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Wilders: firebrand 'Dutch Trump' finally wins big
AFP, Published on 23/11/2023
» THE HAGUE - Known as the "Dutch Trump" both for his bouffant dyed hair and firebrand rhetoric, Geert Wilders' anti-Islam, anti-immigrant and anti-EU message seems to have finally swept him to first place at the polls.
Independent Scotland ‘would rejoin EU’
AFP, Published on 17/11/2023
» LONDON - An independent Scotland would move quickly to rejoin the European Union, the Scottish government said on Friday as it laid out its plans for getting back into the bloc.
Ex-PM Cameron makes shock return to UK government
AFP, Published on 13/11/2023
» LONDON - Former UK leader David Cameron sensationally returned to the British government as foreign secretary on Monday, as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shook up his top team with a general election looming next year.
UK to set up world’s first AI safety institute
Published on 26/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain will set up the world’s first artificial intelligence safety institute, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday, ahead of a global summit that he has convened to examine the risks of the technology.
Labour leader Starmer pledges to 'repair' UK
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» LIVERPOOL - Britain's opposition leader will promise on Tuesday that a future Labour government would "heal" the UK after 13 years of Conservative rule, tackling a cost-of-living crisis sparked by Brexit, pandemic lockdowns and the war in Ukraine.
Rwanda 'safe' for deported asylum seekers: UK court told
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» LONDON: The UK government on Monday insisted that Rwanda is an appropriate place to deport failed asylum seekers, as it tried to overturn a court ruling that the policy is unlawful.
UK opposition hails Scottish by-election win
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain's main opposition Labour party on Friday welcomed a big local election win in Scotland as a sign its electoral fortunes were changing head of a UK general election.
UK Labour Party seeks to maintain poll lead
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain's Labour opposition gathers this weekend for its annual conference, with the centre-left party currently on course to return to power in a general election expected next year.
High-speed rail row derails UK Tory conference
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» MANCHESTER, England - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday dodged questions over the future of the UK's second high-speed train line, as the issue overshadowed his Conservative party's annual conference.
UK minister questions relevance of UN refugee convention
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» LONDON - UK interior minister Suella Braverman is preparing to question whether the United Nations Refugee Convention is "fit for our modern age" during a keynote speech on Tuesday at a think-tank in Washington.