4 men arrested for allegedly trespassing on grounds of British prime minister's country estate

LONDON (AP) — Four men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of trespassing after entering the grounds of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's country estate in northern England, police said. North Yorkshire police said the group was detained just after noon and arrested on suspicion of...

4 men arrested for allegedly trespassing on grounds of British prime minister's country home

UK's gambling watchdog says 5 more police officers allegedly placed bets on election date

LONDON (AP) — Britain's gambling regulator has alleged that five more police officers bet on the timing of the country's July 4 national election, the Metropolitan Police said Tuesday, as claims widen that people close to the government used inside information for their own profit. ...

Suspected Yemen Houthi attack targets vessel in waters farther away than many previous assaults

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A possible attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship farther away from nearly all of the previous assaults they've launched in the Gulf of Aden, officials said, potentially part of a widening escalation by the group. The attack...

Aerial drone launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels hits ship in the Red Sea, causing damage and injuries

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An aerial drone launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea on Sunday, officials said, the latest attack by the group targeting shipping in the vital maritime corridor. The attack comes as the U.S. has sent the...

UK election betting scandal widens as a fourth Conservative Party official reportedly investigated

LONDON (AP) — The chief data officer of Britain's Conservative Party has taken a leave of absence, British media reported Sunday, following growing allegations that the governing party's members used inside information to bet on the date of Britain’s July 4 national election before it was...

Yemen's Houthi rebels target ship in the Gulf of Aden as the Eisenhower aircraft carrier heads home

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels targeted a commercial ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden but apparently caused no damage, authorities said Saturday, in the latest strike on the shipping lane by the group. The Houthi attack comes after the...

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, criticized for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine

LONDON (AP) — Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform U.K party, is facing wide-ranging criticism across the political spectrum over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, including of being an appeaser. In a BBC television...

Bather, beware: British beaches and rivers have a sewage problem. It has seeped into election talk

HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England (AP) — Endurance swimmer Joan Fennelly is undaunted by frigid water and long distances, swimming year-round in the wild. But she takes extra precautions in her own backyard. The River Thames is one of Britain's many waterways contaminated with sewage and agricultural...

What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from a betting controversy to Farage's ambition

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s general election campaign is less than two weeks away now, and the prevailing trends don't appear to have changed much. The left-of-center Labour Party is the clear favorite to defeat Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, with Keir Starmer looking set...