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Five Things to Know About London’s Tube Strike

Par :Peter Robins
What to know about the disruption to the city’s underground transit system this week, and alternative ways to travel.

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Commuters outside a closed entrance of a Tube station in central London on Monday. Transit officials urged people to consider cycling or walking.
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New Banksy Mural Outside Royal Courts of Justice Depicts Judge Attacking Protester

Par :Lizzie Dearden
The mural that appeared outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday depicted a judge attacking a demonstrator with a gavel.

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Guards in front of metal screens on Monday in London helped obscure the view of a mural by the anonymous artist Banksy at the Royal Courts of Justice.
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London Tube Strike Takes Effect, Causing Travel Chaos

Par :Stephen Castle
Underground stations were closed and buses were crammed with commuters grappling with a walkout by transit workers that is expected to continue until Friday.

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Millions of Londoners Face Transit Disruption as Tube Strike Takes Effect

Par :Esther Bintliff and Amelia Nierenberg
A days-long strike on the London Underground over pay and conditions began in earnest on Monday, threatening to upend commuter journeys for most of the week.

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After UK Deputy Premier Resigns, Farage Seeks to Capitalize

Par :Stephen Castle
Nigel Farage, the leader of the anti-immigration party Reform U.K., spoke to supporters just after news broke that the deputy prime minister had resigned.

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Nigel Farage, the leader of the right wing populist Reform U.K. party, after delivering his speech at the party’s conference in Birmingham, England on Friday.
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A Right-Wing Wave in Britain Produces a Teenage Civic Leader

Par :Stephen Castle
As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation.

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George Finch, left, leader of Warwickshire County Council, appearing at a news conference alongside Reform U.K.’s leader, Nigel Farage, last month.
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A Right-Wing Wave in Britain Produces a Teenage Civic Leader

Par :Stephen Castle
As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation.

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George Finch, left, leader of Warwickshire County Council, appearing at a news conference alongside Reform U.K.’s leader, Nigel Farage, last month.
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A Right-Wing Wave in Britain Produces a Teenage Civic Leader

Par :Stephen Castle
As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation.

© Stefan Rousseau/Press Association, via Getty Images

George Finch, left, leader of Warwickshire County Council, appearing at a news conference alongside Reform U.K.’s leader, Nigel Farage, last month.
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After Graham Linehan’s Arrest, Police Chief Says UK Should Clarify Free-Speech Laws

Par :Lizzie Dearden
The arrest of Graham Linehan on suspicion of inciting violence against transgender people is adding to a debate across the Atlantic over the policing of speech in Britain.

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Graham Linehan at a free-speech summit at Trinity College Dublin last year. He has become a vocal anti-transgender activist and was arrested on Monday over social media posts.
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London Man Admits to Wave of Sexual Assaults Over 3 Years

Par :Lizzie Dearden
Xu Chao, 33, could face a “lengthy” prison sentence, the judge said. Most of his victims have not been identified.

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Xu Chao admitted to dozens of sexual offenses against at least 12 women.
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Britain Bars Israeli Government From a Leading Arms Trade Fair

Par :Mark Landler
The British government said it was acting in response to Israel’s escalating military operation in Gaza. Israel condemned the decision.

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The Defense and Security Equipment International fair in London in 2023.
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U.K. Court Overturns Ruling on Hotel at Center of Asylum Seeker Debate

Par :Lizzie Dearden
The decision was a temporary reprieve for the government but will intensify a political battle over how Britain should house tens of thousands of asylum seekers.

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Outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, southeastern England, this month. The hotel became the center of protests after an asylum seeker who was being housed there was charged with sexual assault.
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Buried by Princess Diana, Time Capsule Brings Back the ’90s Far Too Soon

Par :Victor Mather
The capsule was opened early because of a construction project. It revealed a Kylie Minogue CD, a pocket television and other ephemera from its time.

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A time capsule that Princess Diana sealed at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in March 1991 was to have stayed entombed for hundreds of years. Instead, it was opened this year.
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UK Summers, and Houses, Are Getting Hotter

Par :Lynsey Chutel
Built for a cooler climate, many homes need to be retrofitted for warming temperatures. It won’t be as simple as installing air-conditioning.

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Caz Facey this month under the awning that she installed to cool her London home.
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Pigeons Are Widely Loathed. Mumbai’s Have Vocal Defenders.

Par :Suhasini Raj and Yan Zhuang
Restrictions on pigeon feeding in India’s largest city prompted a backlash from a religious community that believes in nonviolence against all creatures.

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The closure of dozens of feeding spots for pigeons, known as kabutarkhanas, in Mumbai has upset some leaders of the city’s Jain community, a small but influential religious group.
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What to Know About the Protests Outside U.K. Hotels Housing Asylum Seekers

Par :Lizzie Dearden
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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