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Ex-BBC anchor Huw Edwards to be sentenced over indecent child images

British broadcaster Huw Edwards, one of the most recognisable faces on UK television, is due to be sentenced Monday over indecent photographs of children, capping a stunning fall from stardom

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UK far-right spreading false claims about violence in Bangladesh

Videos and posts, many of them misleading or false, about attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh have been getting shares from accounts on social media controlled by individuals on the far-right in the United Kingdom, the BBC reported

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Labour MP Tulip Siddiq being investigated over property income

Tulip Siddiq, a British Bangladeshi Labour Party lawmaker and a minister, is being investigated by the UK parliament's standards watchdog over a failure to register rental income on a London property

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UK appoints Tulip Siddiq as city minister

She would be responsible for overseeing the financial services sector, reports Bloomberg News

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Starmer goes to Washington on first foreign trip as UK PM

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer jets off to Washington this week for his first steps on the world stage, just days after taking office following a landslide election victory

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World leaders react to Labour's sweeping victory in UK election

Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister after his centre-left Labour Party won a huge majority in a parliamentary election, defeating Rishi Sunak's Conservatives and ending their 14 years of often tumultuous rule. Here are some reactions to the news

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New PM Starmer pledges to rebuild Britain after years of chaos

Britain's new prime minister Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to use his massive electoral majority to rebuild the country, saying he wanted to take the heat out of politics after years of upheaval and strife

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UK polls: Tulip, Rushanara among four reelected

Four Bangladesh-origin candidates -- Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali, Rupa Huq and Apsana Begum -- have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK parliament

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King Charles III crowned

King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years.

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In a coronation brimming with history, King Charles and Britain look to future

Charles III will be crowned king on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years

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PM reaches London to attend King Charles III's coronation

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reached London from Washington DC to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla as the King and the Queen Consort of the United Kingdom (UK) and the other Commonwealth realms..A United Airlines flight carrying the prime minister and her entou

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Police detain man after 'shotgun cartridges' thrown into Buckingham Palace

Police in London on Tuesday arrested a man allegedly armed with a knife and accused of throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into the grounds of Buckingham Palace

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UK illegal migration bill approved by parliament's lower house

A new British law which seeks to bar the entry of asylum seekers arriving in small boats across the Channel was approved by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, after the government accepted several amendments from rebel Conservatives

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UK tests alert system on mobile phones

The UK conducted its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of mobile phones emitting a loud alarm and vibrating.

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UK deputy PM resigns after most bullying claims upheld

UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab announced his resignation on Friday after bullying claims against him were upheld in a report, a fresh political shock for Britain's Conservatives.

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UK royals took more than £1b income: revealed

Britain’s King Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II received payments equivalent to over £1bn from two land and property estates that are at the centre of a debate over whether their profits should be given to the public instead.

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Prince Harry makes unexpected appearance at London court for privacy case

Britain's Prince Harry on Monday made an unexpected appearance at London's high court when he arrived for a hearing in his claim against a newspaper publisher over allegations of unlawful information gathering.

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Johnson faces UK parliament grilling

Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson yesterday re-entered the bear pit of parliamentary inquisition for a grilling about “Partygate” that could decide his political future. In July, the end of Johnson’s three years in 10 Downing Street played out in

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