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The prince and the pop star work on charity single in London

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry joined Jon Bon Jovi at Abbey Road Studios in London on Friday as the singer recorded a charit...
14:11 28 February 2022

Judge refuses to let Assange leave secure dock in courtroom

LONDON (AP) — A British judge refused Thursday to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange move from a glass-enclosed dock a...
17:38 27 February 2022

UK court blocks Heathrow expansion over climate concerns

LONDON (AP) — Campaigners won a court ruling Thursday to block the plan for a third runway at Heathrow Airport on enviro...
9:15 27 February 2022

Johnny Depp in UK court for hearing on tabloid libel lawsuit

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Johnny Depp told a British judge on Wednesday that the star’s ex-wife Amber Heard lied when s...
13:48 26 February 2022

EU approves tough negotiating mandate for UK trade talks

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Tuesday gave its chief negotiator Michel Barnier a robust negotiating mandate to g...
12:07 25 February 2022

Hero or criminal? Court hears 2 views of WikiLeaks’ Assange

LONDON (AP) — Truth-telling journalist or reckless criminal: A British judge was given two conflicting portraits of Juli...
16:48 24 February 2022

US to lay out case against Assange at extradition hearing

LONDON (AP) — The U.S. government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face off Monday in a high-security London co...
14:16 23 February 2022

Marchers support Assange ahead of London extradition hearing

LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Julian Assange marched through London on Saturday to pressure the U.K. governmen...
16:38 22 February 2022

World markets slip on renewed fears over virus outbreak

BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets slipped on Friday after a spike in new virus cases in South Korea and other countrie...
12:05 21 February 2022

Review: A CGI canine yearns to be free in ‘Call of the Wild’

Does the dog movie have any new tricks? Do we want it to?For the most part, we want our dog movies like our pooches: com...
23:25 19 February 2022

Lawyer: Assange was offered US pardon if he cleared Russia

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Julian Assange said Wednesday that the WikiLeaks founder plans to claim during his extraditio...
18:32 19 February 2022

UK employers fear worker shortages in new immigration plan

LONDON (AP) — Vegetables rotting in the fields, food going unprocessed, the elderly and disabled left without care. That...
15:46 19 February 2022

UK patient plays violin during unusual brain surgery

LONDON (AP) — Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin dur...
12:16 19 February 2022

Lewis Capaldi, Dave win at politically tinged Brit Awards

LONDON (AP) — Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi and soulful London rapper Dave took top prizes Tuesday at the U.K...
22:31 18 February 2022

Vatican police stage new raids in London real estate case

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican police on Tuesday raided the home and office of the Vatican monsignor who signed the contrac...
22:27 18 February 2022

Europe resists mounting US pressure on Huawei 5G technology

LONDON (AP) — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from s...
19:20 18 February 2022

HSBC cuts headcount by 35,000 in deep overhaul

LONDON — HSBC will shed some 35,000 jobs as part of a deep overhaul to focus on faster-growing markets in Asia and as it tries to cope with a slew of ...
10:48 18 February 2022

Kendall Jenner headlines London Fashion Week’s Burberry show

LONDON — Kendall Jenner and fellow super models unveiled Burberry's new season designs at London Fashion Week on Monday, a collection that spanned eve...
20:54 17 February 2022

Ex-‘Love Island’ host Caroline Flack found dead in London

LONDON — Caroline Flack, a British television presenter who hosted the controversial reality TV show “Love Island,” has died at age 40, her family sai...
19:37 15 February 2022

UK Treasury chief quits as Johnson shakes up Cabinet

LONDON — U.K. Treasury chief Sajid Javid unexpectedly resigned on Thursday after resisting a reduction in his power, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson s...
14:54 13 February 2022

BP lays out long-term ambition to achieve net-zero emissions

LONDON — Energy producer BP said Wednesday it wants to eliminate or offset all carbon emissions from its operations and the oil and gas it sells to cu...
16:06 12 February 2022

London police deploy face scan tech, stirring privacy fears

LONDON — London police started using facial recognition cameras on Tuesday to automatically scan for wanted people, as authorities adopt the controver...
17:18 11 February 2022

UK’s Johnson backs high speed railway despite opposition

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative government on Tuesday approved an overdue, over-budget plan for a high-speed rail line linking London with central and...
14:16 11 February 2022

Health officials trace British patient travels in outbreak

LONDON — A middle-aged businessman from England who vacationed in the Alps has illustrated how the ease of international travel is complicating global...
8:39 11 February 2022

A bridge too far? UK looks at linking Scotland, N Ireland

LONDON — The British government said Monday it is seriously studying the feasibility of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, an audacious i...
17:55 10 February 2022

Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel

LONDON — Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing...
23:18 9 February 2022

New virus cases in UK, Germany, Italy put Europe total at 31

LONDON — Britain, Germany and Italy announced more cases of the new virus from China on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Euro...
23:45 6 February 2022

Grenfell chair requests UK pledge on witness immunity

LONDON — The chairman of the inquiry into a London tower bloc fire that killed 72 people wrote to Britain's attorney general Thursday to ask for a ple...
15:53 6 February 2022

UK government, at odds with media, eyes BBC funding change

LONDON — Britain’s government announced Wednesday it is considering a change in the way the BBC is funded that would severely dent the coffers of the ...
13:28 5 February 2022

UK boosts climate effort by banning new gas vehicles by 2035

LONDON — Britain announced Tuesday that it plans to ban the sale of new gas and diesel cars by 2035 — five years earlier than its previous target — in...
14:13 4 February 2022