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The United Kingdom and France sign a revised border control agreement to stop migrant boats from crossing the English Channel amid record numbers of migrants making the crossing. The agreement will increase the number of officers patrolling the French coast to 300 and have British police officers work with their French counterparts in control rooms and on beaches.
2022-11-14

UK Public Health Minister Jo Churchill announces that junk food advertisements during daytime television and on the internet will be banned in the United Kingdom by the end of the year, saying it will help fight the growing rates of childhood obesity in the country.
2021-06-24

Mexico reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom.
2021-01-10

Pakistan reports its first cases of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from the United Kingdom. The patients are three people who travelled from the UK to Sindh and later tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-12-29

The United Kingdom announces that 300 troops will be deployed to Mali as part of the MINUSMA peacekeeping mission.
2020-12-3

The United Kingdom House of Commons passes a bill to conduct a planned referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership in the European Union.
2015-09-7

The United States and United Kingdom discuss imposing additional sanctions on Russia over the breach of the ceasefire.
2015-02-21

Iran pursues the 1953 Iranian coup d'état case, which was orchestrated by US and Britain, in the international courts at The Hague. CIA officially admitted role in the coup on 20 August 2013.
2013-08-28

In the United Kingdom, Chancellor George Osborne outlines a Comprehensive Spending Review which will see the biggest spending cuts in decades, totalling £81bn, with welfare, local government and police particularly affected.
2010-10-20

After more than a century in British collections, the head of Noongar leader Yagan is ceremonially buried on the 177th anniversary of his last full day of freedom.
2010-07-10