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Trump says China deal could wait until after 2020 election

LONDON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed the likelihood of reaching a U.S.-China trade deal before next year’s elections — and then shrug...
17:39 3 December 2021

Impeachment shadows Trump on trip to NATO leaders meeting

LONDON — Crying foul over timing, President Donald Trump on Monday accused Democrats of scheduling this week’s impeachment hearing to undercut him dur...
19:13 2 December 2021

Vigil for London stabbing victims as politicians trade blame

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn paused Monday to honor the two people killed in th...
18:06 2 December 2021

NATO under friendly fire as leaders ready for London summit

BRUSSELS — NATO leaders will gather in London on Tuesday as the world’s biggest military alliance, marking its 70th birthday, battles with one of the ...
13:07 2 December 2021

London extremist attack takes center stage in UK campaign

LONDON — Britain’s political leaders sparred Sunday over who is responsible for the early release of a convicted extremist who launched a stabbing att...
18:13 1 December 2021

London attack victims took part in program with prisoners

LONDON — Three of the five people who were killed or wounded in the London stabbing attack were former Cambridge University students or staff members ...
17:16 1 December 2021

Londoners fought back to curtail carnage in bridge attack

LONDON — Even in times of shared, senseless tragedy, an uplifting moment sometimes emerges.
0:47 1 December 2021

Focus on early release of terror convict in London stabbings

LONDON — UK counterterrorism police on Saturday searched for clues into how a man imprisoned for terrorism offenses before his release last year manag...
16:33 30 November 2021

Vietnam receives last of 39 remains of trafficking victims

DO THANH, Vietnam — The last remains of the 39 Vietnamese who died while being smuggled in a truck to England last month were repatriated to their hom...
9:48 30 November 2021

UK police: Bridge attacker had been jailed for terror crimes

LONDON — A man wearing a fake explosive vest stabbed several people Friday in London, killing two in what police are treating as a terrorist attack be...
1:14 30 November 2021

Emery fired by Arsenal after team’s worst run in 27 years

There's another managerial vacancy at a north London club in the English Premier League, this time at Arsenal.
18:51 29 November 2021

The Latest: London mayor: No one else wanted over stabbings

LONDON — The Latest on an incident in London Bridge (all times local):
16:58 29 November 2021

UK police explain decision on Prince Andrew case

LONDON — London police are defending the decision not to pursue a full investigation of allegations made against Prince Andrew by a woman who says she...
16:45 28 November 2021

Opponents attack Johnson’s character as UK election looms

LONDON — Britain’s opposition parties are intensifying attacks on Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday with two weeks to go until election day, wi...
12:23 28 November 2021

Australian journalist, writer and wit Clive James dies at 80

LONDON — Clive James, an Australian journalist, joker and intellectual who had a long career as a writer and broadcaster in the U.K., has died. He was...
17:54 27 November 2021

Labour says UK health service ‘for sale’ in US trade talks

LONDON — Britain’s health system became a battleground in the country’s election campaign on Wednesday, as opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corby...
17:40 27 November 2021

Director, Beyond the Fringe star Jonathan Miller dies at 85

LONDON — Jonathan Miller, the polymath British stage director, filmmaker and comedian who co-created groundbreaking comedy revue “Beyond the Fringe,” ...
14:52 27 November 2021

Pope defends raid on financial unit despite criticism

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis defended a controversial raid on the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency, saying Tuesday it showed the Vatican’s...
19:21 26 November 2021

Top UK rabbi slams Labour, says ‘soul of nation’ at risk

LONDON — Britain’s most senior Jewish religious leader stepped into Britain’s election campaign Monday, saying the country’s main opposition leader ha...
22:35 25 November 2021

Uber loses license in London over safety, vows to appeal

LONDON — London’s transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber’s license to operate, putting the ride-hailing company’s future in the British cap...
11:28 25 November 2021

UK’s Boris Johnson has one thing on his mind: Brexit now

LONDON — The formal launch of the Conservative Party’s election pledges Sunday centered around the key plank of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s campaig...
12:27 24 November 2021

UK party leaders grilled by wary voters on Brexit and more

LONDON — Britain’s Dec. 12 vote has been dubbed the “Brexit election,” dominated by the country’s stalled exit from the European Union. But political ...
19:44 22 November 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Leaders’ questionable claims in U.K. election

LONDON — Claims of ruinous spending sprees and twisted truths are flying in during campaigning for Britain’s Dec. 12 election, in which all 650 seats ...
13:58 22 November 2021

UK Labour party vows radical changes if it wins Dec. 12 vote

LONDON — Britain’s main opposition Labour Party promised Thursday to radically expand public spending and state ownership if it wins the Dec. 12 elect...
16:55 21 November 2021

UK Conservatives under fire for Twitter deception in debate

LONDON — Britain's Conservative Party was accused Wednesday of trying to deceive voters by changing the name of its press office Twitter account to “f...
14:32 20 November 2021

No clear champ as Johnson, Corbyn spar in UK election debate

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn attacked each other’s policies on Brexit, health care and the econom...
22:13 19 November 2021

Prince Andrew’s efforts to put scandal behind him backfire

LONDON — Prince Andrew's effort to put the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him may have instead done him irreparable harm.
18:48 18 November 2021

UK leader Johnson faces questions about ties to US woman

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced new questions Monday about his relationship with an American businesswoman who allegedly received ...
16:26 18 November 2021

Terry O’Neill, whose images captured ’60s London, dies at 81

LONDON — British photographer Terry O’Neill, whose images captured London’s Swinging ‘60s and who created iconic portraits of Elton John, Brigitte Bar...
23:56 17 November 2021

UK media: Prince Andrew’s sex claims rebuttal a PR disaster

LONDON — British media on Sunday slammed Prince Andrew’s effort to rebut claims that he had sex with a teenager who says she was trafficked by Jeffrey...
20:12 17 November 2021