and British civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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  • World

U.K. dads are wrapping baby slings on male statues to push for more paternity leave

The purpose is to raise awareness on the U.K.'s low paternity leave benefits, which currently stand at two weeks of paid time off for new fathers.

September 21, 2024
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
An Israeli soldier walks on a tank near the border of the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Aug. 21.

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  • Middle East

5 things to know about the U.K.’s suspension of some arms exports to Israel

The U.K. exports explosive devices, guns and fighter jet components to Israel. But it's suspending some arms shipments, fearing Israel could used them in violation of international law.

September 03, 2024
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By:
  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
People gather to look at an artwork by street artist Banksy depicting two pelicans catching fish, painted on top of a fish-and-chips shop in Walthamstow, northeast London, on Aug. 9.

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  • World

Banksy's back with surprise daily street art of animals across London

Banksy has been unveiling stencils and installations depicting animals at different spots around the city every day for more than a week, leaving fans and art critics guessing as to their meaning.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, shown here with his wife Sarah in 2023, says Rupert Murdoch's U.K. tabloids hacked into his voicemails and documents to learn private information about him and his family. A 2011 police memo shows Washington Post CEO Will Lewis, then working for Murdoch, cited a security threat involving Brown as a reason to delete company emails.

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  • Media

Former U.K. Prime Minister says Bezos should reconsider 'Washington Post' publisher

Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Washington Post CEO Will Lewis told police a "clearly fabricated" account in 2011 to justify destroying emails amid a scandal. Lewis denies wrongdoing.

August 02, 2024
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Scotland Yard is reviewing allegations against the Washington Post's publisher and CEO, Will Lewis, shown here at a conference in 2017. The preliminary inquiry centers on Lewis' actions while an executive for Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company.

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  • Media

U.K. police reviewing accusations against 'Washington Post' publisher

British police are reviewing allegations that Washington Post CEO Will Lewis obstructed justice when he worked for media mogul Rupert Murdoch in the U.K. 13 years ago.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Will Lewis, pictured here in the <em>Washington Post</em> newsroom, was a top executive for Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids 13 years ago.

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  • Media

Washington Post CEO accused in court of deceiving police about U.K. hacking scandal

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis was accused in a London courtroom Monday of deceiving police who were investigating Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids when they were embroiled in a major scandal.

July 30, 2024
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