LONDON (Reuters) – A British teenager will go on trial on Monday, accused of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in the northern English town of Southport last July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting. Axel Rudakubana, 18, is charged with killing Bebe King, 6, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s foreign secretary David Lammy said it was right that the new U.S. administration has the chance to review a deal with Mauritius over the future of a U.S.-British military base in the Indian Ocean. “It’s right and proper that the new administration is able to consider it,” Lammy told BBC Radio on …
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(Reuters) -Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died at the age of 84, the Premier League club said on Friday. “It is with a heavy heart that we tell you our father Denis Law has sadly passed away. He fought a tough battle but finally he is now at peace,” a family …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Lawmakers from Britain’s upper house of parliament told the government on Monday to curb incapacity and disability benefits which cost more than the country’s armed forces. Annual spending on these benefits had risen by 40% in real terms since 2013 to reach 64.7 billion pounds ($79 billion) in the …
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By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Liverpool tightened their grip on top spot in the Premier League as two stoppage-time goals secured a 2-0 victory at Brentford before Arsenal squandered a two-goal lead in a 2-2 home draw with Aston Villa on Saturday. A day that began with Newcastle United’s six-game winning league run ending …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday Ukraine and Britain “had no room” for cooperation in the Sea of Azov, commenting on a new 100-year partnership agreement between Kyiv and London the two countries’ leaders announced on Thursday. The Kremlin said on Friday that any placement of British military assets in Ukraine …
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By Shrivathsa Sridhar MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Emma Raducanu suffered a chastening 6-1 6-0 defeat by Iga Swiatek in the Australian Open third round on Saturday but the Briton said she was grateful to be fully fit and playing at a high level again after overcoming a succession of injuries. Raducanu has not been able to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Nine people appeared in a London court on Friday to deny offences including burglary, criminal damage, violent disorder and hitting a police officer with a sledgehammer, over an incident at a warehouse linked to Israeli defence firm Elbit. The nine, who prosecutors have said were activists from the protest organisation Palestine Action, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland on Friday ahead of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the site which is seen as a symbol of the horrors of the Holocaust. Starmer was accompanied by his wife Victoria, who is Jewish, at the concentration camp …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament will shut a bar popular with lawmakers from Monday as it reviews its security arrangements following an alleged drink spiking incident that police are investigating. Strangers’ Bar, located in the Palace of Westminster, is one of several bars in the parliamentary estate. Open to members of parliament, their guests and …
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