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One or more unnamed authors at the European Commission, in their internal discussion, regards the United Kingdom as having lost direction in its Brexit policy and planning and thinks the UK will eventually 'plead' for a deal.
2016-09-9

The first of seventy British military personnel arrive in Somalia to help combat the threat of Islamist militants. The remaining troops will join the United Nations peacekeepers and AMISOM soldiers in countering Al-Shabaab later on this year. This deployment is part of a greater effort by the United Kingdom to target terrorism.
2016-05-2

The Italian Coast Guard states that at least 17 people have died and 4,200 have been rescued in the Mediterranean Sea attempting to travel to Europe in the past 24 hours. Ships from nations including Italy, Republic of Ireland, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom have been involved in rescue efforts.
2015-05-30

Jeh Johnson, the United States Secretary of Homeland Security, warns Americans to take a threat by Somalia-based al-Shabab to attack shopping malls in the US, United Kingdom, and Canada seriously.
2015-02-22

The United Kingdom reopens its embassy in Somalia 22 years after it closed as a result of the chaos after the fall of Mohamed Siad Barre's government and subsequent Somali Civil War.
2013-04-25

British Foreign Secretary William Hague announces the UK will send armoured vehicles and body armour to opposition forces in Syria to help save lives.
2013-03-6

Somali gunmen release a British security consultant for Save the Children after six days in captivity.
2010-10-20

Gunmen abduct British and local Save the Children aid workers from a compound in western Somalia.
2010-10-15

A British man of Somali origin, destined for Uganda, is arrested in Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on suspicion of being a terrorist.
2010-09-19

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