A man stabbed an 11-year-old girl and her mother Monday in one of London’s busiest squares, in a knife attack that comes days after a similar incident sparked riots across the United Kingdom, Sky News reported. Police said a 32-year-old man attacked the girl and her...
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Police are preparing for fresh anti-Muslim and anti-migrant demonstrations across the United Kingdom following days of violence and riots across the country in the wake of a knife attack last week that was incorrectly attributed to an illegal migrant, Reuters reported Wednesday. The government has mobilized...
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British police arrested at least 240 people across the United Kingdom over the weekend as violent far-right-led demonstrations erupted in various cities, unrest fueled by misinformation about a deadly attack in the country’s northwest in which three children were killed, the Washington Post reported. Protests and...
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British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer summoned the country’s police chiefs Thursday to address violent unrest that has gripped parts of the country this week, shortly after a stabbing attack left three young girls dead, CBS News reported. Earlier this week, a 17-year-old attacked a Taylor...
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French voters handed a newly formed leftist coalition a shock victory in the second round of parliamentary elections on Sunday, defying predictions that the far right would win big for the first time in French history, the Associated Press wrote. The New Popular Front – an...
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In late May, just six weeks before the election, British Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he would introduce a National Service plan to allow young people to “gain valuable skills, make our country more secure and build a stronger national culture.” The reaction was...
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The United Kingdom’s top court ruled this week that the impact on the climate from fossil fuels must now be considered when approving new drilling sites projects, a landmark verdict that deals a blow to the oil and gas industry in the country, Euronews reported. The...
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced an intense backlash over the weekend for his decision to skip a significant D-Day commemoration in France in favor of doing a political interview, a scandal that comes as the ruling Conservative party and its leader face an uphill...
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Two whistleblowers accused Standard Chartered, one of the United Kingdom’s largest banks, of conducting billions of dollars in undisclosed transactions for entities linked to Iran and terrorist organizations, according to a New York court filing, the Guardian reported Tuesday. The allegations, which the bank denies, claim...
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The British prime minister apologized after revelations emerged that the UK government covered up a scandal in which the state-run National Health Service knowingly exposed tens of thousands of people to deadly diseases including HIV through contaminated blood for decades, Al Jazeera reported this week. Launched...
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The United Kingdom’s Labour Party secured major victories in England’s local elections this week, indicating a potential shift in the political landscape ahead of the upcoming general election to be held by January, Reuters reported. Results showed that the Labour Party triumphed in mayoral polls in...
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The British government’s long-debated policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing was passed by parliament Tuesday, following years of legal battles, political hurdles and criticism from the United Nations and human rights groups, the Wall Street Journal reported. So far, the United Kingdom has...
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British lawmakers voted in favor of a pioneering bill that would prevent individuals born after 2009 from purchasing cigarettes, a piece of legislation that observers have described as one of strictest in the world, the BBC reported. On Tuesday, the bill, proposed by Conservative Prime Minister...
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Hundreds of people who were injured or lost relatives in a 2017 bombing at a concert hall in Manchester launched legal action against British intelligence on Sunday after an inquiry found the attack could have been prevented, the Guardian reported. Observers said it was the first...
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A majority of the companies in the United Kingdom that participated in the world’s largest four-day working week trial have retained the policy, according to a study published this month, highlighting the model’s long-term benefits, the Guardian reported. Sixty-one companies took part in the pilot from...
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The British parliament’s upper house voted this week to delay a controversial treaty to send people seeking asylum in the United Kingdom to Rwanda, a symbolic setback to the government’s flagship – but lingering – plan to deter asylum seekers, the New York Times reported. Prime...
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After a huge public uproar, British police last week launched an investigation into the Post Office’s handling of an IT glitch that led to the prosecution of hundreds of employees for allegedly stealing money, some of whom later committed suicide, the Associated Press reported. Between 1999...
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The United Kingdom’s Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick resigned this week over disagreements related to the government’s bill that some say is an end run around a recent Supreme Court ruling that deemed the Rwanda asylum transfer scheme illegal, dealing another blow to the ruling Conservative...
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The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing was unlawful, a verdict that deals a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s policy to curb the number of migrants entering the country, CBS News reported. The...
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appointed David Cameron as the country’s new foreign secretary Monday, in a shock comeback for the former prime minister remembered for introducing the 2016 referendum that led to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, Politico reported. Cameron’s appointment is...
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