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Russia's foreign ministry referred to May's allegation as a "circus show in the British Parliament." On Sunday, police advised around 500 people near the Skripals when they visited a pub and restaurant to wash their possessions as a precautionary measure. Trace amounts of the nerve agent were found on ...

So we support in the strongest possible terms the British Parliament and the British government's commitment to ensure a full investigation and any efforts to bring those responsible to account, to justice." She said Australia supported British calls for an emergency session of the UN Security Council and ...

Four suspicious packages were reported at the British Parliament in Westminster in Monday and Tuesday. They were sent to the offices of Muslim MPs in the Labour Party. Police were called, though they ultimately concluded the packages were not harmful. The packages were accompanied with offensive ...

Tom Tugendhat, chairman of the British parliament's foreign affairs committee, predicted that May would say Russia was responsible for the attack. "Frankly I would be surprised if she did not point the finger at the Kremlin," Tugendhat told BBC radio. CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reported that ...

"It is a circus show in the British parliament," the TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying. "The conclusion is obvious: It's another political information campaign, based on a provocation." (Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Andrew Osborn).

Two people were hospitalised on Monday after a "suspicious package" was found at British parliament, London's Metropolitan Police said. Image for representation only. "A man and a woman have been taken to a central London hospital as a precaution," a spokesman said, while a spokeswoman for the ...

A spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry called the hearing at the British parliament on the Skripal case a "circus show." Follow RT's coverage of the debate in Parliament. "The conclusion is obvious: this is another information and political campaign, based on provocation," said Maria Zakharova, ...

But the British Parliament would have the right to vote on regulations different from the EU's. This and customs checks based on new technologies would help ensure "as frictionless" trade as possible. Any final Brexit treaty with the EU would have to meet five tests: "Implementing the decision of the British people; reaching ...

Billy Graham's passing Wednesday prompted pollsters to recite that only 43 percent of Americans are white Christians when 40 years ago that number was 80 percent. The cultural change has been huge. I'm old enough to remember when water was free and porn had to be paid for. Oscar night in ...

LONDON, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- British lawmakers in the House of Commons voted Friday to pave the way for an organ transplant act of parliament that will save hundreds of lives in England every year. A government-supported private member's bill will introduce an opt-out law for organ transplants, replacing ...

The international flight ban is 'foremost' in discussions between British PM May and Iraqi PM Abadi. File photo: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP. LONDON – Two British MPs made strong statements in support of the rights of the Kurdistan Region in questions in the Commons to the Middle East minister Alistair Burt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 01: The Houses of Parliament stand on the banks of the River Thames on February 1, 2018 in London, England. MPs have voted to leave the Palace of Westminster in the next decade as £3.5bn of restoration work is carried out on the building to improve fire safety.

Police were investigating an incident in the British parliament on Tuesday, the lower house of the legislature said, and media reports said officers were checking a suspect package. "The police are currently investigating an incident on the parliamentary estate," a House of Commons spokesperson said, ...

British Parliament members traveled to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8, 2018, to learn about fake news from tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter. (Getty-AFP). Hamza ShabanWashington Post. Eleven members of parliament from the United Kingdom journeyed to a large ballroom in Washington, D.C., Thursday to learn ...

In a rare move, some members of the British Parliament are traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to question Facebook, Google and Twitter about fake news and the spread of misinformation on their platforms. Experts say that by coming to the U.S., U.K. officials are signaling how seriously they're ...

During the often rowdy prime minster's questions session in the British Parliament today, Theresa May brought her A game, slapping down Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for "mansplaining" to her. Interested in United Kingdom? Add United Kingdom as an interest to stay up to date on the latest United ...

... and the Irish diaspora in Britain. We challenge the British government directly in our meetings with them. We lobby on constituents' issues, and on all the political matters that affect the Irish people. We do all of this without drawing a salary from Westminster, or by taking our seats in the British parliament.