Three Conservative leadership candidates remain after Kemi Badenoch was eliminated on Tuesday. Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, and Liz Truss will proceed onto the fifth ballot on Wednesday when the final two contestants will be selected. Sunak remains the front runner with 118 votes, picking up only three of the 32 floating votes after Foreign Affairs…
Kemi Badenoch Eliminated as UK Race to Become Prime Minister Narrows to 3
15,000 Illegals Ferried to UK This Year as High Court Hears Challenge Against Rwanda Policy
The number of illegal immigrants who entered the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats has reached 15,000 so far this year, official figures show. It comes as the high court is hearing a challenge brought against the government’s new policy to put eligible illegal immigrants, including asylum seekers, on one-way flights to…
New UK Hub to Develop Anti-Drone Laser Weapons as Ukraine War Fuels Demand
A multinational defence firm will build a new weapons hub in Scotland to develop laser weapons that target small attack drones. The defence and intelligence technology firm Raytheon UK said the war in Ukraine has highlighted the threat posed by drones. “We’ve all seen that asymmetric threats like drones, rockets, artillery, and mortars are a…
UK PM Front Runner Promises Crackdown on Grooming Gangs and End to ‘Policing Bad Jokes’ on Twitter
The Tory leadership contender and former chancellor Rishi Sunak promised to create a new criminal offence for grooming pedophile rings across northern English towns and cities. “I will also legislate to ensure that the atrocious crimes in Rochdale that we were all so appalled by will never be repeated. Our police forces must be fully…
South Korea and UK Hold 1st Minister-Level Strategic Defense Dialogue
South Korea and the United Kingdom held their first vice ministerial-level defense strategy dialogue on July 18 to put into action the bilateral framework adopted by the two regimes last month. South Korean Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul met with his British counterpart, Annabel Goldie, in London to discuss the framework for deeper cooperation, according…
Tom Tugendhat Knocked Out of UK Conservative Leadership Contest
Conservative leadership candidate Foreign Affairs Committee chair Tom Tugendhat was eliminated from the race on Monday on the third ballot. The former soldier and “clean start” candidate—the only candidate who has never held a government role, secured 31 votes from his colleagues. Rishi Sunak managed to stay on top of the league with 115 votes in the…
Wales Sees Hottest Day on Record as Britons Grapple With Exceptional Heat
The highest recorded temperature in Wales is now 37.1 degrees C, breaking a record set earlier the same day and the previous record set in 1990, according to provisional figures. Much of England is also under a heatwave on Monday, with some school closures and airport runways melting. A 16-year-old boy drowned in Bray Lake near Maidenhead,…
Recruiters Warn of Damage From ‘Extreme Skills Shortage Shortage’ in the UK
The shortage of workers could cost the UK economy £30 billion ($36 billion) every year recruiters have warned, as they ask for longer visa extensions and other measures to avoid the “economy being brought to its knees.” Shazia Ejaz, director of campaigns at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), told The Epoch Times there was…
UK Regulator Finds Russian Channel RT in Breach of Impartiality Rules Over Ukraine War
Russian TV channel RT breached due impartiality rules on 29 occasions in four days following the invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s broadcasting regulator has found. Ofcom investigated RT news bulletins and a documentary broadcast between Feb. 27 and March 2, and found the RT’s coverage “failed to preserve due impartiality in relation to the conflict…
UK Conservative Leadership Candidates to Face Further Votes Following Televised Debates
The field will be narrowed again on Monday evening for candidates vying to be the UK’s next prime minister. One of the five Conservative leadership hopefuls is expected to be eliminated in the third ballot following two televised debates on Friday and Sunday. But the third televised debate planned for Tuesday has been canceled after…
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