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The United Kingdom suspends negotiations on a new free trade agreement with Israel and summons the Israeli ambassador amid the recent Israeli offensive in Gaza.
2025-05-20

British oil and gas company BP announces that it will lay off 4,700 employees and 3,000 contractors globally to reduce costs.
2025-01-17

Foreign ministers and senior officers of Arab countries, the European Union, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States hold a series of diplomatic meetings focused on Syria in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2025-01-12

The United Kingdom drops its challenge to the International Criminal Court's issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
2024-07-26

AMC Theatres is purchasing London-based Odeon & UCI Cinemas Group in a deal valued at about £921 million ($1.21 billion). AMC has 385 theaters with 5,380 screens, most in the United States. Odeon & UCI has 242 theaters and 2,236 screens in the U.K. and Ireland. AMC noted its $1.1 billion (£835 million) acquisition of Carmike Cinemas (276 thrs-2,954 scrs) (of Columbus, Georgia) is still in the works.
2016-07-12

In the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Physicians reports e-cigarettes are "much safer" than tobacco smoking, and should be widely promoted as an option for smoking cessation.
2016-04-27

The United States, United Kingdom, and France close their Yemeni embassies and evacuate their staff due to terrorist activities and continued unrest.
2015-02-11

A measles outbreak from the Philippines has spread into Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
2014-02-12

The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada impose further sanctions against Iran's nuclear program.
2011-11-21

Charles Haddon, singer of the British synthpop band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, commits suicide after a show at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. [http:--www.nme.com-news-ou-est-le-swimming-pool-52576 "(NME)"]
2010-08-20