By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar-winning U.S. actor Kevin Spacey on Tuesday overturned a London court ruling which effectively found him liable for an alleged sexual assault on a British man, after his lawyers mistakenly failed to serve a defence to a civil lawsuit. Spacey is being sued at London’s High Court by a …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A “malign actor” has probably compromised the UK armed forces’ payments system, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday following reports that China had hacked into the database. “There are indications that a malign actor has compromised the armed forces payment network,” Sunak told reporters during a visit to a soccer …
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(Reuters) – Tom Daley is set to become the first British diver to compete at five Summer Olympics after being named in the team for the Paris Games, British media reported on Tuesday. The 29-year-old, who stepped away from the sport following the Tokyo Olympics but decided to return last year, is set to defend …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British house prices edged 0.1% higher in April to stand 1.1% up on a year earlier, figures from mortgage lender Halifax showed on Tuesday, a slight pick-up from March’s 0.4% annual growth as interest rates remain high. Tuesday’s data marks a return to monthly growth after prices fell 0.9% in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain acted quickly to take a database used by its defence ministry offline after – media reports said – it was hacked by the Chinese state, a senior British minister said on Tuesday. “The MoD (Ministry of Defence) has acted very swiftly to take this database offline. It’s a third-party database and …
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By Hollie Adams OXFORD (Reuters) – British students set up pro-Palestinian protest encampments on Oxford and Cambridge universities’ historic campuses on a cloudy spring Monday, in a show of solidarity with their American peers. By early morning, students had erected dozens of brightly coloured tents on the lawns outside the relatively dull, yellow, 19th-century neo-Gothic …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Liberal Democrat party said on Monday it would submit a parliamentary motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government to try to force a June general election after big losses for the ruling Conservatives in local polls. The Conservatives lost 474 local council seats in last week’s elections, according to …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Scottish National Party (SNP) veteran John Swinney was elected as its new leader on Monday and is set to replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland’s first minister after he emerged as the sole contender in the contest to pick a new premier. Swinney’s key challenge will be to halt the slide …
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By Samuel Indyk LONDON (Reuters) – The pound was higher on Monday before the Bank of England’s policy announcement later this week, while markets took local election results in their stride after crushing defeats for the ruling Conservatives. Sterling was last up almost 0.3% against the dollar at $1.2580, having last week touched $1.2634, its …
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By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Labour Party won mayoral polls in London and central England on Saturday, in crushing defeats for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s unpopular Conservatives ahead of a national election due later this year. While Labour politician Sadiq Khan’s re-election as London mayor was widely expected, Labour also snatched a surprise, narrow …
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