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June 11, 2019 at 6:26 am

Charity watchdog condemns Oxfam for Haiti behavior

LONDON (AP) — England's charity watchdog condemned Oxfam GB on Tuesday for having a "culture of poor behavior," in connection with the sexual misconduct scandal...

June 8, 2019 at 5:07 am

Third candidate for UK prime minister reveals past drug use

LONDON (AP) — Britain's environment secretary acknowledged using cocaine on "several occasions" two decades ago, the latest politician hoping to become prime minister to reveal...

June 8, 2019 at 3:59 am

Pomp, parade marks Queen Elizabeth II’s official birthday VIEW

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II marked her official birthday Saturday with the annual Trooping the Color parade, a traditional display of British pageantry at...

Entertainment

June 8, 2019 at 2:36 am

Olivia Colman gets royal honor ahead of debut in ‘The Crown’

LONDON (AP) — Academy Award-winning actress Olivia Colman has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II - the monarch she is about to play on the...

Entertainment

June 8, 2019 at 12:55 am

D-Day veterans choke back tears to ensure memories live on VIEW

PORTSMOUTH, England (AP) — I make old soldiers cry. Old sailors, too. And airmen. Even Marines. Makes no difference. That sounds cruel, I know. There's...

June 7, 2019 at 6:04 am

UK prosecutors won’t seek retrial in abused wife case

LONDON (AP) — A British victim of domestic abuse who was serving a life sentence for killing her husband was freed Friday in a case...

June 5, 2019 at 12:38 am

Looking for a ride to Omaha; British veteran remembers WWII

ABOARD THE BOUDICCA, England (AP) — Donald Hitchcock is a proud British veteran, but he's desperate to spend D-Day on Omaha Beach with the Americans...

Former Royal Marine Les Budding, right, stands with Philip Collins, 62, who is the son of the late F.E. Collins of 45 Commando, who fought alongside Budding on D-Day, as they pose for a photo aboard the MV Boudicca ship as veterans return to the scene of the D-Day landings 75-years after the Allied invasion of northern France, Tuesday June 4, 2019. Many veterans are returning to the scene where as young men they stormed the beaches of Normandy in northern France during World War II, with the fate of the free world resting on their shoulders. (AP Photo/Ben Jary) WRC102 WRC102

June 4, 2019 at 3:51 am

Suddenly it’s D-Day again; aging veterans recall invasion

ABOARD THE BOUDICCA IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL (AP) — The veterans hobble along on canes and lean on walking frames now, slower and weaker than...

June 2, 2019 at 10:05 am

D-Day veterans look forward to Channel crossing

DOVER, England (AP) — It took but a few moments for retired Rear Adm. John Roberts to get back into the swing of military life...

June 1, 2019 at 8:28 am

UK Border Force intercepts 74 migrants crossing Channel

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Border Force intercepted 74 people Saturday, including minors, on eight vessels trying to cross the English Channel into Britain. Two further...