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The offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in central London, March 20, 2018. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)
April 17, 2018, 7:45 am
UK academic says data firm helped Trump campaign spread fear
Researcher tells British parliament committee that presidential hopeful used info from Cambridge Analytica to effectively deploy 'false racist and Islamophobic comments'
By DANICA KIRKA
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May gives a press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven following their talks at Rosenbad, Stockholm, Sweden, April 9, 2018. (Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via AP)
April 12, 2018, 5:43 am
UK’s May reported to have deployed submarines to Syria coast
British prime minister says Bashar Assad's apparent chemical weapons use in Douma cannot go unchallenged
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia holds up a copy of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' as he speaks during a Security Council meeting on the situation between Britain and Russia on April 5, 2018 at United Nations headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
April 6, 2018, 12:48 pm
Russia says Britain is ‘playing with fire’ in spy case
Moscow tells UN that it is victim of hasty, sloppy, ill-intentioned defamation campaign by London and its allies
By Edith M. Lederer and DANICA KIRKA
Illustrative: Logos of US online social media and social networking service Facebook. (AFP Photo/Loic Venance)
March 27, 2018, 8:51 am
Watch it, Facebook: New EU data rules may have broad impact
In wake of Cambridge Analytica scandal, major US tech firms face billions in potential fines if they violate Europe's privacy standards
By DANICA KIRKA
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (r) speaks to Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov as they attend a security council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 15, 2018. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
March 16, 2018, 4:13 pm
Moscow will expel British diplomats in poisoning standoff
Nerve agent that left Sergei Skripal in critical condition was reportedly put in his daughter's suitcase before she left Russia
By Angela Charlton and DANICA KIRKA
Military personnel in College Street Car Park in Salisbury, Sunday March 11, 2018, as police and members of the armed forces probe the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal, which took place on March 4. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
March 15, 2018, 4:47 pm
US, France, Germany blame Russia for UK nerve agent attack
In joint statement, Western leaders say 'no plausible alternative explanation' to Moscow's involvement in poisoning of Sergei Skripal
By DANICA KIRKA, Jill Lawless and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends a meeting with his counterpart from Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
March 15, 2018, 1:50 pm
Russian foreign minister says it will ‘certainly’ expel UK diplomats
As spat continues over poisoning of former spy and bilateral ties sink to Cold War-level low, Sergey Lavrov vows to retaliate 'soon'
By DANICA KIRKA, Jill Lawless and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
Military personnel prepare, before working to remove cars from a parking lot in Salisbury, England, as police and members of the armed forces probe the suspected nerve agent attack on Russian double-agent spy Sergei Skripal, March 11, 2018. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
March 12, 2018, 11:22 pm
UK’s Theresa May: Russia ‘highly likely’ behind ex-spy’s poisoning
British PM says attack with military-grade nerve agent Novichock either came from Kremlin, or Moscow lost control of banned substance
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Former Russian military intelligence Colonel Sergei Skripal attends a hearing at the Moscow District Military Court in Moscow on August 9, 2006. (AFP/Kommersant Photo/Yuri Senatorov)
March 8, 2018, 7:10 pm
UK: Nerve agent attack on Russian ex-spy was ‘brazen and reckless’
Home Secretary Amber Rudd vows to 'act without hesitation as facts become clearer' in targeting, possibly by Moscow, of Sergei Skripal on British soil
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
A police officer talks to local people at Finsbury Park in north London, where a vehicle struck pedestrians in north London Monday, June 19, 2017 (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)
June 20, 2017, 6:33 am
Muslims face rising violence in wake of IS-claimed attacks
In Europe and around the world, Muslims say they are being targeted by a wave of animosity
By Paisley Dodds and DANICA KIRKA
Smoke and flames rise from the Grenfell Tower apartment building in West London, June 14, 2017. (AP/Matt Dunham)
June 15, 2017, 2:41 pm
London fire death toll raised to 17, no more survivors expected
Entire families missing after flames gut 120-unit Grenfell Tower; firefighters still unable to enter building due to structural problems
By DANICA KIRKA
Pedestrians look up towards Grenfell Tower, a residential block of flats in west London on June 14, 2017, as firefighters continue to control a fire that engulfed the building in the early hours of the morning. (AFP PHOTO / Adrian DENNIS)
June 14, 2017, 5:43 pm
Children tossed out of windows in London high-rise blaze
6 confirmed dead, 74 injured, with death toll expected to rise; witnesses describe harrowing scenes as trapped people tried to escape flames
By Gregory Katz and DANICA KIRKA
Britain's Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Theresa May delivers a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London on June 9, 2017 as results from a snap general election show the Conservatives have lost their majority. (AFP/Adrian Dennis)
June 9, 2017, 6:51 pm
Wounded May vows to stay as UK PM, says Brexit will go on
Battered in elections, grim-faced leader says her Conservatives and small Northern Ireland party will work together to 'provide certainty and lead Britain forward'
By Jill Lawless and DANICA KIRKA
Voters arrive at Notre Dame Primary School set up as a polling station as Britain votes in general elections, in Glasgow, June 8, 2017. (AFP/Andy Buchanan)
June 8, 2017, 4:24 pm
Braving drizzle and terror threat, Brits head to polls
Wet weather not expected to dampen turnout for some 47 million people registered to vote in snap elections; terror alert level remains at 'highly likely'
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
Armed police officers arrive at the scene of a terror attack on London Bridge in central London on June 3, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / CHRIS J RATCLIFFE)
June 4, 2017, 6:54 am
UK police: 7 victims, 3 terrorists killed in London rampage
Investigations still underway on whether further attackers on the run after deadly car-ramming and stabbings in heart of UK capital
By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless
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