Jill Lawless

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks with US President Joe Biden during a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

June 30, 2022, 6:53 pm

NATO vows to guard ‘every inch of territory’ as Russia fumes

‘We live in a more dangerous world,’ says Jens Stoltenberg, wrapping up summit in the shadow of the invasion of Ukraine

By Jill Lawless, Joseph Wilson and Sylvie Corbet

A local resident places a vase with flowers on a broken window in his house damaged by the Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 26, 2022.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

June 29, 2022, 12:32 pm

NATO chief says alliance faces ‘most serious security crisis’ since WWII

30 leaders to hear from Ukraine’s Zelensky after Russia’s invasion shattered Europe’s peace, drove NATO to pour troops, weapons into Eastern Europe on scale not seen since Cold War

By Jill Lawless, Joseph Wilson and Sylvie Corbet

From left to right background: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto, Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, and Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde before signing a memorandum in which Turkey agrees to Finland and Sweden's membership of the defense alliance in Madrid, Spain on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. North Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state will meet for a summit in Madrid from Tuesday through Thursday. (AP/Bernat Armangue)

June 29, 2022, 6:42 am

In ‘historic’ shift, Turkey agrees to support bid by Sweden and Finland to join NATO

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine prompted the two countries to abandon their long-held nonaligned status and apply to join organization as protection against threat

By Jill Lawless and Joseph Wilson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

June 7, 2022, 12:00 am

British Prime Minister Johnson survives no-confidence vote

UK leader has struggled to turn page on revelations he and his staff repeatedly held boozy parties that flouted the COVID restrictions they imposed on others

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts during the Platinum Pageant in London on June 5, 2022 as part of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebrations (Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)

June 6, 2022, 12:00 pm

Embattled UK PM Johnson to face confidence vote from within his own party

More than 15% of the ruling Conservative party demands a vote on Boris Johnson’s leadership in the wake of the ‘partygate’ scandal over gatherings held during COVID lockdown

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on May 25, 2022, to attend the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (Daniel LEAL / AFP)

May 25, 2022, 3:12 pm

UK probe into ‘partygate’ blames Johnson and top officials for rule-breaking culture

Report points to ‘failures of leadership and judgment’ at 10 Downing Street, providing detailed information on lockdown gatherings; critics say scandal necessitates his resignation

By Jill Lawless

Ukrainian serviceman install a machine gun on the tank during the repair works after fighting against Russian forces in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

April 28, 2022, 12:58 am

UK says Western allies must ‘double down’ and send Ukraine tanks, jets

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss warns against inaction and says countries helping Kyiv must show ‘courage’ in the face of Russian threats of escalation

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons to make a statement about Downing Street parties during the coronavirus lockdowns in London, on April 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

April 19, 2022, 8:40 pm

UK’s Boris Johnson ‘wholeheartedly’ apologizes over ‘partygate’ to unswayed MPs

British PM tells lawmakers he is sorry for attending an illegal party at 10 Downing St. during lockdown, insists he didn’t knowingly break rules or mislead Parliament

By Jill Lawless

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers his speech at the interreligious meeting 'Brother peoples, future land' organized by the Sant'Egidio Community at 'La Nuvola' (The Cloud) convention center in Rome, on October 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

April 17, 2022, 3:52 pm

Archbishop of Canterbury: UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda goes against God

Justin Welby cites ‘serious ethical questions about sending asylum-seekers overseas’ as he makes unusual political intervention during Easter sermon

By Jill Lawless

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, in the United Kingdom, on board a Border Force vessel following a small boat incident in the Channel, April 13, 2022. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)

April 15, 2022, 8:17 am

Israel precedent prompts outrage as UK plans to send refugees to Rwanda

Boris Johnson says move, which is similar to scheme adopted by Jewish state, is aimed at stopping ‘vile people smugglers’ from turning British Channel into ‘watery graveyard’

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, meets refugees as he visits HTB to learn more about Holy Trinity Brompton's (HTB) work to support refugees and asylum seekers at St Luke's Church, in London, on March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

April 14, 2022, 1:45 pm

UK criticized for planning to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

The plan, referred to by the British government as an ‘economic development partnership,’ would see refugees arriving in UK flown to Rwanda while their asylum claims are processed

By Jill Lawless

Actor June Brown as Dot Cotton on 'EastEnders' (screenshot/used under clause 27a of the copyright law)

April 5, 2022, 2:11 pm

June Brown, ‘EastEnders’ icon Dot Cotton, dies at 95

Brown discovered unexpected matrilineal Jewish lineage in 2011 while taking part in the popular TV show ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’

By Jill Lawless

A local resident walks past a destroyed Russian tank in Dmytrivka, west of Kyiv, undated (Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

April 3, 2022, 12:07 pm

Spies come in from the cold as intelligence goes unexpectedly public in Ukraine war

Officials say the stream of information – a strategy coordinated by the US with its allies – aims to make Putin question what he’s being told and show Russians they’ve been lied to

By Jill Lawless and AAMER MADHANI

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, March 16, 2022. (Olivier Matthy/AP)

March 22, 2022, 11:02 pm

UK accuses Russia of misinformation after defense minister duped by hoax video calls

Imposter posing as Ukrainian prime minister put through on video call to Ben Wallace; doctored clip shows minister talking about nuclear program; other officials also targeted

By Jill Lawless

Britain's then speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow walks through Central Lobby before Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivers the Queen's Speech, at the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London, June 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

March 8, 2022, 4:08 pm

UK standards panel brands ex-parliament speaker a ‘serial bully’

Report says John Bercow’s conduct, which allegedly included belittling staff and abusive language, ‘had no place in any workplace’

By Jill Lawless