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LONDON (Reuters) – British actor Joan Plowright, winner of two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award, has died aged 95, her family said on Friday. Plowright made her on-screen debut in 1956’s “Moby Dick” before gaining wider recognition in the 1960 film adaptation of “The Entertainer” alongside Laurence Olivier, whom she later married. During …

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By Olena Harmash and Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Thursday to work with Ukraine and allies to offer Kyiv robust security guarantees if a ceasefire is negotiated with Russia, offering more support to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with a 100-year partnership deal. In his first trip to Ukraine since becoming …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will back new local inquiries into child sexual abuse across the country, the government said on Thursday, after weeks of criticism by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk stirred renewed concern about a decades-old scandal over grooming gangs. The scandal involved organised groups in English towns and cities raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable young …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Almost a third of Britain’s local government pension schemes object to UK plans to consolidate more of their assets into pooled funds, saying the plans raise the potential for poor investment returns, adviser Hymans Robertson said on Thursday. The UK government wants to increase pooling of local government assets to boost domestic pensions …

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CHESTER, England (Reuters) -A British lawmaker pleaded guilty on Thursday to common assault after he punched a passerby who he said had been threatening him while he was enjoying a night out. Mike Amesbury was suspended from the governing Labour Party after CCTV and video footage showed him throwing a punch at a man in …

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By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) -Papal thriller “Conclave” led nominations for the BAFTA Film Awards on Wednesday, with music-themed and horror productions also faring well at Britain’s top movie honours. “Conclave,” about scheming cardinals deciding who to elect as pope, secured 12 nods including for best film, director for Edward Berger and leading actor for …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A billionaire oil tycoon tried again on Wednesday to overturn British sanctions imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in the first case of its kind to reach the UK’s Supreme Court. Eugene Shvidler was put under sanctions in March 2022. He says the decision was arbitrary, as other companies and executives involved …

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