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By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Europe should move from freezing Russian assets to seizing them, British foreign minister David Lammy said on Tuesday, hardening Britain’s position on how the West should use bonds and other securities frozen since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the …

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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -The Church of England will seek to bring disciplinary proceedings against 10 clerics including former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, it said on Tuesday, acting on recommendations from a damning abuse report last year. The CoE, central to 85 million Anglicans worldwide, has been in crisis over safeguarding the vulnerable …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Three men went on trial in an English court on Monday on charges stemming from the heist of an 18-carat golden toilet that had been on display as an artwork in an exhibit at Winston Churchill’s birthplace. The fully-functioning toilet, a work titled “America” by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, was stolen from …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s blue-chip FTSE 100 ended flat on Monday and the midcap index fell to a one-month closing low as investors awaited comments from Bank of England policymakers for clues on the interest rate outlook. The FTSE 100’s steady close followed four consecutive days of declines. Mining giants Rio Tinto, Glencore and Anglo American …

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By Yadarisa Shabong and Shashwat Awasthi (Reuters) -Manchester United will cut around 150-200 more jobs as part of an overhaul to return to profitability after five years of losses, the Premier League soccer club said on Monday. The plan is in addition to 250 jobs removed last year, the club said. The club has been …

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By Manoj Kumar and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and Britain will aim to more than double bilateral trade in a decade, Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday, as the two countries resumed trade talks under the shadow of tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The countries would speed up talks …

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LONDON (Reuters) -A British lawmaker was sentenced to 10 weeks in prison on Monday for punching one of his constituents after a night out, raising the prospect he could be ousted from parliament and trigger an electoral test for the governing Labour Party. Mike Amesbury was suspended from Labour after CCTV footage showed him throwing …

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