World Feb 20 Ransomware group LockBit is disrupted by a global police operation that includes 2 arrests Britain's National Crime Agency says it led an international operation targeting LockBit, which provides ransomware as a service to so-called affiliates who infect victim networks with the computer-crippling malware and negotiate ransoms.
World Feb 20 WikiLeaks founder Assange begins final attempt to avoid extradition to U.S. Assange’s lawyers say he could face up to 175 years in prison if convicted, though American authorities have said the sentence is likely to be much shorter than that.
World Feb 09 Prince Harry settles with tabloid publisher over phone hacking claim Prince Harry has reached an out-of-court settlement with a tabloid newspaper publisher that invaded his privacy with phone hacking and other illegal snooping.
World Feb 06 King Charles III’s cancer was caught early, UK prime minister says The palace said Charles, who has generally enjoyed good health, “remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.”…
World Feb 05 Irish, U.K. leaders visit Belfast to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government A political crisis was sparked when the main British unionist party walked out of the power-sharing administration to protest post-Brexit trading arrangements. The party was coaxed into returning last week.
Politics Feb 01 UK judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit over dossier containing ‘shocking and scandalous claims’ A judge in London has thrown out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making "shocking and scandalous claims" that were false and harmed his reputation.
World Jan 30 Northern Ireland’s largest political party ends 2-year boycott that left people with dysfunctional government Amid mounting public frustration, teachers, nurses and other public sector workers staged a 24-hour strike this month calling on politicians to return to the government and give them a long-delayed pay raise.
Politics Jan 17 UK lawmakers pass a bill to send migrants to Rwanda. But hurdles remain before any flights take off Lawmakers voted by 320 to 276 Wednesday to back a bill that aims to overcome a U.K. Supreme Court block on the Rwanda plan.
World Jan 15 Sunak defends his decision for the UK to join the U.S. in ‘limited’ strikes on Yemen’s Houthis Sunak faced questions in Parliament about why British lawmakers did not get a say on the military action.
World Jan 03 Thousands of junior doctors in Britain walk off the job, beginning a 6-day strike over pay Managers say tens of thousands scheduled appointments and operations will be canceled during the walkout across England and Wales by junior doctors, those in the first years of their careers.