Royal Mail workers’ union to strike in the run-up to Christmas
Britain’s Royal Mail said on Tuesday that members of its largest labour union, the Communication Workers Union (CWU), will strike in November and December in the run up to ...
UK breaching Brexit agreement on EU citizens’ rights, London court told
The British government is breaching the withdrawal agreement with the European Union by requiring EU citizens to reapply for the right to live and work in the United Kingdom, an ...
UK counter-terrorism police lead probe into Dover bomb incident
Britain’s counter-terrorism police are now leading the investigation into an incident in which petrol bombs were thrown at an immigration centre in the southern English port of Dover, police ...
UK interior minister denounced for asylum seeker ‘invasion’ comments
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman faced heavy criticism on Tuesday for describing the arrival of asylum seekers as an invasion, with lawmakers across the political spectrum warning of the risk ...
UK home secretary complains of asylum seeker ‘invasion’
British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the country faces an “invasion” from people travelling in small boats crossing the English Channel as she fought back against mounting pressure over her ...
Did Russia hack Truss’s phone? Kremlin dismisses media reports
The Kremlin on Monday dismissed a British media report that Liz Truss’s mobile telephone was hacked by Russian agents.
The Daily Mail reported on Saturday that Russian spies gained ...
U.N. chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into Black Sea grain deal
The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia’...
Busking Brit crosses Iraq on his way to COP27 without flying
With a violin on his back and maps in his bag, Dan Hodd left Spain a month ago and was cycling through busy Baghdad as he heads to the COP27 ...
Russia says it recovers drones used in Black Sea fleet attack in Crimea
Russia’s defence ministry on Sunday said it had recovered and analysed the wreckage of drones used to attack ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Crimea the day ...
Man attacks UK border force centre, kills himself (Update)
A man threw petrol bombs attached with fireworks at a centre for processing migrants in the southern English port of Dover on Sunday and then killed himself, a Reuters photographer ...
Britain proposes regulation of all cryptoassets
Britain would have the power to regulate all cryptoassets under a proposal the UK financial services minister has added to a draft law before parliament that will almost certainly pass.
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UK to call Northern Ireland election within next 12 weeks
The British government on Friday promised to call a fresh election to Northern Ireland’s devolved parliament within the next 12 weeks in a bid to break a political stalemate that ...
France’s Macron agreed with new British PM Sunak to deepen ties
French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s new prime minister Rishi Sunak discussed the issue of clandestine migration across the English Channel in their first telephone conversation since Sunak took ...
New British PM Sunak will not attend COP27 climate summit
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend the COP27 climate summit that begins in Egypt next month, his office said on Thursday, with other senior ministers going instead to ...
PM Sunak gathers cabinet to begin ‘hard work’ of fixing economy
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will gather his newly appointed cabinet for the first time on Wednesday, a day after taking power with a promise to fix the mistakes of ...
British pound fiasco boosts bitcoin’s hedge appeal
As a developed nation, you know your currency’s in a spot of bother when investors start to hedge with bitcoin.
After Britain’s brief Prime Minister Liz Truss unleashed ...
New PM Rishi Sunak pledges to fix Britain’s many problems
Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday he was not daunted by the scale of the challenge as he became Britain’s third prime minister in two months, pledging to restore trust, ...
Outgoing UK PM Truss: Brighter days lie ahead
Outgoing British Prime Minister Liz Truss said the country faced “brighter days” as she made her final speech as leader outside her Downing Street office on Tuesday.
“Our country continues ...
Sunak faces daunting task as he becomes UK prime minister
Rishi Sunak will face one of the greatest challenges of any new leader when he becomes British prime minister on Tuesday, needing to tackle a mounting economic crisis, a warring ...
Germany ready for regular infrastructure protection drills in Estonia
Germany is ready to continue practice drills on protection of critical infrastructure in Estonia, the German military said on Monday, as a first such exercise dubbed “Baltic Tiger” was about ...
Diwali delight for Indians as Rishi Sunak set to become UK PM
Many Indians are delighted at the prospect of Rishi Sunak becoming the first person of Indian origin to become British prime minister, just as Hindus like him celebrated Diwali across ...
Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s next PM after months of turmoil (Updated)
Rishi Sunak will become Britain’s first prime minister of colour on Tuesday after he won the race to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country ...
UK and EU must work together, bloc’s chairman tells new PM Sunak
The European Union and Britain need to work together to face shared challenges, the bloc’s chairman said on Monday after Rishi Sunak became Britain’s new prime minister.
Britain ...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: who is he and how did he end up with the top job in British politics?
By Victoria Honeyman
THE CONVERSATION – When Rishi Sunak lost to Liz Truss in the first Conservative Party leadership race of 2022, few were surprised. Many of the people given the chance ...