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News Articles: United Kingdom

A U.S. scientist has stirred the pot with Britain by offering some controversial advice about tea.

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  • Europe

A U.S. scientist's tea recipe has Brits aghast. Salt? Warm milk? The horror!

Some 250 years after Americans ruined a lot of British tea in Boston Harbor, a U.S. chemist's salty tip for the perfect cup has prompted an intervention from the U.S. Embassy in London.

January 25, 2024
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  • Lauren Frayer
Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William travel in a coach following the coronation ceremony of Britain's King Charles III in London, on May 6, 2023. The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized for planned abdominal surgery and will remain at The London Clinic for up to two weeks, Kensington Palace said Wednesday.

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  • Europe

Princess of Wales has abdominal surgery; King Charles to undergo prostate procedure

Soon after news of Kate's hospitalization was released, Buckingham Palace revealed that King Charles III would undergo a "corrective procedure" next week for an enlarged prostate.

January 17, 2024
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  • James Hider
A man sells phone cables in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec. 11.

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  • Latin America

Venezuela plans military exercises in Caribbean as a British warship heads to Guyana

Venezuela and Guyana are currently involved in a border dispute over a sparsely populated region the size of Florida with vast oil deposits off its shores.

December 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Protesters stand outside the Supreme Court in London on Wednesday.

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  • World

The U.K. Supreme Court has struck down a plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

In a major defeat for the British prime minister, the Supreme Court has ruled the government's migrant plan is unlawful and would put asylum-seekers at risk of deportation back home.

November 15, 2023
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
A photo included in the U.K.'s Air Accidents Investigations Branch special bulletin shows the location of one damaged and two missing window panes on an Airbus A321.

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  • World

Crew aboard a U.S.-bound plane discovered a missing window pane at 13,000 feet

Passengers said the cabin seemed "noisier and colder than they were used to." That's when a crew member noticed a window seal flapping at the back of the aircraft.

November 10, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Paul Crawford holds a photograph of his mother and father at his home in Glenavy. His father John Crawford was shot dead in 1974 in front of the West Belfast furniture factory he ran.

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  • World

Britain bans prosecution of past Catholic and Protestant killings in Northern Ireland

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters deem it reconciliation. Victims see denial of justice.

November 03, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer
People believed to be migrants walk in Dungeness, a headland on the coast of England, on Aug. 16.

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  • News

U.K. Supreme Court to weigh legality of plan to deport migrants to Rwanda

To discourage migrants, the U.K. wants to deport to Rwanda some who arrive by boat without a visa. Human rights groups have sued, and the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Oct. 9.

October 07, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Writtle University College, an agricultural college in Writtle, United Kingdom, a day after making his announcement about changes to Britain's climate policies.

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  • World

Rishi Sunak defends U.K. climate policy U-turn amid international criticism

The British prime minister watered down key climate policies, and critics including Al Gore are slamming the changes. Analysts say with elections coming up next year, the pivot is politically driven.

September 22, 2023
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Daniel Abed Khalife was reported to police after escaping from London's Wandsworth Prison on Wednesday morning.

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  • World

Manhunt is underway for U.K. terror suspect who escaped prison strapped under a truck

Authorities found straps dangling from a truck that left a prison kitchen early Wednesday. The suspect, last seen wearing a chef's uniform, is an ex-soldier accused of planting fake bombs and spying.

September 07, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer
A pint of beer is poured at Pressure Drop Brewery, in north London, in 2022.

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  • World

Beer in Britain's pubs just got cheaper, thanks to changes in the alcohol tax

The U.K. has lowered taxes on draft beers in pubs, in what it's calling its biggest shakeup to alcohol tax in a century. But taxes on other alcoholic beverages are rising, so not everyone is cheering.

August 11, 2023
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, and newly elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell, center right, speak at the Rumbling Tum cafe in Uxbridge, after Tuckwell won the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, west London, Friday July 21, 2023.

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  • Europe

British PM Rishi Sunak suffers 2 big defeats in U.K. special elections

The results of the British special elections, if replicated at a likely general election next year, would certainly see Labour emerge as the biggest single party.

July 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lt. Frank J. Crawford of Detroit, Michigan, as the Regimental plans and training officer, is giving his men instructions in combat maneuvers.

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  • World

This WWII battle wasn't against Nazis. It was between Black and white GIs in England

It's the 80th anniversary of a little-known battle — by Black U.S. soldiers against segregation in the military. They were convicted of mutiny. Villagers in England want them exonerated.

June 21, 2023
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  • Lauren Frayer and
  • Fatima Al-Kassab
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is shown leaving 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 25, 2022.

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  • Europe

Inquiry finds Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over 'partygate'

A U.K. parliamentary committee says the former PM's lies over COVID rule breaches were "unprecedented," and recommends he be denied a pass to ever enter the parliament building again.

June 15, 2023
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  • Fatima Al-Kassab and
  • Lauren Frayer
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a tour after a meeting with Gov. Greg Abbott at the Texas State Capitol on May 23, 2023 in Austin. Johnson announced Friday that he's stepping down from his seat in Parliament.

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  • Europe

Boris Johnson resigns from Parliament, citing an upcoming report on his behavior as PM

The flamboyant and populist former U.K. prime minister quit his parliamentary seat. He called the panel examining whether he lied to fellow lawmakers about COVID social gatherings a "kangaroo court."

June 10, 2023
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  • Willem Marx
Boris Johnson leaves his home in London on March 22. The former prime minister shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament.

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  • Europe

Boris Johnson quits Parliament after learning he will be sanctioned over 'partygate'

The former prime minister quit as a lawmaker after receiving the results of an investigation over misleading statements he made to Parliament about a series of government parties during the pandemic.

June 09, 2023
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