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FILE- An activist from the group Just Stop Oil is arrested by police officers as they slow the traffic, marching on a road, in London, on Oct. 30, 2023. Britain's High Court ruled Tuesday, May 21, 2024, that new regulations that gave U.K. police more powers to intervene in protests were unlawful. Campaign group Liberty brought legal action against the British government over a law passed last year that lowered the threshold for what is considered “serious disruption” to community life caused by a protest. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

U.K. court rules that extension of police powers to intervene in protests is unlawful

Associated Press

A woman smokes on a street, in London, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. A bold plan to ban anyone born after 2008 from ever legally buying cigarettes in Britain faces its first test in Parliament. The bold plan has divided the governing Conservatives, with some hailing its public health benefits and others condemning it as state overreach. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

U.K. lawmakers back landmark bill to gradually phase out smoking for good

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

Government spying on Americans illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Feds are buying our text messages and email

By Andrew P. Napolitano

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian 10th Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss", Ukrainian soldiers pass by a volunteer bus burning after a Russian drone hit it near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. A gloomy mood hangs over Ukraine’s soldiers nearly two years after Russia invaded their country. Ukrainian soldiers remain fiercely determined to win, despite a disappointing counteroffensive this summer and signs of wavering financial support from allies. (Shandyba Mykyta, Ukrainian 10th Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss" via AP, File)

British company to repair war-damaged artillery inside Ukraine, possibly facing Russian attacks

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Protecting free speech and free silence illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

In defense of free speech and free silence

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Junior doctors and medical consultants stand on the picket line outside University College Hospital in London, amid their dispute with the government over pay, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

England’s National Health Service operates on holiday-level staffing as doctors’ strike escalates

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Junior doctor members of the British Medical Association (BMA) stand on the picket line outside University College London Hospital (UCLH) at the start a four-day strike amid the bitter dispute with the Government over pay, in London, Friday Aug. 11, 2023. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Doctors in England walk off job again as pay dispute with U.K. government shows no progress

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Boris Johnson leaves his house in London, on March 22, 2023. Boris Johnson established an independent inquiry while he was U.K. prime minister into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the inquiry wants to see what Johnson wrote to other U.K. officials as the outbreak raged. But the government is fighting a demand to hand over the material. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

U.K. government faces deadline to hand Boris Johnson’s messages to coronavirus inquiry

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A Chinese microchip is seen through a microscope set up at the booth for the state-controlled Tsinghua Unigroup project which is driving China's semiconductor ambitions during the 21st China Beijing International High-tech Expo in Beijing, China, on May 17, 2018. Chips are a top priority in the ruling Communist Party's marathon campaign to end China's reliance on technology from the United States, Japan and other suppliers Beijing sees as potential economic and strategic rivals. If it succeeds, business and political leaders warn that might slow down innovation, disrupt global trade and make the world poorer. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

U.K. blocks chipmaker’s sale to Chinese firm, citing security

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss at the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Sunday Oct. 2, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

U.K. scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Illustration on general warrants and the Constitution by Alexander Hunter/The Washington times

Trump search warrant and the dark side of law enforcement

By Andrew P. Napolitano

Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, arrive at the annual Endeavour Fund Awards in London, Thursday, March 5, 2020. Prince Harry can take the British government to court over his security arrangements when he visits the U.K., a judge ruled Friday, July 22, 2022. Harry and his wife Meghan lost publicly funded police protection in the U.K. when they stepped down as senior working royals and moved to North America in 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Judge says Prince Harry can sue U.K. government over security plan

Associated Press

People thought to be migrants who undertook the crossing from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, arrive to be disembarked from a small transfer boat which ferried them from a larger British border force vessel that didn't come into the port, in Dover, south east England, Friday, June 17, 2022. Britain's response to the increase in migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats is poor and officials are clearly overwhelmed on some days, an independent inspection found in a report published Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

UK clearly overwhelmed by surge in migrant crossings: Report

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

An advertising billboard for an English language school depicts Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson, in Zagreb, Croatia, Feb. 6, 2020. Outgoing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been the bane of Brussels for many years, from his days stoking anti-European Union sentiment with exaggerated newspaper stories to his populist campaign leading Britain out of the bloc and reneging on the post-Brexit trade deal he himself signed. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, file)

For EU, Johnson exit won’t change much; damage already done

By Raf Casert and Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden on May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Sanctions on Abramovich see restrictions placed on Chelsea

By Rob Harris - Associated Press

England's manager Gareth Southgate embraces Bukayo Saka after he failed to score a penalty during a penalty shootout after extra time during of the Euro 2020 soccer championship final match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (Carl Recine/Pool Photo via AP)

Police investigate racist abuse of three England players

By Frank Griffiths and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

People jog past the 'The National COVID Memorial Wall' on the south bank of the Thames in front of St. Thomas' hospital and opposite the House of Parliament in London, Sunday April 4, 2021. Hearts are being drawn onto the wall in memory of the many thousands of people who have died in the UK from coronavirus, with organizers hoping to reach their target of 150,000 hearts by the middle of next week. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)

U.K. eyes mass testing as it takes next steps out of coronavirus lockdown

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A woman walks over Westminster Bridge as temperatures dropped below freezing during the third coronavirus lockdown in London, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Lying on arrival could mean 10 years in prison in England

By PAN PYLAS - Associated Press

Staff at Midland Fish in Fleetwood take a break from preparing fish for sale, at the docks in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The introduction of new checks and paperwork since the end of the Brexit transition period on Dec. 31 has caused huge disruption to exports of fresh fish and seafood to the EU, with producers becoming increasing frustrated at the lack of Government action. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

A month on, post-Brexit ‘teething problems’ hit UK-EU trade

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Twitter and Facebook can ban any speech they want illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Twitter and Facebook can ban any speech they want

By Andrew P. Napolitano