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UK leadership race hots up with at least 11 contenders announcing bids
Jul 11, 2022 06:56Following the unceremonious exit of Boris Johnson as Britain's prime minister, many potential contenders have jumped on the bandwagon to replace him as the new premier and leader of the ruling Conservative Party.
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British forces start training Ukrainian recruits into frontline soldiers
Jul 10, 2022 03:10The first group of new Ukrainian recruits has started to be trained into frontline soldiers by British forces across the United Kingdom, as London pledges to continue its military and financial assistance to Kiev in its war with Moscow.
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Britain’s ex-chancellor Sunak declares bid for leadership
Jul 09, 2022 09:37Britain’s former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has declared his candidacy to become the Conservative Party leader and the next prime minister, days after he triggered a mass walkout of the cabinet ministers, which led to the resignation of scandal-hit Boris Johnson.
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British PM rose to power through lies, unruly attitude
Jul 09, 2022 09:28Britain’s soon-to-be-ex-prime minister Boris Johnson has “a long and well-documented history” of evading the truth while acting as if he should be exempt from the normal rules of conduct, a report has highlighted.
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Skepticism over whether EU-UK relations will improve post-Johnson
Jul 09, 2022 03:33Senior officials in the European Union are not celebrating the news that British premier Boris Johnson is to leave 10 Downing Street. There is a belief that his successor will still want to break key elements of the Brexit agreement relating to Northern Ireland.
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Foreign Ministry rejects UK claim of intercepting Yemen-bound ‘Iranian arms shipment’
Jul 08, 2022 00:59The Foreign Ministry strongly rejects the UK’s claim of intercepting an Iranian arms shipment that was heading for Yemen earlier this year.
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Scandal-ridden Johnson resigns as UK prime minister; reactions pour in
Jul 07, 2022 12:35British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has officially announced his resignation from the post, following calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his ruling Conservative Party over a slew of highly contentious issues, including Brexit, coronavirus pandemic and successive scandals.
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UK’s Johnson rejects Scotland’s independence referendum request
Jul 07, 2022 07:02British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to grant the Scottish government the authority to hold a second independence referendum, saying he “cannot agree that now is the time to return” to the independence question.
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UK Labour leader says he would back snap election against Johnson’s govt.
Jul 06, 2022 03:46UK's Labour leader says he backs a snap general election, calling the embattled premier “unfit to govern.”
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After Canada, UK mulls seizure of Russian assets to give to Ukraine
Jul 04, 2022 06:41The United Kingdom has been reviewing a plan to seize Russian assets, and allocate the country's wealth to either Ukrainian victims of the war or the Ukrainian government, according to reports.