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A woman applies a cooling spray as temperatures rise, in Trafalgar Square, London, Britain on 16 July, 2022.

UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France

A punishing heatwave fuelling ferocious wildfires in western Europe pushed temperatures in Britain over 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time on Tuesday and regional heat ...

Rolls-Royce champions energy transition at Farnborough

Rolls-Royce champions energy transition at Farnborough

British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce is “championing” the energy transition and the decarbonisation of aviation, its outgoing chief executive Warren East told AFP on Tuesday at the Farnborough ...

Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer (finance minister) Rishi Sunak speaks to the media at an event to launch his campaign to be the next Conservative leader and Prime Minister, in London, Britain, 12 July 2022.

Race to lead UK Ex-finance minister Sunak's lead narrows

British former finance minister Rishi Sunak held on to his lead on Tuesday among Conservative lawmakers in the race to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister, but his two remaining rivals were ...

British long-distance runner Mo Farah

I was a victim of child trafficking: Mo Farah

The 39-year-old Briton, who was born in Somalia, added his name had been changed to Mohamed Farah from Hussein Abdi Kahin in the fake travel documents used to fly him to Britain by a woman he had ...

A picture illustration shows Euro and U.S. dollar banknotes in Sarajevo on 9 March 2015

Euro drops to 20-year low, approaches parity with dollar

The euro slid to a 20-year low and came closer to parity against the dollar on Monday on concerns that an energy crisis will tip the region into a recession, while the US currency was boosted by ...

People walk near to the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, on 11 July 2022

New UK prime minister to be announced 5 Sept as tax dominates contest

The 1922 committee of Conservative members of parliament (MPs) which organises the leadership contest said hopefuls would need at least 20 nominations from the party’s 358 lawmakers to even proceed ...

A wax figure of Boris Johnson is pictured next to a 'vacancy' sign on 10 Downing Street at Madame Tussauds, in London, Britain on 7 July 2022

UK politics Several Tory heavyweights enter already fractious race to replace Johnson

None of the trio are frontrunners in recent polls of Conservative party members who will ultimately choose their new leader and Johnson’s replacement

Peter Brook

Visionary British theatre director Peter Brook dies aged 97

The British director used the world as his stage mounting productions ranging from challenging versions of Shakespeare through international opera to Hindu epic poems.

Graphic charting Hong Kong's main socio-economic indicators and opinion polls on government performance

A promise kept or betrayal? Hong Kong 25 years on from handover

Hong Kong will mark the 25th anniversary of the handover on Friday and the halfway point of One Country, Two Systems -- the governance model agreed by Britain and China under which the city would ...

In this file photo taken on 10 January, 2017 a passenger walks past a closed entrance to a platform used by Southern Rail at Clapham Junction station in London on during a Southern Rail drivers strike

Britain faces biggest rail strike in over 30 years

Britain’s railway workers on Tuesday began the network’s biggest strike action in more than three decades, as a cost-of-living crisis caused by surging inflation risks wider industrial action

An activist holds a placard next to others while forming a human chain calling for the freedom of the international non-profit organisation`WikiLeaks` founder Julian Assange, in Dhaka on 23 April 2019. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange`s seven-year hideout in Ecuador`s London embassy dramatically ended on 11 April when British police dragged him out and arrested him on a US extradition request. Photo: AFP

Secrets vs press freedom: the US case against Julian Assange

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, whose extradition to the United States was approved by Britain on Friday, faces charges of espionage in a case that could prove an unprecedented legal battle pitting ...

Rushanara-Ali

Raise funds for flood-hit people of Bangladesh: Rushanara

As the worst floods in two decades hit northeastern Bangladesh, Bangladeshi-origin British MP Rushanara Ali has said it is vital to raise much-needed funds to support those most affected and who need ...

Yasmin Hussain

Britain’s Yasmin is a ‘Bangladeshi’ at heart

Yasmin said that in Britain more and more Muslim girls are taking up football, “Even three years ago, it was difficult to convince five Muslim girls to try football. It was difficult to make them ...

A protestor holds a banner depicting British missing journalist Dom Philipps and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira reading “Where are they?” in Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 12 June, 2022

Belongings of missing British reporter and expert found in Brazil: police

Personal items belonging to a missing British journalist and an indigenous expert have been found in the Amazon region where the men disappeared one week ago, Brazilian Federal Police said Sunday

Logo of British rail

Britain faces biggest rail strike in decades: Union

Rail union RMT said more than 50,000 workers will take part in a three-day national strike coinciding with major events including the Glastonbury music festival, an Elton John concert and an England ...

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