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UK local elections: How London turned from blue to red
May 11, 2022 08:49Even the wealthiest enclaves of the British capital turned against the Tories recently. What has made the city a Labour redoubt – and is its dominance more of a menace than a boon?
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EU warns UK: ‘Don’t touch’ Northern Ireland Protocol
May 11, 2022 03:13The deadlock between the United Kingdom and the European Union over post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland is once again taking center stage, with both sides issuing stern warnings.
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UK used arms deal to conceal payments to Saudi Arabia
May 10, 2022 03:39A UK court trial has revealed that the British government approved payments of up to £60 million to a future king of Saudi Arabia and the kingdom’s senior officials as part of a huge arms deal and then sought to conceal them.
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UK imposes fresh sanctions on Russia, Belarus
May 09, 2022 08:04The UK has imposed new sanctions on Russia and Belarus over Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine including punitive import tariffs on precious metals and export bans.
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UK local election results were messy. Now Boris Johnson’s future is on the line
May 09, 2022 07:44A heartland slump and hundreds of seat losses in UK's local elections will put new pressure on the Prime Minister Boris Johnson, but his opponent, Keir Starmer, may also face criticism after failing to deliver a knockout.
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UK pledges further £1.3bn military package to Ukraine
May 09, 2022 02:36Britain has announced an extra £1.3 billion in military support to Ukraine, ahead of a virtual meeting of Group of Seven (G7) leaders with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Russia says it destroyed US, Europe military stockpile in Kharkiv
May 07, 2022 09:00Russia's defense ministry says it has destroyed a large stockpile of military equipment from the United States and European countries near the Bohodukhiv railway station in Ukraine's Kharkiv region.
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Boris Johnson under renewed pressure after damaging local election losses
May 07, 2022 04:13Conservative MPs and council leaders questioned UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership, demanding action to tackle the cost of living crisis and rebuild trust in the wake of the Partygate scandal after a damaging series of losses across the “blue wall” in Somerset, Kent, Oxfordshire and Surrey.
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UK Tories receive blow as opposition Labor wins several strongholds
May 07, 2022 03:59It was the UK prime minister’s first test at the ballot box since he paid a fine for breaking Covid lockdown rules, and the results are speaking for themselves. London strongholds such as Wandsworth, and Westminster held by the Tories or Conservatives for decades, lost to the opposition labor.
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UK trade deal with Israeli regime sends a clear message: Apartheid is rewarded
May 05, 2022 15:44Without conditionality on human rights or a mechanism for accountability, how can an enhanced trading relationship be understood by Israeli regime as anything other than support for its violations and war crimes?