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.
A Banksy painting, Girl With Balloon, on display at the Grove Gallery in London after it was stolen on Sunday, then recovered and returned to the gallery, Friday Sept. 13, 2024. (James Manning/PA via AP)
2 men are charged with stealing a famous Banksy artwork from a London gallery
Two men have been charged with burglary over the theft of an artwork by street artist Banksy that was taken in a smash-and-grab raid on a London gallery.
A view of the British Embassy building, centre, in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, with the Russian Foreign Ministry building in the right. (AP Photo)
Russia expels 6 British diplomats it accuses of spying. The UK calls it ‘completely baseless’
Russia has accused six British diplomats of spying and decided to expel them. The U.K. says the move, which it calls “completely baseless,” came weeks ago and was linked to its action in May to revoke the credentials of an attaché at the Russian Embassy and limit Moscow’s diplomatic activities in Lo
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech in London, Thursday Sept. 12, 2024. (Isabel Infantes/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s state-funded health system must ‘reform or die,’ prime minister says
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country’s much-loved but overstretched health system is in critical condition and must “reform or die.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, gestures as he participates with Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, in a strategic dialogue meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
The US and Britain accuse Iran of sending Russia missiles to use against Ukraine
The United States and Britain have formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine and will take measures to punish those involved. U.S.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a visit at the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (Benjamin Cremel/Pool via AP)
UK leader faces unease in his Labour Party after a winter fuel allowance is cut for millions
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has won a parliamentary vote on a contentious decision to cut a payment that helps millions of pensioners pay winter heating bills. But he faces unease about it among his Labour Party lawmakers.
FILE - CIA director William Burns speaks during a hearing, March 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
US and UK spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire
The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies say Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding war.
FILE - A resident in a nearby building watches smoke rise from the Grenfell Tower building on fire in London, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
Grenfell Tower was a ‘death trap’ after failures by UK government and industry, inquiry says
A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire says decades of failures by government, regulators and industry turned Grenfell Tower into a “death trap” where 72 people lost their lives.
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy, left, and French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné, right, are welcomed by Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz, at their meeting in Jerusalem, Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
UK says it’s suspending some arms exports to Israel over the risk of breaking international law
The U.K. government says it’s suspending exports of some weapons to Israel because they could be used to break international law.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a joint news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday Aug. 28, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)
There’s no honeymoon for new UK leader Keir Starmer after a summer of unrest
Keir Starmer hasn’t had much of a summer honeymoon. Britain’s new prime minister was elected in a landslide less than two months ago. He had to cancel a planned vacation after anti-immigrant unrest erupted across the country.
FILE - Liam Gallagher performs at the Reading Music Festival, England, Aug. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt, File)
Error messages and lengthy online queues frustrate fans scrambling to secure Oasis reunion tickets
Oasis fans seeking tickets to the band’s reunion tour have endured hourslong waits as online platforms strain under demand from hundreds of thousands of fans.
The Odyssey, a US cruise liner operated by Villa Vie Residences docked at Harland & Wolf ship repair facility in Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Passengers bought berths on a 3-year cruise. Months on, the ship is still stuck in Belfast
Passengers who bought cabins for a 3 1/2-year round-the-world cruise have been waiting months for the vessel to depart. Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey was due to sail in May but has been stuck in Belfast undergoing repair work.
Liam Gallagher performs at the Reading Music Festival, England on Aug. 29, 2021, left, and Noel Gallagher performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, on June 25, 2022. (AP Photo)
Oasis adds 3 shows to its 2025 tour as fans clamor for tickets to Gallagher brothers’ reunion
Oasis has added three more dates to its reunion tour of Britain and Ireland, citing “unprecedented demand” for tickets.
Protesters confront police officers during the "Enough is Enough" protest in Whitehall, London, Wednesday July 31, 2024, following the fatal stabbing of three children at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance and yoga class on Monday in Southport. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
UK police brace for more far-right protests as government warns of tough response
Several suspects arrested in violent protests that erupted after the fatal stabbing of three children in northwest England have appeared in court as officials brace for more clashes over the weekend.
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, second left, holds a meeting at 10 Downing street in London, England, Thursday, August 1, 2024 to discuss clashes following the Southport stabbing. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
British prime minister announces policing plan to deal with violence after fatal stabbing of girls
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will set a national policing capability to crack down on violent protesters after clashes with police across England the past two nights.
Flowers and toys are placed on the junction of Tithebarn Road and Hart Street in Southport, England, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, after three girls killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed holiday club on Monday. (James Speakman/PA via AP)
Online misinformation fueled tensions over the stabbing attack in Britain that killed 3 children
Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of a supposed suspect was circulating on social media.
Protesters confront police during the "Enough is Enough" protest in Whitehall, London, Wednesday July 31, 2024, following the fatal stabbing of three children at a Taylor Swift-themed summer holiday dance and yoga class on Monday in Southport. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
British police charge 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed 3 children
British police say they have charged a 17-year-old with murder over a stabbing attack that killed three children in Southport, northwest England.
FILE - U.S. writer Percival Everett holds his trophy after he was awarded with the Literary Award at the 38th American Film Festival Sept. 5, 2012, in Deauville, Normandy, France. Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy Orange are among 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday, July 30, 2024, for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)
US authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction
Six American writers are among 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction. Pulitzer Prize-winning Cheyenne and Arapaho author Tommy Orange is the first Native American Booker semifinalist for the 50,000 pound ($64,000) award.
An unruly crowd clash with police, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Southport, northwest England, near where three girls were stabbed to death in a dance class the day before. The violence erupted shortly after a peaceful vigil was attended by hundreds in the center of Southport to mourn the 13 victims of the stabbings, including seven still in critical condition. (Richard McCarthy/PA via AP)
Police clash with a violent crowd gathered near the site of UK stabbing attack that killed 3 girls
“Keep smiling and dancing like you love to do our princess,” Aguiar’s parents said in a statement released by police. “Like we said before to you, you’re always our princess and no one would change that.”
Police secure the area, where a man has been detained and a knife has been seized after a number of people were injured in a reported stabbing, in Southport, Merseyside, England, Monday July 29, 2024. (James Speakman/PA via AP)
2 children dead and 11 people injured in stabbing rampage at a dance class in England, police say
Police say two children have died and 11 other people have been injured in a stabbing in northwest England.
This combo of pictures released by the UK Parliament on Monday July 29, 2024 shows portraits of the six senior Tories who are set to fight it out in a battle for the future of the Conservative Party. Top row left to right, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Mel Stride, bottom row left to right, James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat and Priti Patel. (UK Parliament via AP)
6 UK lawmakers are running to lead the Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat
Six British lawmakers have entered the race to lead the defeated Conservative Party. The contest will decide whether the party tacks to the right or steers toward the political center.
Eluned Morgan meets with members of the public at the Caer Heritage Centre in Caerau, Ely, Wales, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Wales is set to get its first female leader after Eluned Morgan was chosen Wednesday to lead the governing Welsh Labour Party. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
Eluned Morgan will be Wales’ first female leader as she takes over a troubled governing party
Wales is set to get its first female leader. Eluned Morgan was chosen Wednesday to lead the governing Welsh Labour Party. She succeeds First Minister Vaughan Gething, who stepped down last week as party leader over a campaign donation scandal.
Artist Kaya Mar holds up a picture at the entrance gate before Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces his first House of Commons grilling from lawmakers
Newly elected British leader Keir Starmer faced a House of Commons milestone on Wednesday. He fielded lawmakers’ queries at the boisterous weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session.
A man in military uniform stands beside a police cordon at the scene in Sally Port Gardens in Gillingham, Kent, England, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, after a soldier in uniform was stabbed on Tuesday evening, close to Brompton Barracks, the headquarters of the British Army's 1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment. The victim was airlifted to hospital for treatment and a 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
Man arrested after British soldier was stabbed and seriously hurt in attack near barracks
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a British army officer was stabbed and seriously injured near a barracks in southeast England.
FILE - Britain's outgoing Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks down as he makes a short speech outside 10 Downing Street before going to see King Charles III to tender his resignation in London, on July 5, 2024. Britain’s defeated Conservatives will spend more than three months picking a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the party has announced. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Britain’s defeated Conservatives launch race for a new leader, with the winner announced in November
Britain’s defeated Conservatives will spend more than three months picking a new leader to replace former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the party has announced. Sunak remains acting leader until his successor is announced on Nov. 2.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy leaves Downing Street after meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer in London, Friday, July 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Biden’s withdrawal from the US presidential race spells new uncertainty for Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign for reelection brings a new element of uncertainty for Ukraine. Questions about the future of American support are compounding the pain of its exhausting war against Russia’s invasion.
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves cheers a meeting of the National Wealth Fund Taskforce at 11 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain’s Treasury chief vows to run the economy with ‘iron discipline’ amid demands for pay raises
Britain’s new Treasury chief says she will run the economy with “iron discipline.” But Rachel Reeves also suggested Sunday she’ll give public sector workers an above-inflation pay raise to help end a wave of strikes and strife.
Jose Angel Saavedra, left, and his wife Sara, of Johnston, Iowa, look at their cell phones while trying to book a flight after their original flight was cancelled, Friday, July 19, 2024, at the Des Moines International Airport in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.
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.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, speaks during the first plenary session, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, at the European Political Community meeting in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, England , Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)
European leaders discuss migration and Ukraine at a UK summit as concern grows about direction of US
Leaders from across Europe are gathering at an English country mansion for a summit of the European Political Community. The focus is on migration and Ukraine.
FILE - A woman casts her ballot at a polling station, during general elections in Eshowe, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections
Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble.
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