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Three imperial policies that still influence life in Britain today

The revelation that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty claimed non-dom status in the UK for years has drawn renewed attention to an imperialist policy that still holds today. Non-doms may live in the UK, but are considered by the tax authorities to be “non-domiciled” in the country and therefore…

The Conversation

UK says new sanctions hit Putin's network including ex-wife and cousins

Britain said on Friday its latest round of sanctions targeted Russian President Vladimir Putin's financial network, including his ex-wife and cousins.

Reuters

Kwasi Kwarteng hails ‘nuclear renaissance’ as £120 million fund launched

The business secretary has hailed the start of “a British nuclear renaissance” as the government launches a new fund to encourage overseas investment into the sector.

Evening Standard

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G7 Condemns Taliban over Growing Restrictions on Women

The Group of Seven industrialized nations on Thursday condemned the growing restrictions placed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan, accusing the hardline group of isolating the country. "We call on the Taliban to urgently take steps to lift restrictions on women and girls," the foreign ministers of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

U.S. lawmakers to travel to Europe over N.Ireland worries-Guardian

A team of U.S. Congress members will travel to London and other capitals as concerns grow in Washington about the tensions caused by Britain's post-Brexit stand-off with the European Union over Northern Ireland, the Guardian newspaper said.

Reuters

Live: EU ramps up military aid to Ukraine as diplomatic efforts intensify

The EU pledged an additional €500 million in military aid to Ukraine at a meeting of G7 nations on Friday while diplomatic efforts intensified with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin both calling on their Russian counterparts to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.…

France 24

Ukrainian forces prevented attempted Russian river crossing in the Donbas, Britain says

Ukrainian forces successfully prevented an attempted Russian river crossing in the Donbas, the British defence ministry said in a regular Twitter bulletin on Friday.

Reuters

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Michael Gove is right about one thing: building more homes won’t solve anything

The UK has enough housing to go around – the problem is that the market is inefficient, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Britain, U.S. sign commercial spaceflight collaboration deal

Britain and the United States have agreed to collaborate on future commercial spaceflight missions, boosting opportunities for firms from both countries to operate from spaceports in either, the British government said on Friday.

Reuters

Britain's oldest foodbank volunteer 'disgusted' after MP says poor people can't cook

Joan Hibberd still cooks her own dinner at the age of 100. She said MP Lee Anderson's comment that poor people need to learn to cook properly was 'absolutely ridiculous'

Daily Mirror

America's massive 'lend-lease' aid plan for Ukraine recalls similar help in Britain's 'darkest hour'

Even before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, western governments – and especially the United States – were providing the country with military aid. This followed Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the conflict which has ranged since then in the Donbas province in the east…

The Conversation

UK weather: North African plume to sweep across Britain for 24C weekend

Saturday could be hottest day of year so far before rain sweeps in

The Independent UK

PM and Cabinet Secretary unscathed in latest tranche of partygate fines

The Metropolitan Police has made around a further 50 fixed penalty notice referrals as part of its investigation into lockdown-breaking party claims.

The Independent UK

No 10: The most Covid-fined building in Britain?

They are the words every parent fears. Your darling child abruptly stands up in front of several seated guests at the dinner table and declares: “Mum, Dad, when I grow up, I want to be Governor of Illinois.”

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

North Macedonia: US leads exercise in NATO's newest member

U.S. troops are joining forces from Britain, France, Italy and allied countries in the region in a military exercise held in NATO’s newest member North Macedonia

The Independent UK

UK warns 'no choice but to act' to change Brexit deal

Britain’s foreign secretary has warned the European Union that the U.K. will have “no choice but to act” to revoke parts of a Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland if the EU doesn't show flexibility

Daily Mirror

EU issues furious rebuke as UK ramps up threat to rip up Brexit deal in Northern Ireland

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned Brussels that Britain may have "no choice" but to suspend the NI Protocol - but Maros Sefcovic has said it is "simply not acceptable"

Benzinga

Vodafone Mulls Merging UK Unit With CK Hutchison's Three

Telecoms group Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) is in talks to combine its U.K. operations with Three UK, the mobile operator owned by Hong Kong infrastructure conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings LTD (OTC:CKHUY), the Financial Times reports. The deal could help consolidate the British mobile market as Vodafone faces pressure from Europe’s most prominent activist investor, Cevian…

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‘Secrets kill’: the harrowing drama about sexual abuse in football

Barry Bennell was Britain’s best coach. But why did he keep a puma – and other exotic pets – in his house? We speak to the team behind Floodlights, an exceptional drama about the endemic abuse at the heart of the national game

The Guardian - UK

Most Jamaicans facing deportation flight came to UK as children, study shows

Analysis of 20 detained people who could be on flight next week reveals 13 arrived in Britain as a child

Reuters

UK tells EU: Without flexibility, we will act on N.Ireland

Britain warned it might be forced to "act" in a row with the European Union over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, raising the risk of commercial strife and deepening a standoff stirring U.S. concerns for peace in the province.

The National (Scotland)

Attorney General 'approves' move to rip up Boris Johnson's Brexit deal

THE UK’s Attorney General has “approved” a unilateral move to tear up part of Britain’s Brexit agreement despite dire warnings from world…

The Guardian - UK

Ignore the pomp: thanks to Boris Johnson, Britain has never been less united

The full uniformed flummery of the state opening of parliament belies the fragile state of the nation, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Evening Standard

Ukraine will end war on ‘their terms’ after ‘appalling’ Putin miscalculation, says UK

Vladimir Putin has “miscalculated appallingly” and Ukraine’s leaders will end the war on “their terms,” Britain said on Thursday as Russian forces were being forced back away from Kharkiv.

Evening Standard

GDP: UK economy shrank 0.1% in March

The figures will increase fears that Britain is heading for another recession as a result of the cost-of-living crisis

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