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7 hours ago

Sunak marks 100 days as UK prime minister as problems mount

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is marking 100 days in office.

9 hours ago

Britain’s strike action is about more than just wages

Deeper concerns about economic fairness and political legitimacy are real problems for Rishi Sunak's government.

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1 day ago

Britain grinds to a halt as half a million workers go on strike

The huge show of discontent from teachers to train drivers comes amid rampant inflation and years of stagnant wage growth and now a cost-of-living crisis.

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1 day ago

Day of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike

Up to half a million workers are estimated to be on strike across the U.K. in the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade.

1 day ago

Britain sets out plans to regulate crypto industry in wake of FTX collapse

In December, a U.K. minister suggested FTX's failure had reinforced the need for urgent crypto regulation. Now, the government has unveiled its plans.

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2 days ago

Labour Wants to Fix Brexit. Good Luck With That.

Three years after the UK left the EU, things may be even worse.

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3 days ago

The Zahawi Firing Compounds Sunak’s Problems

The UK prime minister’s judgment comes under attack once more with the sacking of the Conservative Party’s chief.

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3 days ago

Sunak’s Dithering Doesn’t Bode Well for the Future

The UK prime minister’s judgment comes under attack once more with the sacking of the Conservative Party’s chief.

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3 days ago

US general warns British Army no longer among world’s top tier fighting forces: report

A U.S. general reportedly warned UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that the British Army must revamp its military as it is no longer considered among the world's top-tier forces.

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Britain’s Rishi Sunak fires party chair in latest scandal for Conservatives

Nadhim Zahawi was fired as the U.K. Conservative Party chair following an ethics probe into his tax affairs. The party is trailing in polls.

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The UK Prime Minister has fired his party chairman over tax bill allegations

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of his ruling Conservative Party Sunday over a "serious breach" of the ministerial code.

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UK leader fires party chairman over tax bill allegations

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fired the chairman of his ruling Conservative Party over a “serious breach” of the ministerial code.

A very quick guide to Nadhim Zahawi

A simple summary of why the chairman of the Conservative Party is under pressure.

bbc.co.uk

UK Treasury chief: Tax cuts must wait for inflation to fall

Britain’s Treasury chief says taming inflation is more important than cutting taxes.

Zahawi’s Careless Tax Error Is Sunak’s Problem

UK Conservatives’ chairman leaves the government with no good options.

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Britain’s Rishi Sunak pulled into ‘Tory sleaze’ probes

Rishi Sunak announced that an independent ethics adviser would look into the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi, the chairman of the Conservative Party.

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Senior UK Conservatives under fire over tax, finances

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called an investigation into allegations the chairman of the governing Conservative Party settled a multimillion-dollar unpaid tax bill while he was in charge of the country’s Treasury.

What Does Sunak Stand For? His Party Needs to Know

Internal Tory dissatisfaction is always an opportunity for renegades on the Right. Boris Johnson and Liz Truss haven’t gone too far.

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UK leader Rishi Sunak fined for failing to wear seat belt

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined by police for taking off his seat belt to film a social media video in a moving car.

UK leader Rishi Sunak says sorry for not wearing seat belt

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for taking off his seat belt to film a social media video in a moving car.

The UK is fiscally unstable, says North Sea oil CEO

The U.K. is fiscally unstable and its government is indulging in "short-termism" by slapping oil majors with windfall taxes, according to Amjad Bseisu, CEO of EnQuest.

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Tech executives could be jailed for deliberately failing to protect kids under UK proposal

The U.K.'s culture and digital minister stressed in a statement that the change "will not affect those who have acted in good faith."

cnbc.com

Why Mark Zuckerberg Should Face the Threat of Jail

The UK is poised to threaten social media bosses with prison if they break new safety rules. It’s a sensible idea.

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UK PM Sunak expected to veto Scottish transgender law allowing teens gender recognition certificates

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to veto Scottish transgender legislation increased access to gender recognition certificates for people as young as 16.

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Economic woes, war, climate change on tap for Davos meeting

The World Economic Forum is back with its first winter meetup since 2020 in the Swiss Alpine town of Davos.

Russia says UK's Challenger 2 tanks heading to Ukraine 'will burn just like the rest'

Russian is speaking out against an announcement by the United Kingdom that it will send Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, vowing they “will burn.”

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UK govt to veto Scotland's gender self-recognition law

The British government says it will block a law designed to make it easier for people in Scotland to legally change their gender.

New plans to widen police powers for disruptive protests

Officers would be able to shut down protests before they cause serious disruption, under new plans.

bbc.co.uk

Ukraine live briefing: Deadly Dnipro missile attack revives call for advanced air defenses

Ukraine’s armed forces said weapons such as the Patriot system that the U.S. is preparing to send may have been capable of intercepting such an attack.

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Russian missile attack kills at least 5; Britain to send battle tanks to Ukraine

Russian forces pummeled Ukrainian cities in a major missile attack Saturday as Britain's prime minister promised Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine.

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The U.K. says it will supply tanks and other weapons to Ukraine

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting the Ukrainian capital and other cities.

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United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledges to work constructively with Scotland's leader

Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, visited Scotland this week. During Sunak's visit, he pledged to work constructively with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

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Sunak pledges to work constructively with Scotland's leader

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to work constructively with Scotland’s leader despite tensions over her administration’s wish for a new independence referendum.

UK leader Sunak makes first visit to Scotland as PM

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to highlight the benefits of remaining in the U.K. when he meets with the Scottish leader during his first visit to Scotland since taking office.

The New Optimism On Brexit Might Just Be Justified

A deal giving the EU access to real-time data on trade in Northern Ireland opens the door a crack for a broader resolution to the Brexit impasse.

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Can Rishi Sunak Stand Up to the Last Brexit Holdouts?

A deal giving the EU access to real-time data on trade in Northern Ireland opens the door a crack for a broader resolution to the Brexit impasse.

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US, Japan unveil plans to strengthen the alliance

The top national security officials from the U.S. and Japan have unveiled plans to strengthen the alliance to help counter threats from North Korea and China.

UK Conservatives suspend lawmaker for vaccine misinformation

Britain’s governing Conservative Party has suspended a lawmaker who spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.

UK, Japan sign defense deal amid rising concern about China

The leaders of Britain and Japan are signing a defense agreement that could see troops deployed to each others’ countries.

Lawyers for a jailed Hong Kong publisher ask to meet the British prime minister

Lawyers for Jimmy Lai, a jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy publisher, have asked for an urgent meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, a leading member of his international legal team said Tuesday.

npr.org

UK PM reportedly restarts talks with SoftBank about listing Arm in London

Cambridge-based Arm is a major force in the semiconductor market, licensing its designs to some of the world's largest consumer tech manufacturers.

cnbc.com

UK government meeting unions in bid to end wave of strikes

British government ministers are meeting trade union leaders in a bid to end a wave of strikes that has hobbled the U.K.’s rail network and overburdened health system.

UK PM Sunak seeks ‘constructive’ union talks as government readies contentious anti-strike laws

Tens of thousands of workers have walked out across industries in recent months to demand better working conditions and pay raises in line with inflation.

cnbc.com

Prince Harry's leaked memoir sparks new controversy and criticism

Prince Harry's new tell-all memoir, "Spare," has tabloids, Britons and even members of the U.K. Parliament all reading into the controversy. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak this weekend defended the royal family as an institution to be proud of, despite revelations in Prince Harry's bombshell memoir. Ramy Inocencio has more from London.

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American and British Conservatives Are Frozen in Failure

Both Republicans and Tories are finding the revolutions of 2016 difficult to reverse.

washingtonpost.com

UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is gathering government ministers, medics and health service managers in 10 Downing St. for talks aimed at fixing a health care crisis that has seen thousands of patients stranded outside overflowing hospitals

washingtonpost.com

UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is gathering government ministers, medics and health service managers in 10 Downing St. for talks aimed at fixing a health care crisis that has seen thousands of patients stranded outside overflowing hospitals.

Can a Sunak-Starmer Consensus Cure What Ails Britain?

A pragmatic exchange between the Conservatives and Labour on some major issues might begin to sort out the country’s deeper problems.

washingtonpost.com

Lawyers expect court challenge to anti-strike laws

But Rishi Sunak says ensuring basic services are provided during strikes is "entirely reasonable".

bbc.co.uk

Rishi Sunak Has the Biggest New Year’s Hangover

The prime minister may want to talk about resolutions, but last year’s turmoil hasn’t disappeared.

washingtonpost.com

Rishi Sunak's five promises analysed

Can the prime minister achieve his promises and is he taking a big political risk in making them?

bbc.co.uk

Attacks on Kyiv force power outages after deadly weekend across Ukraine

Key infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was targeted by drones on Sunday, officials said. The assaults were part of a wave of attacks over New Year’s weekend.

washingtonpost.com

Britain caps off topsy-turvy year of queen’s death, prime minister roulette with energy crisis, economic woes

Three prime ministers and two monarchs make 2022 the year of greatest change for the United Kingdom as energy and economic crises continue to loom through the winter.

foxnews.com

Chris Mason: Reflective images of extraordinary year in UK politics

The BBC's political editor looks back at some of the moments away from the photo-op in a dramatic year at Westminster.

bbc.co.uk

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak criticized for ‘excruciating’ conversation about business with homeless man

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was criticized after making small talk with a homeless person while volunteering at a shelter over the Christmas weekend.

foxnews.com

King Charles salutes late queen, public workers in speech

King Charles III has evoked memories of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in his first Christmas message as monarch.

A video of the British prime minister's conversation with a homeless man has gone viral as people label it 'cringeworthy' and 'excruciating'

The deputy leader of the opposition party said the video of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking to a homeless man about business was "excruciating."

news.yahoo.com

British PM may block Scottish gender law, says government review 'completely reasonable'

Scotland's new law shortens the time in which an individual must live as their new gender and lowers the age, increasing the ease with which one can legally self-identify.

foxnews.com

Strikes over pay disrupt Christmas travel in UK, France

Air travelers are facing possible delays at U.K. airports as government employees who check passports go on strike.

Don't get drunk: UK govt urges caution amid ambulance strike

Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain are staging a one-day strike, with unions and the government swapping accusations of blame for putting lives at risk.

UK govt refuses to give way on pay as nurses, medics strike

The British government says it will not offer more money to nurses and ambulance crews to end strikes that are piling pressure on an already overstretched health system.

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

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.

npr.org

U.K. nurses strike over pay, testing a health-care system in crisis

Wide swathes of British workers in the public sector are in open revolt against 12 years of conservative “austerity budgets” and the soaring costs of living

washingtonpost.com

Latest on Ukraine: Russia's invasion marks 10 months on Christmas Eve

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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U.K. plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, court rules

While the ruling may be appealed, it is a victory for the U.K. government, which has been pushing the plan for months amid legal challenges.

washingtonpost.com

British PM wants to degrade Russia, citing Iranian drones

The British prime minister says the West should work to degrade “Russia’s capability to regroup” as it continues its war of aggression in Ukraine

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UK sending 1,200 troops to fill in as ambulance crews strike

The British government says it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers and border staff as multiple public sector unions walk off the job in the week before Christmas.

Newspaper headlines: 'Harry's jibe' and 'NHS in crisis'

The nurses' strike and the fallout from Prince Harry's Netflix docuseries feature in several of Friday's papers.

bbc.co.uk

4 Confirmed Dead After Boat Capsizes In English Channel

The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency coordinated a rescue operation involving the Royal Navy, border officers, Kent police and the French navy.

newsy.com

At least 4 killed, dozens rescued as packed boat capsizes in frigid waters between U.K. and France

The small boat was apparently full of migrants trying to make the well-trodden, but extremely risky English Channel crossing from mainland Europe to Britain.

cbsnews.com

4 confirmed dead as migrant boat capsizes in English Channel

A small boat laden with migrants capsized in darkness in the English Channel Wednesday, killing four people and increasing calls on the British government to do more to prevent people from risking their lives trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

The papers: The PM's plans for the asylum system, and the latest on the strikes

The PM's plan for the asylum system, and the rail and nurses' strikes lead several of today's papers.

bbc.co.uk

UK airport staff plan Christmas walkout, joining strike wave

Britain’s Conservative government says it could take “tough” action to curb strikes.

UK eases ban on new wind farms, considers OKing coal mine

Environmental groups have welcomed a decision by Britain’s Conservative government to lift its opposition to onshore wind farms.

Tagovailoa, Zaporizhzhia make list of most mangled words

The Miami Dolphins quarterback at the center of the NFL's overhaul of its concussion protocols and the Ukrainian city that's home to Europe's largest nuclear plant are among this year's list of most mispronounced words.

Eyeing power, UK Labour Party vows to abolish House of Lords

Britain’s opposition Labour Party says it will replace Parliament’s unelected upper house with an elected chamber if it wins government.

UK opposition wins special election in blow to Sunak's party

Britain’s opposition Labour Party has handily won a special election for a northwest England seat in Parliament.

UK waters down internet rules plan after free speech outcry

The British government has abandoned a plan to force tech firms to remove internet content that is harmful but legal, a proposal that drew strong criticism from lawmakers and civil liberties groups.

UK's Rishi Sunak says 'golden era' with China over

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that the U_K_’s “golden era” of ties with China was over in his first major speech on foreign policy, and described China’s growing authoritarianism as a “systemic challenge to our values and interests.”.

UK voters warm to new leader Sunak, but not to his party

In his first month as Britain's prime minister, Rishi Sunak has stabilized the economy, reassured allies from Washington to Kyiv and even soothed the European Union after years of sparring between Britain and the bloc.

Australian trade deals with India and Britain reach Senate

Australian bilateral free trade agreements with India and Britain have entered the Senate with the government pushing to have both deals secured this year.

Veterans of UK nuclear weapons tests win battle for medal

Seven decades after Britain detonated a nuclear bomb in the Indian Ocean, troops who took part in the country’s atomic weapons tests are being recognized with a medal.

As British voters cool on Brexit, UK softens tone towards EU

The British government is denying a report that it is seeking a “Swiss-style” relationship with the European Union that would remove many of the economic barriers erected by Brexit.

Kyiv's mayor: Extraordinary, in extraordinarily tough times

Once a boxing champion, Kyiv's mayor is up against a challenge bigger than any he faced in the ring: keeping Ukraine’s capital functioning during a war.

UK PM Sunak makes surprise trip to Kyiv, boosts defense aid

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine’s snow-blanketed capital.

Relief meets fear as UK budget calms economy but brings pain

Britain’s Conservative government is defending its decision to hike taxes for millions of working people in the “squeezed middle” class as it tries to shore up an economy battered by double-digit inflation.

Family: Egypt activist 'deteriorated' since hunger strike

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says that they have seen him and that his condition has “deteriorated severely.”.

UK push to restore finances means higher taxes, energy bills

Millions of people across Britain are facing higher taxes and energy bills after the government announced an emergency budget focused on restoring the country’s financial credibility and bolstering an economy battered by soaring inflation.

G-20 leaders end summit condemning Russia despite divisions

Members of the Group of 20 leading economies have firmly condemned the war in Ukraine and warned that the conflict is worsening the global economy.

Albania: Wrong for Britain to blame Tirana on migrants

Albania’s prime minister says Britain is carrying out a “calculated attack” on his country by blaming it for the increased number of immigrants crossing the English Channel illegally.

Britain's vulnerable await PM's spending plans with anxiety

Millions are hoping British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak finds money to help them survive a cost-of-living crisis when the government releases its spending plans Thursday.

G-20 to condemn Russia's Ukraine invasion, urge an end

Leaders of the world's largest economies appear ready to send a strong message to Russia condemning its invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine, China-US frictions dominate at G-20 summit in Bali

Discord over Russia's war on Ukraine and festering tensions between the U.S. and China are ominous backdrops for world leaders gathering in Indonesia's tropical Bali island for a summit of the Group of 20 biggest economies.

Family says Egyptian hunger-striking activist drinking water

The family of Egypt’s imprisoned hunger-striking activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says he has started drinking water again.

France and UK sign agreement to curb Channel crossings

The interior ministers of France and Britain have signed a joint agreement in Paris to try to curb migration across the English Channel — a regular source of friction between the two countries.

King Charles III leads Remembrance Sunday to honor veterans

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Ukraine war, tensions with China loom over big Bali summit

A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin isn’t happening, but the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing tensions between China and the West will be at the fore when leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in tropical Bali this week.

UK economy shrinks as economists warn of more pain to come

Statistics show that Britain’s economy shrank in the three months to September, and forecasters are warning of many months of contraction to come.

Rishi Sunak seeks thawed relations at UK-Ireland summit

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is aiming to repair frayed relations with Britain’s European Union neighbors and with skeptical leaders in Scotland and Wales.

Senior member of UK PM resigns amid bullying allegations

A senior member of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government has resigned after mounting allegations that he bullied colleagues.

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