By Catarina Demony and Marissa Davison LONDON (Reuters) -Nate Rae had always felt secure living openly since coming out as a transgender man in his late 20s – until a recent UK Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of biological sex changed everything. Now, Rae – a PhD student and science communicator who grew …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British police shot dead on Thursday a man who drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard near a synagogue in Manchester in northwest England on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Following are some deadly attacks in Britain in recent years: OCTOBER 2, 2025 In Thursday’s incident, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Police said on Thursday it had deployed additional officers around synagogues and Jewish community sites in London on Thursday, following a deadly attack at a synagogue in Manchester earlier in the day. London’s Metropolitan Police said there was no indication of an increased threat to the capital but had taken precautionary measures. “While …
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LONDON (Reuters) -British police said on Thursday four people had been injured after a car was reportedly driven at pedestrians and one person stabbed near a synagogue in Manchester, northwest England, and that officers had shot the suspected offender. (Reporting by Michael Holden; Editing by Kate Holton)
By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will no longer automatically extend settlement and family reunion rights to migrants who have been granted asylum, the government announced on Wednesday in a further effort to curb immigration. The Labour government has been tightening its immigration policies in a bid to curb support for the populist Reform UK …
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(Reuters) -London’s Wembley Stadium will host its first college football game in 2026 when the Kansas Jayhawks take on the Arizona State Sun Devils in the Union Jack Classic, organisers announced on Wednesday. The game will be another milestone for Wembley, which hosted the National Football League’s first International Series game in 2007. Both universities …
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By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Lawyers representing Prince Harry and other high-profile figures bringing privacy lawsuits against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid said on Wednesday new evidence showed his brother Prince William and the heir’s wife Kate were also targets. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, and six others …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is expected to announce the next Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday, with two women among the favourites to lead the Church of England and become the symbolic figurehead for 85 million Anglicans worldwide. The 106th Archbishop will replace Justin Welby, who resigned last November over a child abuse coverup …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s government on Wednesday won its lawsuit against a firm at the centre of a row over the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic, with London’s High Court awarding 122 million pounds ($164.3 million) in damages. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) sued PPE Medpro in 2022, …
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(Reuters) -In another setback for London’s stock market, Diversified Energy said late Tuesday it would move its primary listing to the U.S., while retaining a secondary UK listing, as it seeks to tap into deeper and more liquid capital markets. A growing number of companies have either shelved plans to list in London, exited the …
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