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Trump Does a 180 on UK Island Handover to Mauritius

US president now warns that move on Chagos Archipelago threatens national, allied security

(Newser) - President Trump is reversing course and back to taking swipes at a UK plan to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while still leasing a key military base there. "DO NOT GIVE AWAY DIEGO GARCIA!" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday of the largest island...

UK's Battered Leader Avoids Becoming Ex-Leader

Labour MPs unite around PM Keir Starmer amid Epstein fallout

(Newser) - Keir Starmer fights another day. After indirect fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a dramatic day of crisis that threatened to topple him, the UK prime minister was saved by a pugnacious fightback and hesitation among his rivals inside the governing Labour Party about the consequences of a leadership...

William, Kate 'Deeply Concerned' Over Epstein Revelations

Royals express sympathy for Epstein victims amid scrutiny of the former Prince Andrew

(Newser) - Prince William and Princess Catherine have broken their silence on the latest Jeffrey Epstein disclosures. A Kensington Palace spokesperson said Monday the couple are "deeply concerned by the continuing revelations" from recently released US Justice Department files tied to Epstein, and that "their thoughts remain focused on the...

Epstein Fallout Costs Starmer His Chief of Staff

Morgan McSweeney had recommended ally with ties to sex offender for US ambassador

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's top aide resigned Sunday over the appointment of an ambassador to the US with ties to American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Morgan McSweeney had recommended Peter Mandelson, a longtime associate, for the position to the prime minister, a decision he said in a statement...

Epstein Scandal Could Bring Down UK Prime Minister

Starmer 'is now essentially a boxer on the ropes' after Mandelson revelations

(Newser) - Unlike many powerful people on both sides of the Atlantic, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein, but an Epstein scandal could still be his undoing. In what Henry Zeffman at the BBC says could be "the beginning of the end" for Starmer, even lawmakers from his...

British PM: Andrew Should Testify to Congress

'Victims have to be the first priority,' prime minister says after Jeffrey Epstein documents are released

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor—the former Prince Andrew—to cooperate with a US congressional inquiry into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, saying anyone with relevant knowledge "should be prepared to share that information." The statement followed after the Justice Department release of...

As UK Cozies Up to China, Trump Blasts Move as 'Very Dangerous'

Starmer pursues trade reset with Beijing, despite Trump's security warning

(Newser) - President Trump is again warning US allies about getting too close to Beijing, this time as the United Kingdom leans in. As Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrapped up hours of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing and praised "real progress" on trade, Trump told reporters in Washington...

After Outcry, Trump Praises UK Troops

Statement doesn't include the apology Starmer suggested

(Newser) - President Trump heaped praise Saturday on British soldiers who fought in Afghanistan, in a post on social media that represented a partial reversal of disparaging comments he made this week that drew a cascade of criticism in the UK, particularly from families of those killed and seriously injured in the...

Some British MPs Will Have to Find New Watering Holes

Pub, restaurant landlords ban Labour lawmakers to protest soaring business property taxes

(Newser) - British lawmakers can still raise a glass in most places—but more than 1,400 pubs and restaurants say Labour MPs can drink somewhere else. The unusual boycott began at the Old Thatch, a 17th-century pub in Wimborne, in southern England, where landlord Andy Lennox put up a "No...

Prince Harry Rebukes Trump on Allies' Sacrifice

Family members of troops killed in Afghanistan condemn president's contention

(Newser) - The UK's Prince Harry joined the outraged response on Friday to President Trump's contention that US allies largely hung back during the fighting in Afghanistan after 9/11. Harry, who did two tours in Afghanistan while serving in the British army, said in a statement that the sacrifices of...

Trump Outrages Canadians, Brits With NATO Remarks

He claims allies stayed 'a little back, a little off the front line' in Afghanistan

(Newser) - The day after he dropped his threat to seize territory from NATO ally Denmark, President Trump found a different way to outrage alliance members. "We've never needed them. We have never really asked anything of them," he told Fox News on Thursday. "You know, they'll...

China Gets OK for a 'Mega' Embassy in London

But proximity to key financial-data cables has some worried

(Newser) - China just got the green light for what will be its biggest embassy in Europe, right next to London's financial nerve center. The UK government has approved Beijing's long-stymied plan to turn Royal Mint Court, a historic former coin-minting site bought by China in 2018 for roughly $312...

Elon Musk: Grok Backlash Is Just 'Censorship'

UK regulator weighs action as deepfake abuse sparks global backlash

(Newser) - Elon Musk is framing the uproar over X's Grok chatbot as a free-speech fight, even as regulators in multiple countries scrutinize the service over sexually explicit "deepfake" images , the BBC reports. Critics say Grok has been used to generate sexualized pictures of people, including women and minors, without...

After Backlash on 'Disgusting' Images, Grok Hits Pause

Users had been deploying chatbot to 'undress' girls and women, creating sexually explicit deepfakes

(Newser) - Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is preventing most users from generating or editing any images after a global backlash that erupted after it started spewing sexualized deepfakes of people. The chatbot, which is accessed through Musk's social media platform X, has in the past few weeks been granting...

Jimmy Lai's Daughter: Dad's Fingernails Are Falling Off

Daughter urges UK to press China for jailed mogul's release

(Newser) - Jimmy Lai's family says the 78-year-old Hong Kong media tycoon is physically breaking down behind bars, even as Chinese authorities insist he's in "good health." In a letter seen by the BBC , relatives of the British citizen are urging UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to press...

Starmer to Oligarch: Pay Ukraine Victims or Face Court

UK PM warns oligarch he needs to direct proceeds from sale of Chelsea club to Ukrainians, as vowed

(Newser) - Roman Abramovich is being given what amounts to a final warning from Britain's prime minister. Keir Starmer told Parliament that the UK has now authorized the transfer of $3.3 billion from the 2022 sale of Chelsea Football Club and demanded that the Russian oligarch follow through on his...

Putin Blamed in UK Poisoning That Killed Innocent Woman

UK inquiry pins 2018 Salisbury death on Kremlin

(Newser) - A British public inquiry has found Russian President Vladimir Putin "morally responsible" for the 2018 Novichok poisonings in Salisbury, England, that led to the death of an innocent British woman, reports Politico . Dawn Sturgess died after unknowingly spraying herself with perfume from a bottle that contained the Russian nerve...

Prime Minister Busted for Doing '6-7' With Kids

School visit goes viral as Keir Starmer joins in on kids' banned dance

(Newser) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer found himself on the wrong side of school rules this week after leading a class of primary students in the now-infamous "6-7" meme during a visit to Welland Academy in Peterborough. Starmer, accompanied by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, was at the school to talk...

Plan to Change Asylum Rules Divides UK, Labour Party

Proposal would end government's mandate to support refugees

(Newser) - The British government's plan to tighten its asylum system met sharp resistance Monday from its own party but was receiving some support from political rivals in a sign of how divisive the immigration issue has become. Before Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood even released details of the sweeping plan to...

Scotland to UK: Pony Up $35M for Trump, Vance Visits

Government says trips were clearly diplomatic in nature; London says good luck with that

(Newser) - The Scottish government is demanding that the UK Treasury cover the $35 million bill for the recent visits of President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, arguing that the trips, while described as private, imposed major costs on Scottish public services—especially the police. Finance Secretary Shona Robison says Trump'...

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