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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 337

Pan Pylas

Newly elected British Labour MP Chris Webb, right, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrating at Blackpool Cricket Club, England, May 3, 2024, after being declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
May 3, 2024, 2:15 pm
UK’s Conservatives set for historic loss in local polls; Labour urges general election
Despite opposition party gains, Labour candidates appear to have suffered in Muslim areas as a result of leader Keir Starmer ‘s pro-Israel stance in the conflict in Gaza
By Pan Pylas
Members of HM Coastguard Search and Rescue gather after homes were evacuated when a suspected Second World War explosive device was discovered in a garden on St Michael Avenue in Plymouth, England, Thursday Feb. 22, 2024. (Matt Keeble/PA via AP)
February 24, 2024, 6:39 am
WWII bomb prompts an evacuation in England before being taken to sea to explode
Nazi-era unexploded ordnance found in residential backyard in Plymouth; over 1,100 civilians died during air raids in naval port city during war
By Pan Pylas
Renu, the eldest sister of Shamima Begum, holds a picture of her sister while being interviewed by the media in London, on February 22, 2015. (Laura Lean/Pool/AFP)
February 24, 2024, 6:01 am
ISIS bride stuck in Syria refugee camp loses appeal over removal of UK citizenship
British-born Shamima Begum, now 24, was 15 when she and 2 friends left London to marry IS terrorists in Syria; her citizenship was rescinded after she surfaced in 2019
By Pan Pylas
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a press conference in London, on November 27, 2021. (Jeff Gilbert/Pool via AP)
November 28, 2021, 12:04 am
Britain tightens COVID rules as world scrambles to contain Omicron variant
New virus strain confirmed in Israel, UK, Belgium and Hong Kong, Italy; Pfizer says it can tweak its vaccine in 100 days
By Pan Pylas
Richard Ratcliffe, husband of detained charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, talks to the media following a meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/David Cliff)
November 12, 2021, 12:28 am
Hunger-striking husband of UK woman detained by Iran downcast after envoys meet
Richard Ratcliffe says sides have made little progress on securing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release after over 5 years imprisonment, accuses Iran of ‘hostage-taking’
By Pan Pylas
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at 10 Downing Street, in London, September 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
September 17, 2021, 2:16 am
In shakeup, UK’s Johnson demotes foreign secretary after Afghanistan fiasco
Dominic Raab downgraded from top diplomat to justice secretary after failing to cut short his vacation amid Kabul chaos; education chief also fired; more cabinet changes expected
By Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas
In this August 22, 2011 file photo, British soldier Lance Cpl. Justin Reeve, of Dorset, England, of the Royal Corps of Signals, rests after a day spent establishing coms, at Combat Outpost Ouellette, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan. (AP/Brennan Linsley, file)
August 13, 2021, 11:57 pm
Britain’s former headquarters in Afghanistan overrun by Taliban
Majority of the UK’s military casualties during Afghan war occurred in Helmand province, now confirmed captured by insurgents
By Pan Pylas
People wear face masks to curb the spread of coronavirus as they disembark from a train during the morning rush hour at Waterloo train station in London, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
July 17, 2021, 5:56 am
UK pushes ahead with plan to end virus limits even as new daily cases top 50,000
Most social distancing and mask regulations to be lifted Monday in a move experts have called ‘reckless;’ government hopes vaccine rollout will keep serious cases low
By Pan Pylas
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a media briefing on coronavirus in Downing Street, London, on July 5, 2021. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/Pool Photo via AP)
July 12, 2021, 4:44 pm
UK’s Johnson set to confirm end of COVID restrictions even as cases rise
PM likely to downplay talk of ‘Freedom Day,’ with both hospitalization and deaths edging up in recent days despite vaccination drive
By Pan Pylas
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, right, welcomes US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ahead of bilateral talks as part of the G7 foreign ministers meeting near London on May 3, 2021. (Ben Stansall / Pool via AP)
May 3, 2021, 10:17 pm
Iran a key topic as US envoy Blinken meets UK counterpart in first trip abroad
Secretary’s visit to London comes amid mounting speculation of a prisoner exchange deal with Iran, which was feature of JCPOA talks as well
By Pan Pylas
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, holds a cup of coffee as he speaks with pupils after taking part in a science lesson at King Solomon Academy in London, on April 29, 2021. (Dan Kitwood / POOL / AFP)
April 29, 2021, 3:43 pm
‘Cash for curtains’: Watchdog steps up probe of Boris Johnson’s apartment refurb
Allegations are part of a slew of claims of cronyism and ethical breaches against UK PM and his Conservative government ahead of local elections next week
By Jill Lawless and Pan Pylas
Illustrative: Fishermen work in the Tapajos river in the Alter do Chao district of Santarem, Para state, Brazil, August 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, FILE)
February 2, 2021, 8:57 pm
UK Treasury-commissioned report calls for nature to be at heart of economics
Natural world should be key element in economic planning, urges Cambridge U. economist Partha Dasgupta; says growth and prosperity have ‘come at a devastating cost to nature”
By Pan Pylas
Illustrative: A row of ambulances parked outside the Royal London Hospital in London, December 29, 2020. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)
January 2, 2021, 3:23 am
‘Eye of the storm’: UK in crisis as cases surge, likely due to new virus variant
British health authorities scramble amid wave of cases that is expected to spike even higher following Christmas, New Year’s gatherings
By Pan Pylas
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, England, October 15, 2020. (Ben Stansall/ Pool via AP)
December 6, 2020, 11:37 pm
With world watching, Britain gets ready for mass coronavirus vaccinations
Buckingham Palace declines to comment on media reports that Queen Elizabeth II will set example for the nation by being among first to get the jab
By Pan Pylas
FILE - In this Monday, Dec, 10, 2012 file photo, lyricist Herbert Kretzmer and his wife Sybil Sever attend the premiere for "Les Miserables" at the Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York. Kretzmer, the journalist and lyricist best known for his English-language adaptation of the musical Les Misérables, has died. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
October 15, 2020, 8:42 am
Herbert Kretzmer, lyricist of Les Miserables, dead at 95
Son of Jewish-Lithuanian immigrants to South Africa lauded as a ‘masterful wordsmith,’ ‘great lyricist and man of theatre’
By Pan Pylas
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