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Jill Lawless

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Andy Burnham inches closer to UK premiership as Starmer seeks legacy in final days

Andy Burnham inches closer to UK premiership as Starmer seeks legacy in final days

Potential Labour rivals Darren Jones and Wes Streeting step aside for popular Manchester mayor ahead of party vote; outgoing PM heads to Europe for...

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Keir Starmer announces resignation as UK premier, to stay on until successor picked

Keir Starmer announces resignation as UK premier, to stay on until successor picked

Two years after leading Labour to landslide, Starmer’s popularity has plummeted; outgoing PM says he inherited ‘morally bankrupt’ party, ripped...

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Starmer goes from election landslide to downfall in two years after support dries up

Starmer goes from election landslide to downfall in two years after support dries up

Mild-mannered Labour leader sold the UK on reliability and drama-free politics, but missteps, party infighting and a colossal error of judgment...

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Starmer seen on the precipice as pressure builds for him to resign as UK leader

Starmer seen on the precipice as pressure builds for him to resign as UK leader

Expectation is growing that the British prime minister will announce timeline for resignation on Monday, although a minister in his government...

21.06.2026 50

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Counterterror police probe after 5 hurt in apparent anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh

Shirtless man filmed wielding knife in Scottish city’s streets, yelling during arrest he’s ‘protecting the country from these fucking Muslim...

21.06.2026 50

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Labour’s Andy Burnham wins election, setting up showdown with Starmer to lead the UK

Labour’s Andy Burnham wins election, setting up showdown with Starmer to lead the UK

Manchester mayor beats Reform UK candidate in by-election triggered when local MP resigned to let the so-called ‘King of the North’ return to...

19.06.2026 40

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David Hockney, iconic artist known for colorful landscapes and pool scenes, dies at 88

British emblem of swinging 60s depicted California’s sun-drenched suburbs, wooded-hills of Yorkshire; out as a gay man before it was common, his...

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UK defense secretary resigns, pans Starmer as not spending enough to keep country safe

John Healey says government plan ‘falls well short’ of what is needed at a time of ‘rising threats,’ leaving him with no choice but to step...

11.06.2026 40

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UK government pans protesters for ‘hijacking’ controversial death of stabbed student

2 arrested, 11 officers injured in clashes over Henry Nowak, who was wrongly handcuffed by police after being knifed by Sikh man, sparking allegations...

04.06.2026 60

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Local elections in UK could hasten end of embattled PM Keir Starmer’s tenure

Amid Epstein-Mandelson scandal and economic struggles worsened by Iran war, the center-left leader faces a party crisis as expert says his ouster is...

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UK’s Starmer says he’s sorry but won’t resign after facing MPs on Mandelson-Epstein scandal

British premier admits appointing ex-envoy to US ‘was wrong,’ says ‘I take responsibility’; opposition lawmakers jeer him; sacked Foreign...

21.04.2026 70

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British PM to face angry MPs calling for his resignation amid Mandelson-Epstein scandal

Set to explain appointment of US envoy despite ties to disgraced financier, Starmer looks to stymie calls to quit, as opposition says he’s ‘taking...

20.04.2026 70

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Allies back Starmer as Mandelson’s Epstein link leaves UK PM fighting for his job

Roiling scandal threatens tenure of Labour leader; senior allies say premier is ‘man of integrity,’ as he is set to face lawmakers’ questions in...

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Diego Garcia: The remote island hosting a key US-UK military base targeted by Iran

Residents were evicted in 1960s and 1970s to make way for base on British-controlled island in Chagos Archipelago; it has been used for wars in...

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Files show UK’s Starmer was warned of ‘reputational risk’ to Epstein-linked US envoy

British prime minister received document in 2024, before appointing Peter Mandelson as Washington ambassador, in which officials worried about his...

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War with Iran strains the US-UK ‘special relationship’ as Starmer and Trump disagree

Relationship ‘obviously not what it was,’ Trump says, after British PM gave US limited access to UK bases, implicitly rebuked Washington’s...

03.03.2026 100

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Tremors from the Epstein files rattle age-old foundations of Britain's House of Lords

Fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files has landed on the gilded wood and plush red benches of Britain’s House of Lords. Parliament’s upper chamber...

20.02.2026 90

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UK leader Starmer fights for his job as ex-ambassador’s Epstein links spark crisis

PM to address his Labour Party’s lawmakers behind closed doors amid scandal over his selection of envoy Peter Mandelson, who had ties to...

09.02.2026 70

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UK to release files related to Mandelson’s appointment as US envoy amid Epstein fallout

PM Starmer vows to ‘make sure that all of the material is published,’ says Mandelson ‘betrayed our country, our Parliament and my...

04.02.2026 100

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UK government, public and Giuffre family welcome Andrew’s fall from royal status

Praise for King Charles’s decision to strip brother of princely title, but family of Epstein trafficking victim, who died by suicide, says he...

01.11.2025 100

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Tony Blair’s long experience in Middle East is both his strength and his weakness

Former UK prime minister, tapped to play key role in postwar Gaza administration under Trump’s ceasefire plan, was a peace envoy for nearly a...

30.09.2025 60

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UK marks 20 years since the deadly al-Qaeda 7/7 London bombings

King Charles III, Prime Minister Starmer lead remembrance of victims of suicide attacks that killed 52; at subway stations near sites, staff,...

07.07.2025 70

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