A four-day preliminary hearing started today in London regarding a possible wiretapping scandal against Prince Harry and other British celebrities. Along with Elton John, among others, Harry accuses the British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail publisher of “gross violations of privacy”. The fact that the Duke of Sussex appeared at the […]
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Indian BBC Offices Raided After Controversial Documentary
The Indian Revenue Service has raided BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. The service does not explain the operation, but a spokesperson for the ruling party BJP says the British broadcaster should not “spew poison” in India, a few weeks after the BBC made a critical documentary about Prime […]
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British Employers: Admit More Skilled Migrant Workers
More skilled migrant workers must be admitted to the UK to tackle the country’s economic problems. That is the opinion of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the largest employers’ organization in the United Kingdom, which is increasing the pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. “We have an immigration system […]
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British Prime Minister Bows to pressure: Rishi Sunak Still Goes to Climate Summit in Egypt
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will attend the UN climate summit in Egypt after all. He announced that on Wednesday. Sunak had no intention of going to Sharm-el-Sheikh at first but is now adjusting. “There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without […]
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Facebook Parent Company Must Sell Giphy From British Regulator
The American multinational Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will then have to sell the GIF website Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the British market regulator, has decided this. Meta appealed the decision, but that has now failed. Meta acquired Giphy in May 2020 in exchange […]
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Prime Minister Truss Bets on British Energy in First Question Hour
British Prime Minister Liz Truss plans to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea and invest more in nuclear energy. “I want us to generate and use more of our energy,” she said during her first question time in parliament on Wednesday. Truss said he was against imposing […]
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Liz Truss Allocates £130 Billion to Freeze Energy Bills
The upcoming British Prime Minister Liz Truss wants to allocate up to 130 billion pounds in the coming year and a half to protect households from significantly higher energy bills. The Bloomberg news agency documents say she wants to block a previously announced price hike for electricity and gas and […]
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UK Prime Minister Candidates to Debate Next Week
The candidates for leadership of the British Conservative Party will debate each other next Monday. Sky News has announced that the candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister during the TV debate will include questions from the public. “There has never been a more important time to re-energize […]
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UK Consumer Confidence Dips to All-Time Low
Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen to an all-time low this month. British consumer confidence is under pressure mainly due to the sharp rise in energy and food prices, including the war in Ukraine. The nationwide strikes, including those at the railways, also weighed on consumer sentiment. According […]
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UK: Half of the Donetsk People’s Republic of Armed Forces Eliminated
About 55 percent of the armed forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the separatist part of eastern Ukraine supported by Russia, have been knocked out, according to the United Kingdom. According to figures published by the DPR on June 16, 2,128 soldiers have been killed and 8,897 injured […]