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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Nov. 08, 2024 20:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy; radio host Charlamagne tha God. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. ___ CNN's...

A tiny island in the Caribbean seeks help from London after a politician is slain

Nov. 07, 2024 16:12 PM EST

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Antigua and Barbuda is seeking help from authorities in London to solve the killing of a member of Parliament in the Caribbean island nation who was found stabbed to death this week. The decision was taken Wednesday by Cabinet members who also announced...

Trump receives congratulations and an invitation to the White House as Biden nudges on transition

Nov. 06, 2024 21:17 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his election victory into a government. Trump was keeping a low...

UK leader tells Interpol meeting world must 'wake up' to threat from people-smugglers

Nov. 04, 2024 08:32 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — People-smuggling gangs sending migrants across the English Channel in small boats are a serious threat to global security and should be treated like terror networks, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told an international law-enforcement conference on Monday. ...

UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British party

Nov. 02, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Outspoken, right-leaning lawmaker Kemi Badenoch was named leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives on Saturday, as the party tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power. The first Black woman to lead a major British political...

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

Nov. 02, 2024 10:10 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken — and that she's the one to fix it with smaller government and radical new ideas. The new leader of Britain’s...

As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

Nov. 02, 2024 00:09 AM EDT

ABBOTS LANGLEY, England (AP) — Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of Abbots Langley was converted into homes that preserve its centuries of history. Now, its residents are fighting to stop a development next door that represents...

Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine

Nov. 01, 2024 15:52 PM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico reacted angrily on Friday after the U.K. ambassador to Bratislava criticized his interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 state-owned television, saying, “Slovakia is not Britain’s colony.” “I don’t...

Financial market worries over the UK budget appear to ease

Nov. 01, 2024 13:18 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Worries about this week's tax-raising U.K. budget within financial markets appeared to ease Friday with the interest rates charged on British debt steadying and the pound rising against most other currencies. In the wake of Wednesday's budget statement, the first by a...

Voting closes in contest to lead UK Conservative Party as it seeks to rebound from defeat

Oct. 31, 2024 14:58 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Voting closed Thursday in the months-long contest to lead Britain’s Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat, with the result due to be announced on Saturday. Tens of thousands of members of the right-of-center party were eligible to vote in the runoff...