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String of scandals forces UK to step up vetting standards for police
Jul 21, 2023 06:09The United Kingdom has unveiled new vetting standards for police officers after a string of scandals damaged confidence in British policing.
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Russia restricts movements of British diplomats in response to 'hostile actions'
Jul 21, 2023 05:56Moscow has announced that British diplomats working in Russia will need to notify authorities in advance about their movements around the country.
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Senior doctors in England stage first major walkout in decade, reject pay deal
Jul 20, 2023 10:12Rejecting a meager pay rise offered by the government, thousands of senior doctors in England have staged their first major strike in a decade, a move expected to trigger massive disruption to health services.
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UK to use lessons of Ukraine ‘battle lab’ to boost its military: Defense secretary
Jul 20, 2023 02:53UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says Ukraine has “tragically become a battle lab,” but Britain will incorporate the lessons learned into its armed forces.
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Thousands of British children ‘in agony’ awaiting NHS dental care
Jul 19, 2023 09:36Major shortcomings across the publicly funded British healthcare system, the National Health Service (NHS), have resulted in English children living “in agony” for years just to receive basic dental care.
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UN denounces UK refugee crackdown bill, calls it against international law
Jul 18, 2023 11:42The United Nations has warned that controversial British legislation purportedly aimed at deterring thousands of refugees from landing on the country's shores will have profound consequences for people in need of international protection.
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England's senior doctors turn down government's pay rise offer, plan new strike
Jul 17, 2023 04:10Amid an ongoing industrial action by UK's junior doctors, senior doctors in England are also planning a two-day strike, dismissing a meager six-percent pay rise offered by the government.
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Consumer group: UK food prices up by as much as 175%, govt. action needed
Jul 17, 2023 04:00A British consumer group has alerted the country's authorities to the meteoric rise in prices of food items over the past two years, urging prompt action to shield households amid the country's unprecedented cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation.
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UK invites Saudi crown prince for official visit, first since Khashoggi murder
Jul 16, 2023 09:49The United Kingdom has invited Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) for an official visit to the country, indicating that Western countries are easing off on the kingdom following the gruesome murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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UK’s 2nd-largest trade union backs anti-Israel boycott movement
Jul 16, 2023 05:31Britain's second-largest trade union has declared its support for the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movements against the Israeli regime, slamming UK government legislation barring institutions from boycotting products made in Occupied Territories.