Trends - Britain

Britain’s PM hopefuls promise to get tough on illegal migration

First deportation flight was blocked last month by the European Court of Human Rights

Published 24 Jul, 2022 03:50pm

Record temperatures scorch Europe, as wildfires rage across south

Britain on a state of 'national emergency'

Published 19 Jul, 2022 03:10pm

Britain on course for hottest day on record

Climate change effect on Britain, observing 40 C for first time

Published 18 Jul, 2022 03:42pm

Contest to replace Boris Johnson begins, opponents demand he goes now

Johnson remains on job as caretaker prime minister until a new prime minister is selected

Published 08 Jul, 2022 05:44pm

After scandals, Boris Johnson quits as UK prime minister

Conservatives will now have to elect a new leader, a process which could take weeks or months

Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:08pm

Increasingly isolated, Boris Johnson pledges to fight on

Would only quit if the government could not carry on, said Boris Johnson

Published 06 Jul, 2022 05:16pm

G7 to ban Russian gold imports, choking key market for Putin

Measure was initially flagged by Britain along with fellow G7 members Canada, Japan and U.S.

Published 26 Jun, 2022 03:45pm

Future king William’s influence grows as he hits 40

Many want William to leapfrog his father and become king when his grandmother dies.

Published 20 Jun, 2022 02:52pm

Video: Locals enjoy the sun on hottest day in the UK

South Asian diaspora flock to Greater Manchester's green fields and scenic sights

Published 18 Jun, 2022 04:37pm

UK PM’s ethics adviser quits after being put in ‘odious’ position

Second ethics adviser to quit under Johnson in two years

Published 16 Jun, 2022 06:33pm

Pound reclaims $1.20 but headwinds keep blowing

European Commission launched legal proceedings against London reacting to British government's plans to override post-Brexit trade rules for N.Ireland

Published 15 Jun, 2022 02:56pm

Queen’s jubilees chronicle changing times in Britain

Queen Elizabeth is the only one to celebrate her 70th year on the throne

Published 02 Jun, 2022 10:06am

Pakistan declares high alert for suspected monkeypox cases

Four cases of the virus have been reported in the UAE

Published 30 May, 2022 01:11pm

Prince William and wife Kate take over UK airwaves to fight loneliness

If people interrupted the lives of those who were feeling alone, they could help lift them out of loneliness: says royal couple

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59pm

Britain, EU claim Russian hackers were behind the cyberattack against Ukrainian satellite network

The cyberattack was a “deliberate and malicious attack by Russia against Ukraine,” says British Foreign Office

Published 10 May, 2022 06:13pm

Queen Elizabeth’s 96th birthday marked with gun salute, new photograph

She became the queen of Britain and more than a dozen other realms on the death of her father King George VI in 1952

Published 21 Apr, 2022 02:27pm

Britain is not seeking to remove Russia's Putin - PM Johnson

Britain is focused on helping protect Ukrainians from the war and is not aiming to remove Russian President Vladimir...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 02:13pm

Britain's GCHQ spy chief says Russian soldiers refused to carry out orders in Ukraine

The head of Britain's GCHQ spy service said on Wednesday that new intelligence showed some Russian soldiers in...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 11:49am

WikiLeaks' Assange gets married in UK high-security jail

The 50-year-old Australian, who denies any wrongdoing, has been in the southeast London jail since 2019, and before that was holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in the British capital for seven years

Published 24 Mar, 2022 02:23pm