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The UK's contentious plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is close to clearing Parliament

Mar. 18, 2024 18:21 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The British government hopes one last push can revive its stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on deportation flights returns to the House of Commons on Monday and could be passed into law within...

London police arrest a man on suspicion of attempted murder over 2 crossbow attacks

Mar. 18, 2024 07:23 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — London police said Monday they have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after two people were wounded with crossbow bolts in two separate attacks in the capital. A manhunt was launched after a 44-year-old woman was hit in the head with a crossbow bolt in...

Today in History: March 18, FDR signs executive order on internment of Japanese-Americans

Mar. 18, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

Today in History Today is Monday, March 18, the 78th day of 2024. There are 288 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 18, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority,...

Cockney Rebel singer Steve Harley, who had a hit with 'Make Me Smile,' dies at 73

Mar. 17, 2024 11:58 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday that he had “passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his...

Wales' first Black leader is a testament to Britain's political diversity, but racism persists

Mar. 17, 2024 10:06 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething's election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man. It’s a striking moment in a country still grappling with racism and the legacy of empire. ...

A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden

Mar. 16, 2024 22:27 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels saw an explosive detonate near a ship early Sunday in the Gulf of Aden, potentially marking their latest assault on shipping through the crucial waterway leading to the Red Sea. The British military's...

Wales will get its first Black leader after Vaughan Gething wins a Welsh Labour Party contest

Mar. 16, 2024 16:25 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, the son of a Welsh father and a Zambian mother, will be the first Black leader of a government in...

Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?

Mar. 16, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount...

Attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targets a ship in the Red Sea, though its crew is reportedly safe

Mar. 16, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a tanker in the Red Sea early Friday but the ship's crew was unharmed, authorities said. It was the latest in the rebels’ campaign against shipping over Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. ...

Britain's Vodafone confirms sale of Italian arm to Swisscom for $8.7 billion

Mar. 15, 2024 17:38 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British cellphone company Vodafone confirmed Friday that it is selling its Italian business to Switzerland’s Swisscom for 8 billion euros ($8.7 billion) and will hand back half of the proceeds to its shareholders through the buyback of company shares. Vodafone said...