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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to increase the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around £85 billion.
2024-04-23

The Office for National Statistics reports that net migration to the United Kingdom reached a record of 745,000 in 2022, with the vast majority of arrivals being from non-EU countries.
2023-11-23

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

China says it will suspend all direct flights to and from the United Kingdom indefinitely due to the new variant of SARS-CoV-2.
2020-12-24

A roadside bomb in Syria kills one British and one U.S. soldier and injures five more coalition personnel. It is the first death of a British soldier fighting ISIL.
2018-03-30

Longtime FIFA corporate sponsors -- Coca-Cola Co., McDonald's, Visa Inc., and Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev -- demand FIFA President Sepp Blatter step down immediately following last week's announcement of his criminal investigation by the Swiss attorney general. Blatter refused.
2015-10-2

A suicide bomber kills 5 in a targeted attack on a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan.
2014-11-27

Talks between the foreign ministers of Britain and Ecuador end with no breakthrough over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who remains in the country's London embassy.
2013-06-17

The United Kingdom announces its intention to close its consulate in Basra, Iraq.
2012-10-16

United Kingdom consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser agrees to pay a fine of £10.2 million for abusing its market position for Gaviscon in the United Kingdom.
2010-10-15