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Russia warns the United Kingdom that it will bomb British vessels if any further provocative action is taken by the British Royal Navy in the Black Sea. Russia had previously summoned the British ambassador to Russia over this week's incident. The UK says that the vessel was in Ukrainian waters, that it was entirely right to use the route, and that the Royal Navy will always uphold international law and will not accept unlawful interference with innocent passage.
2021-06-24

Russian frigate "Yaroslav Mudry" passes through the English Channel, and is shadowed by Royal Navy coastal defence ship HMS "St Albans".
2018-04-20

The Royal Navy's Sabre 6 fires warning shots at a Spanish Guardia Civil vessel after it twice attempted to cut across the path of United States Navy submarine Florida 6 during an incursion into Gibraltar's territorial waters. Gibraltar officials say Spanish vessels regularly stray deep into its territorial waters and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has attacked the incursions as provocative.
2016-05-5

Britain's Ministry of Defence says the Royal Navy has rescued 541 people this week as they scoured the Mediterranean Sea in operations to counter refugee smugglers. The HMS Enterprise, a survey vessel, rescued 439 migrants, and HMS Richmond, a Type 23 frigate, rescued 102 migrants. The asylum-seekers were transferred to the Norwegian support ship Fiem Pilote.
2015-10-29

Rupert Murdoch gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry, claiming former British Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown "declared war" on his organisation after "The Sun" newspaper came out in support of the Conservatives in 2009, an allegation denied by Brown.
2012-04-25

British Prime Minister David Cameron returns home early to chair a meeting of the COBRA Committee.
2011-08-8

The Conservative Party's David Cameron kisses the hands of Queen Elizabeth II to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after Gordon Brown resigns as Prime Minister and as Leader of the British Labour Party.
2010-05-11

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is described as "mortified" after an open-mic incident during general election campaigning recorded him describing a Rochdale voter as a "bigoted woman".
2010-04-28

Gordon Brown and David Cameron admitted that Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, put forward a very good case for his party at last night's election debate.
2010-04-16

Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Taoiseach Brian Cowen leave Northern Ireland after three days spent discussing its future.
2010-01-27