In short: King Charles III has led Britain’s D-Day’s 80th anniversary commemorations, before heading to France in his first international trip since his cancer diagnosis. The date pays tribute to the soldiers who fought to liberate France, in a major turning point of World War II. What’s next?: World leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
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UK urged to admit 11 Gaza children hurt in the war for urgent treatment
Kareem saw the tanks and yelled. His mother and sister ran outside to find him, and then the tank fired. The pain was so excruciating that Kareem begged the doctors to amputate his leg. Because of the war, they had to do it without an anaesthetic. His screams were so loud that people on the...
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Sunak and Starmer clash in heated first debate of UK general election
The two men clash over tax, health and the cost of living in fractious debate that failed to land any knockout blows. The leaders of the United Kingdom’s two top political parties have faced off in their first live television debate of the election campaign, attacking each other over issues from tax to immigration and...
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India and the world may finally have reached ‘peak Modi’
The shock result of India’s general election has dented the brand of prime minister Narendra Modi whose party fell well-short of its target for seats in the Indian parliament. A coalition will give India’s populist prime minister the number of seats to form another government. But the damage has been done. Given that his Bharatiya...
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Trump ally Nigel Farage gets doused with milkshake by OnlyFans model
Her milkshake brings Farage to the yard. A British OnlyFans model threw a milkshake at Trump ally Nigel Farage, the new leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, after his first public speech promoting his bid for parliament. Farage, who is now running to represent the seaside town of Clacton, was addressing local voters on Tuesday...
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UK poll predicts biggest ever Labour party win
Britain’s opposition Labour party could be on the path to the biggest election victory in its history, pollsters YouGov said on Monday, predicting a thumping 194-seat majority. Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (R) (AFP) The poll, which looked at voting estimates across all UK constituencies,...
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Nigel Farage announces UK election candidacy in surprise U-turn
Farage, who previously said he would not stand in the election, says he will lead the anti-immigration Reform UK party. Nigel Farage, the politician who helped champion Britain’s departure from the European Union, has said he will stand as a candidate in next month’s election for the right-wing Reform UK party in a blow to...
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Gibraltar will retaliate if Spain imposes full border checks
“People in Gibraltar need to understand that the alternative to a treaty is potentially the full application of the Schengen border code with all of the massive difficulties that that would entail, and for us to do it reciprocally,” Mr Picardo said. “In other words, if the Schengen border code is applied to Gibraltar and...
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Why is Kenya investigating alleged abuse by UK soldiers?
Kenya this week kick-started public hearings into widespread allegations that United Kingdom soldiers stationed in the East African country have committed multiple human rights violations. For over a decade, locals on different occasions accused British soldiers training in towns in central Kenya of misconduct, environmental degradation, murder, and a host of other serious offences. The...
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British ambassador to Mexico sacked after ‘pointing gun at staff’
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from the post after a video emerged online of him apparently pointing an assault rifle at an embassy employee. The video, shared on X, shows Jon Benjamin pointing the firearm at a person whose face has been blurred out. “In a context of daily killings in Mexico...
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Iran condemns deadly US, UK attacks on Yemen, urges world to react
Iran has strongly condemned earlier strikes by the United States and the United Kingdom against Yemen that killed and injured dozens of people across the Arab Peninsula nation. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan’ani voiced the condemnation on Friday after American and British warplanes and US warships targeted the western Yemeni provinces of Sana’a, al-Hudaydah, and Ta’izz, killing...
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General election latest: Labour and Tories launch campaign ‘battle’ buses as campaign heats up
This was a question posed to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by a 16-year-old in Devon – which allegedly left him “scuttling out of a pub”. The video, posted to TikTok, shows Mr Sunak being cornered by the student over his policies – while Sir Keir Starmer fights discontent over candidate selection. Student Henry Hassell, who...