By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Andrew said on Friday he would give up using his title of Duke of York following years of criticism about his behaviour and connections to the late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The reputation of Andrew, the younger brother of King Charles and second son of the late …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Once widely reputed to be Queen Elizabeth’s favourite son and feted as a dashing young military officer, Britain’s Prince Andrew will now always be seen in the public eye as the royal who was accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl. Andrew, 65, said on Friday he would give up …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The British government said on Friday it is working with police and looking at the additional resources needed so that fans of Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv can attend a match in Birmingham next month, after an earlier ban, which had sparked criticism from Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other politicians. English …
(Reuters) -No away supporters will be allowed to attend Aston Villa’s home Europa League clash with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv on November 6 after police raised public safety concerns about potential protests, the Premier League club said on Thursday. The move comes after there were protests at the Israel national team’s World Cup qualifiers …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The British government on Friday lost its bid to block the co-founder of pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action bringing a legal challenge over the banning of the group under anti-terrorism laws. Huda Ammori, who helped found Palestine Action in 2020, was given permission to challenge the group’s proscription on the grounds that the …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Two Ukrainian men pleaded not guilty on Friday to conspiracy to carry out arson attacks on houses and a vehicle in London connected to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, acts which prosecutors said were not being treated as terrorism. Ukrainians Roman Lavrynovych, 21, and Petro Pochynok, 35, appeared at London’s Old Bailey court …
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By Joshua McElwee and Muvija M VATICAN CITY/LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican next week in a visit seen as a sign of closening ties between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, five centuries after their turbulent separation. The British royals will arrive on Oct. …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Three British right-wing extremists were jailed for a total of 29 years on Friday after they were convicted of planning to carry out an attack at mosques or synagogues as part of what they believed to be a coming “race war”. Brogan Stewart, 25, Marco Pitzettu, 26, and Christopher Ringrose, 35, were preparing …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The brother of a man who detonated a suicide bomb after an Ariana Grande concert in Britain in 2017 denied on Friday attempting to murder three prison guards in jail where he is serving a life sentence. Prosecutors say Hashem Abedi, whose brother Salman Abedi killed 22 people at the Manchester Arena in …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A British regional police commissioner has asked for an immediate review of a decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a soccer match against Aston villa at their ground in Birmingham in November, he said in a statement on Friday. British Prime Keir Starmer has called the ban “the wrong decision”. …
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