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Starmer to host first UK-EU summit since Brexit
AFP, Published on 19/05/2025
» LONDON - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts European Union chiefs on Monday for a landmark summit designed to usher in a closer relationship between Britain and the bloc, five years after Brexit.
UK's Boris Johnson weds in 'secret ceremony': reports
AFP, Published on 30/05/2021
» LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a "secret ceremony" on Saturday, UK media reports said.
UK watchdog launches probe into makeover of PM's flat
AFP, Published on 28/04/2021
» LONDON - Britain's Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced a formal investigation into how Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid for a lavish makeover of his Downing Street flat, seriously escalating a simmering scandal.
Feuding in Downing Street as UK faces Covid, Brexit challenges
AFP, Published on 16/11/2020
» LONDON: As British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces the challenges of soaring virus deaths and looming Brexit talks, two of his closest aides have resigned amid reports of bitter infighting.
UK PM says doctors had plan in case he died of Covid-19
AFP, Published on 03/05/2020
» LONDON - Doctors treating Boris Johnson for coronavirus prepared to announce his death after he was taken to intensive care, the British prime minister said on Sunday, in his first detailed comments about his illness.
British virus death toll now world's third-worst
AFP, Published on 30/04/2020
» LONDON - Britain's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak jumped to 26,097 on Wednesday -- the second-highest in Europe behind Italy and third-highest in the world -- as the government took into account fatalities outside hospital, including care homes, for the first time.
Weeks after virus scare, British PM becomes father again
AFP, Published on 29/04/2020
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday became a father again when his partner Carrie Symonds gave birth to a healthy baby boy, just weeks after he himself was hospitalised with coronavirus.
British PM's partner gives birth to baby boy
AFP, Published on 29/04/2020
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's partner Carrie Symonds on Wednesday gave birth to a "healthy baby boy" in a London hospital, a spokesman for the couple said.
UK prepares to extend virus lockdown, says peak has not passed
AFP, Published on 14/04/2020
» LONDON - The British government warned Monday it would not be lifting a nationwide lockdown anytime soon as the country remains in the grip of a coronavirus outbreak that has claimed more than 11,000 lives.
Johnson making 'very good progress' in recovery
AFP, Published on 11/04/2020
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday was making "very good progress" in his recovery in hospital from coronavirus, officials said, two days after leaving intensive care.