Jill Lawless

Conservative Party leadership contender Boris Johnson, center right, leaves his office in the Westminster area of London, July 22, 2019. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

July 22, 2019, 11:01 pm

Voting for new UK PM ends amid Brexit foreboding, with Johnson likely victor

Winner of Conservative Party primary, widely predicted to be pro-Brexit populist Boris Johnson, will face opposition in parliament and his own party to leaving EU without a deal

By Jill Lawless

Conservative MP and leadership contender Boris Johnson gestures during a leadership campaign visit to a nursery in Braintree, southeast England, on July 13, 2019. (Neil Hall/Pool/AFP)

July 21, 2019, 12:12 pm

With Boris Johnson tipped to win PM race, UK braces for turbulence

With scarcely three months to go till Brexit, no deal on the table and skepticism in both Brussels and Westminster, next premier faces choppy political waters

By Jill Lawless

US President Donald Trump speaks in Washington, Monday, July 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

July 9, 2019, 5:17 am

Trump says he will ‘no longer deal’ with UK ambassador who criticized him

After British envoy in DC cables home that administration is dysfunctional and inept, US leader says Darroch ‘is not liked or well thought of’

By Jill Lawless

British artist Leon Kossoff. (YouTube screenshot)

July 6, 2019, 7:36 pm

Artist Leon Kossoff, who painted post-war London, dies at 92

UK artist, who was born to Russian Jewish immigrants and served in World War II, portrayed in his art a gritty, dark urban landscape

By Jill Lawless

A 3D printed recreation of the ancient Lion of Mosul, which was destroyed by the Islamic State group at the Mosul Museum in Iraq, is displayed as part of the 'What Remains' exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London, July 3, 2019. (Natasha Livingstone/AP)

July 4, 2019, 12:51 am

3-D printing recreates ancient sculpture destroyed by Islamic State

Replica Lion of Mosul is modeled from crowd-sourced photos taken before jihadists destroyed 3,000-year-old statue at Temple of Ishtar in Nimrud

By Jill Lawless

Jeremy Hunt, left, and Boris Johnson, right, are the final two contenders for leadership of the Conservative Party, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo File/Matt Dunham, Frank Augstein)

June 20, 2019, 9:40 pm

Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt in runoff for UK prime minister

Johnson, flamboyant former foreign secretary and ex-London mayor, won easily among Conservative lawmakers; but now the party’s 160,000 members will vote

By Jill Lawless

British Conservative party leadership contender Boris Johnson arrives for a live TV debate in central London Tuesday, June 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Vudi Xhymshiti)

June 18, 2019, 10:12 pm

Boris Johnson builds lead in race to be UK prime minister

Another elimination leaves five contenders in the field seeking to replace Theresa May as next British leader

By Jill Lawless

British Conservative Party lawmaker Boris Johnson leaves his home in London, June 13, 2019. (AP /Frank Augstein)

June 13, 2019, 6:21 pm

Boris Johnson takes strong lead in race for next UK leader

Former foreign secretary garners over third of votes in first round of Conservative Party leadership contest; tough line on the EU has won him the support of many Brexiteers

By Jill Lawless

The 'Trump Baby' blimp is inflated in Parliament Square in central London as people start to gather to demonstrate against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on June 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

June 4, 2019, 1:30 pm

Trump baby blimp flies in London as protests greet president

UK opposition chief Corbyn to address peace activists, women’s groups and environmentalists in demonstration condemning policies of visiting US president

By Jill Lawless

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May in Llangollen, Wales, May 3, 2019. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

May 4, 2019, 4:00 am

UK’s Conservative party takes Brexit battering in local elections

Voters frustrated by stalled departure from EU punish both Tory and Labour parties in England and Northern Ireland

By Jill Lawless

Screen grab taken from video of a packed chamber during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, April 3, 2019 (House of Commons/PA via AP)

April 4, 2019, 3:25 am

British lawmakers back bill to delay Brexit if no deal reached

Legislation passes by a single vote but still needs approval from the House of Lords, likely on Thursday; EU not obligated to agree to a delay in UK leaving the bloc

By Jill Lawless and Raf Casert

A pro EU protester shouts through a megaphone at the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, March 27, 2019 as British lawmakers were preparing to vote on alternatives for leaving the European Union. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

March 28, 2019, 3:58 pm

UK leader Theresa May makes final push on Brexit deal

Lawmakers reject eight alternatives to prime minister’s proposal after unprecedented move to try to break deadlock

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

Brexit protesters demonstrate near the House of Parliament in London, March 26, 2019. (AP/Frank Augstein)

March 27, 2019, 2:34 pm

UK lawmakers prepare to vote on alternatives to Brexit deal

House of Commons schedules 5-hour debate on various options, after which lawmakers will vote for those they find acceptable

By DANICA KIRKA and Jill Lawless

European Union leaders attend a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, March 21, 2019. (Aris Oikonomou, Pool Photo via AP)

March 22, 2019, 8:56 am

Europe offers UK a little more time for Brexit

Bloc says Britain could postpone departure to May 22, but only if it approves PM May’s deal; otherwise deadline will be April 12

By Raf Casert and Jill Lawless

House of Commons Speaker John Bercow at the House of Commons, London, Juaryan. 15, 2019. (House of Commons/PA via AP)

March 18, 2019, 10:30 pm

UK Commons speaker blocks Theresa May’s bid for third vote on her Brexit deal

John Bercow’s ruling causes uproar among Conservatives; Britain facing ‘major constitutional crisis,’ says solicitor general

By Jill Lawless and LORNE COOK