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Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies at 86
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John Prescott: Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies at 86

Former UK deputy prime minister John Prescott dies at 86 (Picture credit: Reuters) John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK)…

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UK appoints former PM Blair's top aide to lead talks on control of Chagos Islands
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UK appoints former PM Blair’s top aide to lead talks on control of Chagos Islands

LONDON: Britain appointed former Prime Minister Tony Blair‘s chief of staff on Friday to negotiate ownership of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, which…

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Ex-PM Blair lays out 'advice' to Britain's new leader
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Ex-PM Blair lays out ‘advice’ to Britain’s new leader

LONDON: Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair made an early intervention in British politics on Sunday after Keir Starmer‘s landslide election victory, urging him to…

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Boris Johnson makes surprise late move to avert Tory wipeout
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Boris Johnson makes surprise late move to avert Tory wipeout

Boris Johnson made an unexpected campaign appearance on Tuesday night to urge Conservative voters to deny Labour a landslide victory at the UK general election,…

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UK PM Rishi Sunak may lose his seat, Conservative Party heading for wipeout: Polls
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UK PM Rishi Sunak may lose his seat, Conservative Party heading for wipeout: Polls

Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party is heading for an electoral wipeout in the UK general election on July 4, according to three major polls on Wednesday,…

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Tories face 1997 wipe-out in next UK election: YouGov poll
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Tories face 1997 wipe-out in next UK election: YouGov poll

LONDON: Conservatives face a wipe-out worse than the one in 1997 when Tony Blair rose to power, according to the latest YouGov poll in the…

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What is Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Islamist body declared a terrorist group by UK
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What is Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Islamist body declared a terrorist group by UK

NEW DELHI: Britain has declared global Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir as a proscribed terrorist group, making it a criminal offence to belong to what it…

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Sunaks: Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings negative for first time as PM
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Sunaks: Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings negative for first time as PM

LONDON: Rishi Sunak’s approval ratings among Conservative members have sunk to their lowest level since he became UK prime minister.For the first time since he…

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Ireland: Bill Clinton, Tony Blair to mark Northern Ireland peace milestone
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Ireland: Bill Clinton, Tony Blair to mark Northern Ireland peace milestone

BELFAST: Former US President Bill Clinton and past leaders of the UK and Ireland are gathering in Belfast on Monday, 25 years after their charm,…

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Blair: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine
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Blair: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair: Putin can’t use Iraq as justification for Ukraine

LONDON: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two events that arguably…

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