Mar 23 Everything we know about the London attack By News Desk British police have identified the person responsible for Wednesday's attack on Parliament as Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old native of England. Continue reading
Feb 19 London mayor says ‘cruel’ Trump should be denied state visit By Associated Press London's mayor says that President Donald Trump shouldn't receive a state visit in Britain because of his "cruel" policies on immigration. Continue reading
Jan 14 Watch Sadiq Khan, London’s first Muslim mayor, on connecting citizens By PBS News Hour Sadiq Khan worked as a human rights lawyer and as a member of the British Parliament before he was elected mayor of London in May, making history as the first Muslim to serve in the position. Khan is also the… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch 5:51 Depicting colonialism and globalization through art ‘full of contradiction’ By PBS News Hour A “Wind Sculpture” by visual artist Yinka Shonibare MBE was recently installed in front of the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. It’s the seventh in Shonibare's series of vibrantly colored and patterned public artworks that are made… Continue watching
Dec 21 YouTube star says he was removed from Delta flight after speaking Arabic By Alison Thoet The creator of a popular YouTube channel said on Wednesday he was removed from a Delta flight after speaking Arabic. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 4:39 What’s the motive behind Julian Assange’s internet ban? By PBS News Hour Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has been living in exile in London's Ecuadorian embassy for four years. Now Ecuador says it's shut off Assange's internet access, months after WikiLeaks began to release documents and emails stolen from the DNC and… Continue watching
Aug 04 Watch 2:50 News Wrap: Christian charity worker in Israel charged with diverting funds to Hamas By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Mohammed El-Halabi, the head of a Christian charity’s operations in Israel, was accused of diverting donations to Hamas to build tunnels and buy weapons. He appeared in court on charges he siphoned up to $50… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch 7:54 London skyline rising but the history below ground is far more fascinating By PBS News Hour Where once stood a 16th Century theater that first staged Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, a new London complex, including a 37-story residential tower, is rising. As the skyline changes at a head-spinning clip, archaeologists, by law, are digging down, uncovering… Continue watching
Jul 17 Photos: Black Lives Matter movement takes hold in London, where police shootings are rare By Corinne Segal Recent police killings in the U.S. have inspired protests throughout the country and around the world. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 5:47 J.K. Rowling brings magic to the theater with a new Harry Potter play By PBS News Hour At London’s Palace Theater, fans of J.K. Rowling can leap back into her now-familiar magical world of a certain boy wizard. In “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” a new stage play told in two parts, Harry is back, but… Continue watching