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Several suspected cases of mpox clade 1b are reported in Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
2024-08-21

BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford says that Russia is permanently expelling her after authorities told her to leave on Thursday. The expulsion is in response to two reporters from Russian state-run news channel Russia-24 being denied visas in the United Kingdom.
2021-08-14

The United Kingdom's National Health Service begins a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 using the BNT162b2 vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer. Seniors over the age of 80 and certain healthcare workers will be among the first to receive the vaccine.
2020-12-8

The United Kingdom's Falkland Islands reports their first confirmed case of COVID-19. The patient is reported to be in stable condition at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Stanley.
2020-04-3

U.S., Canadian, British and Iraqi officials say they believe the plane crash near Tehran in which 176 were killed yesterday was likely caused accidentally by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile, while Iran says it was due to "mechanical failure".
2020-01-9

The United Kingdom's House of Lords approves a bill forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the European Union for a Brexit deadline extension. The bill will now become law once receiving royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II.
2019-09-6

British-American cruise operator Carnival Corporation & PLC is fined $20 million for environmental violations.
2019-06-4

A report reveals that 2017 saw over ten thousand new businesses in the technology sector throughout the United Kingdom, with all areas seeing growth over 2016. Scotland saw a 77% increase with 440 new firms.
2018-04-6

Nigerian state television reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is back in the country after a three-month sick leave in Britain.
2017-08-19

Pakistani Chief of Air Staff Sohail Aman warns India not to escalate tensions in the disputed territory of Kashmir under the threat of a full-scale war. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urges both sides to restrain themselves while on a diplomatic mission to Islamabad.
2016-11-24