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Doctors say queen, 96, under medical supervision Heir to the throne Prince Charles is with queen Family members head to Balmoral Castle Britain’s royal family rushed to be with Queen Elizabeth after doctors said they were concerned about the health of the 96-year-old monarch on Thursday and said she should …

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has appointed Liz Truss as the new prime minister a day after the former foreign secretary won the ruling party’s leadership race. Truss, 47, on Monday won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest, gaining the parliamentary majority to become the country’s next prime minister and replacing …

Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative Party on Monday, vowing to press ahead with promised tax cuts and action to tackle the deepening energy and cost of living crisis. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest, …

A British think tank has warned that over three million more Britons will fall into absolute poverty by the end of 2024 unless the new government acts quickly. Resolution Foundation, in its latest report, projected households will see their spending power cut by an average of £3,000 by the end …

The result of the British Conservative Party leadership contest will be announced at 1130 GMT on Monday, the party said on Friday. Polls have projected foreign Secretary Liz Truss will beat former finance minister Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s next prime minister.

Warrant Officer Paul Carney said soldiers should prepare their families for the possibility of being sent to Ukraine to fight Russia. The UK’s top ‘other ranks’ soldier has said that British troops must be ready to fight Russia and should prepare their families for the prospect of an “extended” deployment, …

Britain is suffering the worst inflation rate among the G7 countries with skyrocketing prices further tightening the squeeze on the British public.

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, accepted a £1 million ($1.19 million, 1.21 million euro) donation from the family of the deceased Saudi terrorist, Osama bin Laden, The Sunday Times reports.  Charles, who is the longest-serving heir apparent to the throne in British history, personally secured the 1 million pound …

Inflation in the United Kingdom will soar to ‘astronomical’ levels over the next year, a leading British think tank has warned, saying such massive inflation will force the Bank of England to raise interest rates higher and for a longer period than previously expected. In a report on Wednesday, the …

The United Kingdom has been reviewing a plan to seize Russian assets, and allocate the country’s wealth to either Ukrainian victims of the war or the Ukrainian government, according to reports. British media reported on Sunday that the UK foreign secretary was in favor of following Canada’s example in the appropriation of …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that Ukrainian asylum seekers face being deported to Rwanda forcefully if they travel to the UK without legal authorization, despite his previous promises that such deportations were “simply not going to happen.” Asked before the Commonwealth heads of government meeting (CHOGM) in the Rwandan capital Kigali, …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has defended his government’s plan to electronically tag some asylum-seekers who enter the UK on boats or trucks. Johnson said it is essential that asylum-seekers who enter Britain “illegally” and break the law cannot not simply “vanish” into the rest of the country. “This is a very, …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a further blow to his authority on Wednesday when his second ethics adviser in less than two years quit his post. Johnson last week survived a confidence ballot that saw 41% of his lawmakers vote against his leadership after months of scandals and gaffes …

The street in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy in Washington has been named after Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi dissident journalist who was murdered in Istanbul in 2018. On Wednesday, the US capital’s local government changed signs on one block in front of the embassy to read “Jamal Khashoggi Way”. …

The British government is set to present new legislation in the parliament on Monday, overriding the rules that govern post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland, thus inflaming tensions with the European Union. According to Press TV, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will propose the new plan to the House of Commons, despite …

British economic output declined for the second month in a row in April, weighed down by decades-high inflation, official data showed Monday. Gross domestic product fell 0.3 percent in April after a drop of 0.1 percent in March, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. Output in the …

Seven out of 10 Muslims in the UK say they have experienced some form of anti-Islamic treatment in their workplace, a recent poll shows. According to a poll conducted by the Savanta ComRes, anti-Islamic behavior in Europe and in the UK has increased in recent years. The survey found that …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a confidence vote in his leadership of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday after several lawmakers submitters letters expressing dissatisfaction with his leadership in the wake of the Partygate scandal. “The threshold of 15 percent (54 lawmakers) of the parliamentary party seeking a …

Soaring inflation across the UK has caused “acute distress” to Britons, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has said, stressing that the Bank of England must take “decisive action” to get prices back under control. Addressing the House of Commons on Thursday, Sunak was at pains to say that “the high inflation …

New photographs of Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinking at a leaving party at his Downing Street residence have been published, reigniting opposition accusations that he breached his own COVID-19 lockdown rules. The photographs, obtained by ITV News, were taken at a gathering in honour of Downing Street’s outgoing director of …