Tuesday was supposed to be the day that Britain’s battle over Brexit was resolved. Continue reading →
{FD} Leading Brexit supporters deny plot to topple Theresa May
Leading Brexit-supporting lawmakers insisted Wednesday that they aren’t about to topple Prime Minister Theresa May, despite strong opposition to her plan for taking Britain out of the European Union. Continue reading →
{FD} Britain charges 2 Russians over Novichok poisoning
British officials announced Wednesday that they have charged two Russian men with the nerve agent poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury — though they held out little hope of being able to bring them … Continue reading →
{FD} Britons sent abroad as children sue government over abuse
Britons who were sent overseas as poor or orphaned children under state-approved programs in the decades after World War II are suing the British government over the abuse and neglect they suffered, their lawyer said Wednesday. Continue reading →
{FD} Protests planned as N Ireland matches no-government record
Protesters demanded Northern Ireland’s feuding political parties get back to governing, as the region matched a world record Tuesday for the longest peacetime period without a government. Continue reading →
{FD} UK apologizes to deported, detained residents from Caribbean
The British government apologized Tuesday to 18 long-term U.K. residents from the Caribbean who were deported or detained because they could not produce documents to prove their right to live in the country. Continue reading →
{FD} 9-year-old chess prodigy wins fight to stay in Britain
A 9-year-old India-born chess prodigy whose fight to stay in Britain drew international attention can remain in the country, the U.K. government said Friday. Continue reading →
{FD} UK politician Boris Johnson draws ire with burqa comments
The chairman of Britain’s governing Conservative Party told former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to say sorry Tuesday for a newspaper column in which he wrote that burqa-wearing women looked like “letter boxes” and bank robbers. Continue reading →
{FD} Regret, relief at departure of Boris Johnson as top UK envoy
Diplomats and politicians around the world were bidding a not-always fond farewell Tuesday to Boris Johnson after the foreign secretary’s bombshell resignation. Continue reading →
{FD} NATO head: No guarantee trans-Atlantic alliance will survive
The bonds between Europe and North America are under strain and there’s no guarantee the trans-Atlantic partnership will survive, the head of NATO warned Thursday. Continue reading →
{FD} Groundhog Day for May as UK Brexit bill faces new challenge
The British government faced another knife-edge vote in Parliament on its flagship Brexit legislation Wednesday, as pro-EU lawmakers tried to wrest more control over the country’s departure from the European Union. Continue reading →
{FD} Survivors and victims’ families gather on one year anniversary of London’s Grenfell Tower tragedy
In the shadow of London’s Grenfell Tower, the pain is as fresh as the newly laid flowers for the dead. Continue reading →
{FD} A year on, horrific Grenfell Tower fire haunts Britain
In the shadow of London’s Grenfell Tower, the pain is as fresh as the newly laid flowers for the dead. Continue reading →
{FD} A dream of uniting UK soccer fans swerves to the far right
John Meighan had a dream. Continue reading →
{FD} UK remembers London Bridge attack victims on 1st anniversary
Britain’s resolve to “stand firm” against terrorism is stronger than ever, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, a year since a deadly vehicle-and-knife attack on London Bridge. Continue reading →
{FD} Journalist joins ranks of stranger-than-fiction faked deaths
In a twist straight out of a spy thriller, Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko showed up at a news conference in Kiev on Wednesday — a day after he was reportedly shot dead in the Ukrainian capital. Continue reading →
{FD} Yulia Skripal says nerve agent recovery slow and painful
Yulia Skripal, who was poisoned with her ex-spy father in a nerve agent attack, said Wednesday that they’re lucky to be alive and recovery has been slow and painful, in her first public statement since the poisoning. Continue reading →
{FD} UK’s May says Syria chemical weapons can’t go unchallenged
Prime Minister Theresa May moved closer Wednesday to committing Britain to military action against Syria, saying “all the indications” are that President Bashar Assad’s forces were behind a chemical weapons attack in Douma. Continue reading →
{FD} Sanctions, cyberattack among possible UK moves on Russia
Britain has given Moscow until midnight Tuesday to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent came to poison a former spy in Britain. Continue reading →
{FD} Rare but deadly nerve agents have been used in war, terror
An ex-Russian spy and his daughter lie in critical condition in a British hospital — poisoned, authorities say, with a nerve agent in a targeted murder attempt. Continue reading →
