Jill Lawless reporter the Associated Press posed photo at AP Europe in London, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

JILL LAWLESS

Associated Press

London correspondent covering politics and more.
An early medieval silver penny of Guthrum of East Anglia, the first silver coin minted by a Viking ruler in Britain, is displayed at the British Museum's annual treasure launch in London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
With metal detectors and patience, amateur treasure hunters unearth pieces of British history
Malcolm Weale was in a farmer’s field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object. It turned out to be a silver penny minted during the reign of Guthrum who was a ninth-century Viking ruler of eastern England.
 
People thought to be migrants who undertook the crossing from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, arrive to be disembarked from a small transfer boat which ferried them from a larger British border force vessel that didn't come into the port, in Dover, south east England, Friday, June 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
UK touts a clampdown on illegal working as it seeks to look tough on immigration
The British government is touting its success in raiding businesses that employ unauthorized workers and deporting thousands of migrants with no right to stay in the U.K.
 
President Donald Trump arrives to meet British Prime Minister Theresa May before their meeting at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, England, July 13, 2018. (Jack Taylor/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Britain navigates rough transatlantic waters as Trump roils the ‘special relationship’
Ever since Winston Churchill coined the phrase, politicians have extolled the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain.
 
This undated image made available by Vesuvius Challenge shows an X-ray scan of part of papyrus scroll PHerc.172, showing the word 'disgust', one of hundreds of papyrus scrolls found amid the remains of a lavish villa at the Roman town of Herculaneum, which along with neighboring Pompeii was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. (Vesuvius Challenge via AP)
AI and scientists unite to decipher old scrolls charred by the Vesuvius volcano
U.K. scientists say they have made a historic breakthrough by making the first image of the inside of a scroll carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, Pool)
Britain’s Starmer seeks strong ties with both the EU and Donald Trump. That could be tricky
Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minister to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago. The British leader is walking a diplomatic and economic tightrope.
 
Brexit supporters gather during a rally in London, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
5 years after Britain left the EU, the full impact of Brexit is still emerging
Friday marks five years since Britain left the European Union at 11 p.m. on Jan. 31, 2020. People and businesses are still wrestling with the economic, social and cultural aftershocks of a decision that divided the country.
 
Climate activisits wear scold's bridles to highlight the silencing of those fighting for climate justice, outside The Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
UK environmental activists appeal against prison sentences they say are unduly harsh
Sixteen environmental activists in Britain have gone to court to appeal prison sentences for actions including stopping traffic, blocking an oil facility and splashing a van Gogh painting with soup.
 
Workers clear a fallen tree on Grove Park Drive as ESB networks continue to reconnect homes and businesses across the country after Storm Eowyn, in Dublin, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)
Thousands in Ireland still without power after Storm Éowyn, as more wild weather wallops UK, France
Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years. As the cleanup continued, more wet and windy weather hit Britain, Ireland and France on Sunday.
 
A worker holding an umbrella guides tourists at the British Museum, in Central London, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
The British Museum says it is partly closed after a fired employee shut down IT systems
The British Museum is partially closed to the public after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems. The museum is Britain’s most popular tourist attraction, with almost 6 million visitors a year.
 
Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18, shouting from the dock as he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court, for his sentencing hearing after he pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, in Liverpool, England, Thursday Jan. 23, 2025. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)
The UK says the killer of 3 girls at a dance class should never be freed. But it can’t guarantee it
The British government says has no plans to change a law barring young people from being imprisoned for life. It comes amid demands that the teenage killer of three young girls should die behind bars.
 
A fallen tree across the North Road in east Belfast, Northern Ireland, where residents have been urged to stay at home as the entire island braces for the arrival of Storm Eowyn, Friday Jan. 24, 2025. (David Young/PA via AP)
Major storm lashes Ireland and Scotland as hurricane-force winds down power lines and ground flights
Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. have heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home. Hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions Friday.
 
Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Southport stabbings suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18, shouting from the dock as he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court, for his sentencing hearing after he pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, in Liverpool, England, Thursday Jan. 23, 2025. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)
Teen who killed 3 girls at Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England sentenced to over 50 years
A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison.
 
Britain's Prince Harry arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Prince Harry’s lawsuit against The Sun is part of a long saga of alleged tabloid misbehavior
Prince Harry’s trial against the publisher of The Sun has ended dramatically with an apology from the newspaper’s publisher for “serious intrusion” and unlawful activities over a 15-year period.
 
FILE -Britain's Prince Harry leaves after attending an Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral in London, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth), File)
Murdoch’s UK tabloids apologize to Prince Harry and admit intruding on the late Princess Diana
Prince Harry claimed a monumental victory Wednesday as Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life over decades and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, Jan. 21, 2025, following the guilty plea of the Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
Starmer says the killings of 3 girls must bring ‘fundamental change’ in how Britain protects people
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the killing of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class must lead to “fundamental change” in how the British state protects citizens.
 
Britain's Prince Harry arrives at the Royal Courts Of Justice in London, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Prince Harry’s lawsuit against The Sun is part of a long saga of alleged tabloid misbehavior
Prince Harry’s trial against the publisher of The Sun follows two decades of legal drama over the cutthroat practices of the British press in the days when tabloid newspapers sold millions of copies and shaped the popular conversation.
 
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands, at the start of their bilateral talks at Mariinskyi Palace, in Kyiv, Ukraine Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP)
UK leader Starmer signs ‘100-year partnership’ agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed a 100-year partnership agreement. It’s part of a European show of support to continue helping Ukraine prevail in its nearly three-year war with Russia.
 
Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq stands outside 10 Downing Street, London, May 13, 2022. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP, File)
UK minister quits while facing questions over links to ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina
Britain’s anti-corruption minister has resigned amid a controversy over links to her aunt Sheikh Hasina who is the ousted Bangladeshi prime minister.
 
Professor Anthony Blunt, former surveyor of the Queen's pictures, photographed at the Courtauld Institute with Queen Elizabeth II on Nov. 15, 1979. (PA via AP, File)
Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told about Soviet spy in her palace, declassified MI5 files show
Newly declassified British documents show that Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries.
 
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy delivers a speech on the government plans for new sanctions which will target the finances of people smuggling networks as part of efforts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel, in London, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
UK foreign policy chief says Trump is right to urge higher military spending from NATO
Britain’s top diplomat says Europe’s security “is on a knife-edge” and President-elect Donald Trump is right to say NATO member nations must increase military spending.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly session of Prime Ministers Questions in Parliament in London, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
UK plans to sanction people-smugglers in latest bid to stop perilous Channel crossings
Britain says it will impose sanctions on members of people-smuggling gangs who send migrants crossing the English Channel to the U.K. in flimsy boats.
 
Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he’s looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed
Fresh from pouring his money and energies into helping Donald Trump win reelection, Elon Musk has trained his sights on Europe. That is setting off alarm bells among politicians across the continent.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on reducing NHS wait times as he visits a healthcare provider in Surrey, England, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
UK leader Starmer slams ‘lies and misinformation’ after attacks from Elon Musk
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned “lies and misinformation” that he says are undermining U.K. democracy. It comes in response to a barrage of attacks on his government from Elon Musk.
 
MK Party supporters celebrate in the middle of the street in Mahlbnathini village in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on Thursday May 30, 2024. MK Party is currently leading in the provincial poll against the ANC, who've held the stronghold in the province for the last 20 years. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Lessons from the elections held in 70 countries in 2024
Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections in 2024, and voters’ message was often: “You’re fired.”
 
In this Dec. 20, 2016 file photo Christmas decoration sticks in the smashed window of the cabin of a truck which ran into a crowded Christmas market Monday evening killing several people in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
Police are treating a car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany that killed at least five people as an attack. It is the latest in a grim series of events in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons.
 
Peter Mandelson, British Labour politician, arrives at a memorial service for former leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Paddy Ashdown at Westminster Abbey in London, Sept. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Veteran Labour politician Peter Mandelson set to be named UK ambassador to the US
Veteran U.K. Labour Party politician Peter Mandelson will be Britain’s next ambassador to Washington. Mandelson, who served in senior posts in the governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is expected to take up his job early next year.
 
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks during the New York Young Republican Club's annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Elon Musk considers funding Nigel Farage’s populist party, a move that could shake up UK politics
British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage’s party Reform U.K.
 
This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)
Mauritius wants to rethink a deal with the UK over remote islands housing a key US base
The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius. It comes after that country’s new leader backed away from the contentious deal.
 
Andrew Tate, left, listens to his brother Tristan, right, at the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Andrew Tate can have over $3 million seized from him in tax dispute, British court says
A British court says police can seize more than 2.6 million pounds ($3.3 million) in unpaid taxes from influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan.
 
Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell, left, welcomes Britain King Charles III and the Queen Consort, right, as they arrive at York Minster to attend a short service for the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth II, in the City of York, England, on Nov. 9, 2022. (Danny Lawson/Pool Photo via AP, File)
A second top Church of England cleric is facing calls to resign over his handling of abuse claims
The archbishop who is due to take temporary charge of the Church of England is facing calls to resign over his handling of the case of a priest accused of sexual misconduct.
 
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