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DANICA KIRKA

UK Defence Secretary John Healey walks into the press conference following the AUKMIN Summit, at Lancaster House in London, June 10, 2026. (Kin Cheung/AP)
June 11, 2026, 11:31 pm
UK defense secretary resigns, pans Starmer as not spending enough to keep country safe
John Healey says government plan ‘falls well short’ of what is needed at a time of ‘rising threats,’ leaving him with no choice but to step down in latest blow to embattled PM
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
British Health Secretary Wes Streeting walks through the House of Commons to attend the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster, London, May 13, 2026. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)
May 14, 2026, 9:56 pm
UK health secretary resigns, setting up potential leadership challenge to Starmer
Wes Streeting says he’s lost confidence in premier, who should not serve out rest of his term; another possible challenger, ex-deputy PM Rayner, says she’s ready for contest
By DANICA KIRKA, brian melley and Pan Pylas
FILES: Britain's then-prince Andrew, and King Charles III leave following a requiem mass, a Catholic funeral service, for the late Katharine, Duchess of Kent, at Westminster Cathedral in London on September 16, 2025. (Adrian Dennis / AFP)
February 21, 2026, 9:42 pm
UK royals face worst crisis in generations as Epstein fallout leads to ex-prince’s arrest
Expert says family has ‘no clear route forward’ after Andrew becomes first senior royal to be arrested since the 1640s
By DANICA KIRKA
The Confirmation of Election ceremony legally confirming Dame Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, central London, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2026. (Jeff Moore/Pool via AP)
January 28, 2026, 7:39 pm
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, 1st woman to lead Church of England
Mullally’s selection highlights church’s continuing divergence from Catholic Church, where women cannot serve as priests at all
By DANICA KIRKA
Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
January 6, 2026, 4:20 pm
Key location, rare natural resources: Why Trump says the US ‘needs’ Greenland
Isolated in the Arctic Circle and home to only 56,000 people, the massive ice-covered island may be next on the US’s wish list due to its strategic and mineral-rich location
By DANICA KIRKA
Prince Andrew arrives for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London, Sept. 16, 2025. (Aaron Chown/Pool via AP)
October 18, 2025, 3:04 pm
One Epstein scandal too many forces UK monarchy to sideline Prince Andrew
Andrew gives up his titles as the King Charles works to ensure the long-term stability of the monarchy under his son and heir Prince William
By DANICA KIRKA
Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair walks through the COP28 UN Climate Summit, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 3, 2023. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)
September 30, 2025, 5:46 pm
Tony Blair’s long experience in Middle East is both his strength and his weakness
Former UK prime minister, tapped to play key role in postwar Gaza administration under Trump’s ceasefire plan, was a peace envoy for nearly a decade after joining Iraq war
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
This photo provided by London Fire Brigade, shows a fire at the North Hyde electrical substation, which caught fire Thursday night and lead to a closure of Heathrow Airport in London, Friday, March 21, 2025. (London Fire Brigade via AP)
March 21, 2025, 6:34 pm
Fire at London’s Heathrow shuts airport, disrupts travel for hundreds of thousands
Counterterrorism force leading investigation, but officials say so far no indication of foul play; Heathrow says it expects ‘significant disruptions over coming days’
By brian melley, DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Pete and Gillian Brisley visit the home of their daughter Lianne Sharabi, who was killed along with her two daughters Noiya and Yahel in Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack, and of their son-in-law, Eli Sharabi, who was taken captive, in Kibbutz Be'eri, southern Israel, on February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
February 9, 2025, 2:00 am
Teddy bear helps hostage’s family come to terms with grief amid joy over his release
As Eli Sharabi was freed from Gaza, his parents-in-law Gillian and Pete Brisley watched, clutching a toy that once belonged to his wife, their daughter Lianne, murdered on Oct. 7
By DANICA KIRKA
Manfred Goldberg, a Holocaust survivor, is interviewed in London, January 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
January 26, 2025, 4:13 pm
Manfred Goldberg remembers the ‘angel who was sent to save me’ in a Nazi labor camp
‘I never saw him again,’ says the 94-year-old, German-born Holocaust survivor of the man who advised him to lie about his age, sparing him the fate of his younger brother Herman
By DANICA KIRKA
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during a visit to the tomb of Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, on June 4, 2024. (Marvin RECINOS / AFP)
November 12, 2024, 6:13 pm
Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
Welby had been under pressure after probe revealed he failed to tell authorities of prominent lawyer’s serial sexual and physical assaults on minors at summer camps over 50 years
By DANICA KIRKA
File: Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears at the Manhattan Criminal Court for a pre-trial hearing, following his overturned sex crimes conviction, in New York City, July 19, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/Pool/AFP)
September 5, 2024, 10:30 pm
Harvey Weinstein won’t face indecent assault charges in Britain
UK prosecutors say conviction of disgraced Hollywood producer would have been unlikely, though he may face fresh indictments in New York
By DANICA KIRKA
Mervyn Kersh, a Jewish World War II veteran who took part in 1944's Normandy Campaign, at his home in London, Great Britain, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
June 5, 2024, 1:09 am
‘How lucky I am’: UK-Jewish vet, aged 99, prepares to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
Mervyn Kersh recalls giving out sweets at Bergen-Belsen, near-arrest for skipping non-kosher rations; ‘I could almost say it was a crusade,’ says Normandy campaign veteran
By DANICA KIRKA
Demonstrators march in Parliament Square as they hold a banner, in London, September 16, 2023, as today marks the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
September 16, 2023, 7:00 pm
Activists in Europe rally to mark anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in custody
Protests held in UK, Germany, Italy and France against Iranian regime, as demonstrators seek to renew protests
By DANICA KIRKA
FILE - Egyptian businessman and Ritz hotel owner Mohamed Al Fayed poses with his hotel staff in Paris, June 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)
September 2, 2023, 2:09 am
Tycoon Mohamed Al Fayed, whose son was killed in Princess Diana crash, dies at 94
Egyptian businessman, the owner of Harrods and Fulham Football Club, was devastated by the death of his son and claimed the royal family masterminded the deadly traffic accident
By DANICA KIRKA, CARA RUBINSKY and Jill Lawless
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