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.
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.
 
This image, issued by GCHQ on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024, shows the '2024 Festive Puzzle'. (GCHQ via AP)
UK spy agency releases annual Christmas card puzzle to uncover future codebreakers
Britain’s spy agency is celebrating the festive season with a riddle wrapped in an enigma inside a mystery.
 
Britain's Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, 2nd left, chairs a meeting of European ministers and agencies at Carlton Gardens in London, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings
The U.K. and Germany have pledged to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats. It’s the latest effort by European countries to stop the dangerous journeys.
 
Opposition fighters celebrate the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
How it happened: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria’s government
Half a century of rule by the Assad family in Syria has crumbled with astonishing speed. It has been less than two weeks since insurgents burst out of a rebel-held enclave and converged on the capital, Damascus, taking city after city in a matter of days.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to supporters after his 'plan for change' speech in Buckinghamshire, England, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool)
UK leader Starmer vows to take on ‘alliance of naysayers’ as he outlines plan for change
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has vowed to take on the “alliance of naysayers” and the bureaucratic “nonsense” that have hampered construction projects in the U.K.
 
Jasleen Kaur is announced as the winner of the Turner Prize 2024 at Tate Britain, in London, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (David Parry/PA via AP)
Artist Jasleen Kaur wins Turner Prize for work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity
An artist whose work exploring her Scottish Sikh identity includes a vintage Ford car draped in a crocheted doily has won the U.K.’s prestigious Turner Prize.
 
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, pose for a photograph ahead of their meeting inside of 10 Downing Street in London, England, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)
UK’s Starmer hosts Greek leader but says Parthenon Marbles are not on the agenda
Greece’s prime minister is in London on for his first top-level U.K. meeting since a spat last year over the contested Parthenon Marbles. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Kyriakos Mitsotakis to 10 Downing St.
 
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin is hoisted up by his sons Cillian and Micheal Aodh, after he was deemed elected in the Cork South Central constituency at the election count centre at Nemo Rangers GAA Club in Cork, after the General Election, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
With election decided, Ireland faces weeks of talks to form a government
Ireland’s election is over but the country faces weeks of coalition talks before it gets a new government.
 
The election count continues at RDS, the Royal Dublin Society, after voters went to the polls during Ireland's election in Dublin, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Ireland’s incumbent parties look likely to hang on to power after a fractured election
Results from Ireland’s election suggest the two dominant center-right parties look likely to form a new government. Incumbent governing parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael were voters’ top choices in terms of vote share.
 
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald celebrates with supporters at the count at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024.(AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Counting is underway in Ireland’s election as 3 parties battle for top place
Vote counting is underway in Ireland’s national election. An exit poll suggests the contest is a close-fought race among the country’s three largest political parties. Ballot boxes were opened at 9 a.m. Saturday at count centers across the country.
 
This photo provided by British Embassy Paris, Richard Moore, the Chief of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, speaks at the British Embassy in Paris on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (British Embassy Paris via AP)
UK intelligence chief accuses Russia of ‘staggeringly reckless’ sabotage campaign
The head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service says Russia is conducting a “staggeringly reckless” sabotage campaign against Ukraine’s allies that risks dangerously escalating the conflict.
 
Presiding officer Caroline Sharkey and Garda Ronan Steede look after a ballot box that is taken by boat to the Island of Gola as voters go to polls the for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Ireland headed for coalition government following parliamentary election, exit poll suggests
An exit poll in Ireland’s general election suggests the three biggest parties have won roughly equal shares and the country is headed for another coalition government.
 
Irish election posters hang from lampposts in Dublin City centre, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, ahead of Ireland's election on Friday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Concerns over housing and immigration make for a volatile campaign in Ireland’s election
Voters in Ireland go to the polls on Friday to elect a new parliament, and many are unhappy. A housing crisis and rising immigration are driving discontent with center-right governing parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fail.
 
FILE -Britain's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott as he speaks to delegates at the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, England, Sept. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis, File)
Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86
Former British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has died at age 86. Prescott’s family announced his death on Thursday. They said the politician had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and died peacefully in a care home on Wednesday.
 
FILE - Winner of the Man Booker for fiction 2014 Australian author Richard Flanagan, author of 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North', speaks after winning the prize at the Guildhall in London, Oct. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan adds Baillie Gifford nonfiction prize to his trophy shelf
Australian writer Richard Flanagan has won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize, a decade after being awarded the Booker Prize for fiction.
 
Seth James, left, and Eddie England, right, accompanied with their parents, attend a farmers protest to urge the government to change course over its inheritance tax plans, in London, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Thousands of UK farmers descend on Parliament to protest a tax they say will ruin family farms
British farmers have descended on Parliament to protest a tax hike they say will deal a “hammer blow” to struggling family farms.
 
FILE - President Joe Biden meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)
The ‘super year’ of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves
Some have called it the “super year” for elections. And whether on the left or the right, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters.
 
Rocker Jeff Beck performs at the Louisiana Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans, Friday, April 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Jeff Beck was one of rock’s greatest guitarists. Now his instruments are up for auction
Instruments owned by the late Jeff Beck, one of rock’s greatest guitarists, are going up for auction.
 
Samantha Harvey poses with the trophy and her book "Orbital" after winning the Booker Prize award 2024, in London, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
British writer Samantha Harvey’s space-station novel ‘Orbital’ wins the Booker Prize for fiction
British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station.
 
FILE - Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as he listens to debate at the General Synod in London, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Who is Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and why did he resign during an abuse scandal?
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has resigned amid the fallout from a long-running abuse scandal.
 
This undated photo provided by Pelham Communications on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024 of Frank Auerbach. (David Dawson/Pelham Communications via AP)
Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled the Nazis and became a major artist, dies at 93
Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany for Britain as a child and became one of the major artists of the 20th century, has died at age 93. Auerbach’s gallery said on Tuesday the artist died at his home in London the day before.
 
A vaccine opponent is sentenced to 5 years for encouraging terrorism during pandemic
An opponent of vaccines who wrote social media posts urging violence against scientists, politicians and public health officials during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to five years in prison.
 
American and Ukrainian flags placed in honour of fallen servicemen flutter in the wind in front of statue in central square, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
Global leaders congratulate Trump but his victory looks set to roil the world -- again
The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald Trump as president for a second time is as destabilizing as many American allies fear.
 
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at the Interpol General Assembly in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, Nov. 4, 2024. (Russell Cheyne/Pool Photo via AP)
UK leader tells Interpol meeting world must ‘wake up’ to threat from people-smugglers
Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will double funding for Britain’s border security agency and treat people-smuggling gangs like terror networks. It’s part of efforts to stop migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.
 
Britain's Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch, smiles as she poses for the media after being elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, in London, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain’s Conservative Party?
The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it.
 
Britain's Member of Parliament Kemi Badenoch speaks after being elected as the new leader of the opposition Conservative Party, in London, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British party
Britain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power.
 
This combination image shows Conservative leadership candidates Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrickon addressing members during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Voting closes in contest to lead UK Conservative Party as it seeks to rebound from defeat
Voting has closed in contest to lead Britain’s Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat. The result is due to be announced on Saturday.
 
A plaque shows the site of the first birth control clinic, opened by Dr Marie Stopes, in London, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. A British ban on protesting outside abortion clinics went into effect on Thursday, though it left a question mark over whether anti-abortion demonstrators who pray silently will be breaking the law. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Britain has banned protests outside abortion clinics, but silent prayer is a gray area
A ban on protesting outside abortion clinics has gone into effect in England and Wales. However, it leaves a question mark over whether anti-abortion demonstrators who pray silently will be breaking the law.
 
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, holds up the traditional red ministerial box containing her budget speech, as she poses for the media outside No 11 Downing Street, before departing to the House of Commons to deliver the budget in London, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Taxes, spending and borrowing all higher as the new Labour government seeks to ‘rebuild’ the UK
British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves says taxes will rise by $52 billion to plug a hole in the public finances and provide new funding for the U.K.
 
Professor Tim Atkins, Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy, and Dr Renu Bindra meet the press at Merseyside Police Headquarters, Liverpool, England, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. Axel Rudakubana, 18, the teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and faces a terror offense. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)
Police say British teen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls also made poison and had a terror manual
The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and faces a terror offense.
 
Load More