(Reuters) – Here is a timeline of main events since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, which was back in the news this week with the capture of a Libyan intelligence operative suspected of making the bomb that killed 270 people: * On Dec. 21, 1988, the flight to New …
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance ministry has no plan for the Bank of England to cut the amount of interest it pays to banks, the Treasury’s top official said on Monday, following suggestions from some former BoE deputy officials said this should be considered. “There will be no plans to do that,” permanent secretary James …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British defence minister Ben Wallace said on Monday he would be “open minded” about supplying Ukraine with longer-range weapons systems if Russia carried on targeting civilian areas. Speaking to parliament, Wallace was asked by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a vocal supporter of Ukraine, about the possible supply of longer-range missile systems …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry appeared to say Britain’s royal household was prepared to lie to protect his elder brother Prince William, in a new trailer released on Monday for the remaining episodes of a Netflix documentary series about him and his wife Meghan. The main focus of the first three episodes of the much-anticipated …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Three young boys died after falling into an ice-covered lake in central England at the weekend, police said on Monday, as Britain faces a cold snap which saw heavy snowfall blanket parts of the country overnight. The boys, aged 11, 10 and 8, were pulled from the lake in Solihull in critical condition …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has faced industrial action across a range of industries over the last few months as workers struggling with double-digit inflation resort to walk outs to demand better pay and working conditions. While the threat of widespread industrial unrest in the run up to Christmas and into January remains as some of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain faces disruption from widespread industrial action this month as many workers struggling with a cost of living crisis seek pay rises which better reflect double-digit levels of inflation. Strikes are due to take place on almost every day for the rest of the month, across a range of sectors: DEC. 12 …
By Alistair Smout and Sarah N. Lynch LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Libyan man accused of making the bomb that killed 270 people after it blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in Scotland in 1988 is in custody in the United States, Scottish and U.S. law enforcement officials said on Sunday. Abu Agila Mohammad …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Jersey police said on Sunday the death toll from an explosion at an apartment building had risen to five, and that four people remained unaccounted for as emergency services indicated they were unlikely to find any more survivors. The explosion early on Saturday morning at a block of flats on the island of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Any peace talks in Ukraine cannot be a fig-leaf for Russian rearmament, British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Sunday, adding that he had not seen any signs that Moscow would enter into negotiations in good faith. Cleverly said that, while Britain wanted to see peace talks “sooner rather than later”, he …
