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UK police step up security for first state funeral since 1965
Sep 11, 2022 01:59As Britain prepares to stage its first state funeral in nearly six decades, security officials are planning what is expected to be the "biggest policing and protective operation" in UK history.
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Charles III officially proclaimed UK's king in ceremony televised for first time
Sep 10, 2022 14:09King Charles III has been publicly proclaimed as the new monarch of the United Kingdom following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history.
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Uncertainty awaits King Charles III
Sep 10, 2022 02:10Britain has a new monarch. King Charles III used his first address to the nation since taking the throne to pay tribute to his late mother.
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Queen Elizabeth's death stirs calls in Caribbean for reparations, abolition of monarchy
Sep 09, 2022 03:01The death of the UK's longest-reigning monarch and the subsequent coronation of her successor has rekindled the long-running debate about colonialism and how the British monarchy spawned systems of oppression and slavery worldwide.
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UK's new PM called monarchy ‘disgraceful’ as a teenager
Sep 09, 2022 02:52The newly appointed UK Prime Minister Liz Truss had called the British monarchy "disgraceful" as a teenager.
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Buckingham Palace: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Sep 08, 2022 13:35Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace says.
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UK new PM forms ‘the most right-wing for a generation’
Sep 08, 2022 03:21It’s been dubbed the most right-wing cabinet for a generation, formed after new PM Liz Truss’ fulsome support for her predecessor and a purge of defeated rival Rishi Sunak loyalists.
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US, UK have no right to accuse Iran of cyberattack: Foreign Ministry
Sep 08, 2022 01:55The Foreign Ministry says the US and the UK are not in a position to accuse Iran of cyberspace violations, given their previous silence and even support in the face of such transgressions against the Islamic Republic.
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Europe-Russia tension: UK's new PM contacts Zelensky, vows 'full backing' for Ukraine
Sep 07, 2022 03:50In her first contact with a foreign statesman, Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss has called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, vowing unfaltering support on the part of London for Kiev in the face of an ongoing Russian military operation.
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Kremlin: Russia expects no improvement in ties with UK under Truss
Sep 06, 2022 14:45Russia says it does not expect any immediate improvement in ties with Britain under new Prime Minister Liz Truss, who is known for her hawkish stance on Moscow.