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Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’

Prime Minister Keir Starmer, trying to get a grip on a feverish immigration debate, is introducing a hard-line, contentious policy on refugees.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain walking out of 10 Downing Street on Monday. Some members of Mr. Starmer’s Labour Party object to Britain’s new restrictions on immigration.
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Britain’s Labour Government Plans New, Tougher System for Asylum Seekers

Under the new rules, people granted asylum would have to wait 20 years, rather than the current five, before applying for permanent residency.

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Shabana Mahmood, the secretary of Britain’s home office, which polices borders, outside of 10 Downing Street in London last month.
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BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines to Pay Compensation

The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

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President Trump speaking at a rally in front of the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Former Prince Andrew and Another Prominent Briton Come Up in the Epstein Emails

Newly released files from Jeffrey Epstein include correspondence with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, left, and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington, right.
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Trump Threatened to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion. What Are His Chances?

Legal experts say President Trump’s litigation track record offers both hope and warning to the British public broadcaster, which he has threatened with a $1 billion suit.

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President Trump speaking to a large crowd near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades

The British public service broadcaster apologized on Monday for a misleadingly edited documentary about President Trump. But the scandal had already claimed two of its top executives.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation’s current crisis is less about President Trump, than about the insoluble tensions of a public service broadcaster operating in a divided political and media world.
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An Outlier in Irish Politics Has Become the Country’s President

Propelled by anti-establishment fervor, Catherine Connolly was elected last week with a landmark popular mandate.

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Catherine Connolly last week in Dublin upon being declared Ireland’s next president.
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Will the Unmaking of Prince Andrew Be the Making of King Charles?

The decision by King Charles III to strip the title of his brother Prince Andrew showed a level of accountability rarely applied to royals.

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King Charles III, right, stripped his brother Andrew of his prince title in a decisive moment of his three-year-old reign.
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French Magazine Acknowledges Breaching Prince William and Catherine’s Privacy

The couple had sued Paris Match for publishing paparazzi photos of them and their children on a ski vacation.

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Prince William and his wife, Catherine, in Cookstown, Northern Ireland, this month. A French magazine has acknowledged breaching their privacy.
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