World May 14 UK health secretary resigns, creating a potential power struggle with PM Keir Starmer Health Secretary Wes Streeting became the first senior minister to quit Starmer ’s Cabinet on Thursday in what is expected to be a precursor to challenging his leadership.
World May 13 King Charles III lays out UK government agenda as Starmer's job hangs in the balance King Charles III outlined the British government's legislative plans on Tuesday at the State Opening of Parliament as Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces pressure to stay in power.
World May 12 U.K. Prime Minister Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow While more than 100 Labour lawmakers signed a letter of support for Starmer, about 90 others urged him to set a timetable for his departure.
World Apr 05 Pressure grows to remove Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, as the headliner of London summer music festival Pressure was mounting Sunday on American rapper Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer, after criticism from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
World Feb 25 UK parliamentary speaker tipped off police over Mandelson's possible flight risk Mandelson was arrested Monday at his north London home on suspicion of misconduct in public office.
World Feb 24 Former UK ambassador to the U.S. Mandelson released on bail after arrest in Epstein probe Both Mandelson and the former Prince Andrew are suspected of improperly passing U.K. government information to the disgraced U.S. financier, and the high-profile British arrests are some of the most dramatic fallout from the trove of more than 3 million pages of Epstein-related…
World Feb 19 5 things to know about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's arrest and release The brother of King Charles III, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his close relationship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He was released around 11 hours after he…
Politics Jan 23 Starmer calls Trump's remarks on NATO troops in Afghanistan 'insulting' and 'appalling' British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that U.S. President Donald Trump should apologize for his false assertion that troops from non-U.S. NATO countries avoided the front line during the Afghanistan war, describing Trump's remarks as “insulting” and “appalling.”…
World Nov 13 British commentator Sami Hamdi considers taking legal action against U.S. over ICE detention British political commentator Sami Hamdi has said on his arrival back in the U.K. that he was considering suing U.S. authorities for his detention in an immigration detention center.
World Nov 12 Starmer refuses to say whether he will urge Trump to drop his threat to sue BBC Keir Starmer has refused to say whether he would urge Donald Trump to drop his threat to sue the BBC for a billion dollars over the broadcaster’s edit of a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election.