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What to Know About the Protests Outside U.K. Hotels Housing Asylum Seekers

A judge ruled that asylum seekers must be moved out of a hotel in England in a case that highlighted an increasingly contentious issue in Britain.

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A protest this month outside a London hotel housing asylum seekers. The British government has a legal obligation to provide accommodation for asylum seekers who would otherwise be homeless.
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Echoes of Old Walls Appear, Briefly, in Britain’s Arid Soil

Unusually dry conditions are revealing the outlines of old walls at British historical sites. Climate change is making the lines, called “parchmarks,” more frequently visible.
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U.K. Secretly Spent $3.2 Million to Stop Journalists From Reporting on Data Breach

After British authorities accidentally exposed information about 19,000 Afghans, the government sought a legal order preventing disclosure of the breach.

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British and Canadian soldiers guarding the Kabul airport after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 as Afghans hoping to flee the country stood by.
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Remains of British Researcher Lost in 1959 Are Discovered Off Antarctica

Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.

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Dennis Bell, left, with his research colleagues and the dogs that helped them to work in Antarctica in 1959 at Admiralty Bay Base.
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Vance and Lammy Mix Fishing and Foreign Policy at UK Estate

JD Vance and his family are spending two nights at the country residence of the British foreign secretary, David Lammy, with whom he has a somewhat unlikely friendship.

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Britain’s foreign secretary, David Lammy, left, and Vice President JD Vance on Friday at Chevening House. Mr. Lammy and Mr. Vance have cultivated a personal relationship that predated their current jobs.
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Tommy Robinson, Far-Right UK Activist, Is Arrested Over Train Station Assault

Tommy Robinson was taken into custody for questioning on Monday after an assault that seriously injured a man last month at St. Pancras train station.

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Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, in London in June.
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Flights Are Disrupted at Airports Across U.K. After Radar Problem

A company that provides air traffic control services said it had resolved a “technical issue.” The delays came months after a power outage forced Heathrow Airport to shut down for 16 hours.

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Departing flights were grounded at Heathrow on Wednesday, months after a fire at a power substation shut down the airport for around 16 hours.
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Pro-Palestinian Group Can Appeal U.K. Ban, Judge Rules, Citing Free Speech

A High Court judge in London said that Palestine Action had the right to challenge the British government’s decision to ban it as a terrorist group.

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Supporters of the group Palestine Action protesting outside the High Court in London this month.
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