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British nurses picket outside St. Thomas' Hospital in London on Thursday. The nurses' union is asking for a 19% pay raise. Nurses, as well as postal workers, rail workers and some airport immigration officers, are staging walkouts over the holiday season. They are asking for pay increases as the U.K. faces nearly 11% inflation.

Britain is seeing a wave of strikes as nurses, postal workers and others walk out

5:02am December 20, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Nurses, postal workers and railway employees are all walking out this month in the U.K.'s largest series of labor actions in more than a decade. It's a major challenge to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

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A pilot gestures from the grounded EC-LZO Boeing 767 flight, initially meant to deport Rwandan asylum-seekers, at Boscombe Down Air Base in Boscombe Down, England, on June 14. The flight taking asylum-seekers from the U.K. to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute, after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights.

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U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

7:26am December 19, 2022

by Willem Marx

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

The Royal Mint Court office complex, bought by the Chinese government for 255 million pounds ($311 million) in May 2018, in London, on Friday. China's controversial plan to build a new embassy on the site near the Tower of London was rejected in a Tower Hamlets council meeting on Thursday.

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London says no to a big Chinese Embassy, in a blow to Beijing ties

3:02pm December 02, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Local officials in London rejected plans for a massive, new Chinese Embassy, a bitter setback for China's government that once promised a "golden age" for its British relations.

Queen Elizabeth II attends the Out-Sourcing Inc. Royal Windsor Cup polo match and a carriage driving display by the British Driving Society at Guards Polo Club, Smith's Lawn on July 11, 2021 in Egham, England.

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Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch who brought stability to a changing nation

7:59pm September 08, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

The queen served as the United Kingdom's monarch since 1952. Her reign spanned a remarkable arc in British history and was defined by duty to country — and considerable family pain.

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, along with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace as part of the Trooping the Color parade during the queen's Platinum Jubilee celebr

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Photos: Britain celebrates Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee

4:23pm June 02, 2022

Huge crowds converged on central London on Thursday for the start of four days of public events to mark the queen's history-making 70 years on the throne.

A screen in London's Piccadilly Circus displays a countdown to Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

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Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee comes at a challenging time for Britain's monarchy

4:33pm June 01, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Queen Elizabeth II is marking 70 years on the throne, but recent years have been bumpy for the British monarchy. Public support for the institution has fallen, even as the queen remains popular.

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A panel of the mosaic discovered by a team of archaeologists in England. The researchers say it shows the body of Hector returning to his father, King Priam (right), in exchange for his weight in gold.

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First they found a dead king's body. Now they've uncovered an ancient mosaic

3:42pm November 26, 2021

by Neda Ulaby

A rare Roman mosaic is the latest discovery from a crack team of British archaeologists.

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 receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Al-Abbas Islamic Center, converted into a vaccination clinic in Birmingham, England, in January. Sheikh Nuru Mohammed, the imam at the mosque, recognized many of his congregants were hesitant to get t

How A U.K. Imam Countered Vaccine Hesitancy And Helped Thousands Get The 'Jab'

11:02am April 26, 2021

by Frank Langfitt

Sheikh Nuru Mohammed began to fight disinformation during Friday sermons — and turned his mosque into a vaccination center. It was the first of its kind in Britain and paved the way for dozens more.

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