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Commuters cross Westminster Bridge in London in 2024. The United Kingdom’s domestic security service has warned politicians and their staff that they are being targeted by spies from China, Russia and Iran.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2025
MI5 warns U.K. politicians of spying efforts by China, Russia and Iran
The warning comes weeks after a high-profile espionage case in which two men were accused of spying for China fell apart.
The RRS Sir David Attenborough, moored in Harwich, eastern England, on Oct. 6 ahead of the ship's departure to undertake research in the Antarctic later in the month as part of British Antarctic Survey
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 13, 2025
U.K. spearheads polar climate change research as U.S. draws back
Britain's RRS Sir David Attenborough will aid research on everything from "hunting underwater tsunamis" to tracking glacier melt and whale populations.
A man operates an automated EES kiosk during a demonstration of the European Union's Entry/Exit System (EES) at the Eurotunnel terminal in Folkestone, U.K., on Sept. 23.
WORLD
Oct 8, 2025
What the EU's new biometric border checks mean for non-EU citizens
The Entry/Exit System (EES) will require all non-EU citizens to register their personal details, including fingerprints and facial images, when they first enter the Schengen area.
A Royal Australian Navy submarine during a maritime exercise in Darwin, Australia
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 8, 2025
Pentagon conducting ‘brass-tack’ review of AUKUS, nominee says
The comments from John Noh, Trump’s pick for assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs, mark a rare moment that the administration has acknowledged the review.
British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on the BBC's "Sunday Morning" political television show in Manchester, England, on Sunday. She will give police new powers to place limits on repeated protests
WORLD
Oct 6, 2025
U.K. to introduce limits on protests after synagogue attack
The move comes a day after police arrested nearly 500 people in the latest protest in Trafalgar Square in support of the banned Palestine Action group.
People attend a vigil to remember the victims of the Manchester Synagogue attack in Manchester, U.K. on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2025
U.K. confronts rising long-term terror threat from Gaza war
The attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday has crystallized concern building in the British security services since Oct. 7, 2023.
Members of a forensic team work outside a Manchester synagogue on Friday where multiple people were killed a day earlier.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
U.K. police may have accidentally shot dead victim in synagogue attack
The attacker, whom armed officers shot dead at the scene, was not carrying a firearm, though one of those killed suffered a gunshot wound.
People react near where an attack took place in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall in north Manchester, Britain, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025
Two dead in attack at U.K. synagogue on Yom Kippur, with suspect shot dead
The suspect, who was wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, was shot dead at the scene by armed officers.
Jane Goodall spun her love of wildlife into a lifelong campaign that took her from a seaside English village to Africa and then across the globe in a quest to better understand chimpanzees.
ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife
Oct 2, 2025
Wildlife advocate and primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
The scientist and global activist was a pioneer in her field, both as a female scientist in the 1960s and for her work studying the behavior of primates.
Air Self-Defense Force F-15Js arrive at RAF Coningsby in England on Sept. 18.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2025
Japan shows NATO support with first fighter jet deployment to Canada, Europe
The mission, which involved four F-15Js along with two refueling and two transport aircraft, demonstrates the Air Self-Defense Force’s long-distance operational capabilities.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour party's annual conference in Liverpool, England, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025
U.K.’s Starmer buys himself time by punching back at Farage
Keir Starmer's barnstorming speech at his party's annual conference in Liverpool left his internal rivals humbled and the party unified behind him — for now.
Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair in London on Sept. 3, 2024. Blair's reputation is forever sullied by his decision to back former U.S. President George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025
Tony Blair's return to Middle East diplomacy reopens old wounds and new doubts
His decision to back former U.S. President George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq forever sullied his reputation.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks on the opening day of the U.K. Labour Party annual conference on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2025
Starmer seeks political redemption by taking on Farage threat
Labour’s gathering is a chance for the British prime minister to test-drive a new strategy of going on the attack against an insurgent Reform U.K. party led by Farage.
Japanese property developers are expanding investments in London's prime business locations.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 29, 2025
U.K. draws Japan property investors eyeing hedge on U.S. turmoil
Japanese investors have been pouring more capital into the U.K. over the last couple of years.
Migrants wade into the sea to try to board smugglers' boats in an attempt to cross the English Channel off the beach of Gravelines, northern France, on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 29, 2025
U.K. sees biggest-ever migrant arrival as boats get bigger
A boat carrying 125 people crossed to England from France on Saturday, breaking a previous record from August when 107 people arrived in a "mega-dinghy.”
A banner stating, "If they commit any acts of evil, they will definitely get a harder blow back," is displayed in Tehran in April.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 28, 2025
'Snapback' sends West back to the drawing board on Iran's nuclear program
Despite a last-minute rush of diplomatic activity at the U.N., Iran has done little to stop the sanctions from going back into effect.
An exterior rendering of a large office complex to be constructed by Mitsubishi Estate along the River Thames in London
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 26, 2025
Mitsubishi Estate breaks ground on London complex project
The complex is scheduled to be completed in 2029 at a total cost of about ¥160 billion, making it the company's largest-ever development project in Europe.
Protesters wave a Hong Kong flag and a sign during a demonstration against the city’s deteriorating freedoms outside the Chinese Embassy in London in July 2020.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2025
Britain must keep its promise to Hong Kongers
The U.K. has a moral obligation and an economic interest in safeguarding the path to citizenship for migrants from the territory it formerly ruled.
Women in the U.K. still tend to handle the weekly shop, meaning they’re the first to feel the pinch from higher grocery, water and transport bills — the main drivers pushing inflation to its highest since early 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
Women turn away from Labour as they lose faith in economy
Already, Britain's government has lost nearly half of the female voters who helped it win power just a year ago, according a political strategy and communications consultancy.
Images of Palestinian (left) and Israeli (right) flags projected onto the Eiffel Tower on the eve of France's planned recognition of the State of Palestine, in Paris, on Sunday. That same day, Britain, Australia, Canada and Portugal recognized a Palestinian state.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
Western nations line up to recognize Palestinian state, infuriating Israel
Britain's decision to recognize a Palestinian state carried particular symbolism given its major role in Israel's creation as a modern nation in the aftermath of World War II.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
Asia-Pacific leaders call for shared trade benefits as APEC summit wraps up
A South Korean protester holds a placard showing a caricature of U.S. President Donald Trump depicted as a thief during a rally ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18

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