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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain did not label China as an “enemy” in its evidence to prosecutors in an espionage case that has heaped pressure on the prime minister because it was not the policy of the then-Conservative government, the statement’s author said on Friday. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service unexpectedly dropped charges last month against two British …

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(Reuters) -AstraZeneca has breached the UK pharmaceutical industry’s code of practice, an industry self-regulatory body ruled on Friday, after incorrect claims related to the drugmaker’s asthma treatment Symbicort. The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) said a website incorrectly stated that all newly diagnosed asthma patients aged 12 and above should receive AstraZeneca’s Symbicort …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s ruling Labour Party suffered a heavy electoral defeat on Friday in Wales, a traditional stronghold, in a result that highlights the threat posed by the Reform UK party, as the government struggles to revive the economy and ease fears about immigration. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour lost a by-election for the Caerphilly …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The sight of King Charles praying with Pope Leo at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel signalled the latest step in a historic reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion five centuries after they split. Here are details about the rift and the significance of the first joint worship including an English monarch …

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BELFAST (Reuters) -A Belfast court on Thursday found a British soldier not guilty of murder and attempted murder over the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. (Reporting by Amanda Ferguson; Writing by Conor Humphries; editing by William James)