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By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine on Tuesday he believed it would defeat Russia and expose the “gigantic error” of the Kremlin’s invasion as he invoked Britain’s wartime leader Winston Churchill to underline his support for Kyiv. Becoming the first Western leader to address Ukraine’s parliament …

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(Reuters) – Britain is poised to shelve plans to provide statutory powers to a new technology regulator, in a blow to global efforts to curb the dominance of internet companies including Google and Facebook, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The government’s new legislative programme is not expected to include a bill to provide statutory …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The British army said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation after reports that a man who was pretending to be a priest spent a night at a barracks with soldiers tasked with protecting Queen Elizabeth near her Windsor Castle home. The Sun newspaper reported that the imposter was allowed onto the …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will donate 13 armoured vehicles to help evacuate civilians from besieged areas in the east of Ukraine, the government said on Tuesday. “This latest donation of armoured vehicles will help protect innocent Ukrainians attempting to flee Russian shelling and support Ukrainian officials carrying out vital work,” Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said …

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(Reuters) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has joined a final push to try to convince SoftBank Group Corp-backed chip designer Arm to list in London, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Johnson has written to SoftBank executives as part of the last-ditch effort, the report said, adding ministers …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain supports the right for women to have access to safe and legal abortions, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday, after being asked about the possible move by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision legalising abortion. “My understanding is this comes from a leaked document rather …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The rise in demand for coal following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a setback to reaching a net-zero economy by 2050 but will also help bolster investment in renewable energy, a Bank of England (BoE) policymaker said on Tuesday. Elisabeth Stheeman, a member of the BoE’s Financial Policy Committee (FPC), said the impact …

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