By Andrew MacAskill and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Nigel Farage, who helped champion Britain’s departure from the European Union, said on Monday he would stand as a candidate in next month’s election and will lead the right-wing Reform Party in a major blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The surprise U-turn by Farage, now a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Nigel Farage, the politician who helped champion Britain’s departure from the European Union, said on Monday he would stand as a candidate in next month’s election. Farage, 60, will stand in the parliamentary seat in Clacton, a resort town in eastern England that overwhelming voted for Brexit in the 2016 referendum. (Reporting …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British sandwich and coffee chain Pret A Manger said it has given up on a plan to open stores in Israel, blaming travel restrictions on UK staff as a result of Israel’s war against Palestinian militant group Hamas. The retailer, owned by investment firm JAB and founder Sinclair Beecham, signed an agreement …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China has accused the British foreign intelligence service MI6 of recruiting two staff members from unnamed Chinese central state bodies as spies for the British government, its State Security Ministry said on Monday. It said the case against the two alleged spies, a married couple, was under further investigation, without elaborating. China and …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Conservatives will clearly define sex as biological in the Equality Act if they win an election on July 4 to end an “ambiguity” that is putting women and girls’ safety at risk, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Before the vote, the Conservatives are pressing issues aimed at securing its core vote …
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Two years after poachers murdered British journalist Dom Phillips in a remote corner of the Amazon, an NGO has been created in his memory to promote the protection of the rainforest he loved and its people, his widow said. Phillips, 57, was working on a book on how to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British opposition leader Keir Starmer will pledge on Monday to secure the country’s nuclear deterrent, trying to reassure voters before an election that the nation would be safe in the hands of a Labour government. Describing Labour as the “party of national security”, Starmer will turn his campaign focus to defence, seen …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s first Black woman lawmaker, Diane Abbott, said on Sunday she intended to run for the Labour Party in a July 4 national election, after confusion over her candidacy marked one of the first missteps in the opposition party’s campaign. After expressing dismay on Wednesday that she might be blocked as an …
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(Reuters) – London’s Metropolitan Police said they made 53 arrests on Saturday following a pitch invasion and attempts to breach security at Wembley Stadium ahead of the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund. Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Jr. scored second-half goals as Real claimed a 2-0 win and lifted a record-extending 15th …
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(Reuters) – Midfielder Phil Foden said England have been gradually improving as a team and that they are hoping to give their supporters a “once-in-a-lifetime” feeling by winning the European Championship in Germany. Under Gareth Southgate, England reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, as well …
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