Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, January 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

January 15, 2019, 10:02 pm

UK Parliament rejects May’s Brexit deal, in biggest defeat in modern history

Lawmakers shoot down PM’s proposal in devastating 432-202 vote, plunging the bid to leave the European Union into chaos

By Jill Lawless, DANICA KIRKA and Gregory Katz

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after a press conference following a special meeting of the European Council to endorse the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement and to approve the draft political declaration on future EU-UK relations on November 25, 2018 in Brussels. (Photo by Philippe LOPEZ / AFP)

December 10, 2018, 4:21 pm

UK’s May reportedly to postpone Brexit vote rather than face defeat

Delaying vote could give PM more time to seek concessions from the EU, but Downing Street insists MPs will vote as planned

By Jill Lawless and LORNE COOK

December 2, 2018, 9:06 am

UK’s May presses on with Brexit plan after another minister quits

Ex-universities and science minister Sam Gyimah likens the deal to playing soccer against opponents who ‘are the referee and they make the rules as well’

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street in London, Friday, November 16, 2018. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP)

November 17, 2018, 3:23 am

Allies rally to UK’s May amid leadership woes over Brexit

In a tumultuous week, Britain’s PM finally clinches a divorce deal with EU — only for it to be savaged by opposition, parliamentary partners, and members of her own party

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London on November 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

November 14, 2018, 11:55 pm

UK’s May secures cabinet backing for Brexit deal as critics rage

British PM must now earn support of EU leaders for agreement to exit bloc, before having to steer proposal through fractious parliament

By Jill Lawless

Banky artwork self destructs at London auction house, October 5, 2018 (YouTube screenshot)

October 6, 2018, 1:53 pm

Banksy artwork self-destructs moments after $1.4 million sale

Artist-prankster had installed shredder in frame, which activated moments after ‘Girl With Balloon’ was sold; expert says piece now worth even more

By Jill Lawless

Britain's former foreign secretary Boris Johnson reacts to seeing photographers taking his picture as attends the fifth cricket test match of a five match series between England and India at the Oval cricket ground in London, September 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

September 9, 2018, 2:55 pm

Boris Johnson sparks furor with Brexit ‘suicide vest’ comparison

Former foreign secretary’s remarks lashing PM May’s plans for leaving Europe should end his political career, says rival Conservative lawmaker

By Jill Lawless

In this file photo dated June 13, 2018, Britain's Foreign Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

July 9, 2018, 5:56 pm

Top UK diplomat Boris Johnson quits as Brexit tensions jolt government

Foreign secretary becomes the second British minister to quit in past day amid criticism from Brexiteers of May’s plan for EU divorce

By Jill Lawless

Composite photo of 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess (L) and 45-year-old Charlie Rowley. (Facebook)

July 5, 2018, 6:13 am

Police say 2 hospitalized Britons exposed to nerve agent used on Russian spy

Authorities confirm Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley poisoned with military-grade toxin developed in the Soviet Union

By MATT DUNHAM and Jill Lawless

Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave from the West Door of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on May 19, 2018 after their wedding ceremony. (AFP/ Ben Birchall)

May 19, 2018, 3:38 pm

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wed in Windsor as millions watch

The American actress arrived in a dress designed by British designer Clare Waight Keller; ceremony complete with Anglican prayers, a gospel choir, and a horse-drawn carriage

By Gregory Katz, DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

Britain's then-home secretary Amber Rudd leaves 10 Downing Street in London, March 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

April 30, 2018, 2:12 am

Blow for UK’s May as top minister forced to quit in immigration scandal

Home Secretary Amber Rudd described as ‘the fall guy to protect the prime minister’ in scandal over refusal of benefits for Windrush generation

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May during a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London, Saturday, April 14, 2018. (Simon Dawson/Pool Photo via AP)

April 16, 2018, 7:02 pm

UK’s May to face angry lawmakers over Syria airstrikes

PM to tell emergency House of Commons debate that military action was ‘in Britain’s national interest’

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert

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

April 11, 2018, 8:53 pm

UK PM says Syria chemical weapons can’t go unchallenged

Britain ‘rapidly reaching’ an understanding of what happened in eastern Ghouta, says Theresa May, in possible indication UK moving closer to participation in US-led strike

By Jill Lawless

In this March 15, 2013, file photo, a Facebook employee walks past a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

March 19, 2018, 2:33 am

Facebook’s Zuckerberg comes under fire from UK, US lawmakers

Plans on both sides of the Atlantic to summon representatives of the social media giant to testify on breaches of personal information and ‘fake news’

By Jill Lawless