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The UK Plans to Lower the Voting Age to 16. Here’s What to Know.

17 juillet 2025 à 10:38
The plan has been described as the largest expansion of voting rights in Britain in decades.

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A polling station in Brighton, England, last year. Britain has set the minimum voting age for general elections at 18 since 1969.

A 900-Year-Old Typo May Unravel a Chaucer Mystery

15 juillet 2025 à 19:01
The Tale of Wade, twice referred to in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poems, survives only in a tiny fragment. Two academics argue a scribe’s error deepened the confusion around it.

U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Breach

15 juillet 2025 à 14:37
The government said that information about 18,000 Afghans was accidentally revealed in 2022. A legal order had prevented any reporting on the subject.

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British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The acknowledgment of the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.

U.K. Faces Rising Threat From Iranian Plots, Intelligence Committee Says

10 juillet 2025 à 13:40
An official report warned that Iran was targeting dissidents and gathering intelligence on Jewish and Israeli targets in Britain.

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Kevan Jones, the chairman of Britain’s parliamentary intelligence committee, in a photo provided by the British Parliament.

Pound Drops Amid Uncertainty Over UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves

2 juillet 2025 à 12:38
Rachel Reeves, Britain’s chancellor, appeared visibly upset in Parliament as the prime minister was asked about her position. The British pound and government bonds dropped in value.

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A screenshot from the British Parliament showed Rachel Reeves, Britain’s chancellor of the Exchequer, seated next to Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
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