Britain Prime Minister Theresa May

Trump assails Britain's May, ambassador to US who called his administration 'inept'

US President Donald Trump attacks Prime Minister Theresa May and her ambassador to Washington while Britain voices regret for the leak of confidential memos in which the diplomat called Trump's administration "dysfunctional" and "inept."

UK's May quits as party leader

British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit.

UK PM seeks brief Brexit delay from hesitant EU

Britain will write to the EU to seek a short delay to Brexit, but Brussels has warned any decision may only come next week -- just before the scheduled departure date.

British man plotted to kill Prime Minister Theresa May

A British man is found guilty of a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her.

Trump hails ties with UK despite Brexit criticism

US President Donald Trump plays down his extraordinary attack on Britain's plans for Brexit, praising Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership and insisting ties between the two countries "have never been stronger".

Brexit minister quits in blow to Britain's May

Brexit Secretary David Davis resigns because he was not willing to be "a reluctant conscript" to Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the European Union, delivering a blow to a British leader struggling to end divisions among her ministers.

UK to ban gay 'conversion therapy' after massive survey

Britain today unveils its "action plan" to tackle discrimination against the gay community, which includes bringing forward legislation to ban the practice of conversion therapy.

Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over spy poisoning

British Prime Minister Theresa May expells 23 diplomats and suspended high-level contacts with Russia including for the World Cup, saying her government found Moscow "culpable" of a nerve agent attack on a former spy.

Highly likely Russia behind spy attack: UK PM

British Prime Minister Theresa May says it was "highly likely" that Moscow is responsible for the poisoning in England of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter using a military-grade nerve agent.

June 4, 2017
June 4, 2017

UK PM May calls for beefed up terror response after London attack

British Prime Minister Theresa May reacts to an attack that killed seven people in London by saying things cannot continue as they are and that the strategy for dealing with terrorism needs to be reviewed in four ways.

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