World Aug 01 British leader announces policing plan after violent ‘far-right’ clashes The announcement came after police were pelted with bottles in several cities by what Starmer called "marauding mobs" who apparently were reacting to a horrific stabbing Monday at a children's dance class that killed three and wounded 10.
World Jul 31 UK prime minister accuses far-right protesters of hijacking town’s grief after stabbing attack that killed 3 children Far-right protesters clashed with police outside a mosque in the town where three girls were fatally stabbed on Monday. The violence erupted after a peaceful vigil on Tuesday for the girls.
World Jul 30 Third child dies after UK stabbing attack at Taylor Swift-themed dance class Police are questioning a 17-year-old suspect arrested minutes after the rampage in the seaside town of Southport.
World Jul 18 European leaders discuss Ukraine, concerns about direction of U.S. at U.K. summit Newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed around 45 heads of government to a grandiose English country mansion to discuss migration, energy security and the threat from Russia.
World Jul 09 UK Parliament welcomes hundreds of new lawmakers after transformative election The new House of Commons includes the largest number of women ever elected — 263, some 40 percent of the total — and the most lawmakers of color, at 90.
World Jul 06 Here are the first tasks new U.K. leader Keir Starmer must tackle as prime minister New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doesn’t get to take a breather. After a draining six-week election campaign, the center-left politician must get straight to work assembling his government, tackling a mountain of domestic problems and putting his stamp on the U.K.’s relations…
World Jul 05 Labour Party ends 14 years of Conservative rule in U.K. with landslide vote, Starmer vows ‘government of service’ Starmer led his party back to government less than five years after it suffered its worst defeat in almost a century.
World Jul 04 Exit poll suggests huge majority for Britain’s Labour party, leaving Conservatives in disarray Britain’s Labour Party headed for a landslide victory in a parliamentary election on Thursday, an exit poll suggested, as voters punished the governing Conservatives after 14 years of economic and political upheaval.
World Jul 03 In final hours of U.K. campaign, Conservatives battle to the end as Labour eyes victory United Kingdom voters are set to cast ballots in a national election on Thursday, passing judgment on British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s 20 months in office, and the four Conservative prime ministers before him.
World Jun 15 Royals greet public from palace balcony in display of unity after months of cancer treatments Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales' first appearance at a public event since her cancer diagnosis early this year.