Sources: BBC
The European Union pledges €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion) to Syria for aid, while the United Kingdom pledges an additional £160 million ({{Euro}}190.3 million). 2025-03-17
Jordan reports their first two cases of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 in a couple who travelled from the United Kingdom. 2020-12-27
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab issues a statement that the United Kingdom does not recognize the results of the Belarusian presidential election, which saw President Alexander Lukashenko re-elected. Raab calls the election "fraudulent" and demands an independent investigation into the results. [https:--www.straitstimes.com-world-europe-uk-does-not-accept-results-of-belarus-election-foreign-secretary-dominic-raab (AFP via "The Straits Times")]Ukraine recalls its Ambassador to Belarus to assess "the new reality" and prospects of further bilateral relations between the two neighbouring countries. [https:--in.reuters.com-article-belarus-election-ukraine-ukraine-recalls-its-ambassador-to-belarus-idINKCN25D1PU (Reuters)]Belarus–United Kingdom relations2020-08-17
France reports 2,288 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. It is the biggest daily spike since the end of May and the first time in months that the number of cases has surpassed 2,000, prompting fears that the United Kingdom will add the country onto its quarantine list. 2020-08-7
An Iranian woman is sentenced to 10 years in prison for suspected spying for the United Kingdom. A judiciary spokesman alleged that she was recruited by the British Council's Iran desk. 2019-05-13
British-born American Oliver Hart and Finnish Bengt Holmström win the Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on the science of contracts. 2016-10-10
The United Kingdom announces plans to axe 11,000 jobs in the British Armed Forces. 2011-03-2
A Christmas message by Pope Benedict XVI is broadcast by BBC Radio 4's "Thought for the Day" programme in the United Kingdom. 2010-12-24
United Kingdom - Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announces that a referendum on introducing the alternative vote system for national elections will be held on 5 May 2011. 2010-07-5
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen is found dead at his home in London at the age of 40, on the eve of his mother's funeral, in an apparent suicide. 2010-02-11