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Australia Says Gaza Situation Beyond ‘Worst Fears’ as Pressure Mounts on Israel

25 juillet 2025 à 02:51
Some of Israel’s closest allies have stepped up criticism of its restrictions on aid to Gaza, where doctors and aid organizations say people are dying of starvation.

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Displaced Palestinians waiting in front of a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Wednesday.
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Britain Moves to Curb Migrant Trafficking, and Ease Anger at Home

23 juillet 2025 à 07:44
Officials tried to ease public anger by penalizing networks run by gangs and organized crime. Experts and critics say the actions are unlikely to make much impact.

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Migrants left coastal France near Calais this month in an attempt to reach Britain. The number of migrants arriving in small boats after crossing the English Channel has surged in the past year.

Fiona Hill on Trump, Putin and Why Great Powers Fall

22 juillet 2025 à 05:22
The former White House aide recently returned to her roots, advising Britain on defense and taking a role at Durham University in northeastern England. She still has her eye on global threats.

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“Inability to act is the real challenge for all democratic systems,” Fiona Hill said. “Populism offers quick fixes for extraordinarily difficult problems.”

Iran to Hold Nuclear Talks With France, Germany and U.K. After Sanctions Threat

21 juillet 2025 à 12:26
Iranian representatives will meet with negotiators from Britain, France and Germany on Friday, days after they threatened to restore economic restrictions.

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Walking by a mural of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, right, and Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic revolution, in Tehran.

UK, France and Germany Plan for a Post-U.S. Future

18 juillet 2025 à 13:25
The leaders of France, Germany and Britain are building parallel diplomatic institutions to defend Europe as President Trump retreats from the continent.

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From left: President Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany at a summit in Tirana, Albania, in May.

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.

Lauren Southern, Former Right-Wing Commentator, Says Andrew Tate Assaulted Her

17 juillet 2025 à 01:00
Ms. Southern’s account of a 2018 encounter, made in a self-published memoir, adds to the allegations against Mr. Tate, the online influencer. “She is lying through her teeth,” Mr. Tate’s lawyer said.

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Lauren Southern during a rally in 2017.

Germany’s Merz and UK’s Starmer Sign Mutual Defense Pact as U.S. Steps Back

17 juillet 2025 à 08:49
The new treaty includes a pledge by both countries to regard a threat against one as a threat against the other, in the latest sign of European nations uniting amid growing instability.

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The Anglo-German accord, signed by Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany covers energy, economic cooperation and migration, in addition to defense.

London’s Kew Gardens Will Renovate Iconic Glasshouses

16 juillet 2025 à 16:10
The Palm House and the Waterlily House, two hulking greenhouses built in the Victorian Era, will close in 2027 for four years of major renovations.

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The Palm House at Kew Gardens will close for major restorations in 2027.

Club Drugs Strain Health System on Ibiza, Spain’s Party Island

16 juillet 2025 à 01:00
Drug-related calls from nightclubs are driving Ibiza’s ambulance services to collapse, health workers say. It’s the latest example of tensions in Europe over tourism.

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The Pacha nightclub in Ibiza, Spain, in 2022. The island is an engine of Spain’s tourism industry, with 3.3 million visitors last year.

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.

Men Who Cut Down Beloved Tree in England Get More Than 4 Years in Prison

15 juillet 2025 à 16:29
The tree, a landmark that stood by Hadrian’s Wall in northern England, was found illegally cut down in 2023.

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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.

Blazes in Northern Ireland Recall an Old Message: You Are Not Welcome Here

15 juillet 2025 à 06:38
A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory.

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A fire set in the streets during an anti-immigrant riot last month in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Violence there erupted after two boys were charged with the attempted oral rape of a teenage girl.

It’s No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump

14 juillet 2025 à 08:23
The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.

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President Trump argues that low tariffs have left the country at a disadvantage in the past, allowing Americans to import cheap products that put U.S. factories out of business and left the country dependent on foreign nations.

It’s No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump

14 juillet 2025 à 08:23
The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.

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President Trump argues that low tariffs have left the country at a disadvantage in the past, allowing Americans to import cheap products that put U.S. factories out of business and left the country dependent on foreign nations.

King Charles III Will Host Trump for U.K. State Visit in September

13 juillet 2025 à 19:03
Buckingham Palace confirmed the dates of President Trump’s trip to Britain, which will be his second state visit.

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In February, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain gave President Trump an invitation from King Charles for a state visit.

Police Investigate Burning of Migrant-Boat Effigy in Northern Ireland as a Hate Crime

11 juillet 2025 à 11:38
An effigy of a boat containing mannequins of migrants was set alight in the village of Moygashel on Thursday, in an incident condemned by political and religious leaders as racist and threatening.

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At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says

10 juillet 2025 à 19:33
A public inquiry into the wrongful prosecutions of about 1,000 postal workers has uncovered more victims than previously known, according to a report.

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Thousands of postal workers were wrongfully accused of crimes over more than a decade in the British post office scandal, according to a report.

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.

UK Braces for Record Temperatures as Third Heat Wave Spreads

10 juillet 2025 à 12:52
A third official heat wave is expected to descend this weekend, with record-breaking temperatures possible in Scotland.

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A spectator on Day 11 of Wimbledon in London on Thursday. In the coming days, most of England, eastern Scotland and eastern Northern Ireland are likely to meet the official heat wave criteria.

England’s Sycamore Gap Tree, Felled by Vandals, Stands Again as Art

10 juillet 2025 à 12:27
A nearly seven-foot piece of trunk will be featured in an art exhibit to honor the beloved tree. Hugging it is encouraged.

U.K. and France Sign First Nuclear Pact to Fend Off Threat to Europe

10 juillet 2025 à 16:10
At a summit on Thursday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Emmanuel Macron also announced a “one in, one out” pilot program on migrants crossing the English Channel.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, left, with President Emmanuel Macron of France at Downing Street in London on Wednesday.

A British Surgeon Shares What She Saw in Gaza’s Hospitals

10 juillet 2025 à 08:20
Dr. Victoria Rose spent 21 days in the territory, treating people who were shot trying to get food and children with life-changing injuries from Israeli bombs.

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Dr. Victoria Rose at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza in May, in a picture distributed by Anadolu Agency, a Turkish state news outlet. “I’ve not seen this volume and this intensity before,” she said of the traumatic injuries she treated.

New Research Questions Severity of Withdrawal From Antidepressants

9 juillet 2025 à 11:00
Warnings about withdrawal from antidepressants have rippled through society in recent years. A new study claims they are overblown.

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The Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years

9 juillet 2025 à 04:21
The embroidered work, depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, will go on display in London for the first time, on loan from France.

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The Bayeux Tapestry, a large embroidery that chronicles the Norman Conquest of England, on display in Bayeux, France. It will be shown at the British Museum in London from September 2026 to July 2027.

What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.

8 juillet 2025 à 17:14
The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.

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In a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump used the term “deal” to refer to arrangements that other countries had not consented to at all.

What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.

8 juillet 2025 à 17:14
The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

In a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump used the term “deal” to refer to arrangements that other countries had not consented to at all.

The Wild Russian Plot to Burn a London Restaurant and Kidnap Its Owner

8 juillet 2025 à 14:00
Court proceedings revealed how a criminal gang in Britain was directed to target Yevgeny Chichvarkin, a dissident Russian who owns Hide, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Mayfair.

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Hide, a Michelin-starred restaurant in London, was the target of an arson plot directed by Russian operatives.

Norman Tebbit, Conservative Force in Britain and Thatcher Ally, Dies at 94

9 juillet 2025 à 09:17
He was a potential prime minister until he left high office to care for his wife, who was seriously hurt in a bombing by the Irish Republican Army.

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Mr. Tebbit with Mrs. Thatcher in 1987, waving to supporters from the Conservative Party headquarters in London, after claiming victory in the general election.

Macron’s U.K. State Visit: Migrants and the War in Ukraine Are on the Agenda

8 juillet 2025 à 13:46
President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which began Tuesday, is heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.

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A Lifetime After Fleeing the Nazis, They Tell Their Stories

5 juillet 2025 à 05:00
Thousands of Jewish children fled to Britain and other European countries in the 1938-39 rescue mission known as the Kindertransport. Seven recall their journeys, and what came next.

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A Napoleon From Long Island Meets His Waterloo

5 juillet 2025 à 02:00
An American war re-enactor earned the job of Napoleon for the 210th anniversary of the battle, despite his accent.

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Pro-Palestinian Activists Lose Appeal Against U.K. Government Ban

4 juillet 2025 à 18:23
The decision means that the group called Palestine Action will be banned as a terrorist organization in Britain while its full legal challenge to the ban plays out.

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A Palestine Action activist, Lisa Luxx, outside the High Court in London on Friday.

U.K. F-35B Jet Takes Unplanned Vacation in India, Is Embraced by Locals

4 juillet 2025 à 14:07
A British F-35B has been stranded for weeks at an airport in southern India because of mechanical issues. The internet, and the region’s tourism agency, are having fun with it.

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A British F-35B fighter jet in Singapore last month.

Sandy Gall, Reporter Who Covered a Half-Century of Wars, Dies at 97

4 juillet 2025 à 01:41
He was in intrepid journalist in Vietnam, Africa and the Middle East before becoming a mainstay news presenter on British TV.

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Sandy Gall in 1994. He was seen on ITN’s popular “News at Ten” for more than two decades.

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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