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4 days ago | 
barrons.com | James Pheby
Online retail giant Amazon will invest £40 billion ($54 billion) in the UK over the next three years, the government said Tuesday, a boost for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he struggles to kickstart the economy. Starmer, who met Amazon CEO Andy Jassy last week, said the announcement "adds another major win to Britain's basket and is a massive vote of confidence in the UK as the best place to do business.
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4 days ago | 
barrons.com | James Pheby
Seeking to shore up support more than three years into Russia's invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a surprise visit to London on Monday, cementing a military co-production deal. Zelensky met with Starmer at his Downing Street home, after earlier visiting King Charles III at Windsor Castle. The trip comes on the eve of a NATO summit in The Hague, which Zelensky is due to attend.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | James Pheby
The UK government announced Monday it would bring in tough new laws to "root out the scourge" of grooming gangs and apologised to thousands of victims believed to have been sexually exploited. Any adults who engage in penetrative sex with a child under 16 will now face the most serious charge of rape, interior minister Yvette Cooper told parliament, as authorities launched a nationwide crackdown on the gangs.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | James Pheby
Britain's King Charles III speaks with former England captain David Beckham at the Chelsea Flower Show in London in May 2025 (Toby Melville)Toby Melville/POOL/AFPFormer England football captain and global fashion icon David Beckham was knighted on Friday for his services to sport and charity, with The Who singer Roger Daltrey and actor Gary Oldman also receiving the honour.
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1 month ago | 
gonzagabulletin.com | James Pheby |Peter HUTCHISON AFP
Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to "finally take back control" of Britain's borders as his government unveiled policies designed to reduce immigration and fend off rising support for the hard right. Labour leader Starmer announced he was ending an "experiment in open borders" that saw net migration rise to nearly one million people under the previous Conservative government, which lost last year's election.
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1 month ago | 
newsbug.info | James Pheby |Laurie CHURCHMAN AFP
The UK on Monday hosted European ministers for "critical" talks on "repelling Russian aggression", after Ukraine's allies demanded that Moscow accept a ceasefire. Ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the EU joined Foreign Secretary David Lammy in London for a meeting of the so-called "Weimar+" group. The coalition was set up in February in response to shifting US policy towards the war between Ukraine and Russia, and European security in general, under President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago | 
suncommercial.com | James Pheby |Peter HUTCHISON AFP
Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to "finally take back control" of Britain's borders as his government unveiled policies designed to reduce immigration and fend off rising support for the hard right. Labour leader Starmer announced he was ending an "experiment in open borders" that saw net migration rise to nearly one million people under the previous Conservative government, which lost last year's election.
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1 month ago | 
wataugademocrat.com | James Pheby |Peter HUTCHISON AFP
By James Pheby and Peter Hutchison AFP Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to "finally take back control" of Britain's borders as his government unveiled policies designed to reduce immigration and fend off rising support for the hard right. Labour leader Starmer announced he was ending an "experiment in open borders" that saw net migration rise to nearly one million people under the previous Conservative government, which lost last year's election.
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1 month ago | 
newportplaintalk.com | James Pheby |Laurie CHURCHMAN AFP
The UK on Monday hosted European ministers for "critical" talks on "repelling Russian aggression", after Ukraine's allies demanded that Moscow accept a ceasefire. Ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the EU joined Foreign Secretary David Lammy in London for a meeting of the so-called "Weimar+" group. kAm%96 4@2=:E:@? H2D D6E FA :? u63CF2CJ :? C6DA@?D6 E@ D9:7E:?8 &$ A@=:4J E@H2C5D E96 H2C 36EH66? &<C2:?6 2?5 #FDD:2[ 2?5 tFC@A62? D64FC:EJ :?
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1 month ago | 
annistonstar.com | James Pheby |Laurie CHURCHMAN AFP
By James Pheby and Laurie Churchman AFP The UK on Monday hosted European ministers for "critical" talks on "repelling Russian aggression", after Ukraine's allies demanded that Moscow accept a ceasefire. Ministers from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the EU joined Foreign Secretary David Lammy in London for a meeting of the so-called "Weimar+" group.
