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FILE - A security guard stands in the reception area of the Hope Hostel, which is one of the locations expected to house some of the asylum-seekers due to be sent from Britain to Rwanda, in the capital Kigali, Rwanda on June 10, 2022. Rwanda government's deputy spokesperson Alain Mukuralinda said Tuesday, April 23, 2024, it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some to the East African country. (AP Photo, File)
A man who failed to get asylum in the UK is said to have voluntarily flown to Rwanda
A Rwandan official says an unsuccessful asylum-seeker in the U.K. has arrived in Rwanda. The deputy government spokesperson said the man, whose nationality was not disclosed, did not arrive under a controversial deal to deport to Rwanda migrants who enter the U.K. illegally.
 
Daniel Graham foreground and Adam Carruthers, centre-right, leave Newcastle Upon Tyne Magistrates' Court after appearing in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. The men are charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A.D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire. (Owen Humphreys/PA Wire/PA via AP)
Defendants unmasked in court face cost of damage for allegedly felling famous 150-year-old tree
Two men charged with cutting down the beloved 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree have made their first appearances in a northern England courtroom. A prosecutor says the men caused criminal damage exceeding $785,000.
 
FILE - British mountaineers George Mallory is seen with Andrew Irvine at the base camp in Nepal, both members of the Mount Everest expeditions 1922 and 1924, as they get ready to climb the peak of Mount Everest June 1924. It is the last image of the men before they disappeared in the mountain. George Mallory’s final letter to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago tried to ease her worries though he said his chances of reaching the world’s highest peak were “50 to 1 against us.” (AP Photo, File)
George Mallory’s last letter from Everest said odds of reaching the top were ’50 to 1 against us’
The final letter that George Mallory wrote to his wife before he vanished on Mount Everest a century ago has been digitalized. The letter was published on Monday by Cambridge University.
 
FILE - Stella Assange, wife of Julian Assange, speaks besides a poster of Julian Assange at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges will issue a ruling Tuesday morning in the High Court on whether Assange can make one final appeal in England. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
A London court will rule on whether WikiLeaks founder Assange can challenge extradition to the US
 
FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London, Wednesday May 1, 2019. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges will issue a ruling Tuesday morning in the High Court on whether Assange can make one final appeal in England. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
A London court will rule on Tuesday whether WikiLeaks’ Assange can challenge extradition to the US
 
This grab taken from a video released by the BBC Studios on Friday March 22, 2024, shows Britain's Kate, the Princess of Wales recording her message announcing that following her abdominal surgery in January "tests after the operation found cancer had been present." Kate, said Friday she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. (BBC Studios via AP)
Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy
Kate, the Princess of Wales, reveals she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. The stunning video announcement Friday came after weeks of speculation spread on social media about her whereabouts and health since she was hospitalized in January for unspecified abdominal surgery.
 
FILE - Then-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott addresses anti-Brexit supporters in London, Oct. 19, 2019. Police say they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.” West Yorkshire police said Friday that they are investigating the allegedly racist remarks that businessman Frank Hester made in 2019 about Diane Abbott. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
Police investigate allegedly racist remarks by biggest donor to Britain’s Conservative government
Police say they are investigating whether the largest donor to Britain’s Conservative government committed a crime when he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.”
 
FILE - Prince Charles and Princess Diana escort their children William, left, and Harry, right, onto the Royal stand as VJ-Day commemorations got underway at Buckingham Palace in London, Saturday Aug. 19, 1995. Prince Harry alleged Thursday, March 21, 2024, that the publisher of The Sun tabloid unlawfully intercepted phone calls of his late mother, Princess Diana, and father, now King Charles III, as he sought to expand his privacy invasion lawsuit against News Group Newspapers. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Arzt, File)
Prince Harry says tabloids intercepted phone calls of mother, the late Princess Diana, and father
Prince Harry alleges that the publisher of The Sun tabloid unlawfully intercepted phone calls of his late mother, Princess Diana, and father, now King Charles III.
 
FILE - Britain's Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, on March 30, 2023. Prince Harry's lawyer says the cover-up of unlawful information gathering at British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch went all the way to the top. Attorney David Sherborne said Wednesday, March 20, 2024 in the High Court that Murdoch was among the executives at News Group Newspapers aware of skullduggery carried out by journalists and private investigators working for the now-defunct News of the World, and The Sun. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Prince Harry’s lawyer implicates Rupert Murdoch in cover-up of unlawful snooping by his tabloids
Prince Harry’s lawyer says the cover-up of unlawful information gathering at British tabloids owned by Rupert Murdoch went all the way to the top.
 
This undated photo issued by Essex Police on Tuesday March 19, 2024 shows Nicholas Hawkes, 39, a convicted sex offender who sent unsolicited photos of his genitals to a girl and a woman, was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating the Online Safety Act. England's first convicted cyber-flasher was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison. (Essex Police via AP)
The first ‘cyberflasher’ is convicted under England’s new law and gets more than 5 years in prison
A sex offender is the first person in England and Wales to be convicted under a new cyber-flashing law. He has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.
 
This undated handout image shows the house known as the Garden Lodge in London, where rock star Freddie Mercury's lived the final decade of his life. The mansion that was Freddie Mercury's sanctuary in London is on sale for the first time in nearly 45 years. (Barney Hindle via AP)
London home Freddie Mercury bought in 1980 is for sale, minus his ‘exquisite clutter’
The mansion that was Freddie Mercury’s sanctuary in London and where he lived the final decade of his life is on sale for the first time in nearly 45 years.
 
FILE - Karl Wallinger from World Party, right, with Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet, left, Joe Strummer from The Clash, second left, Keith Allen from Fat Les at Tower Records in Piccadilly, central London, Sept. 14, 2000, where they backed a national organisation called Future Forests. Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind the band World Party and former member of The Waterboys, has died at age 66. His publicist says Wallinger passed away Sunday March 12, 2024, his publicist said. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA via AP)
Karl Wallinger, ex-member of The Waterboys and creative force behind World Party, dies
Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind the band World Party and former member of The Waterboys, has died at age 66. His publicist says Wallinger passed away Sunday. No cause of death was announced.
 
FILE - Karl Wallinger from World Party, right, with Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet, left, Joe Strummer from The Clash, second left, Keith Allen from Fat Les at Tower Records in Piccadilly, central London, Sept. 14, 2000, where they backed a national organisation called Future Forests. Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind the band World Party and former member of The Waterboys, has died at age 66. His publicist says Wallinger passed away Sunday March 12, 2024, his publicist said. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA via AP)
Karl Wallinger, member of The Waterboys and creative force of behind World Party, dies
Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind the band World Party and former member of The Waterboys, has died at age 66. His publicist says Wallinger passed away Sunday. No cause of death was announced.
 
FILE - Then-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott addresses anti-Brexit supporters in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. A major Conservative donor in Britain came under fire Tuesday, March 12, 2024, after he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and she “should be shot.” The remarks by Frank Hester, chief executive of healthcare software firm The Phoenix Partnership, about Diane Abbott, the first Black woman elected to Parliament, were blasted by opposition parties who said the Tories should return the 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) he donated last year. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
Major donor to Britain’s Conservatives blasted for remarks about Black lawmaker
A major donor to Britain’s ruling Conservative Party is under fire because he said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she “should be shot.”
 
FILE - Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales smiles during her visit to Sebby's Corner in north London, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File )
Kate, Princess of Wales, apologizes for altering family photo that fueled rumors about her health
The Princess of Wales has apologized for “confusion” caused by her altering of a family photo released by the palace.
 
FILE - A dog walker passes Kensington Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery nearly two months earlier, was pulled from circulation by The Associated Press and several other news organizations, Sunday, March 10, 2024, because the image appeared to have been manipulated. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Why the AP retracted the first official photo of the Princess of Wales since her abdominal surgery
The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since she underwent abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was pulled from circulation by The Associated Press and other news organizations because it appeared to have been manipulated.
 
Police stand guard outside the Beckside branch of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, in Hull, England, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Police in northern England say they have removed 34 bodies from a funeral home and arrested a man and woman on suspicion of fraud and preventing lawful burials. The arrests Sunday follow several days of investigation at Legacy Funeral Directors in Hull and two related funeral homes. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
Police remove 34 bodies from English funeral home and arrest 2 for fraud and preventing burial
Police in northern England say they have removed 34 bodies from a funeral home and arrested a man and woman on suspicion of fraud and preventing lawful burials.
 
FILE - A view of Kensington Palace in London, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was issued Sunday after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts. But The Associated Press and other news agencies later retracted it from publication because it appeared to have been manipulated, fueling more conjecture. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
First photo of Princess of Wales since her surgery is retracted because image appeared manipulated
The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two months ago was issued Sunday after weeks of speculation about her whereabouts.
 
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar speaks to the media at Dublin Castle as counting for the twin referendum to change the Constitution on family and care continues, in Dublin, Saturday March 9, 2024. Varadkar has conceded defeat in the vote over two constitutional amendments that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role at home. Vote tallies Saturday showed both referendums failing in a blow to his government. (Damien Storan/PA via AP)
Irish prime minister concedes defeat in a vote over constitutional amendments about family and women
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has conceded defeat in the vote over two constitutional amendments that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role at home.
 
FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Saturday, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Trump has been ordered to pay a six-figure legal bill to a company founded by a former British spy that he unsuccessfully sued for making what his lawyer called “shocking and scandalous" false claims that harmed his reputation, it was reported on Thursday, March 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Trump is ordered to pay legal fees after failed lawsuit over the Steele dossier
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay legal fees to a company founded by a former British spy that he sued for making what he claimed were false claims that harmed his reputation.
 
FILE - Britain's Prince Harry leaves the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Prince Harry scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids Friday, March 1, 2024, when government ministers said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Prince Harry gets OK to use key evidence in phone hacking case against Daily Mail publisher
Prince Harry has scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids. Government ministers on Friday said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities.
 
FILE - Britain's Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration Michael Tomlinson, left, and Home Secretary James Cleverly, attend a press conference in Downing Street, London, held by Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on Jan. 18, 2024. The British government’s contentious plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda could cost nearly half a billion pounds ($630 million), plus hundreds of thousands per deportee, a report said Friday March 1, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)
British government watchdog says UK’s Rwanda deportation plan could cost nearly 500 million pounds
A new report says the British government’s contentious plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda could cost nearly half a billion British pounds, plus hundreds of thousands more for each deported person.
 
FILE - Britain's Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, waves during the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race at Circuit of the Americas, on Oct. 22, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Prince Harry was not improperly stripped of his publicly funded security detail during visits to Britain after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the U.S., a London judge ruled Wednesday Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Nick Didlick, File)
Prince Harry loses a court challenge over being stripped of a UK security detail. He plans to appeal
A London judge has ruled that Prince Harry was not improperly stripped of his publicly funded security detail during visits to Britain after he gave up his status as a working member of the royal family and moved to the U.S.
 
FILE - Julian Assange greets supporters outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, May 19, 2017. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing what could be his final court hearing in England over whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges. The High Court will hear two days of arguments next week over whether Assange can make his pitch to an appeals court to block his transfer to the U.S. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
WikiLeaks founder Assange may be near the end of his long fight to stay out of the US
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is facing what could be his final court hearing in England over whether he should be extradited to the United States to face spying charges.
 
FILE - Paul McCartney performs during his "Got Back" tour on June 16, 2022, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. A bass stolen from Paul McCartney more than 50 years ago has been found and returned to the Beatle. A woman living on England's south coast came forward after word spread last year about the search for the missing 1961 violin-shaped Hofner bass. McCartney's website said Thursday that the instrument was authenticated by the manufacturer and the musician is incredibly grateful to those who helped find it. (Photo by Christopher Smith/Invision/AP, File)
Got back! Paul McCartney’s stolen bass is found and returned to the Beatle after more than 50 years
A bass stolen from Paul McCartney more than 50 years ago has been found and returned to the Beatle. A woman living on England’s south coast came forward after word spread last year about the search for the missing 1961 violin-shaped Höfner bass.
 
Pancake race winner Kaisa Larkas, center, and second place finisher Eloise Kramer, second left, and third place finisher Rebecca Budd, second right, celebrate after the annual Shrove Tuesday trans-Atlantic pancake race in the town of Olney, in Buckinghamshire, England, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Every year women clad in aprons and head scarves from Olney and the city of Liberal, in Kansas, USA, run their respective legs of the race with pancakes in their pans. According to legend, the Olney race started in 1445 when a harried housewife arrived at church on Shrove Tuesday still clutching her frying pan with a pancake in it. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the day before the start of Lent. They sprint through the streets trying not to drop their pancakes as they trace the path taken by a harried housewife in 1445.
 
Dr Craig Wright arrives at the Rolls Building for a hearing over the identity of the creator of Bitcoin, in London, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. An Australian computer scientist who says he's the mystery creator behind bitcoin has testified in a London court about the cryptocurrency's origins. Craig Wright says he used the pseudonym "Satoshi Nakamoto” to protect his privacy not to remain anonymous. (Lucy North/PA via AP)
A computer scientist says he’s the mystery creator of bitcoin. A London judge aims to find the truth
An Australian computer scientist who says he’s the mystery creator behind bitcoin has testified in a London court about the cryptocurrency’s origins.
 
Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill walks through Stormont Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024. O'Neill is poised to make history by becoming the first Irish nationalist leader of Northern Ireland as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
For the first time, an Irish nationalist will lead Northern Ireland’s government
An Irish nationalist has made history by becoming Northern Ireland’s first minister. Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O’Neill was nominated Saturday as first minister as the government returned to work after a two-year boycott by unionists.
 
A member staff watches a digital display showcasing the identification photographs of British prisoners of war held abroad and foreign internees held in Britain, part of the Great Escapes: Remarkable Second World War Captives exhibition at the National Archives, in Kew, Richmond, England, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. A new exhibit that opened Friday Feb. 2, 2024 at The National Archives in London uses the 80th anniversary of the so-called Great Escape by allied airmen from a German prisoner of war camp to explore escapes by captives of all kinds during World War II. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)
Great escapes exhibit explores how World War II captives coped with tedium and torment
A new exhibit at the UK National Archives in London uses the 80th anniversary of the so-called Great Escape by allied airmen from a German prisoner of war camp to explore escapes by captives of all kinds during World War II.
 
Environmental activist Greta Thunberg, centre, arrives with other protesters at Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. A judge has acquitted climate activist Greta Thunberg of a charge that she had refused to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. Thunberg was acquitted along with four other defendants. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
A London judge acquits climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to leave oil industry conference
A judge in London has acquitted climate activist Greta Thunberg of refusing to follow a police order to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to an oil and gas industry conference last year.
 
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