#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.25.2025 × Oleg Gordievsky, a key double agent in the Cold War, dies at 86. Disillusioned by communism, he shared secrets with British intelligence while working for the KGB, then fled the Soviet Union in the trunk of a car.
#United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.25.2025 × An iPad spent five years in a river — then helped crack a murder plot. The discovery of the muddy tablet on the banks of the Thames — nonfunctional but with a SIM card intact — helped London police convict three men in the attempted killing.
#Tech #United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.25.2025 × Britain backs force for Ukraine but security community has doubts. Analysts warn a European force would have difficulty sustaining a peacekeeping mission over time — particularly if there’s no backing from the United States.
#Politics #United Kingdom × #Russia #Ukraine #USA #Europe #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.21.2025 × London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after substation fire cuts power. There was no indication of foul play, authorities said, but they were not ruling it out. Counterterrorism investigators were dispatched.
#Aviation #United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.21.2025 × Live updates: Global travel upended as nearby fire closes London’s Heathrow Airport. One of the world’s busiest airports will be shut down all day Friday due to a fire at a substation that supplies it with power.
#Aviation #United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.20.2025 × Deft handling of Trump and Zelensky helps Starmer overcome rocky start. Correcting Trump and coaching Zelensky have burnished the British prime minister’s image at home and abroad.
#Politics #United Kingdom × #Ukraine #USA #Europe #North America
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.15.2025 × Israeli strikes kill eight aid workers in Gaza, British charity says. The Al-Khair Foundation says staff were setting up a camp for displaced Gazans in Beit Lahia Saturday when back-to-back Israeli strikes hit their vehicles.
#United Kingdom × #Europe #Asia #Israel
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.15.2025 × How migrants cross the English Channel without being stopped. The scene on a French beach illustrates the dangers of English Channel crossings, as well as how thousands of migrants make it across to Britain.
#France #United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.11.2025 × They called the police on a migrant hiding on their RV — then got fined. A U.K. couple is challenging the nearly $2,000 fine they received after reporting that a stowaway had hitched a ride home with them from their French vacation.
#France #United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.10.2025 × Cargo ship and tanker filled with jet fuel collide off English coast. The collision has raised fears of an explosion or environmental catastrophe, with rescue teams racing to the scene.
#United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.07.2025 × U.K. gives up its position as a leader on foreign aid, in echo of Trump. Postcolonial Britain has asserted itself in the world through development aid. But it is now cutting aid in favor of defense spending and hard power.
#United Kingdom × #Europe
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.06.2025 × New Zealand fires ambassador to U.K. for asking whether Trump ‘understands history’. “President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” the New Zealand diplomat asked.
#Politics #United Kingdom × #USA #Europe #North America #Insular Oceania #New Zealand #Americas
#washingtonpost.com. × #Mar.02.2025 × European leaders gather in London, embrace Zelensky after Trump blowup. Rattled European leaders are scrambling to salvage U.S. support for Ukraine after President Donald Trump’s explosive meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
#Politics #United Kingdom × #Ukraine #Europe
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