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Former prime minister David Cameron leaves Downing Street, in London, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman, a divisive figure who drew anger for accusing police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protesters. In a highly unusual move, former Prime Minister David Cameron was named foreign secretary. It's rare for a former leader, and a non-lawmaker, to take a senior government post. The government said Cameron will be appointed to Parliament's unelected upper chamber, the House of Lords. (Maja Smiejkowska/PA via AP)

Why David Cameron is a surprising choice as new UK foreign policy chief after fateful Brexit vote

Many remember David Cameron as the man who took Britain out of the European Union. The former British prime minister resigned immediately after losing the 2016 Brexit referendum and has stayed out of politics since.

This undated family handout photo provided on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 shows six-month-old Indi Gregory. Italy's government on Monday granted Italian citizenship to an eight-month-old terminally ill British girl after a court in Britain upheld rulings authorizing the withdrawal of life-supporting invasive treatment. Baby Indi Gregory's situation is the latest in a series of cases in Britain in which doctors and parents have sparred over the treatment of terminally ill children. The Vatican's pediatric hospital, Bambino Gesu, in Rome has offered to care for Indi Gregory. (Family Handout/PA via AP)

Parents of a terminally ill baby lose UK legal battle to bring her home

A judge at Britain’s High Court has ruled that life support for a terminally ill 8-month-old baby should be withdrawn at a hospice or hospital.

FILE - This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds, or $5.95 million, was the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. (AP Photo, File)

4 men charged in theft of satirical golden toilet titled ‘America,’ at Churchill’s birthplace

Four men have been charged over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.

A woman is found guilty in the UK of aiding female genital mutilation in Kenya

A woman has been found guilty in London of submitting a 3-year-old British girl for female genital mutilation during a trip to Kenya.

Athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos speak to the media outside Palestra House, central London, after the judgement was given for the gross misconduct hearing of five Metropolitan Police officers over their stop and search, in London, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Two of London's Metropolitan Police officers were dismissed from the force on Wednesday after a disciplinary panel concluded that they committed gross misconduct over the stop and search of two Black athletes. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

2 London police officers have been dismissed over the stop and search of a Black athlete couple - V2

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed from the force after a disciplinary panel concluded that they committed gross misconduct over the stop and search of two Black athletes.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg ais taken away by police officers during the Oily Money Out protest outside the Intercontinental Hostel, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained at a protest to disrupt oil executives’ forum

Greta Thunberg has been detained by British police alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London hotel to disrupt a major oil and gas industry conference.

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone, left, arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, on Thursday Oct.12, 2023. (Lucy North/PA via AP)

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone handed suspended sentence after pleading guilty to fraud

Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has been given a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to a fraud charge over his failure to declare millions of dollars held in a trust in Singapore.

Tessa Gregory from Leigh Day solicitors who represent Afghan families affected by alleged illegal activity by British special forces in the war-torn nation between 2010 and 2013, makes a a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. An independent inquiry has opened in the U.K. to examine claims that British special forces murdered dozens of Afghan men during counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan a decade ago. It will also look into allegations that authorities subsequently covered up the alleged illegal activity. (Jonathan Brady/PA Wire/PA via AP)

An independent inquiry opens into alleged unlawful killings by UK special forces in Afghanistan

An independent inquiry has opened in the U.K. to examine claims that British special forces murdered dozens of Afghan men during counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan a decade ago.

FILE - A smoker in a pub in London, Wednesday Feb. 14, 2006. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes by one year, every year until it applies to the whole population. Sunak said the planned change will mean that “a 14-year-old today will never legally be sold a cigarette." (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

UK prime minister wants to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes in England so eventually no one can

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the legal age that people in England can buy cigarettes until it applies to the whole population.

The Flying Scotsman, a historical locomotive, arrives at Kings Cross railway station in London to pick up passengers for its journey to York, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Several people were injured after the Flying Scotsman, the historic steam locomotive, was involved in a “low speed” crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

The Flying Scotsman locomotive collided with another train in Scotland. Several people were injured

Several people have been injured after the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands.

FILE - British actor Michael Gambon arrives in Trafalgar Square, in central London, for the world premiere of "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the last film in the series, on July 7, 2011. Gambon, who was known to many for his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of eight “Harry Potter” films, died. He was 82. A statement by his family, issued by his publicist on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, said he died following “a bout of pneumonia.” (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Michael Gambon, actor who played Prof. Dumbledore in 6 ‘Harry Potter’ movies

Oct 19, 1940 - Sep 28, 2023 Age 82

6 women are rescued from a refrigerated truck in France after distress call to a BBC reporter

The BBC and French authorities say six female migrants trapped inside a refrigerated food truck were rescued by French police after one of the women was able to make contact with a journalist.

FILE - A view of a mock drugs consumption room - where users take heroin under medical supervision - staged at Colston Hall in Bristol, Jan. 24, 2020. Scottish authorities on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 approved a 2.3 million-pound ($2.8 million) pound drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroine under the supervision of medical staff. Local officials in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Wednesday approved the facility, which had long been delayed by political disagreements. (Claire Hayhurst/PA via AP, File)

Scottish officials approve UK’s first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs

Scottish authorities have approved a multimillion pound drug consumption room. It’s the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroin under supervision by medical staff.

This comp of court artist sketches by Elizabeth Cook of Bulgarian nationals, left to right, Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova, Orlin Roussev, Ivan Stoyanov and Bizer Dzhambazov appearing via video link at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, charged with spying for Russia, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023. Five Bulgarians living in the U.K. who were charged with spying for Russia appeared Tuesday in court for a brief hearing. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)

5 Bulgarians charged with spying for Russia appear by video in UK court

Five Bulgarians living in the U.K. who were charged with spying for Russia have appeared in court for an initial hearing.

This undated photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary, shows nurse Lucy Letby. Letby, a former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a U.K. hospital will face a retrial on a charge of attempting to murder a newborn baby girl, prosecutors said Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)

A former UK nurse will be retried on a charge that she tried to murder a baby girl at a hospital

A former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a U.K. hospital will face a retrial on a charge of attempting to murder a newborn baby girl.

Designers Ksenia Schnaider, from left, Nadya Dzyak, and Elena Reva walk the catwalk wearing Ukrainian flags on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 in London. For Ksenia Schaider and other Ukrainian designers, the fashion show must go on, despite the war in their country or precisely because of it. Schaider may have fled to the U.K. as a refugee, but her team still makes every garment in Kiev, often under incessant air raid sirens and lengthy power cuts. (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Far from home, Ukrainian designers showcase fashion created amid air raid sirens

For Ksenia Schnaider and her fellow Ukrainian designers, the show must go on despite the war in their country — or precisely because of it.

A curator poses next to creations which are displayed as part of the "Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum, in London, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

The legend lives on: New exhibition devoted to Chanel’s life and work opens at London’s V&A Museum

A major new exhibition is opening at London’s V&A Museum to honor and celebrate the life and iconic designs, as well as many more lesser-known creations by famed French designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel.

FILE - Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman leaves 10 Downing Street to go to the Houses of Parliament in London, on May 22, 2023. Braverman said Monday Sept. 11, 2023 she is seeking “urgent advice” on banning a type of American bully dog, highlighting an attack on a 11-year-old girl over the weekend. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

UK government may ban American XL bully dogs after a child was attacked

Britain’s home secretary says she is seeking “urgent advice” on banning a type of American Bully dog, highlighting an attack on a 11-year-old girl over the weekend.

FILE - A general view of a wind farm, in England, Oct. 6, 2021. Britain’s government is relaxing planning rules and lifting restrictions that have effectively banned new onshore wind farms from being built in England. Under rules introduced in 2015 by former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, a single objection to a wind turbine application would block its development. (Tom Leese/PA via AP, File)

UK government lifts de facto ban on onshore wind farms

Britain’s Conservative government is lifting restrictions that have effectively banned the building of new onshore wind farms.

Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Simon Byrne reads a statement outside James House in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday Aug. 31, 2023, after a special meeting of the Policing Board. Northern Ireland’s top police officer resigned Monday Sept. 4, 2023 following a series of controversies that plagued the police force, including what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach. The Northern Ireland Policing Board confirmed that Simon Byrne has resigned as chief constable, with immediate effect. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)

Northern Ireland police chief resigns after controversies including huge data breach

Northern Ireland’s top police officer has resigned following a series of controversies that plagued the police force, including what he described as an “industrial scale” data breach.

FILE - A fin whale is seen stranded, possibly stuck on its belly, in a shallow fjord on the western coast at Vejle, Denmark, on June 16, 2010. Commercial hunting of fin whales can resume in Iceland with stricter requirements on hunting methods and increased official supervision, the Icelandic government said Thursday Aug. 31, 2023. The decision was greeted with dismay by animal rights groups, which called the move “shameful.” (Benny F. Nielsen, Polfoto via AP, File)

Iceland says commercial whaling can resume after temporary ban

Iceland’s government says commercial hunting of fin whales can resume in the country with stricter requirements on hunting methods and increased supervision. Animal rights groups responded to the decision with dismay and called it “shameful.”

Passengers are seen at Belfast International Airport, in Belfast, Ireland, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Britain’s air traffic control system says it is experiencing a “technical issue” that could delay flights on Monday, the end of a holiday weekend and a busy day for air travel. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)

UK air controllers say flight data sparked glitch that snarled hundreds of flights

Authorities say a technical failure that saw hundreds of flights delayed and canceled across the U.K. was caused by problems in some flight data received by Britain’s national air traffic controllers and was not a cyberattack.

Medical consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) stand on the picket line outside University College London hospital amid their dispute with the government over pay, in London, Thursday Aug. 24, 2023. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Hospital services in the UK come to a standstill as thousands of senior doctors strike again

Hospital care across England is coming to a standstill as senior doctors launch another 48-hour strike amid an ongoing dispute over pay. Thousands of hospital doctors are walking out and say they will only provide emergency care.

Tanzil Chowdhury, senior lecturer in Public Law at Queen Mary University, sits at his university office during an interview at London's Queen Mary University, Thursday, August 3, 2023. Chowdhury is one of staff at 140 universities who have refused to mark exam papers and coursework in dispute over pay and working conditions. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha)

Lecturers in the UK refuse to mark exams in labor dispute, leaving thousands unable to graduate

The class of 2023 has already endured COVID-19 lockdowns and university strikes. Now thousands of college students across Britain are unable to graduate or face indefinite delays in receiving their final marks because of the latest labor dispute to hit the U.K.

A Sotheby's employee displays a moustache comb from Freddie Mercury's personal items at Sotheby's auction rooms in London, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. More than 1,400 of Mercury's items, including his flamboyant stage costumes, handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the baby grand piano he used to compose Queen's greatest hits, are going on show in a free exhibition at Sotheby's London ahead of their sale. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Freddie Mercury’s beloved piano, song drafts and hundreds of belongings on display before auction

More than 1,400 of Freddie Mercury’s personal items, including his flamboyant stage costumes, handwritten drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the baby grand piano he used to compose Queen’s greatest hits, are going on display in a free exhibition at Sotheby’s London ahead of their sale.

FILE - A view of the exterior of the Royal Courts of Justice, which houses the High Court, in London, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Britain's government acted unlawfully when it routinely housed newly arrived unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels, the High Court ruled Thursday, July 27, 2023. A child protection charity brought legal action against Britain’s Home Office and local authorities in Kent, on England’s southern coast, over their treatment of unaccompanied migrant children. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

UK court says the government’s routine housing of unaccompanied child migrants in hotels is unlawful

Britain’s High Court has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it routinely housed newly arrived unaccompanied child asylum seekers in hotels.

FILE - Irish singer Sinead O'Connor performs on the Stravinski Hall stage at the 49th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland on July 4, 2015. O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music, has died at 56. The singer's family issued a statement reported Wednesday by the BBC and RTE. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)

Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer-songwriter, dies at 56

Singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor has died at 56. The Met Police said O’Connor was found unresponsive in a home in southeast London. They did not say how she died but said her death was not considered suspicious.

Campaigners, including many who are personally infected and affected by infected blood, hold placards as they gather in Westminster, London, calling for compensation for victims to be authorised by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is giving evidence to the Infected Blood inquiry, Wednesday July 26, 2023. The inquiry was established in 2017 to examine how thousands of patients in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. About 2,900 people died in what has been labelled the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS. (Jonathan Brady/PA via AP)

UK prime minister urged to speed up compensation for infected blood scandal victims

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he is committed to paying out compensation swiftly to thousands of people affected by the country’s infected blood scandal, which saw more than 2,000 patients die after contracting HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood in the 1970s and 1980s.

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla, hidden, with a llama during a visit to Theatr Brycheiniog in Brecon, Wales, Thursday, July 20, 2023 to meet members of the local community and celebrate the local volunteering and public service sector. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

Public funding for King Charles III and royals has been recalculated due to windfarm deal profits

The U.K. Treasury says the amount of public funding for King Charles III and the royal family’s official duties has been recalculated for next year because of an unexpected profit boost from offshore wind farms on the monarch’s Crown Estate.

Medical consultant members of the British Medical Association (BMA) on the picket line outside the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, as consultants in England are taking industrial action for the first time in more than a decade, Thursday July 20, 2023. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Thousands of UK hospital doctors walk out in the latest pay dispute, crippling health services

Thousands of senior doctors in England are staging a 48-hour walkout to demand better pay and conditions. The strike that began on Thursday is paralyzing hospitals and leaving only emergency care covered.