United Kingdom

BBC apologizes for not censoring racial slur shouted at Bafta ceremony by guest with Tourette's

"We apologise that this was not edited out prior to broadcast, and it will now be removed from the version on BBC iPlayer," said a spokesperson of the BBC.

The BBC logo outside the BBC Broadcasting House. November 15, 2025.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaks as demonstrators hold flags outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 12, 2026.

UK's Reform party plans to stop an immigration 'invasion,' promising to create ICE-style agency

Cabinet secretary Tzachi Braverman seen at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem on December 18, 2016.

Supreme Court rejects Braverman's appeal, keeps travel ban in place over ‘midnight meeting’ probe

A Palestinian flag is held up outside the Royal Courts of Justice, on the day judges decide whether the co-founder of Palestine Action can challenge the UK government's ban on the group, in London, Britain, September 25, 2025.

Pro-Palestinian activists intimidate Jewish residents in UK, push for Israel boycott


UK prosecutors seek to revive terrorism charge against Kneecap member

Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, whose stage name is Mo Chara, was accused of having waved the flag of the banned militant group Hezbollah during a November 2024 gig.

Member of Kneecap Liam O'Hanna, also known as Liam Og O hAnnaidh and performing under the name of Mo Chara, walks outside Woolwich Crown Court, after a UK court threw out his prosecution for a terrorism offence, in London, Britain, Friday September 26, 2025.

UK to shell out ‘substantial’ out of court settlement to Palestinian Guantanamo detainee

Zubaydah was accused of being a high-ranking Al-Qaeda official and was alleged to have run training camps in Afghanistan for terrorists. The claim has not been substantiated.

A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp at the US military prison for "enemy combatants" on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

British intelligence agency investigated UFOs, secret documents show

“Logic would indicate that if significant numbers are reporting seeing strange objects in the sky then there may be a basis in fact,” a 1997 Defense Intelligence Staff memo said.

Illustrative image of a UFO

Jewish MP banned from visiting Bristol school to avoid angering teachers, fellow lawmaker says

MP Steve Reed revisited an anti-Israel campaign to prevent a pro-Israel Labour Parliament Member from visiting a school at the Sunday Jewish Labour Movement Conference.

British Housing Secretary Steve Reed walks outside Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 18, 2025.

UK will not proscribe IRGC as terror org, preferring sanctions instead, Business Sec. confirms

UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle said the British government conducted a review of the IRGC, but that the idea of proscribing it isn't appropriate for a foreign state organization.

Demonstrators gather as Stop the Hate UK holds a protest calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to support the Iranian people, proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and free Iran from the Islamic Republic, outside Downing Street, London, Britain, January 11, 2026.

UK unlikely to classify circumcision as child abuse despite reports, Jewish leaders tell 'Post'

Jewish leaders told The Jerusalem Post that the guidance made it clear it was aimed at circumcision under inappropriate conditions, and not to classify it as child abuse.

 Demonstrators hold Israeli and British flags outside the Law Courts, during a march against antisemitism, after an increase in the UK, during a temporary truce between the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel, in London, Britain November 26, 2023.

Officials from Netanyahu's office appeal ‘disproportionate’ conditions in renewed Bild leak probe

Tzachi Braverman, chief of staff at the Prime Minister’s Office, and Omer Mantzur, a PMO spokesman, filed appeals on Monday against decisions by a police officer to release them under restrictions.

View of the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Israel, January 22, 2025

Why is the UAE fearful of radicalization on UK campuses? - explainer

Recent years have indicated that the Muslim Brotherhood's ideology is becoming increasingly more influential in the UK, with several student groups maintaining links with the UAE-proscribed group.

DEMONSTRATORS FROM the ‘Palestine Coalition’ hold a large Palestinian flag earlier this month in London, after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect.

Argentina reportedly delaying embassy move over Israeli company's oil project near Falklands

Israeli company, Navitas Petroleum, has recently announced that it will undertake activities near the Falkland Islands, a project the Argentinian government decried as "unilateral and illegitimate."

 Veterans of the Malvinas (Falklands) parade past the official box during the 2024 Independence Day Parade on July 9, 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

UAE cuts state funding for citizens studying at UK universities due to fears of radicalization

"The UAE will not send its students to become hostages of Islamist jihadist ideology disguised as campus activism," said Emirati Expert in Strategic and Political Affairs, Amjad Taha.

People walk past tents at The University of Manchester campus, as students occupy parts of British university campuses to protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza, May 7, 2024.