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(Reuters) – A group of British lawmakers urged England to boycott their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan next month, saying the country’s cricket board (ECB) needed to take a stand against the Taliban’s crackdown on women. Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 it has clamped down on the rights of women and girls, …

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By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) – Creating and sharing sexually explicit “deepfakes” will become a criminal offence in Britain, the government said on Tuesday, in a bid to tackle a surge in the proliferation of such images, mainly targeting women and girls. Deepfakes are videos, pictures or audio clips made with artificial intelligence to look …

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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will end his duties on Monday after quitting amid an abuse cover-up scandal, but his interim successor is facing scrutiny in a similar case, leaving the Church of England on uncertain ground. Welby, 69, announced his resignation in November after an independent inquiry found he …

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By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – A child sexual abuse scandal that revealed how gangs of mostly Pakistani men had groomed, trafficked and raped young white girls more than a decade ago, has returned to the political agenda in Britain following criticism from Elon Musk.  Musk, a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has …

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By Elizabeth Piper and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Keir Starmer defended his work as Britain’s top prosecutor on Monday, refusing to mention U.S. billionaire Elon Musk by name but addressing Musk’s criticism that, long before he became prime minister, he had failed to prosecute gangs who sexually abused girls. Musk, an ally of U.S. President-elect …

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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he had confidence in City Minister Tulip Siddiq, who is facing pressure to resign after being named in a financial corruption investigation in Bangladesh. Starmer appointed Siddiq to the role following the Labour Party’s election victory in July, handing her responsibility for financial services policy …

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By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by the U.S. billionaire for the Brexit campaigner who is trying to shake up the British political establishment again. “The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have …

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