Britain

Cut off: Britain hit with travel bans over new virus strain

By PAN PYLAS, The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Trucks waiting to get out of Britain backed up for miles and people were left stranded at airports Monday as dozens Read More

New pandemic lockdowns in England as restrictions return across Europe

By THE WASHINGTON POST Oct. 31, 2020 at 5:55 p.m. ADT LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a second national lockdown for England on Saturday as his scientific advisers Read More

New pandemic lockdowns in England as restrictions return across Europe

By THE WASHINGTON POST Oct. 31, 2020 at 5:55 p.m. ADT LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a second national lockdown for England on Saturday as his scientific advisers Read More

Memorial for Mercy Baguma ahead of Ugandan funeral

By BBC A memorial service is to be held for Mercy Baguma, the Ugandan asylum-seeker whose body was found in a Govan flat with her crying child. The vigil will Read More

Theatre: How Britain is facing up to its hidden slavery history (PHOTOS)

New play The Whip is one of several new stories bringing attention to the nation’s involvement in the historic slave trade. Holly Williams asks its writer why they are so Read More

British troops train Ugandan soldiers combating Islamic militants

Corporal Chris Carmichael briefs Ugandan Marines in Entebbe, Uganada (Owen Humphreys/PA) By uk.news.yahoo.com British troops have been training their Ugandan counterparts to help them prepare for a difficult peacekeeping deployment where Read More

BREAKING: Iran’s IRGC Says It Has Confiscated UK Tanker in Strait of Hormuz

© AP Photo / Vahid Salemi By SPUTNIK Relations between the UK and Iran worsened recently after Iranian supertanker Grace 1 was detained off the coast of Gibraltar earlier this Read More