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    A pro-EU demonstrator sets up banners outside a London conference center, where trade talks were being held on Dec. 4.
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    'Time To Leave Brexit Behind': EU And U.K. Agree To Last-Minute Trade Deal

    Dec 24, 2020
    The agreement comes a week before the Brexit transition period ends. The pact averts a worst-case divorce that would have hurt the EU economy but damaged the British economy even more.
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    Brexit Countdown: What To Know As Britain And The EU Fight Over Their Divorce

    Dec 17, 2020
    As the New Year's Eve deadline approaches, the two sides are still trying to negotiate a deal to avert major economic and trade disruptions. Here are some of the top issues at play.
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    Supporters of Scottish independence gather at the site of the Battle of Bannockburn in August in Bannockburn, Scotland. The site is where the army of the king of Scots, Robert the Bruce, defeated the army of England's King Edward II in 1314 in the First
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    Support For Scottish Independence Is Growing, Partly Due To U.K.'s COVID-19 Response

    Dec 15, 2020
    Recent polls show consistent support among Scots for leaving Great Britain. Many in Scotland think Prime Minister Boris Johnson is poorly suited to handle the pandemic and trust Scottish leaders more.
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    Live Updates: Presidential Transition
    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for the weekly cabinet meeting in London on Tuesday.
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    British Politicians Examine U.S. Election For Clues To Their Own

    Nov 10, 2020
    Politicians in Great Britain are already studying the results of the U.S. presidential race, hoping for clues that could help them in their next parliamentary elections, due to take place in 2024.
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    Joe Biden arrives at No. 10 Downing St. in London, the residence and office of Britain's prime minister, while serving as vice president in 2013.
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    What A Joe Biden Presidency Might Mean For The U.K.

    Nov 03, 2020
    If President Trump is defeated in Tuesday's election, one loser could be British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Here's why.
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    Olasupo Shashore, an author and historian and former attorney general in Lagos State, produced and narrated the new Netflix documentary series <em>Journey of an African Colony: The Making of Nigeria.</em> He's shown above in Lagos, Nigeria.
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    A Nigerian Finds Hard Truths — And Hope — In Netflix Series On Nigeria

    Oct 01, 2020
    Ifeanyi Nsofor reviews the documentary series, Journey Of An African Colony, which confronts a painful past — including involvement in the slave trade — and celebrates the nation's independence.
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    President Trump walks with U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV in London in July 2018.
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    Trump Asked U.S. Ambassador To Seek British Open For A Trump Resort, Ex-Diplomat Says

    Jul 22, 2020
    A former diplomat at the U.S. embassy says Ambassador Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV told him about the request. "I advised him that doing so would violate federal ethics rules," he tells NPR.
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    London's Lyceum Theatre is wrapped in pink tape bearing the words "Missing Live Theatre," part of a campaign by a group of British stage designers.
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    Britain Announces A $2 Billion Rescue Package For The Arts

    Jul 06, 2020
    The package, announced Sunday, includes grants and loans that theaters, museums, live music venues and others can use to pay salaries and maintenance costs as they try to survive during the pandemic.
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    China's ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming arrives at the Chinese Embassy in London in February for a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.
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    How The Coronavirus Has Strained U.K.-China Ties

    May 22, 2020
    Political analysts say China's growing assertiveness and its recent coronavirus disinformation campaign have soured relations and encouraged the British government to reconsider its China policy.
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    Tom Moore, who served as an army captain in World War II, had originally aimed to raise $1,250 before his 100th birthday on April 30. More than 347,000 people have donated to his effort.
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    99-Year-Old British Veteran Raises $9 Million For Health Service By Walking Laps

    Apr 15, 2020
    Tom Moore, who served as an army captain in World War II, had originally aimed to raise $1,250 before his 100th birthday on April 30. More than 347,000 people have donated so far to his effort.
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    Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gets off his election campaign bus — emblazoned with the slogan "Get Brexit Done" — to visit Washington, England, on Monday. Britain goes to the polls on Thursday.
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    U.K. Election: Voters Hope To Decide Brexit's Fate And Their Country's Future

    Dec 11, 2019
    It will be the third general election since 2015. The stakes are high, voters are weary and the two main candidates for prime minister are polarizing.
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    President Trump shakes hands with Boris Johnson during the U.N. General Assembly in 2017. The United Kingdom and the United States are about to be led by two remarkably similar figures.
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    The Similarities Between Boris Johnson And Donald Trump

    Jul 23, 2019
    At a time of polarization and political chaos, the United Kingdom and the United States are about to be led by two remarkably similar figures. Johnson will take office on Wednesday.
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    The British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Kim Darroch resigned as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. on Wednesday, after cables in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. Boris Johnson, expected to become the new prime minister, said nothing in
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    View From London: Did U.K. Ambassador's Pro-Europe Stance Make Him A Target?

    Jul 10, 2019
    Kim Darroch resigned as ambassador to the U.S. after communications in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. The British government says it is investigating how it happened.
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    Britain's Queen Elizabeth II hosts President Trump for a state banquet in the ballroom at Buckingham Palace in London on Monday, the first day of the U.S. president and first lady's three-day state visit to the U.K.
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    In His U.K. Visit, Trump Navigates A Strained Trans-Atlantic Relationship

    Jun 03, 2019
    The U.S. president kicked off a trip to London this week in a test of the countries' "special relationship."
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    Will Grover, a local councillor in Lincolnshire, tells pro-Brexit voters in the village of Horncastle that they should be proud of voting to leave the European Union. Grover says Brexiteers can feel stigmatized for their views, and he hoped the gathering
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    North Of London, Brexit Supporters Gather To 'Feel Proud And Unashamed'

    Apr 17, 2019
    The Leavers of Lincolnshire group aims to provide a safe space "so you could come together and be proud to be a Brexiteer," says a member. "To not be called an idiot, to not be called a racist."
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    Brexit supporters and opponents shout at each other outside Parliament in London on Thursday, the day that British lawmakers voted to delay Brexit.
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    After A Chaotic Week In Brexit Politics, Here's What You Need To Know

    Mar 15, 2019
    Brexit has convulsed Britain like no other political event in decades. At the end of a week in which Parliament held key votes, things look considerably different than they did on Monday.
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    'It Does Keep Me Awake': Brexit Vexes Exporters, Short-Staffed Industries

    Jan 20, 2019
    The deadline for the U.K. to leave the EU is two months away, but British leaders can't agree on a plan for doing it. Farmers, nurses and other Brits explain how they're coping with the uncertainty.
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    Demonstrators protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in London on Tuesday.
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    In A Chaotic Week For U.K. Politics, What's Next For Brexit?

    Jan 17, 2019
    Here's what to know about key issues during this extraordinary and chaotic moment in British politics. The U.K.'s deadline to leave the European Union is March 29.
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    Anti-Brexit activists protest outside Parliament Dec. 11.
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    A 2nd Brexit Referendum Once Seemed Unthinkable. Now Support Is Growing

    Dec 18, 2018
    A new poll shows more than half of Britons would support holding another Brexit referendum. Prime Minister Theresa May warned a new vote would "do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics."
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    Police officers on the scene outside Harcourt Medical Centre in Salisbury, thought to be connected to a man and woman in Amesbury who are in the hospital after being exposed to what police confirmed was Novichok.
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    U.K. Police Investigating 2 New Cases Of Deadly Nerve Agent Poisoning

    Jul 04, 2018
    Police in Britain say two people have been exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.
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    Jeff Britten stands in the doorway of the Baptist chapel where he meets regularly with other members of his group sponsoring a refugee family. The name of the group is Croeso Hwlffordd, or Welcome Haverfordwest.
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    'Your Children Are Safe': A Town In Wales Welcomes Refugees From Syria

    Jun 06, 2018
    The U.K. began its community sponsorship program for Syrians in 2016. Some refugees who arrived earlier have helped newcomers settle in — and are persuading Welsh communities to open their doors.
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    Royal super-fan John Loughrey, 63, poses in front of a statue of Queen Victoria with Windsor Castle behind.
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    Royal Wedding Reflects A Changing Britain

    May 18, 2018
    Beyond the pageantry and royal stagecraft at which the British excel, there is a story about a changing Britain, a complicated U.S. family, a resilient monarchy and the redemption of a wayward prince.
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    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend a wheelchair tennis match during the Invictus Games 2017 in Toronto. Prince Harry created the games in 2014.
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    A Royal Wedding With Global Appeal

    May 18, 2018
    Interest in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle transcends borders in a way that past royal weddings have not, writes Autumn Brewington, who anchored The Washington Post's royal wedding blog in 2011.
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    A woman passes a shop window decorated with royal wedding memorabilia in Windsor, England.
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    British Businesses Hope To Cash In On Royal Wedding

    May 17, 2018
    "People like them," a London souvenir shop employee says of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. "They're a bit cool, aren't they?" And, he says, "For our business, they're absolutely essential."
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    When he was a 23-year-old bus driver, Tarsem Singh Sandhu lost his job when he refused to remove the turban he wore as part of his Sikh religion. Now 72, Sandhu is a successful entrepreneur and president of the largest Sikh temple in Wolverhampton.
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    An Anti-Immigration Speech Divided Britain 50 Years Ago. It Still Echoes Today

    Apr 20, 2018
    Half a century after Enoch Powell delivered the most incendiary political speech in Britain's recent history, his dire vision of race war hasn't come true. But it resonates in British politics today.
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