(Reuters) – Robert Buckland, Britain’s Secretary of State for Wales, has switched his support to Liz Truss from Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership race to select the new prime minister. Writing in The Telegraph on Friday, Buckland said that he had earlier backed former finance minister Sunak during Parliamentary rounds as he felt …
(This August 11 story corrects spelling of last name of engagement officer in paragraphs 5 and 7) By Lucy Marks and Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – The source of the River Thames has dried up further downstream than ever before, as England looks set to enter a drought that some experts say the country is …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was appalled that author Salman Rushdie had been stabbed. “Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend. Right now my thoughts are with his loved ones. We are all hoping he is okay,” …
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By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) -British households faced new water usage restrictions on Friday, with parts of England likely to formally declare a drought as the government, environment officials and water companies meet to discuss the impact of prolonged hot and dry weather. The National Drought Group meets after what was the driest July in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Parts of England are likely to declare a drought on Friday, local media reported ahead of a meeting between the government, its environment agency and water companies to discuss a long period of dry weather. Parts of England are in the middle of their second heatwave this summer with temperatures forecast to …
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By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – The number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to the highest level since records began 15 years ago, while victims of crime are facing long delays for their cases to be heard in court. As Conservative Party members chose a new leader to …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s National Grid on Thursday cancelled a notice made earlier in the day, which said it expected Britain’s electricity supply margin to be below a threshold needed to balance the country’s energy system. The grid operator had triggered a capacity market notice (CMN) on Thursday for 1800 local time. The National Grid Electricity …
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Western countries on Thursday committed more than 1.5 billion euros ($1.55 billion) in cash, equipment and training to boost Ukraine’s military capabilities in its war against Russia, Danish Defence Minister Morten Bodskov said. The money, which was pledged by a group of 26 countries at a conference in Copenhagen, will …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova was placed under house arrest for two months on Thursday in a criminal case where she is charged with spreading fake news about Russia’s armed forces, Interfax news agency quoted a Moscow court as saying. Ovsyannikova has already been fined twice in separate cases for protesting …
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By Manuel Ausloos and Stephane Mahe HOSTENS, France (Reuters) -European nations sent firefighting teams to help France tackle a “monster” wildfire on Thursday, while forest blazes also raged in Spain and Portugal and the head of the European Space Agency urged immediate action to combat climate change. More than 1,000 firefighters, backed by water-bombing planes, …
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