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FILE - Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon military fighter jets participate in NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission operate in Lithuanian airspace, on Sept.12, 2023. NATO grew out of secret talks among U.S. officials after World War II about how to supply military equipment to Western Europe and ensure a coordinated response to any attack by the Soviet Union. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
With uncertainty across the Atlantic, Europe worries about its own security
When Donald Trump suggested during the 2016 presidential campaign that he might not honor a U.S. commitment to defend other NATO countries if they were attacked, it triggered alarm throughout the trans-Atlantic alliance.
 
People take part in a Stand Up To Racism demonstration in Manchester, Thursday July 25, 2024. A British police officer was suspended from duties Thursday after a video posted on social media appeared to show him kicking and stomping on the head of a man lying on the floor at Manchester Airport. (James Speakman/PA via AP)
UK police officer suspended after video appears to show a man being kicked in head
A British police officer has been suspended from all duties after a video was posted on social media that appeared to show an officer kicking and stamping on the head of a man lying on the floor of a terminal at Manchester Airport.
 
Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend the special sitting of the States of Deliberation, at Guernsey Parliament at Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, during their two day visit to the Channel Islands, Tuesday July 16, 2024. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
Biofuel Bentleys are coming for Britain’s green king
What do you do when you travel in a chauffeur-driven Bentley but want to be known as the green king? King Charles III plans to resolve this quandary by converting two state Bentleys to run on biofuel.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, left, and Defence Secretary John Healey, right, applaud Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after he addressed an extraordinary meeting of the UK Cabinet at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday July 19, 2024. (Richard Pohle/Pool Photo via AP)
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy urges Britain to help it strike deeper inside Russia as he addresses UK Cabinet
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Britain’s new government to help Kyiv’s forces attack deeper inside Russia to stop deadly missile strikes. He made the appeal during a rare address by a foreign leader to a U.K. Cabinet meeting.
 
A burnt out car in the Leeds suburb of Harehills, Friday July 19, 2024, following an outbreak of disorder on Thursday evening. Officials in the northern English city of Leeds say order has been restored after a night of unrest that began when police and local government workers intervened in a “family incident” and residents poured into the streets in protest. (Katie Dickinson/PA via AP)
Order restored in the UK city of Leeds after overnight unrest
Officials in the northern English city of Leeds say order has been restored after a night of unrest that began when police and local government workers intervened in a “family incident” and residents poured into the streets in protest.
 
Britain's King Charles III, wearing the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State, sits alongside Britain's Queen Camilla, wearing the George IV State Diadem, before reading the King's Speech from the The Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords chamber, during the State Opening of Parliament, at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (Henry Nicholls/POOL via AP)
Trumpets, tiaras and tradition on display as King Charles III presides over opening of Parliament
King Charles III has arrived at Britain’s Parliament to preside over the State Opening. The monarch wore ceremonial robes and the crown of state to deliver a speech laying out the legislative program of the U.K.’s first left-leaning government in 14 years.
 
FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, wave as they formally bid farewell to Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on the final day of their state visit to Britain at Buckingham Palace, London, Thursday, June 27, 2024. King Charles III is preparing to visit Australia and Samoa in October 2024, an itinerary that will span 12 time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment. The trip was announced on Sunday, July 14, 2024, by Buckingham Palace. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP, File)
King Charles III to visit Australia and Samoa as he recovers from cancer
King Charles III is preparing to visit Australia and Samoa in October, an itinerary that will span 12 time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment.
 
King Charles III meets Idris Elba, left, and young people attend an event for The King's Trust to discuss youth opportunity, at St James's Palace in central London, Friday July 12, 2024. The King and Mr Elba, an alumnus of The King's Trust (formerly known as The Prince's Trust), are meeting about the charity's ongoing work to support young people, and creating positive opportunities and initiatives which might help address youth violence in the UK, as well as the collaboration in Sierra Leone between the Prince's Trust International and the Elba Hope Foundation. (Yui Mok/pool photo via AP)
King Charles III hosts Idris Elba to hear from young people about the troubles they face
We hear you: That was the simple message offered to a group of young people hosted in London by King Charles III. Charles also invited Hollywood megastar Idris Elba and Prime Minister Keir Starmer to St.
 
FILE - Incoming Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood arrives at Downing Street in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. Britain’s new justice secretary is set to outline emergency plans Friday July 12, 2024 to relieve prison overcrowding, including the early release of thousands of prisoners. (AP Photo/Thomas Krych, File)
UK’s new justice secretary outlines emergency measures to relieve prison overcrowding
Britain’s new justice secretary has outlined emergency plans to relieve prison overcrowding, including the early release of thousands of prisoners.
 
FILE - A view of a tanker from Thames Water, in London, Aug. 10, 2022. British regulators have slashed proposed rate increases by water companies, crimping revenue at a time they are struggling to persuade investors to finance efforts to reduce sewage spills that have fouled waterways around the country. Under the draft decision by regulator Ofwat, Thames Water, Britain’s biggest water company, would be allowed to hike consumer bills by 23% over the next five years, about half of the 44% increase the company requested. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP, File)
UK water firms get smaller rate hikes than sought amid struggle to cut pollution, attract investors
British regulators have slashed proposed rate increases by water companies, crimping revenue at a time they are struggling to persuade investors to finance efforts to reduce sewage spills that have fouled waterways around the country.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington, D.C, during his visit to the United States to attend the NATO 75th anniversary summit, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
In international debut, new UK PM Starmer offers strong support for Ukraine at NATO summit
Newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made his maiden appearance on the international stage with a strong signal of support for Ukraine and a pat on the back from President Joe Biden.
 
FILE - French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a "national tribute" ceremony to late French politician and admiral, Philippe de Gaulle, son of General de Gaulle, in Paris, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. French President Emmanual Macron refused the resignation Monday July 8, 2024 of the country's prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in limbo. ( Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP, File)
Elections in Europe, Iran show authoritarian march may have slowed, not halted
At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and the right.
 
FILE - Britain's Labour Party Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria pose for the media on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 5, 2024.After a few hours of sleep to shake off a night of celebration and an audience with the king, Keir Starmer will step through the front door of 10 Downing St. for the first time as prime minister on Friday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
British PM’s 1st day at 10 Downing St. will stretch from nuclear weapons briefing to Larry the cat
After a few hours of sleep to shake off a night of celebration and an audience with the king, Keir Starmer stepped through the front door of 10 Downing St. for the first time as prime minister on Friday.
 
FILE - Britain's new Prime Minister Tony Blair, smiles from the back of his official car as it leaves Buckingham Palace, central London, en route for Downing Street, on May 2, 1997. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
The UK election winner only becomes prime minister when King Charles III says so
The Labour Party has won Britain’s general election, bringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years.
 
FILE - The door to 10 Downing Street in London, Friday, July 8, 2022. The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
The UK will hold its first election in almost 5 years. Here’s what to know
The United Kingdom will hold its first national election in almost five years on Thursday, with opinion polls suggesting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party will be punished for failing to deliver on promises made during 14 years in power.
 
Nathaniel Dye poses for a photograph during an interview in London, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Dye, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer and faced delays in treatment, is hoping the opposition Labour Party will win the July 4 election and fix problems with Britain’s National Health Service. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Crisis in the UK’s NHS shows why Conservatives are struggling after 14 years in power
Britain’s National Health Service faces myriad problems. It is creaking under the weight of an aging and growing population, years of funding constraints, and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Emperor Naruhito of Japan inspects the Guard of Honour formed of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards during a ceremonial welcome for him and Empress Masako on the occasion of their state visit to Britain, at Horse Guards Parade, London, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s King Charles III welcomes the visiting Japanese emperor and empress
King Charles III has welcomed the Japanese emperor and empress for a state visit offering the best in pomp and circumstance. The U.K. seeks to bolster its role as the most influential European nation in the Indo-Pacific region.
 
FILE - Britain's Princess Anne attends the Not Forgotten Association Annual Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in London, Friday May 17, 2024. On Friday, June 28, 2024, Princess Anne left the hospital and returned to her southwestern England estate after an accident thought to involve a horse left her with a concussion. (Victoria Jones/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Princess Anne has been hospitalized after an accident thought to involve a horse
Princess Anne has been hospitalized after an accident thought to involve a horse left her with a concussion.
 
FILE - Britain's King Charles III, left and Japans Emperor Naruhito ride in a one carriage during the ceremonial welcome for the State Visit to Britain of the Emperor and Empress, in London, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Naruhito and the Empress Masako, who studied at Oxford a few years after her husband, wrapped up a weeklong trip to Britain on Friday. Their itinerary combined the glitter and ceremony of a state visit with four days of less formal events that gave the royal couple an opportunity to revisit their personal connections to Britain. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool, File)
Japanese emperor reconnects with the River Thames in state visit meant to bolster ties with UK
Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan hopped into a horse-drawn carriage with King Charles III, laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey or toured one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he kicked off his trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him: The Thames Barrier.
 
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a BBC Question Time Leaders' Special in York, England, Thursday June 20, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, Pool)
British Prime Minister Sunak says he’s ‘incredibly’ angry over election date betting accusations
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says anyone involved in using inside information to bet on the date of the July 4 national election should be expelled from his Conservative Party.
 
This undated handout photo provided by Kensington Palace shows Kate, Princess of Wales, earlier this week in Windsor, England. The Princess of Wales says she is “making good progress” in her cancer treatment and will attend the royal Trooping the Color ceremony on Saturday June 15, 2024, Kate’s first public appearance since her diagnosis. (Matt Porteous/Kensington Palace via AP)
Princess of Wales says she’s making ‘good progress’ in cancer treatment, will attend a public event
The Princess of Wales says she is “making good progress” in her cancer treatment and will attend Saturday’s royal Trooping the Color ceremony, Kate’s first public appearance since her diagnosis.
 
France's President Emmanuel Macron reacts after awarding 104-years-old British World War II veteran Christian Lamb, center, who helped to plan the D-Day landings in Normandy, with the insignia of Knight in the Legion of Honor order, during a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Allied landings in Normandy, at the World War II British Normandy Memorial of Ver-sur-Mer, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Normandy is hosting various events to officially commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings that took place on June 6, 1944. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)
A figure who worked in the shadows on D-Day awarded France’s highest honor
It’s been 80 years since Christian Lamb helped rescue France from Nazi tyranny. On Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron kissed her on both cheeks and pinned the nation’s highest honor to her lapel.
 
King Charles III lays a wreath during the UK national commemorative event for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, held at the British Normandy Memorial in Ver-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, Thursday June 6, 2024. (Gareth Fuller, Pool Photo via AP)
King Charles III honors a generation that fought, died and waited for freedom
King Charles III is in northern France to honor the 22,442 British troops who died in the Battle of Normandy. He also came on Thursday for the 80th anniversary of D-Day to honor a generation that sacrificed and fought and died.
 
World War II veterans listen during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Normandy. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
D-Day anniversary haunted by dwindling number of veterans and shadowed by Europe’s new war
As young soldiers they waded ashore in Normandy through gunfire to fight the Nazis. A dwindling number of World War II veterans were joined by a new generation of leaders on Thursday to honor the dead, the living and the fight for democracy in moving commemorations on and around those same beaches w
 
This image taken from family video in June 2015, shows Maureen Sweeney. Sweeney was a postal clerk at Blacksod Point on the northwest coast of Ireland, where one of her duties was to record data that fed into weather forecasts for the British Isles. In early June 1944, Sweeney sent a series of readings that helped persuade Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, to delay D-Day and avoid potentially disastrous weather that could have wrecked the landings. She didn’t learn of her role in history for more than 10 years. (Fergus Sweeney/Family Handout via AP)
Spare a thought for weather watcher Maureen Sweeney who made the right call for D-Day
The generals, paratroopers, pilots infantrymen all played their role for the D-Day invasion. But spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have had the most important role of all in making the D-Day landings a success.
 
FILE - Students protest for more public university funding and against austerity measures proposed by President Javier Milei, featured on the sign, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters
In a transformative year of elections around the world, voters in democratic countries share a common sentiment: They’re unhappy with their governments and leaders.
 
An American soldier touches the sand on Omaha Beach, Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Normandy. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
The last WWII vets converge on Normandy for D-Day and fallen friends and to cement their legacy
Across Normandy, France, where the largest-ever land, sea and air armada punctured Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe on D-Day, Allied veterans of World War II are the VVIPs of 80th anniversary celebrations this week.
 
World War II and D-Day veteran Jake Larson visits the grave of a soldier from his unit at the Normandy American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Centenarian veterans are sharing their memories of D-Day, 80 years later
World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat.
 
D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy Memorial, Ken Hay, 98, who served with the 4th Dorset Regiment, speaks to children during a visit to Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham, England, Monday May 20, 2024, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
With time short, veterans seize the chance to keep their D-Day memories alive for others
Ken Hay’s part in the invasion of Normandy lasted just a few weeks, but he wants to make sure the experiences of those who fought and died to end the Nazi grip on Europe live forever.
 
Normandy campaign veterans pose in the 'Map Room' which shows the large diagram of the D-Day invasion plans, at Southwick army base near Portsmouth, England, Monday, June 3, 2024. The map was used by Naval planners under the command of of British Admiral Bertram Ramsay. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Remembering with sadness, the British D-Day veterans recall the war they saw and knew
The British D-Day veterans who gathered Monday to kick off events marking the 80th anniversary of the landings in Northern France didn’t need a calendar to remember June 6, 1944.
 
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