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Ex-BBC anchor Huw Edwards to be sentenced over indecent child images

British broadcaster Huw Edwards, one of the most recognisable faces on UK television, is due to be sentenced Monday over indecent photographs of children, capping a stunning fall from stardom

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UK far-right spreading false claims about violence in Bangladesh

Videos and posts, many of them misleading or false, about attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh have been getting shares from accounts on social media controlled by individuals on the far-right in the United Kingdom, the BBC reported

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Labour MP Tulip Siddiq being investigated over property income

Tulip Siddiq, a British Bangladeshi Labour Party lawmaker and a minister, is being investigated by the UK parliament's standards watchdog over a failure to register rental income on a London property

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UK appoints Tulip Siddiq as city minister

She would be responsible for overseeing the financial services sector, reports Bloomberg News

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Starmer goes to Washington on first foreign trip as UK PM

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer jets off to Washington this week for his first steps on the world stage, just days after taking office following a landslide election victory

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World leaders react to Labour's sweeping victory in UK election

Keir Starmer will be Britain's next prime minister after his centre-left Labour Party won a huge majority in a parliamentary election, defeating Rishi Sunak's Conservatives and ending their 14 years of often tumultuous rule. Here are some reactions to the news

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New PM Starmer pledges to rebuild Britain after years of chaos

Britain's new prime minister Keir Starmer pledged on Friday to use his massive electoral majority to rebuild the country, saying he wanted to take the heat out of politics after years of upheaval and strife

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UK polls: Tulip, Rushanara among four reelected

Four Bangladesh-origin candidates -- Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Rushanara Ali, Rupa Huq and Apsana Begum -- have been elected as Labour Party lawmakers in the UK parliament

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UK's Sunak says 'sorry' to public as he leaves office

Rishi Sunak today apologised to the public after his Conservatives were trounced by Labour in the UK general election, and said he would step down as party leader

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UK election: Winner Starmer inherits weak economy with 'no magic wand'

Britain's next prime minister Keir Starmer spent the election campaign accusing Rishi Sunak's Conservatives of "14 years of economic failure", but he has no obvious quick fix to lift the country out of its slow-growth rut

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EU hails 'historic' UK election win for Starmer

The EU today congratulated Keir Starmer on Labour's election win in Britain, with European Council President Charles Michel calling it "historic'

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UK PM-elect Keir Starmer pledges 'national renewal'

UK Prime Minister-elect Keir Starmer pledged today to start a period of "national renewal" in the UK after his opposition Labour party defeated the ruling Conservatives in the general election

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Polls open in UK general election

Polls opened at 7:00am local time and will close at 10:00pm, when exit polls will give a strong indication of the final result

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UK general election in numbers

Here are some of the key numbers as UK voters go to the polls Thursday in a general election predicted to see the ruling Conservatives dumped out of office after 14 years

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Labour predicted to eject Tories in UK election

Britain's political leaders made a final push for votes Wednesday on the last day of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule

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Keir Starmer: Britain's next prime minister?

Labour leader Keir Starmer is a former human rights lawyer turned-state prosecutor whose ruthless ambition and formidable work ethic look set to propel him to Britain's highest political office

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Who's who in the UK general election

The United Kingdom heads to the polls on Thursday in a general election that is expected to see the main opposition Labour party return to power after 14 years

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'Record' number sleeping on streets of London

The number of people sleeping on the streets of London has hit a record high of nearly 12,000, latest figures showed Thursday, as the impact of the UK's cost-of-living crisis bites

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