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Britain's King Charles III, right, shakes hands with Keir Starmer where he invited the Labour Party leader to become prime minister and to form a new government, following the landslide general election victory for the Labour Party, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (Yui Mok, Pool Photo via AP)

Starmer vows ‘government of service’ for national renewal as he takes power after Labor landslide

By Brian Melley and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's King Charles III, right, shakes hands with Keir Starmer where he invited the Labour Party leader to become prime minister and to form a new government, following the landslide general election victory for the Labour Party, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. (Yui Mok, Pool Photo via AP)

Starmer vows ‘government of service’ for national renewal as he takes power after Labor landslide

By Brian Melley and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Labor party leader Keir Starmer hugs his wife Victoria during a post-election rally at the Tate Modern in London, Friday, July 5, 2024. Starmer says voters "have spoken and they are ready for change" as an exit poll points to a landslide win. He is expected to be the next British Prime Minister. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Labor nabs historic win in British election as Conservatives are ousted after nearly 15 years

By David R. Sands and Eric J. Lyman - The Washington Times

A woman exits a polling station set up at St George's Cathedral in London, Thursday, July 4, 2024. Voters in the U.K. are casting their ballots in a national election to choose the 650 lawmakers who will sit in Parliament for the next five years. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

British voters pick a new government against a backdrop of economic malaise and deep pessimism

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British Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer speaks to party supporters in Bollington, England, while on the General Election campaign trail, Thursday June 27, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Britain’s Conservatives brace for wipeout after long hold on power

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, Rishi Sunak, delivers a speech to launch the Conservatives' general election manifesto in Silverstone, England, on Tuesday June 11, 2024, in the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (Benjamin Cremel, Pool Photo via AP)

U.K.’s glum Conservatives try to shift the mood with a promise of tax cuts as polling day nears

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on national security at the Policy Exchange, in London, Monday May 13, 2024. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)

British prime minister warns of ‘axis of authoritarian states’ in pre-election speech

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

Newly elected British Labour MP Chris Webb, right, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrating at Blackpool Cricket Club, England, Friday May 3, 2024 after being declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election. The by-election was triggered after the resignation of Scott Benton. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

U.K.’s Conservatives set for historic losses in local polls as Labour urges general election

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at a press conference at Downing Street, in London, Monday, April 22, 2024. Sunak pledged Monday that the country’s first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)

First deportation flights will leave U.K. for Rwanda in 10-12 weeks, Prime Minister Sunak pledges

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

A British postal scandal ruined hundreds of lives. The government plans to try to right those wrongs

By Brian Melley - Associated Press

FILE - Britain's Conservative Party lawmaker Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during the official launch of his leadership campaign, in London, Wednesday June 12, 2019. British media say Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign on Thursday, July 7 2022, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

With 2024 being a U.K. election year, opposition wants an early vote. PM Rishi Sunak is in no rush

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

MP's gather in the House of Commons ahead of the second reading vote, in London, Tuesday, Dec. 12 2023. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is trying to cajole recalcitrant lawmakers into supporting his signature immigration policy in a key vote in Parliament. Defeat would leave his authority shredded and his government teetering. (UK Parliament via AP)

Rishi Sunak gets a respite after U.K. lawmakers vote in favor of the Rwanda migration bill

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the COVID Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the pandemic and is likely to be questioned about the impact of his policies such as the Eat Out to Help Out scheme had on the spread of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Tough week for Rishi Sunak as he faces grilling on COVID decisions and revolt over Rwanda plan

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. (James Manning/Pool via AP)

Facing Conservative revolt, U.K. leader Sunak says judges won’t stop him sending migrants to Rwanda

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press

King Charles III draws attention by wearing a Greek flag tie after London-Athens diplomatic spat

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FILE - Women stand by a marble statue of a naked youth thought to represent Greek god Dionysos, center, from the east pediment of the Parthenon, on display during a media photo opportunity to promote a forthcoming exhibition on the human body in ancient Greek art at the British Museum in London, on Jan. 8, 2015. Greek officials said Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 that they will continue talks with the British Museum on bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, despite U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelling a meeting with his Greek counterpart where the contested antiquities were due to be discussed. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Greek officials angry and puzzled after U.K.’s Sunak scraps leaders’ meeting over Parthenon Marbles

By Jill Lawless and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street for his weekly Prime Ministers Questions at the House of Commons in London, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Sunak is under pressure to act as the U.K.’s net migration figures for 2022 hit a record high

By Sylvia Hui - Associated Press

South Korean girl band Blackpink ahead of the State Banquet, for the state visit to the UK by President of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee, at Buckingham Palace, London, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)

King Charles III honors K-pop girl group Blackpink during South Korean president’s state visit

By Danica Kirka and Jill Lawless - Associated Press

A view of the entrance of the Supreme Court, in London, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Britain’s highest court is set to rule Wednesday, Nov. 15 on whether the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal, delivering a boost or a blow to a contentious central policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s administration. Five justices on the U.K. Supreme Court will deliver judgment in the government’s attempt to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked deportations. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)

Top British court rejects government plan to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

A view of the entrance of the Supreme Court, in London, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Britain’s highest court is set to rule Wednesday, Nov. 15 on whether the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal, delivering a boost or a blow to a contentious central policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s administration. Five justices on the U.K. Supreme Court will deliver judgment in the government’s attempt to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked deportations. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, file)

U.K. top court says a plan to send migrants to Rwanda is unlawful because they would be at risk

By Jill Lawless - Associated Press