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A general view of the V&A Storehouse in London, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

At this museum, no one will shush you, and you can touch the objects

June 9, 2025 at 6:16 p.m.

The V&A is Britain’s national museum of design, performance and applied arts, and the storehouse holds aisle after aisle of open shelves lined with everything from ancient Egyptian shoes to...

Director of Mechanical Engineering Matt Beamont shows Britain’s Defence Secretary John Healey, left, a storm shadow missile on an assembly line at the MBDA Storm Shadow factory in Stevenage, England, Saturday May 31, 2025. (Dan Kitwood/Pool via AP)

Britain is getting a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Moscow, and to President Donald Trump

June 2, 2025 at 8:29 a.m.

The United Kingdom will build new nuclear-powered attack submarines, get its army ready to fight a war in Europe and become “a battle-ready, armor-clad nation,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said...

Laura Thorn from Luxembourg performs the song “La Poupee Monte Le Son” during the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, Saturday, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Austria’s JJ wins Eurovision Song Contest with pop-opera song ‘Wasted Love’

May 17, 2025 at 6:39 p.m.

The world’s largest live music event reached its glitter-drenched conclusion with a grand final in Basel, Switzerland that offered pounding electropop, quirky rock and outrageous divas, at a celebration of...

FILE – Shipping containers wait to be processed at London Gateway port, in Stanford-le-Hope, on the Thames estuary east of London, England, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

President Donald Trump agrees to cut tariffs on UK autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain

May 8, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its...

FILE – A sign stands in front of the New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police, in London, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

UK police arrest several Iranian men over alleged attack plot

May 4, 2025 at 11:07 a.m.

British counterterrorism officers arrested several Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London, the Metropolitan Police force said Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia

April 23, 2025 at 5:59 p.m.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday lashed out at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying the Ukrainian leader is prolonging the "killing field" after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia...

People watch an Emirates plane at Heathrow Airport in London on Saturday March 22, 2025, after flights resumed at the west London airport on Friday evening. (Maja Smiejkowska/PA via AP)

Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so long

March 24, 2025 at 3:10 p.m.

Heathrow bosses on Monday defended their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day, after Britain’s energy system operator suggested the airport had...

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and France’s President Emmanuel Macron meet during the European leaders’ summit to discuss Ukraine, hosted by Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, at Lancaster House, London, Sunday March 2, 2025. (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)

Military leaders discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force as partial ceasefire plans are worked out

March 20, 2025 at 7:41 p.m.

Senior military officers from countries across Europe are meeting outside London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine.

FILE – Britain’s Prime Minster Keir Starmer gestures as he speaks during a reception on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in London, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

President Donald Trump says he’s confident Vladimir Putin will ‘keep his word’ if there’s a deal to end the war in Ukraine

February 27, 2025 at 2:01 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that talks to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are “very well advanced” and he expressed confidence that Russian leader Vladimir Putin won’t press to restart...

FILE -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands ahead of a bilateral meeting at Chequers, near Aylesbury, England, Thursday Jan. 9, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The leaders of France and Britain head to Washington to urge Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine

February 23, 2025 at 1:32 p.m.

The leaders of France and Britain are making tag-team visits to Washington this week as Europe attempts to persuade President Donald Trump not to abandon Ukraine in pursuit of a...

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