UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for his initial response to COVID-19 as reports emerged in spring that he failed to attend five emergency meetings in January and February of the Civil Contingencies Committee, also known as Cobra, which deals with major crises London mayor Sadiq Khan […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009151080467158-eu-cant-deal-with-uk-if-london-passes-internal-market-bill/ Earlier today, the UK House of Commons passed the controversial Internal Market Bill during the second reading in a 340-263 vote. The proposed legislation would override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the EU. Source link
Over a million dollars worth of paintings, sculptures and artistic ephemera vanished from The Colony Room, an elite counter-culture private drinking club, according to a writer and artist whose new book chronicles the history of the legendary London venue. Darren Coffield, who has a new exhibition about The Colony Room […]
Already targeted in the recent past, the Winston Churchill statue has been defaced and dubbed ‘racist’ again, with the man suspected of doing this being literally removed from the scene in front of TV cameras. A young man was spotted spray-painting the words ‘is a racist’ on the base of […]
Any violation the Good Friday Agreement by London will make a trade deal between the UK and the US totally impossible, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has warned. Pelosi issued a strongly-worded statement on Wednesday after British authorities admitted that their new ‘Internal Market Bill’ could […]
LONDON—The court hearing that could end in WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to the United States to face charges over the publication of hundreds of thousands of classified documents finally got underway Monday after a months-long pandemic delay. Crowds crammed together outside the Old Bailey court building in central […]
Crowds of lockdown-weary Brits gathered in London at a ‘Unite for Freedom’ rally to protest the Covid-19 measures, an event quickly dubbed a gathering of “conspiracy loons” for its strong message against restrictions and mandates. People began gathering in London’s Trafalgar Square around noon and then marched to the Houses […]
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp told CoinDesk it will migrate its customer accounts from its London-based Bitstamp Limited to its entity in Luxembourg. But operations at Bitstamp Limited will not be affected by this decision, according to the company. “[This is] a move that has been planned for months,” Vasja Zupan, chief […]
LONDON – Britain has moved a step closer to completing a deal for purchasing Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) following the award of a contract allowing platform builder Oshkosh Defense to trial proposed UK sub-systems on the vehicle. The British Ministry of Defence signed a demonstration phase deal with the US government in June to investigate the integration of UK equipment on the JLTV as part of a proposed […]
Labour MP Dawn Butler, who is a strong critic of police stop-and-search tactics, said that she was “angry and annoyed” after being stopped by Metropolitan Police officers in the London borough of Hackney. Butler said that since being elected as a member of Parliament she has been stopped by police […]
On Monday, Johnny Depp’s libel trial against The Sun publisher News Group Newspapers entered its penultimate day, with NGN attorney Sasha Wass arguing that Depp’s drug use fueled “irrational mood swings and abnormal behavioral patterns, which would not have been present when Mr Depp was clean and sober”—and that the […]
LONDON – The U.K. and U.S. governments have turned to startups and inventors in a competition to adapt commercial technology solutions to answer pressing challenges in the military space sector. The two countries have jointly put up £1 million, or $1.3 million, to tap into potential new ideas in six […]
Former World Cup winner Mesut Ozil reportedly nixed a move to the Turkish side Fenerbahce despite his wife, former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse, campaigning for a move to the country in which she is a well-known public figure. Ozil has yet to play a minute of football since the Premier […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/15/1079944327_0:288:2652:1780_1200x675_80_0_0_c920b1561714f21437c94ee67304fc5d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Oleg Burunov. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007211079944718-johnny-depp-seen-with-mysterious-woman-near-fancy-london-pub-by-uk-media/ On Monday, Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard testified against the Hollywood star in court, claiming that he “explicitly threatened to kill me many times”. Hollywood star Johnny Depp has been spotted leaving a fancy London pub followed by an unknown female […]
LONDON—Britain’s Conservative government never bothered to find out whether the Brexit referendum was influenced by the Kremlin, according to a scathing report by parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee. The extraordinary finding was at the heart of a bombshell report that Boris Johnson has repeatedly sought to delay—despite it being ready […]
LONDON – A raft of top systems suppliers have been recruited to join the team leading Britain’s development of the Tempest next-generation fighter aircraft. Bombardier in Northern Ireland, GKN, Martin Baker and Qinetiq, alongside the UK arms of Collins Aerospace, GE Aviation and Thales, have signed up to collaborate with the BAE Systems-led team working on the future air combat system, it was announced July 20 on what should have […]
LONDON – The first element of a likely $7.5 billion upgrade of the British armed forces’ satellite-telecommunications capabilities has finally been signed by the Ministry of Defence and Airbus Defence and Space. The deal, worth more than $630 million, will see Airbus build a new telecommunications satellite as a stop gap to bolster military capabilities ahead […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/12/1079921057_0:73:1921:1153_1200x675_80_0_0_957a37428d3060d41d4bb58a73605475.jpg.webp Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/india/202007181079921031-its-not-raining-flying-ants-take-the-sky-in-south-coast-of-london-video/ Sputnik (New Delhi): While locusts invaded in several countries of Africa and South Asia, it was flying ants that took the skies over south London. The meteorological office picked up the huge swam of ants that appeared like rain over Kent, London, and […]
One Metropolitan Police officer has been suspended and another one removed from operational duties over an incident, captured on camera, in which a cop knelt on a suspect’s neck during his arrest in Islington, London. Filmed by a concerned bystander, the footage shows two police officers holding a handcuffed black […]
Johnny Depp apparently missed a part of his own libel trial against News Group Newspapers on Friday. As Depp’s concierge provided testimony in High Court regarding Amber Heard’s allegedly frequent late-night visits from Elon Musk, the actor himself was in a meeting to discuss a new film project, according to […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/10/1079905383_0:0:2986:1680_1200x675_80_0_0_5657ea129dd5f7d339c4340c25db4cc4.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007161079905419-uk-lawmaker-calls-on-moscow-london-to-get-beyond-mutual-recrimination/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United Kingdom and Russia need to shift the focus from mutual accusations onto trying to see each other’s reason, Lord Richard Balfe, a Conservative member of the UK Parliament, said on Thursday after the UK concurrently unveiled two fresh […]
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