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Supporters hold a photo of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a vigil in London in 2017. Iran released Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in 2016, and Anousheh Ashouri, a businessman, on Wednesday.

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Iran releases 2 British Iranian citizens from prison

3:08pm March 16, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker, and Anousheh Ashouri, a businessman, have now left the country. A third prisoner was released on furlough. Other foreigners remain imprisoned in Iran.

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U.K. Conservatives may oust Boris Johnson — here's how they can do that

4:24am January 20, 2022

by The Associated Press

If Johnson does not heed calls to resign — and he insists he won't — he could be toppled through a no-confidence vote.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing St. in London on Wednesday. Speculation over a vote of no confidence in his leadership mounts.

Britain's Johnson faces growing calls to quit after throwing parties during lockdown

12:41pm January 19, 2022

by Scott Neuman

The prime minister has admitted to throwing "bring your own booze" parties at his official residence in London while ordinary Britons were told to stay away from unnecessary gatherings.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits a hospital in North on Tuesday.

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Boris Johnson again says BYOB party he attended during lockdown was a work event

11:15am January 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The British prime minister denied misleading Parliament about lockdown-breaching parties, as senior government ministers said he would have to resign if he is proven to have lied.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in London on Wednesday.

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Boris Johnson's office apologizes for a party held before Prince Philip's funeral

11:31am January 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Farewell parties for the prime minister's departing communications chief and another staffer, complete with late-night drinking and dancing, took place the night before the royal funeral last April.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, sits in a car as he leaves Parliament after attending the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in London, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

U.K. ministers are closing ranks around Boris Johnson amid calls for his resignation

6:13am January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of the prime minister's Downing Street office and residence in May 2020.

A protester holds a sign outside of Parliament in London after the weekly Prime Minister's Questions session, in which Boris Johnson said he joined staff for an outdoor party at 10 Downing Street in May 2020.

Boris Johnson apologizes for a BYOB party held as the U.K. was in COVID lockdown

4:21pm January 12, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer called Prime Minister Boris Johnson's apology worthless, adding that his defense is that "he didn't realize he was at a party."

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference at the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday.

The U.K. considers its 1st new coal mine in decades even as it calls to phase out coal

8:06am November 04, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

A town in northern England wants to open a coking coal mine to create jobs. But while hosting the U.N. climate summit, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging countries to slash greenhouse gases.

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President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met in Cornwall, Britain, ahead of the G-7 summit in June.

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Boris Johnson Aims To Tighten U.S. Ties In A Visit That Follows A Contentious Month

12:33pm September 21, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

A few weeks ago, Britain was furious with the U.S. over the Afghanistan pullout. In his Tuesday White House visit, Johnson hopes to build momentum ahead of November's U.N. climate summit in Glasgow.

People dance at Egg London nightclub early Monday in the British capital.

England Has Lifted Most Of Its COVID-19 Restrictions, Even As U.K. Cases Are Up 41%

1:53pm July 19, 2021

by Laurel Wamsley

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in self-isolation following close contact with the UK health secretary, who announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Cases in the U.K. are rising fast.