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By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – The heatwave which scorched Britain last week was made at least 10 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Thursday. On July 19, temperatures climbed above 40C (104 Fahrenheit) at Heathrow Airport and records were broken at 46 local monitoring stations across the country. Emergency calls for …

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By Steve Keating BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – A Commonwealth Games that once appeared doomed exploded into life with a dazzling opening ceremony on Thursday that put a modern spin on a sporting event often seen as a relic of the British Empire’s colonial past. Ten years after the 2012 London Olympics it was Birmingham’s moment …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Foreign minister Liz Truss, frontrunner to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, said she would be Ukraine’s “greatest friend” if she won office and said she would call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy straight away. Johnson, who was forced to announce his resignation earlier this month by a rebellion in his Conservative Party …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Staff at Britain’s largest container port, Felixstowe, have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay, the Unite union said on Thursday, warning of huge disruption across the supply chain. The dockworkers join a growing wave of employees, in a range of sectors from rail to telecoms, resorting to …

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(Reuters) – British Airways owner IAG said on Thursday it had placed an order for 37 Airbus A320neo family jets, including 12 through the conversion of prior options into firm orders for A320neos and A321neos. IAG will order 25 aircraft from the A320neo family, with an option to buy another 50 aircraft. The exact mix …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British leadership candidate Rishi Sunak would have a significant edge over his rival Foreign Secretary Liz Truss among swing voters if he became prime minister, a YouGov poll of almost 5,000 Britons showed on Thursday. YouGov said that among those who voted Conservative in 2019 but now say they plan to vote …

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By Ron Bousso and Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) – Shell on Thursday reported a second quarter profit of $11.5 billion, smashing its previous record just three months earlier, lifted by a tripling of refining profits and strong gas trading. The company also announced a share buyback programme of $6 billion for the current quarter, but …

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(Reuters) -British transport firm National Express Group on Thursday reported a surge in its half-year profit on the back of rebound in summer travel demand from a slump during the coronavirus-led lockdowns last year. London-listed shares in the school bus and coach operator jumped 8.5% to 194.2 pence in early trading. From people wary of …

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(Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic diving champion Tom Daley has condemned homophobia across Commonwealth nations on the eve of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Birmingham on Thursday. Homosexuality is a criminal offence in 35 of the 56 nations that make up the Commonwealth, with many still enforcing colonial-era laws from the British empire. Punishments include …

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