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People queue up to go for coronavirus booster jabs at St Thomas' Hospital, in London, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. Long lines have formed for booster shots across England as the U.K. government urged all adults to protect themselves against the omicron variant. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

UK calls for volunteers to battle wave of omicron infections

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

People queue on Westminster Bridge for booster jabs at St Thomas' Hospital, London, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Britain faces a &quot;tidal wave&quot; of infections from the omicron coronavirus variant and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a huge increase in booster vaccinations to strengthen defenses against it. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)

Britons rush to get shots in booster blitz against omicron

By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures as he talks during a news conference in central London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. A British appellate court has opened the door for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States. The High Court overturned a lower court ruling that found Assange's mental health was too fragile to withstand the American criminal justice system. A lower court judge earlier this year refused an American request to extradite Assange to the U.S. to face spying charges over WikiLeaks publication of secret military documents a decade ago. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

U.K. court permits Assange extradition to U.S. on spying charges

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In this Feb. 20, 2019, file photo, singer Sam Smith poses for photographers upon arrival at the Brit Awards in London. The Oscar-winning pop star declared his pronouns to be “they/them” on social media after coming out as non-binary in his “lifetime of being at war with my gender.” On Nov. 22, 2021, organizers of the Brit Awards announced that they are scrapping separate male and female artist categories in a shakeup designed to make the music prizes more inclusive. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**

Brit Awards scrap separate male, female prize categories

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FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Patron, leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey in London, Oct. 12, 2021. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II has sprained her back and will not attend the Remembrance Sunday service in central London to remember Britain’s war dead, Buckingham Palace said Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Queen sprains back, misses Remembrance Sunday service

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Patron, leaves after attending a Service of Thanksgiving to mark the Centenary of the Royal British Legion at Westminster Abbey in London. Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors’ advice to cut back on her busy schedule, Buckingham Palace said Friday Oct. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

Queen Elizabeth II advised to rest for 2 weeks

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Archivist Robert Athol looks at a bronze statue of a cockerel called The Okukor, one of the Benin Bronzes, at Jesus College, University of Cambridge, England, Friday Oct. 15, 2021. The Cambridge University college will return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria later this month, making it the first U.K. institution to hand back one of the artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Cambridge college to return looted bronze statue to Nigeria

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Atlanta Falcons safety Jaylinn Hawkins (32) celebrates making an interception during the first half of an NFL football game between the New York Jets and the Atlanta Falcons at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London, England, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)

Ryan, Pitts lead Falcons past Jets in London

By Ken Maguire - Associated Press

An exterior view of 56-60 Conduit Street in the Mayfair district of London, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The property is linked to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in a new report dubbed the Pandora Papers that sheds light on how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth trillions of dollars over the past quarter-century. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

‘Pandora papers’ show London is a key hub for tax avoidance

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Russian Assassins Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Litvinenko verdict signals hope for justice in MH17 shoot-down case

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 file photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge shows the name of the city of Tokyo elected to host the 2020 Summer Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The International Olympic Committee on Sunday, Aug, 29, 2021 says Jacques Rogge who led the organization as president for 12 years, has died. He was 79. (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool photo via AP, file) **FILE**

Jacques Rogge, IOC president for 12 years, dies at 79

By Chris Lehourites - Associated Press

Sanne Keizer, of the Netherlands, and teammate Madelein Meppelink react during a women's beach volleyball match against China at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Why Olympic beach volleyball players wear bikinis

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Italy players celebrate end of the Euro 2020 soccer final match between England and Italy at Wembley stadium in London, Sunday, July 11, 2021. (Andy Rain/Pool Photo via AP)

Italy wins Euro 2020, beats England in penalty shootout

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey during a victory rally at Chesham Youth Centre in Chesham, England, Friday June 18, 2021, after Sarah Green won the Chesham and Amersham by-election. In a surprising result, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was easily defeated in a special election for a seat it has held onto for decades. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP)

UK Conservatives lose safe seat in special-election upset

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, file photo, arriving passengers walk past a sign in the arrivals area at Heathrow Airport in London. A terminal at Heathrow Airport mothballed because of the coronavirus pandemic has reopened Tuesday, June 1, for passengers arriving from high-risk countries. Britain has barred travelers from a “red list” of 43 coronavirus hotspots including India, Brazil, Turkey and South Africa. U.K. nationals and residents who return from those countries face a mandatory 10-day supervised quarantine in a hotel. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

U.K.’s Heathrow Airport opens terminal for high-risk travelers

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

In this Monday, April 12, 2021, file photo, a woman takes a photo on her phone of her drink in Soho, London, as some of England's coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased by the government. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

U.K. set to rediscover freedom after vaccination success

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, attends a press conference with India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar following a bilateral meeting in London on Monday, May 3, 2021. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP)

G-7 calls out China over rights at virus-shadowed meeting

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

The Scottish side of the border between Scotland and England at Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Scotland, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Scotland holds an election Thursday that could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom. The pro-independence Scottish National Party is leading in the polls and a big victory will give it the the moral right and the political momentum to hold a referendum on whether Scotland should end its three-century union with England. But many voters, even if they support independence, are cautious. (AP Photo/Renee Graham)

COVID-19 overshadows independence in key Scottish election

By JILL LAWLESS and RENEE GRAHAM - Associated Press

This photo provided by Bloomsbury Publishing shows Alan Moore. The celebrated British author known for “V for Vendetta” and “Watchman” among other works has a deal with Bloomsbury for the story collection “Illuminations” and a five-volume fantasy series, “Long London.” In a statement Monday, May 3, 2021, Moore said he was “bursting with fiction, bursting with prose&quot; and thanked his publisher for its commitment to “expanding the empire of the word.” (Bloomsbury Publishing/Mitch Jenkins via AP)

Alan Moore working on short stories, 5-volume fantasy series

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Three polling cards for the London Mayoral election and local councillors, from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, photographed in London on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic have hit London in a perfect storm. On May 6, Londoners will elect a mayor, whose performance will help determine whether this is the start of a period of decline for Europe's biggest city — or a chance to do things better. Current Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is favored to win re-election, says his top priority is preserving jobs threatened by the economic blow of the pandemic. Rival Shaun Bailey says his top priority is crime. Whoever wins will face the challenge of leading London's fightback from its biggest shock for generations. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Beyond the pandemic: London votes for a mayor during crisis

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press