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A cyberattack on the Electoral Commission of the United Kingdom during 2021–2022 is revealed.
2023-08-8

The United Kingdom ends all remaining COVID-19 restrictions on international travel.
2022-03-18

The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force continues flights to Ukraine delivering "thousands" of MBT LAW anti-tank missiles to the Ukrainian military. Russia accuses Britain of "fuelling the crisis" by sending lethal weapons to Ukraine.
2022-01-19

A 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death in Hillingdon, west London, making him the 30th teenage homicide in the British capital in 2021. It is now the deadliest year on record for killings of teenagers, surpassing a previous peak of 29 homicides in 2008.
2021-12-30

The United Kingdom's Home Office grants political asylum to Hong Kong opposition activist and protest leader Nathan Law.
2021-04-8

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces a travel ban to the rest of the United Kingdom and imposes the toughest level of restrictions across Scotland for three weeks beginning on Boxing Day. In addition, household mixing will now only be allowed on Christmas Day.
2020-12-19

The United Kingdom and Switzerland sign a trade continuity agreement to maintain current trade relations post-Brexit.
2019-02-11

The United Kingdom's House of Commons backs the Brexit bill by 498 votes to 114.
2017-02-1

Suspected Islamic militants take over a BP facility in In Aménas, Algeria, killing at least 2 workers and taking up to 40 others hostage, including 13 Norwegians, a number of Americans, as well as nationals from Ireland, Japan, France and the United Kingdom. A previously unknown group allied to al-Qaeda's regional branch says the attack is in revenge for Algeria's support of the French operation against Islamic rebels in Mali.
2013-01-16

Travel chaos spreads across Europe as planes are grounded in the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia as a result of the giant cloud of ash coming across from Iceland.
2010-04-16