World Jul 08 Johnson confirms most British troops have left Afghanistan The prime minister declined to give details about the troop withdrawal, citing security reasons. But he said that "all British troops assigned to NATO's mission in Afghanistan are now returning home," adding that "most of our personnel have already left."…
World Mar 14 London police under pressure over clashes at women’s protest London’s Metropolitan Police force was under heavy pressure Sunday to explain its actions during a vigil for a woman whom one of the force’s own officers is accused of murdering.
Politics Mar 09 Piers Morgan quits talk show after comments about Meghan The U.K.'s media watchdog said earlier Tuesday it was launching an investigation into the show under its harm and offense rules after receiving more than 41,000 complaints about Morgan's comments on Meghan.
World Jan 04 England to start new virus lockdown until mid-February British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new version of the coronavirus.
World Dec 20 Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Italy all announced restrictions on U.K. travel, hours after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Christmas shopping and gatherings in southern England must be canceled because of rapidly spreading infections blamed on the…
World Dec 19 UK nixes Christmas gatherings, shuts London shops over virus British Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a new, stricter level of coronavirus restrictions on London and much of southern England on Saturday to curb rapidly spreading infections. In announcing the more restrictive category, Johnson said that a fast-moving new variant…
World Oct 12 U.K. unveils 3-level lockdown plan, Liverpool at highest risk The British government carved England into three tiers of coronavirus risk on Monday in a bid to slow a resurgent outbreak, putting the northern city of Liverpool into the highest-risk category and shutting its pubs, gyms and betting shops.
World Jun 13 More global protests emerge over racism, police actions Tensions were high in cities around the globe, nearly three weeks after George Floyd, a black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee to his neck.
Health Apr 14 Figures show hundreds of COVID-19 deaths in UK nursing homes Hundreds more people with COVID-19 have died in Britain than have been recorded in the government's daily tally, official figures showed Tuesday — including a tide of deaths in nursing homes that staff say are being overlooked.
Arts Aug 12 V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85 V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing made him one of the world's most admired writers, died at his London home, his family said. He was 85.