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Surging prices hit UK economic growth, raise recession risk
Sep 12, 2022 09:27Britain's economy grew by less than expected in July, raising the risk that it is already in a recession, with the sharp climb in energy tariffs hurting demand for electricity and a leap in the cost of materials hitting the construction sector.
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Two protesters arrested as anti-monarchy chorus grows louder in UK
Sep 12, 2022 08:40Two anti-monarchy protesters who expressed resentment over the proclamation of King Charles III as Queen Elizabeth II’s successor to the throne have been arrested.
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British calls for an end to monarchy grow stronger after Queen's death
Sep 12, 2022 08:04Calls for an end to the British monarchy are gaining momentum following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch.
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UK police violence: Thousands protest in London over police killing of Black man
Sep 12, 2022 08:00Thousands of people have gathered in London as protests erupted over killing of a Black man, who was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police firearms officer while he was unarmed in a car.
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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.