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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson "continues to make very good progress" in his recovery from coronavirus, a Downing Street spokesman said Saturday. Meanwhile, UK health officials said the death toll from coronavirus has reached 9,875...

An Islamic State (ISIS) fanatic who plotted to kill British Prime Minister Theresa May in a suicide attack planned to “take her head off”, a court heard Tuesday, according to the Press Association. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, allegedly wanted to make “big news” by storming 10 Downing Street with explosives and a knife as May talked to the press outside. He was encouraged by an uncle who joined ISIS in Syria and was killed in a drone strike, the Old Bailey heard. Rahman’s intentions were foiled after he revealed his plans to MI5 agents, posing as ISIS operatives in Telegram...

ree Tommy Robinson - Massive Crowd Gather Outside Downing Street in the Free Tommy Robinson Rally! Footage by Liam Galvin....

after they hear Dutch far right MP Geert Wilders call for the English Defence League founder to be freed Supporters of Tommy Robinson have clashed with police at a Whitehall demonstration after hearing Dutch far-right MP Geert Wilders call for the English Defence League founder to be freed. Wilders, 54, who was banned from Britain in 2009 only to get it overturned, has attended today's protest after the EDL founder was jailed for 13 months. Robinson pleaded guilty to contempt of court and breaching the terms of a suspended sentence he was handed last May for a similar offence. His...

Tory leader David Cameron has entered Number 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister for the first time - and said: "This is going to be hard and difficult work." To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. He told the waiting media: "On behalf of the whole country I would like to pay tribute to the outgoing Prime Minister for his long record of dedicated public service." And he added: "I aim to form a proper and full coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats." US President Barack Obama is thought to have already...

LONDON, England -- A man armed with a knife was arrested after climbing a fence behind British Prime Minister Tony Blair's London residence at 10 Downing Street, police said Monday. The man breached the security cordon behind the residence near the Horse Guards Parade late Sunday, Scotland Yard told CNN. After a brief struggle with police officers, he was arrested was taken to a central London police station for further questioning. Blair was home at the time of the incident, but police said his safety was not threatened. "As he got to the other side he was immediately challenged by...

SALT LAKE CITY – Down through the years there has been a remarkable relationship between American presidents and British prime ministers. Churchill and Roosevelt. Thatcher and Reagan. Blair and Bush. Here is how one American president admiringly described one of those prime ministers: "Whereas [he] ... has been throughout his life a firm and steadfast friend of the American people and the American nation; and.... "Whereas his bravery, charity and valor, both in war and peace, have been a flame of inspiration in freedom's darkest hour; and "Whereas his life has shown that no adversary can overcome, and no feat...

They slaughter protesters, too The atrocities in Istanbul hold lessons for both George W. Bush and those who demonstrated against his visit to Britain Andrew Rawnsley, political journalist of the year Sunday November 23, 2003 The Observer Just because George W. Bush says something is so doesn't make it axiomatically wrong. The man is right: 'Freedom is a beautiful thing.' Like many things of beauty, freedom can also be very fragile. That most basic of freedoms - the freedom to go about your innocent business without being blown up - was cruelly denied to the Britons and Turks killed and...