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UK PM Andy Burnham vows to renegotiate post-Brexit trade deal with EU
PM Burnham confirms talks in Brussels next month, insisting the British public will be 'the boss' of the reset.
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Cyprus closer than ever to joining Schengen but political hurdles relating to the Green Line and British Sovereign Base Areas remain
The European Commission says Cyprus is ready to join the Schengen Area. Yet questions relating to the island's division and British military bases could still complicate its path to Europe's border-free travel zone.
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‘Our town is making jeans again’: meet the firm reviving jobs and skills in Wales
In the first article in a series on high end British manufacturing, we visit the Hiut Denim factory in Cardigan Worn on the streets of London’s Soho, San Francisco or Sydney, every pair of high-end jeans made by Hiut Denim comes from the rather unlikely location of a small coastal town in west Wales. Cardigan, with a population of just 4,200, has a proud history of denim production and was once home to Britain’s largest jeans factory, even if the town’s name recalls a different garment entirely. Continue reading...
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Frankfurt Book Fair: Rights lawyer Sands awarded peace prize
Franco-British lawyer and author Philippe Sands was awarded the German Book Trade's Peace Prize this weekend. Accepting the award, Sands criticized Germany's "inappropriate silence" regarding Israel.
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Callum Turner's new film sparkles at Dinard Film Festival
British and Irish cinema have been in the spotlight at the Breton resort of Dinard for more than three decades, with films like "The Full Monty" and "Billy Elliot" getting their starts at the town's annual film festival. FRANCE 24's Culture editor Eve Jackson brings us the latest from this year’s edition, from its line-up to the financial woes that could spell the end of the festival.
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Watch: Why was the sign at the British consulate in East Jerusalem removed?
The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.
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Israel shuts down British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem
The British government says it will retain its presence in occupied East Jerusalem after Israel removed its consulate.
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Two Latvian men arrested at UK base housing US and NATO intelligence hubs
British counter-terrorism police are investigating after two Latvian men were arrested Thursday near a Royal Air Force base in southeast England housing US and NATO intelligence operations, police said in a statement. The arrests come days after a major incident at another UK base led the US military to withdraw B-1 bombers stationed there.
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Video: Signs removed from British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem
Signs from the British consulate in occupied East Jerusalem were removed overnight as a deadline for its closure loomed.
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'Stop throwing shade' - the woman trying to stop firms leaving the UK
British people need more incentives to invest in big firms listed in the UK, Dame Julia Hoggett, boss of the London Stock Exchange, says.
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Transgressive, edgy DIY: What the 90s meant for British art
The 1990s are remembered for Britpop and provocative fashion, but beyond the nostalgia, it was a decade of cultural experimentation and social change. Tate Britain's new exhibition looks past the familiar icons.
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'Great moral courage: The French thought they knew de Gaulle and suddenly realised they didn't'
François Picard is pleased to welcome Julian Jackson, the British historian, author and Emeritus Professor of Modern French History at Queen Mary University of London. His biography of Charles de Gaulle laid the foundation for France's two-part biopic, "De Gaulle: Résistance". And on the heels of that surprise box-office hit, Jackson's book is now available in French as "La Chute : France, 1940". He takes us back to the occupation of Paris and the extraordinary collapse of France in the summer of 1940.
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Brit adventurer back on UK soil after 28-year round-the-world walk
British adventurer on a 50,000-kilometre, 28-year trek home from South America without using any transport has set foot on UK soil after swimming the Channel, his publicists said Tuesday. Karl Bushby, a 57-year-old former paratrooper, set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998, vowing to reach his mother's home near Hull in northern England without travelling on planes, trains, boats, vehicles or other transport modes.
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Battle of ideas looming in British politics, Badenoch to say
The Tory leader has been seeking to reframe the way the public views her party, which has yet to recover in the polls since the last election.
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British adventurer back in UK after 28-year trek on foot around the world
British adventurer back in UK after 28-year trek on foot around the world
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Police make seventh arrest over UK airbase incident
A seventh man was arrested Tuesday over a major incident last month at a British military airbase used by the United States to launch strikes on Iran, police said. The arrest came a day after President Donald Trump said the United States had withdrawn all B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford because of "threats" he believed were linked to Tehran. A 22-year-old British male was arrested in London "on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts", Britain's Counter-Terrorism Policing network said in a statement. Six men in their 20s have already been arrested and released on bail after three suspicious v
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Is Europe preparing for a wider war with Russia?
A British war-game show simulating a Russian attack has drawn a nuclear warning from Moscow.
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UK: Seventh arrest made after air base plot
The man, a British national in his twenties, was arrested in London in suspicion of "preparing terrorist acts."
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British Airways plans record 106-seat business class on Airbus A380 jumbo jets
British Airways is ripping out coach-class seats and building a giant premium economy and business class in a bet on the high-end travel boom.
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UK to make last-ditch effort to stop Israel closing East Jerusalem consulate
Israel has threatened to close the consulate, which handles UK relations with Palestinians in the city, over British sanctions on Israeli settlements.