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First lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump attend a dinner at Blenheim Palace near Oxford with British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip on July 12. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

After NATO chaos, Trump met by protest, pomp in Britain

By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin, Associated Press

Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Boris Johnson arrives at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain earlier this month. Photo by Simon Dawson/Reuters

Regret and relief at departure of Boris Johnson as top UK envoy

Diplomats and politicians around the world were bidding a not-always fond farewell Tuesday to Boris Johnson after the foreign secretary's bombshell resignation.

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Boris Johnson quits UK government in mounting Brexit crisis

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned Monday, adding to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May's government.

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

AMESBURY, ENGLAND - JULY 04: Police on the scene outside Amesbury Baptist Centre as Wiltshire Police declare a major incident after a man and woman were exposed to an unknown substance on July 4, 2018 in Amesbury, England. The pair, who are in their 40s, are in a critical condition after being found unconscious at an address in Muggleton Road Amesbury. The town is around 10 miles from Salisbury where former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in a suspected nerve agent attack. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Police: 2 more exposed to same nerve agent that sickened spy

The country's chief counterterrorism police officer said tests at Britain's defense laboratory had confirmed what many residents feared — a man and woman in their 40s had been poisoned with the same toxin that almost killed a former Russian spy…

By Matt Dunham, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Police officers guard outside a branch of Boots pharmacy, which has been cordoned off after two people were hospitalized and police declared a 'major incident', in Amesbury, Wiltshire in Britain. Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters

2 people exposed to ‘unknown substance,’ UK anti-terror police says

The Wiltshire Police force declared a “major incident” after a man and a woman in their 40s were hospitalized after being found unconscious Saturday at a residential building in Amesbury, eight miles from Salisbury, where a former Russian spy and…

By Matt Dunham, Danica Kirka, Associated Press

Why the royal wedding is a gift for the UK economy

By Malcolm Brabant

Saturday's wedding between Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle has provided a much-needed boost for Britain’s economy during the uncertainty of its separation from the European Union. From those hawking commemorative knickknacks to the cucumber industry, special correspondent Malcolm…

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WATCH: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding

By Larisa Epatko

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will wed at Windsor Castle on Saturday. You can watch all of the festivities live starting at 4:30 a.m. EDT here.

Democrats want to know legal basis for Syria airstrikes

By Associated Press

Two Democratic lawmakers are calling on President Donald Trump to provide records spelling out the legal basis for missile strikes in Syria last week and in April 2017.

Watchdog agency chief rejects Russian claim of 2nd nerve agent in Skripal poisoning

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

The head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said the second nerve agent had "nothing to do with the samples collected by the OPCW team in Salisbury."…

UK: Nerve agent that poisoned spy was in liquid form

By Associated Press

LONDON — The nerve agent used on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was delivered in liquid form, British officials said Tuesday, as they revealed it will take months to clean up the toxic trail the poison…