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By Mitch Phillips AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) -Clinical England overcame a pedestrian start to surge to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Senegal on Sunday as high-quality goals by Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka swept them into a mouth-watering World Cup quarter-final clash with France. England took a long time to impose themselves on …

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AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) – England’s Raheem Sterling, who was missing from the squad for Sunday’s 3-0 World Cup win over Senegal, will head back to Britain on Monday to be with his family, coach Gareth Southgate said, as local media reported a break-in at his home. “I’ve spent some time with him today. He’s …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – The chair of the British parliament’s defence select committee said there is “much to explore” in boosting military help for Taiwan and that he had discussed the island’s submarine programme while visiting Taipei last week. Britain, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with democratically governed and Chinese-claimed Taiwan but has …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is launching a consultation into how to amend pension rules for workers in the National Health Service to help retain more staff, at a time when the sector faces strikes over pay this month that could halt some procedures. The governing Conservative Party has long promised to sort out a …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer will on Monday support plans to spread power away from the political centre of Westminster, aiming to offer people more control over their lives and local politicians a greater say on transport, housing and jobs. Starmer, whose centre-left Labour Party is leading the governing Conservative Party …

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(Reuters) -Britain’s RMT union said on Sunday that it had rejected a pay rise offer of 4% in 2022 and 2023 from train operators aimed at heading off further strike action, which has disrupted travel for millions of rail users. The RMT said last week that more than 40,000 railway workers would stage strikes over …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The historic St Edward’s Crown, which has been the centrepiece of the coronation of monarchs in England for more than 350 years, has been removed from the Tower of London to be modified for the coronation of King Charles III next May, Buckingham Palace said. The crown, which usually forms part of …

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