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BBC presenter reportedly paid teenager for sexually explicit photos
Jul 09, 2023 11:57UK’s broadcasting corporation, BBC, has been “very seriously” examining claims that one of its presenters paid a teenager for sexual photos, according to the network spokesperson.
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Iran summons British diplomat over London's 'interventionist' remarks
Jul 07, 2023 03:00Iran has summoned the UK's chargé d'affaires to Tehran to the Foreign Ministry over the British ambassador to the UN's "destructive and interventionist" remarks about the Islamic Republic.
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Thousands of Afghan refugees face homelessness crisis in UK
Jul 05, 2023 05:57Thousands of Afghan refugees are at risk of homelessness in the United Kingdom if the government presses ahead with plans to evict them from hotels, local councils have warned.
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British Muslims vent anger over desecration of Qur'an in Sweden
Jul 04, 2023 05:16The embassy of Sweden in London has become the latest location for angry protests by Muslims, as the global fury continues to grow following desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Stockholm.
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Iran receives hard drives seized from MKO camp in Albania: Official
Jul 03, 2023 11:50Iran has gained access to a batch of electronic devices and storage equipment confiscated during a recent search operation conducted by Albanian police at a camp belonging to the Mujahedin-e-Khalq terrorist organization (MKO), an Iranian government official has said.
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UK forces killed 80 Afghan civilians btwn 2010-13 as part of wider war crimes, inquiry says
Jul 03, 2023 05:01British forces may have summarily executed 80 Afghan civilians between 2010 and 2013 during the US-led military occupation of Afghanistan, lawyers representing the victim families have unveiled at a public inquiry.
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Report: UK health sector saw record number of staff leaving work in 2022
Jul 03, 2023 04:55A new report says a record number of nearly 170,000 workers left their jobs in the National Health Service (NHS) in England last year as the country's health system struggles with some of the worst pressures in its history.
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UK govt. Rwanda deportation plan unlawful: appeals court
Jun 30, 2023 06:08A UK court has blocked government plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. The country's Court of Appeals said the plan was unlawful. Rights groups and asylum seekers had appealed an earlier decision by another court which gave the go-ahead for the controversial deportation policy.
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Poverty across UK forces 11.3mn Britons into hunger, report reveals
Jun 28, 2023 05:00A landmark research study has revealed an excruciating extent of food poverty across Britain as the general public grapple with soaring inflation and the highest cost-of-living in a generation.
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UK cost of living crisis: When will it end?
Jun 28, 2023 04:53A UK parliamentary committee has heard from the CEOs of some of the country’s major supermarkets which have been accused of grotesque profiteering in the middle of a cost of living crisis. At the moment, food inflation in the UK remains at nearly 19 percent.