BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May is used to being isolated in Europe and looked to be on her own again on Thursday in Brussels as England faced Belgium at the World Cup. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May receives Belgium’s national soccer team jersey from Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel as they attend

LONDON (Reuters) – British spies were complicit in the mistreatment of hundreds of suspected militants by the United States and involved in dozens of cases of the illegal transfer of suspects, according to two reports by parliament. FILE PHOTO: A motorboat passes by the MI6 building in London August 25, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville The Intelligence

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must set out policies and incentives to cut more greenhouse gas emission or the taxpayer will face higher costs to meet legally-binding targets for reductions, the government’s climate advisers said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Low emission vehicles are displayed in front of Tower Bridge in London, Britain, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Prince William voiced hope for lasting peace in the Middle East on Wednesday as he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the occupied West Bank in the first official British royal visit to the Palestinian Territories. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during his meeting with Britain’s Prince William in Ramallah,

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece wants the Parthenon Marbles back from the British Museum, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in London on Tuesday, trying to reinvigorate a longstanding campaign for the 2,500-year-old treasures. The Parthenon Marbles, a collection of stone objects, inscriptions and sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles, are displayed at the British Museum

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William voiced horror over a Nazi death camp exhibit at Israel’s Holocaust memorial in a sombre start on Tuesday to the first official British royal visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Wearing a black Jewish skullcap, William, second in line to the throne, laid a wreath in the Hall

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must raise defence spending to make sure it retains influence over the United States and maintain its leading role in the NATO military alliance, a report by a committee of lawmakers said on Tuesday. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May visits British soldiers, part of NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (EFP) battle group,

FENNY BENTLEY, England (Reuters) – In a pub in central England, fans of toe wrestling cheered their hero as he entered the ring, rock music blaring, to defend his world title. FILE PHOTO: Alan “Nasty” Nash wears a necklace with a foot during the World Toe Wrestling championships in Ashbourne, central England June 8, 2013.

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government and business leaders clashed in a deepening row over Brexit on Sunday after a senior minister accused companies of issuing “completely inappropriate” threats and undermining the prime minister. Britain’s Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, speaks on the BBC’s Marr Show in London, Britain June 24, 2018. Jeff Overs/BBC Handout via

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday it was inappropriate for businesses like Airbus [AIR.PA] to issue warnings about moving jobs because of Brexit. Britain’s Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt arrives in Downing Street, in London, May 15, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls “It was completely inappropriate for businesses to be

(Reuters) – A large fire in a pub near London’s Euston train station was brought under control on Friday evening and there were no reports of casualties, the British capital’s fire brigade said. A fire is seen at the Somers Town Coffee House in London, Britain June 22, 2018 in this photo obtained from social

LONDON (Reuters) – A campaigner has lost a legal bid to force the British government to introduce gender-neutral passports. A passport office is seen in Liverpool, Britain, June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble Christie Elan-Cane had argued at the High Court that the current policy requiring applicants to choose from the categories of male and female

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain marked 70 years since the first post-war migrants from the Caribbean arrived on the Empire Windrush with a thanksgiving service on Friday which took on extra meaning after many were revealed to have been wrongly identified as illegal immigrants. Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid arrives at a Service of Thanksgiving to

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top central bankers held an unusual vote during their policy deliberations this week – to decide which country is most likely to win the World Cup taking place in Russia. FILE PHOTO: The Bank of England is seen in London, Britain, April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Switzerland – which achieved

LONDON (Reuters) – A British trade minister said on Thursday he will resign from the government and vote next week against its plans to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport. FILE PHOTO: An aircraft comes in to land at Heathrow airport in west London, Britain October 25, 2016. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh//File Photo Greg Hands,

MOSCOW (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday they were investigating images of England football fans making Nazi salutes in what appeared to be a bar in the Russian city of Volgograd, where England played Tunisia on Monday. The video, shared widely on social media, shows three fans raising their arms in the salute and