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Starmer faces down a revolt over welfare reform after a troubled first year in office

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks a year in office this week, facing challenges from within his party and the public
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with trainee pilots during a visit to RAF Valley, Anglesey, north Wales, Friday June 27, 2025. (Paul Currie/Pool via AP)
June 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM

UK police probe Bob Vylan festival chants against Israeli military; US revokes visas

British police have launched a criminal investigation into a performance by rap-punk duo Bob Vylan at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday, when the group led chants of “death to the IDF,” or Israel Defense Forces
June 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Bob Vylan performs on the West Holts Stage, during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
June 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM

Man, 92, convicted of murder in the UK’s longest-running cold case

A 92-year-old man has been convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 1967, solving the UK’s longest-running cold case
June 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
FILE - This court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook shows 92-year-old Ryland Headley appearing via video link at Bristol Magistrates' Court, Nov. 20, 2024. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP, file)
June 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM

UK police reviewing rapper's anti-Israel comments at Glastonbury Festival

British police are reviewing videos from the Glastonbury Festival after rapper Bobby Vylan of Bob Vylan led chants of “death to the IDF” or Israel Defense Forces and “free Palestine” on Saturday
June 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Naoise O Caireallain, left, and Liam Og of the hip hop trio Kneecap perform during the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
June 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM

UK leader Starmer waters down planned welfare cuts after revolt in his Labour Party

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has given way to political pressure and watered down planned welfare reforms to avert defeat by his own party’s lawmakers
June 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at The British Chambers of Commerce Global Annual Conference, in London, Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Eddie Mulholland/Pool Photo via AP)
June 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM

Ex-Barclays boss loses legal challenge over ban from UK finance roles

Former CEO of Barclays Bank Jes Staley has lost his legal challenge against a U.K. financial regulator's decision to ban him from senior financial roles
June 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
FILE - Barclays CEO Jes Staley participates in the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit at Union West on Oct. 10, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM

Double-decker bus carrying students plunges into English river

A double-decker bus carrying high school students has plunged into a river in England
June 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
June 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM

Man who killed London schoolboy with samurai sword is convicted of murder

A man armed with a samurai sword who killed a teenager on his way to school and injured five other people during what the prosecution said was a psychotic episode triggered by drug use has been convicted of murder
June 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This court artist sketch shows Marcus Arduini Monzo appearing at the Old Bailey. The man armed with a samurai sword who killed a London teenager on his way to school and injured five other people during what the prosecution said was a psychotic episode triggered by drug use was convicted of murder on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)
June 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM

UK says it will buy F-35 jets capable of carrying nuclear bombs

The U.K. says it will buy 12 U.S.-made F35 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear bombs and join NATO’s shared airborne nuclear mission
June 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, arrives for the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
June 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM

UK antitrust watchdog says Google may have to offer rival search options

The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog says Google could be forced to let British users choose whether to use rival search services, as it proposes using new digital regulations to boost competition
June 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
FILE - A sign is displayed on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
June 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM

London's secret wartime tunnels set to draw tourists with spy museum and bar

A long-secret network of tunnels 100 feet below the streets of London could be the city’s next big tourist destination
June 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Skittles left in one of the tunnels are seen during a press tour in London, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
June 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM

Madeleine McCann suspect could be freed from prison early after donor pays fine

An outstanding fine against the main suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in Portugal has been paid off, according to German prosecutors
June 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Portuguese and German police investigating the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann carry out searches near Lagos, southern Portugal, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Joao Matos)
June 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM

UK lawmakers to vote on allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives

U.K. lawmakers have backed a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law
June 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
FILE -Banners are held by pro-assisted dying campaigners as they gather outside Parliament ahead of Fridays report stage in the Commons on The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill which is expected to see MPs vote on further amendments, in Westminster in London, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
June 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM

Health officials issue warnings as UK bakes in the first heat wave of 2025

British health officials are warning people across the country to take precautions when out in the sun as the U.K. has its first heat wave of the year
June 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
People enjoy the hot weather at Cullercoats Beach in North Shields, England, Friday, June 20, 2025. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM

Pro-Palestinian activists say they damaged planes on a UK air force base

British police say they are searching for suspects after pro-Palestinian activists claimed to have broken into a Royal Air Force Base and damaged two planes with red paint
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
FILE - A British Royal Airforce Voyager aircraft carrying members of the British armed forces 16 Air Assault Brigade arrives at Brize Norton, England, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
June 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM

Singer Chris Brown pleads not guilty in London assault case

Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown has pleaded not guilty to a charge related to the serious beating of a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023
June 20, 2025 at 9:37 AM
R&B singer Chris Brown arrives at Southwark Crown Court to attend a plea hearing in London, Friday, June 20, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
June 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM

UK's central bank set to keep interest rates on hold amid Middle East uncertainties

The Bank of England is set to keep interest rates on hold as fears grow that the conflict between Israel and Iran will escalate to involve the United States and send oil prices soaring and push U.K. inflation further above target
June 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
FILE - A general view of the Bank of England in the City of London, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
June 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Family of British teen killed in crash involving US driver receive police apology

A British police force has apologized to the family of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn who was killed by a U.S. government employee driving on the wrong side of the road
June 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
FILE - Bruce Charles, stepfather of Harry Dunn, left, Charlotte Charles, mother, and Tim Dunn, second right, the father and Tracey Dunn, stepmother, speak to the media outside the Old Bailey, in London, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, file)
June 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM

UK inflation eases by less than anticipated ahead of Bank of England rate decision

Inflation in the U.K. dropped modestly in May as a drop in air fares and transport costs were largely offset by rising food prices, particularly chocolate
June 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
FILE - A woman walks past a shop offering a clearance sale in Richmond southwest London, Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM

UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid increasing prosecution concern

British lawmakers have voted to decriminalize abortion after a lawmaker argued it was cruel to prosecute women for ending a pregnancy
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
FILE - A Union flag is displayed outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Thursday, May 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
June 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM

Man chased across tarmac at Heathrow airport

Eyewitness footage shows a man being chased around the tarmac at London's Heathrow airport near active runways
June 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
VIDEO: Man chased across tarmac at Heathrow airport
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM

Americans seek UK move in 'record' numbers, London mayor says in 'nationalism' rebuke

Students shut out of U.S. universities by President Donald Trump's administration should instead come to the U.K., London Mayor Sadiq Khan told an event on Monday.
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks in London, UK, on June 8, 2025.
June 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM

High-speed chase through London as police chase thief

Police in London used a helicopter to guide motorcycle officers as they pursued a suspected phone thief.
June 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
VIDEO:  High-speed chase through London as police chase thief
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Liverpool driver who rammed through parade allegedly followed ambulance into crowd

A 53-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder, reckless driving and being unfit to operate a vehicle after ramming into a crowd in Liverpool.
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Police and emergency personnel deal with an incident near the Liver Building during the Premier League winners parade, in Liverpool, England, Monday May 26, 2025.
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Driver in Liverpool parade ramming arrested for attempted murder

A 53-year-old man was arrested for attempted murder, reckless driving and being unfit to operate a vehicle after ramming into a crowd in Liverpool. ABC News’ Ian Pannell reports.
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VIDEO: Driver in Liverpool parade ramming arrested for attempted murder
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Liverpool car ramming leaves over 40 injured, including children: Officials

The vehicle collided with "a number of pedestrians on Water Street" just after 6 p.m. local time on Monday, police said.
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Police and emergency personnel deal with an incident near the Liver Building during the Premier League winners parade, in Liverpool, England, Monday May 26, 2025.
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Chris Brown released from UK jail on $6.7 million bail

Singer Chris Brown has been released from a jail in the U.K. after he was arrested and taken into custody last week.
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Chris Brown live show at FNB Stadium on December 14, 2024 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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$27 copy of Magna Carta turns out to be the real thing

An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered in the archives at Harvard University.
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This photo provided by Harvard Law School shows a rare copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 sits in a display case on April 15, 2025, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.
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Chris Brown in custody until June following UK arrest

Singer Chris Brown was arrested Thursday in connection with an assault charge from 2023 in London.
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Chris Brown performs during the Tycoon Music Festival, April 19, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Trump trade deal with UK ‘not really a deal’: Economics professor

Columbia Business School economics professor Brett House says President Donald Trump “totally misunderstands trade relationships with the U.S. and the rest of the world.”
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VIDEO: Trump trade deal with UK ‘not really a deal’: Economics professor
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Trump announces trade deal with UK

President Donald Trump said the deal is “so good for both countries.”
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VIDEO: Trump announces trade deal with UK
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View from cockpit as Red Arrows fly over London

Britain's Red Arrows released footage of their flypast over London, part of the celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.
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VIDEO: View from cockpit as Red Arrows fly over London
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Russell Brand posts bail on rape and sexual assault charges

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has arrived at a London court to face rape and sexual assault charges on Friday morning.
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British actor and comedian Russell Brand, who has been charged with rape and multiple counts of sex assault appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court, in London, Britain, May 2, 2025.
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UK's top court says definition of a woman based on biological sex

Jane Fae, chair of Trans Media Watch, reacts to the U.K. Supreme Court ruling that the U.K. equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female.
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VIDEO: UK's top court says definition of a woman based on biological sex
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UK Supreme Court: Equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that the equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female.
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VIDEO: UK Supreme Court: Equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female
3 months ago

Prince Harry's 'life is at stake' in bid for UK security protection, lawyer says

Harry attended the court hearing without his wife, Meghan Markle.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, April 9, 2025, in London.
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Netflix's 'Adolescence' to be made available to UK secondary schools

The show, which premiered on Netflix in March, is a gripping four-part drama series from the U.K. that explores the loss of adolescence and the complexities of youth.
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The show, which premiered on Netflix in March, is a gripping four-part drama series from the U.K. that explores the loss of adolescence and the complexities of youth.
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London's Heathrow Airport 'fully operational' after fire causes travel chaos

The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband announced Saturday that he is ordering an investigation into the substation fire.
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A passenger plane makes its landing approach to Heathrow International Airport, a day after a fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power at the airport, near London, Britain, March 22, 2025.
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Flights resume at London's Heathrow Airport after massive fire

The airport is now fully operational after the fire started at an electrical substation.
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VIDEO: Flights resume at London's Heathrow Airport after massive fire
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Travelers deal with nightmare following power loss at London’s Heathrow Airport

ABC News’ Phil Lipof spoke with The Points Guy managing editor Clint Henderson about the impact of flights diverted from Heathrow after a substation fire caused a blackout that shut down the airport.
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VIDEO: Travelers deal with nightmare following power loss at London’s Heathrow Airport
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Passengers warned of delays as flights set to resume at London's Heathrow Airport

A fire at an electrical substation near London's Heathrow Airport temporarily closed one of the world's busiest airports.
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Firefighters extinguish the fire at the North Hyde electrical substation, which caught fire Thursday night and lead to a closure of Heathrow Airport in London, Friday, March 21, 2025.
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London Heathrow closed due to fire, power outage

A fire at an electrical substation near the airport has closed the transportation hub through at least Friday night causing major flight disruptions.
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VIDEO: London Heathrow closed due to fire, power outage
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Kate Middleton steps out for St. Patrick's Day tradition

Kate attended the Irish Guards' annual St. Patrick's Day parade.
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Catherine, Princess of Wales during the 2025 Irish Guards' St. Patrick's Day Parade at Wellington Barracks on March 17, 2025 in London, England.
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Protester scales Big Ben with Palestinian flag

A man carrying a Palestinian flag climbed up the tower that houses Big Ben, remaining there for hours in a standoff with police.
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VIDEO: Protester scales Big Ben with Palestinian flag
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Trump trusts Putin to 'keep his word' and more takeaways from Starmer meet on Ukraine

President Trump hosted United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday for discussions focused on the Russia-Ukraine war.
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 27, 2025.
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Trump hosts UK's Keir Starmer for Ukraine talks

President Trump is hosting United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday for discussions focused on the Russia-Ukraine war.
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President Trump is hosting United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Thursday for discussions focused on the Russia-Ukraine war.
4 months ago

Massive sinkhole appears in English village

A large sinkhole appeared on a street in a village near London. Police evacuated nearby buildings and advised people to avoid the area due to concerns of a possible explosion.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Massive sinkhole appears in English village
5 months ago

Over 160 unexploded bombs from World War II found under children's playground

Over 160 unexploded practice bombs dating all the way back to World War II have been discovered underneath a children’s playground in the United Kingdom, officials said.
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Storm Eowyn slamming Ireland and UK is 'a likely danger to life,' officials say

Storm Éowyn is expected to hit parts of the U.K. and Ireland, according to the United Kingdom’s national weather and climate service.
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Storm approaching Ireland and UK is 'likely a danger to life'
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Teen sentenced to 52 years for deadly stabbing at Taylor Swift-themed event

Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced to 52 years in prison for fatally stabbing three girls at a children's Taylor Swift-themed event in the United Kingdom last year.
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Emergency services near the scene in Hart Street, Southport, England, of a knife attack, July 29, 2024.