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England's James Anderson gestures to the crowd after taking his 700th wicket on the third day of the fifth and final test match between England and India in Dharamshala, India, on March 9, 2024. (AP Photo /Ashwini Bhatia, File)

England cricket great Anderson awarded knighthood

England cricket great James Anderson has been awarded a knighthood in former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honors list.
 
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, centre, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, second from left, President of Comcast Corporation Michael Cavanagh, Chief Executive of Bedford Borough Council Laura Church, left, and Chairman and CEO of Universal Destinations & Experiences Mark Woodbury, right, meet on the day of an announcement that U.S. media giant Comcast Corp will build its first Universal theme park and resort in Europe, opening in 2031, during a visit to Bedford, north of London, Wednesday April 9, 2025. (John Sibley/Pool Photo via AP)

Universal will build its first European theme park on a site near London

 
People walk their dogs on the beach, with the backdrop of the Redcar steel plant in the background, in Hartlepool, England, Nov. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

UK government refuses to rule out nationalizing last local plant that makes steel from raw material

 
The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)(

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King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla arrive at Rome's International Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino for a four-day official visit, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III arrives in Rome on his first overseas trip since a brief hospitalization

 

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech and press conference in the Rose Garden at 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)

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This frame grab from video released by the Ansar Allah Media Office, the media arm of Yemen's Houthi rebels, on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, shows what the Houthis describe as one of their attacks on the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion in the the Red Sea. The logo in the bottom righthand corner of the image reads in Arabic: "Yemeni War Media." (Ansar Allah Media Office via AP)

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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, July 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

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FILE - Britain's then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunk, right, and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer pass through the Peer's Lobby to attend the State Opening of Parliament, at the Palace of Westminster in London, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. King Charles III will officially open the new session of Parliament on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, donning his ceremonial robes and the crown of state to deliver a speech laying out the legislative program of the U.K.’s first left-leaning government in 14 years. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)

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