The Latest | Keir Starmer is officially the new UK prime minister

Labour leader Keir Starmer officially became prime minister of the United Kingdom on Friday after his party won a landslide victory in a national election. Starmer received the blessing of King Charles III to form a government in a ceremony known as the “kissing of hands.” A...

New UK prime minister Keir Starmer vows to heal wounds of distrust after Labour landslide

LONDON (AP) — Britain's new prime minister, Keir Starmer, vowed Friday to reverse the hopelessness that grew over 14 years of Conservative rule and said he would lead an urgent mission of national renewal after his Labour Party’s landslide victory. It will be a tall order. ...

British PM’s 1st day at 10 Downing St. will stretch from nuclear weapons briefing to Larry the cat

LONDON (AP) — After a few hours of sleep to shake off a night of celebration and an audience with the king, Keir Starmer stepped through the front door of 10 Downing St. for the first time as prime minister on Friday. When he did, he entered the alternate reality of a man who meets...

The UK election winner only becomes prime minister when King Charles III says so

LONDON (AP) — The Labour Party has won Britain’s general election, bringing a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. But Labour leader Keir Starmer didn't actually become prime minister until a carefully choreographed ceremony on Friday during which King Charles III formally asked...

Keir Starmer officially becomes Britain's new prime minister, after ceremonial “kissing of hands’’ with King Charles III

Keir Starmer arrives at palace, where King Charles III will ask him to form a government, making him UK prime minister

From red wall to King's Speech, UK elections have a vocabulary all their own. Here's what to know

LONDON (AP) — United Kingdom elections have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as modern political slogans and spin. As voters go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government, The Associated Press deciphers some key words and...

Arthur Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis' first hit. He barely got paid

FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Stewart would sing it on a chart-topping album. Led Zeppelin...

Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia appointed Sam Mostyn on Monday as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch who is the nation’s head of state. It is the first such Australian appointment since the reign of King...

Japanese emperor reconnects with the River Thames in state visit meant to bolster ties with UK

LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan hopped into a horse-drawn carriage with King Charles III, laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey or toured one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he kicked off his trip to the U.K. by visiting a site that has special meaning for him:...