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UK PM hopefuls launch campaign centering on Brexit
Jun 10, 2019 08:43Several of the leading candidates to become Britain’s next prime minister and take on the challenge of delivering Brexit will launch their leadership campaigns on Monday, as the crowded contest officially begins.
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UK drivers being pursued by foreign police over unpaid speeding fines: Report
Jun 10, 2019 08:07An increasing number of British motorists are being pursued by foreign police forces over unpaid speeding fines, a report says.
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Merkel seeks to renegotiate Brexit deal, Jeremy Hunt claims
Jun 10, 2019 01:42British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt claims that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is ready to renegotiate the Brexit deal.
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UK faces nuclear disaster as it ignores warning on reopening old power plant
Jun 10, 2019 01:36Britain could face a major disaster if it goes ahead with plans to reopen an out-of-date nuclear power plant in Scotland where hundreds of flaws have been detected over the past years.
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UK’s Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion Brexit payment
Jun 10, 2019 01:35Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s next prime minister, said he would withhold a previously agreed 39 billion pound ($50 billion) Brexit payment until the European Union gives Britain better exit terms.
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UK protesters call for end to military crackdown in Sudan
Jun 09, 2019 03:24Members of London's Sudanese community demanded an end to the military crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Sudan, during a demonstration in front of Downing Street in London on Saturday.
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London council declares ‘war on hunger’ among students
Jun 09, 2019 03:16Hungry children in several schools in the British capital will be offered free meals as a local council declare a war on food poverty in one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
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UK may sideline parliament to deliver on Brexit: PM candidate
Jun 08, 2019 12:25A senior British Conservative lawmaker who has a high chance of winning a race to become next prime minister in the country says the government may be forced to suspend parliament to deliver on a mission to withdraw from the European Union at the end of October.
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Russia’s Putin urges next UK PM to forget spy row and improve ties
Jun 07, 2019 02:16Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes Britain’s next prime minister would forget the poisoning of a former double spy in England last year in order to improve strained relations between London and Moscow.
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Video shows fasting Muslim teacher knocked out by UK police
Jun 07, 2019 02:07A video circulating in the British media shows police officers brutally knocking out a fasting Muslim teacher in broad daylight in a street in the capital London.