British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak braced for defeats in key elections

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces voters in very different parliamentary seats on Thursday and risks
UK PM Truss says cabinet was not informed of plans to scrap top rate of tax

British Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Sunday her cabinet of top ministers was not informed in
As prices rise, the Post Office says Britons are turning back to cash

More Britons are turning to cash to manage their budgets as prices soar, the Post Office said on
Actor Tom Holland says he will play Fred Astaire in new biopic

British actor Tom Holland said he will portray legendary film star Fred Astaire in an upcoming Sony
‘Post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal possible by Christmas’

British Brexit minister David Frost said on Wednesday that his government’s preference is to strike
Cape Town welcomes British and Irish Lions rugby tour being played in the city

Cape Town has welcomed a decision by rugby authorities to have the remainder of the British and
Briton admits almost 100 sex offences against young boys

A British man on Monday admitted almost 100 sexual offences against boys as young as four, with
England joins nations offering HIV prevention pill to all at high risk

England will join a growing list of countries offering HIV-prevention pill to all those at high risk
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn casts his vote in general election

British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn cast his vote in the general election on Thursday (December
UK parliament elects Labour lawmaker Hoyle as Speaker

British lawmakers elected Labour’s Lindsay Hoyle as Speaker on Monday to take on the role of
Russian group hijacked Iranian spying operation

The Russian group, known as “Turla” and accused by Estonian and Czech authorities of operating on
Brexit talks go down to the wire ahead of EU summit

Britain’s plan to leave the EU, which has only ever added new member states, has compounded problems
Iran to free detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero members

Iran will free seven crew members of the detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, Iranian state
Opponents of ‘no-deal’ Brexit defeat PM Johnson

British lawmakers defeated Boris Johnson in parliament on Tuesday in a bid to prevent him taking
James Bond movie gets a title – ‘No Time to Die’

The new James Bond film finally has a title – “No Time to Die” – and an April 2020 release date,
‘Horrific’, ‘cruel’, ‘sad’: World reacts to Sri Lanka blasts

Religious and world leaders have condemned a series of blasts in Sri Lanka that killed at least 290
Britain’s May wins no-confidence vote

Theresa May will remain as British prime minister – for now at least. She’s survived a no confidence
British engine maker Rolls-Royce cutting 4 600 jobs

Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said Thursday that it plans to cut 4,600 mainly
British human rights campaigners lose abortion challenge to Ireland

Britain’s Supreme Court on Thursday said it could not rule on an appeal against Northern Ireland’s
British warn Trump about pulling out of Iran Deal

Britain has appealed to US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal as a key