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Starmer calls for strong UK-China relationship as he meets with Xi in Brazil

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he wants a strong and durable relationship with China as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Brazil.

Remembering Armistice Day in Europe: Liberty should be cherished and defended

UK leader tells Interpol meeting world must ‘wake up’ to threat from people-smugglers

As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

Keir Starmer warns the UK budget this week will reflect ‘harsh’ economic reality

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Leaders of the world’s biggest polluters absent from annual UN climate conference, AP Explains

World leaders have converged on the United Nations annual climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, though some major figures are missing. This year’s talks, known as COP29, won’t be as high-profile as last year’s, with fewer leaders scheduled to speak.

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Macron and Starmer lay wreath at Paris’ Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day

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Britain’s leaders likely to face slavery reparations questions at a summit of former colonies

A confrontation for Britain over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade appears increasingly likely to feature at a summit of nations its empire once colonized, after Caribbean leaders said they would thrust the matter of financial reparations into the spotlight at the event in Samoa.

Britain hosts an international investment summit and denies snubbing Elon Musk

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing $82 billion in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences, infrastructure and technology at a business summit.

UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office on Saturday with little cause for celebration. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, sweeping back to power after 14 years.

4 candidates to lead Britain’s defeated Conservatives bash Labour, and each other

The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party have taken turns to argue why they have what it takes to lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat.

The UK and EU vow to mend their Brexit battered ties. They will set a new agenda and hold summits

The United Kingdom and the European Union say they will strengthen their relationship after the damage caused by Brexit.

Labour Party members deal a blow to Starmer a day after his appeal for unity

Members of Britain’s governing Labour Party have dealt Prime Minister Keir Starmer a blow by rejecting his decision to cut a payment that offsets winter heating costs for millions of retirees.

UK leader Starmer aims to shed gloomy image by saying things will get better — eventually

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has tried to shake off his image as a gloom-monger by telling voters that better times are on the way — eventually.

Britain’s Labour Party gathers after a rocky start in government and a scandal over clothes

This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party. It’s opening its annual conference Sunday less than three months after winning power in a landslide after 14 years in opposition.

UK leader Starmer is facing flak for taking freebies. He says he’s done nothing wrong

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was elected in July on a promise to restore trust in politics. Now he’s trying to shake off criticism over donations from a wealthy businessman and the hefty salary of his most senior aide.

UK leader Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni’s tough migration policies at meeting in Rome

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome. The center-left British leader says he wants to learn how her nationalist conservative government has achieved “dramatic declines” in the number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores by boat.

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.”

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.

UK and Irish leaders meet in Dublin as they try to reset relations after Brexit tensions

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with his Irish counterpart, Saturday in what was billed as an attempt to reset relations between the two countries after years of tensions following the U.K.’s departure from the European Union.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer apologizes on behalf of British state to Grenfell Tower fire victims and pledges justice

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.

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.

UK government mulling crackdown on outdoor smoking. Pubs are unhappy

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed that his government is looking at introducing tougher anti-smoking measures, which could potentially see a ban on smoking in outdoor spaces, including at pubs and restaurants.

Germany and the UK seek a new bilateral treaty as Starmer pursues a ‘reset’ with the European Union

The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom plan to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations. The announcement Wednesday came as U.K.

UK prime minister contrasts his leadership with the past but warns of painful choices ahead

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is seeking to draw a contrast between his new government and the past, saying the solution to the country’s problems is in working together and not in continuing to stoke tensions in society.

King Charles III applauds people who stood against racism during recent unrest in the UK

King Charles III has applauded people who took to the streets of British towns and cities earlier this week to help blunt days of unrest fueled by far-right activists and misinformation about a stabbing attack that killed three girls.

Britain is on alert for further unrest even after anti-racism campaigners faced down the far right

British authorities say they’re preparing for the possibility of further unrest, even as they applaud the efforts of anti-racism campaigners and police who largely stifled a threatened wave of far-right demonstrations overnight.

Riots test the new British prime minister in his first month in the job

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is just a month into his job and facing a crisis as widespread rioting spreads across the U.K.

UK prime minister talks of ‘standing army’ of police to deal with rioting across Britain

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says a “standing army” of specialist police will be set up to deal with rioting and the justice system will be ramped up to deal with hundreds of arrests after violent disorder rocked cities across the nation over the past week.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemns attack on hotel housing asylum seekers, branding the action ‘far-right thuggery’

UK leader Starmer condemns attack on asylum-seeker hotel as far-right violence spreads

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned an attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers in the north of England, describing it as “far-right thuggery.”

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.

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.

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.”

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.

UK is ‘broke and broken,’ new government says as it prepares to tackle shortfall in public finances

Britain’s new left-leaning government says the nation is “broke and broken,” blaming the situation on its predecessors ahead of a major speech on the state of the public finances that is widely expected to lay the groundwork for higher taxes.