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International representatives, excluding those from the United Kingdom and the United States, meet in Mogadishu and deem the administration of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the "de facto" Somali government. Operational Policy 7.30, a framework typically applied to countries that have lost statehood or where a government assumes power outside the country’s constitutional framework, will be utilized.
2026-05-16

Stocks in the United Kingdom increase amidst hopes of new Iran–U.S. talks.
2026-04-14

Russia's Defence Ministry says that a Russian Navy patrol ship fired shots and a Su-24 attack aircraft dropped bombs in the pathway of the British Royal Navy destroyer Defender 6 after it reportedly entered Russian-claimed territorial waters near Crimea in the Black Sea. The UK MOD said that this was part of a Russian military exercise in the vicinity and rejected Russia's account of the incident denying that any shots or bombs had been directed at the British ship.
2021-06-23

The United Kingdom reports a new single-day total of 660,276 doses of the vaccine administered.
2021-03-19

A record 53,135 new cases are reported in the United Kingdom in the past 24 hours.
2020-12-29

China temporarily suspends plans to cross-link companies on the London and Shanghai Stock Exchange due to increased political tensions between the two nations, particularly Britain's stance on the Hong Kong protests.
2020-01-2

UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid announces plans to ban the political wing of the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah under counterterrorism legislation.
2019-02-25

A helicopter crashes at Breighton Aerodrome in the United Kingdom, with reports of five casualties.
2016-07-17

The United Kingdom designates Ascension Island and its surrounding waters in the Atlantic Ocean as a Marine protected area. The reserve will be almost as big as the UK with just over half of the protected area completely closed to fishing.
2016-01-3

British scientists discover the mechanism which causes human allergy to cats, and state that a general cure for the condition could become available within five years.
2013-07-25