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Vaughan Gething poses for a photo, in a lecture hall at Cardiff University, after being elected as the next Welsh Labour leader and First Minister of Wales, in Cardiff, Saturday, March 16, 2024. Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, who is currently Welsh economy minister, beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Wales’ first Black leader is a testament to Britain’s political diversity, but racism persists

Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man.

Britain's Prime Minster Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

UK Conservatives say their biggest donor made racist comments, but they’re not giving back his money

Bill to quash hundreds of wrongful convictions over a Post Office scandal goes before UK Parliament

FILE - Then-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott addresses anti-Brexit supporters in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. A major Conservative donor in Britain came under fire Tuesday, March 12, 2024, after he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and she “should be shot.” The remarks by Frank Hester, chief executive of healthcare software firm The Phoenix Partnership, about Diane Abbott, the first Black woman elected to Parliament, were blasted by opposition parties who said the Tories should return the 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) he donated last year. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

Major donor to Britain’s Conservatives blasted for remarks about Black lawmaker

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt holds his traditional red ministerial box as he leaves 11 Downing Street for the House of Commons to deliver the Budget in London, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Britain’s Conservative government announces tax cuts it hopes can lift its ailing election fortunes

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt leaves Downing Street with red box ahead of delivering budget

In the run-up to the U.K. election which opinion polls show the governing Conservative Party losing, Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt is looking to regain political initiative by announcing tax cuts during his annual budget statement. (Mar 6).

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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak listens to Amanda Pritchard Chief Executive of NHS England speaking at a press conference at No 9 Downing Street about the British National Health Service, and a 15 year plan to boost employment in the NHS, in London, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)

An election in the UK is likely this year, we just don’t know when. Here’s what to know

The United Kingdom is poised to hold its first election in five years in a country battered by the cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from Israel-Hamas conflict and deep divisions over how to deal with migrants and asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from Europe on small inflatable boats.

George Galloway gives a speech after being declared winner in the Rochdale by-election, which was triggered after the death of Labour MP Sir Tony Lloyd, in the town of Rochdale, England Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza

A veteran British political disruptor has won a special election in a heavily Muslim town in northern England following a contest that has been mired in chaos and controversy and dominated by the war in Gaza.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Sunak says the UK is descending into mob rule. Critics accuse him of undermining protest rights

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Britain is descending into “mob rule” because of the pressures created by protests against the Israel-Hamas war.

Leading British economic think tank thinks there’s a ‘weak’ case for tax cuts in next week’s budget

A leading British think tank that specializes in the state of the country’s public finances thinks there’s a “weak economic case” for tax cuts in next week’s budget, which the Conservative government is hoping can lift its prospects ahead of the general election this year.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts as he speaks during an interview following a visit in the Siemens Mobility factory, in Goole, East Yorkshire, England, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP)

UK’s Sunak criticizes a Conservative’s attack on London mayor and denies Islamophobia accusations

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks on during a media visit to Harlow Police Station in Essex, England, Friday Feb. 16, 2024. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP)

UK voters deliver double blow to Rishi Sunak, electing Labour lawmakers in two special elections

Voters in two districts in England have delivered new blows to beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

People arrive at St Peter's Church Hall as voting gets underway in the Wellingborough by-election, which was triggered by the recall of MP Peter Bone, in Rushden, England, Thursday Feb. 15, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Voters in two UK special elections deliver their verdict as gloom mounts for Sunak’s government

People in two districts of England are voting in special elections that could spell bad news for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

FILE - Junior doctor members of the BMA (British Medical Association) join the picket line at the University College Hospital in London, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are set to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay dispute with the British government remains in stasis. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Thousands of doctors in England to strike again as health likely to become a key UK election issue

Thousands of doctors in the early years of their careers in England are to go on strike later this month for another five-day stretch as their long-standing pay dispute with the British government remains in stasis.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Sunak criticized for a gender remark on the day a murdered teen’s mother visited UK Parliament

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure to apologize for a remark he made about transgender people, moments after he was informed that the mother of a murdered transgender teenager was in Parliament.

FILE - International Monetary Fund Director of the Research Department Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas speaks at a news conference during the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, on April 11, 2023. The International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has advised the U.K. government to avoid further tax cuts amid expectations Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s battered administration will do just that to win over voters in an election year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Britain’s Conservative government warned against tax cuts by IMF economist

The International Monetary Fund’s chief economist has advised the U.K. government to avoid further tax cuts amid expectations Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s battered administration will do just that to win over voters in an election year.

A selection of colourful disposable vapes on display for sale in a souvenir shop in London, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. The British government says it will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors in an effort to prevent children becoming addicted to nicotine. It also says it will stick to a contentious proposal to ban today’s young people from ever buying cigarettes. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

The UK will ban disposable vapes and curb candy-flavored e-cigarettes that attract children under 18

Britain’s government says it will ban the sale of disposable vapes and limit their cornucopia of flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a TV interview in front of a painted back drop of a stormy sky which was created by students in a film studio at the National Film and Television school, in Beaconsfield, England, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Richard Pohle, Pool Photo via AP)

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda migration bill suffers a blow in Britain’s Parliament

The upper house of Britain’s Parliament has urged the Conservative government not to ratify a migration treaty with Rwanda.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves following a press conference in Downing Street in London, Thursday Jan. 18, 2024. Sunak quelled a Conservative Party rebellion and got his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda through the House of Commons on Wednesday. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)

British leader Sunak urges Parliament’s upper house to swiftly pass Rwanda migration plan

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has laid out a challenge to members of Parliament’s unelected upper chamber to swiftly pass his controversial plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.

In this photo issued by UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday Jan. 17, 2024. (UK Parliament via AP)

UK lawmakers pass a bill to send migrants to Rwanda. But hurdles remain before any flights take off

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has quelled a Conservative Party rebellion and got his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda through the House of Commons.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gestures during his visit to The Boatyard in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, Monday Jan. 15, 2024. (Phil Harris/Pool Photo via AP)

UK leader Rishi Sunak dealt a blow by Conservative rebellion over his Rwanda asylum plan

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has suffered a rebellion by lawmakers in his Conservative Party over his stalled plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gestures during his visit to The Boatyard in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, Monday Jan. 15, 2024. (Phil Harris/Pool Photo via AP)

Rishi Sunak defends his decision for the UK to join the US in ‘limited’ strikes on Yemen’s Houthis

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says U.K. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, conducted alongside the United States, were “limited, not escalatory.”

Houthi rebels vow to retaliate over US-UK airstrikes

Houthi rebels vow to retaliate over US-UK airstrikes

UK PM Sunak greets Zelenskyy in Kyiv, pledges support

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in Kyiv, after he announced new military funding for Ukraine aimed at reassuring the country that the West is still providing support nearly 23 months after Russia’s invasion.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, hugs Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after signing documents in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

British prime minister visits Ukraine to give aid and reassurances of West’s support against Russia

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled new military funding for Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv aimed at reassuring the country that the West is still providing support nearly 23 months after Russia’s invasion.

British Post Office scandal: Inquiry resumes into one of ‘greatest miscarriages of justice’

An inquiry into one of Britain’s gravest injustices resumed Thursday as momentum grew to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system.

UK Post Office scandal: Parliamentary committee seeks to speed up compensation for victims

Lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices and are questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu.

Hundreds of UK postal workers wrongly accused of fraud will have their convictions overturned

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 900 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system.

Labour Party leader Keir Starmer gives a speech at the National Composites Centre at Bristol and Bath Science Park in Bristol, England, Thursday Jan. 4, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

With 2024 being a UK election year, the opposition wants an early vote. PM Rishi Sunak is in no rush

The politician favored to become Britain’s next prime minister has kicked off an election year by accusing the governing Conservatives of leading the country into decline and despair.

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, centre welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right and Albania's Prime Minister Edy Rama, at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. (Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP)

The leaders of Italy, the UK and Albania meet in Rome to hold talks on migration

The leaders of Italy and the U.K. have agreed to tackle irregular migration to Europe. They pledged to intensify cooperation in the fight against human trafficking.

MP's gather in the House of Commons ahead of the second reading vote, in London, Tuesday, Dec. 12 2023. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is trying to cajole recalcitrant lawmakers into supporting his signature immigration policy in a key vote in Parliament. Defeat would leave his authority shredded and his government teetering. (UK Parliament via AP)

Rishi Sunak gets a respite after UK lawmakers vote in favor of the Rwanda migration bill

British lawmakers have voted in favor of the government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.

This screen grab from the UK COVID-19 Inquiry live stream shows Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak giving evidence at Dorland House, in London, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Sunak faces one of the toughest weeks of his 13 months in office. On Monday he will be grilled by lawyers about his decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic while fending off a rebellion from lawmakers over his signature immigration policy. (UK COVID-19 Inquiry/PA via AP)

Rishi Sunak faces a revolt in the UK Parliament over his Rwanda plan after a grilling on COVID-19

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces one of the toughest weeks of his 13 months in office. Sunak was grilled by lawyers at a public inquiry on Monday about his decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives an update on the plan to "stop the boats" and illegal migration during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. (James Manning/Pool via AP)

The UK says it has paid Rwanda $300 million for a blocked asylum deal. No flights have taken off

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to explain why Britain has paid Rwanda 240 million pounds ($300 million) as part of a blocked asylum plan.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London, Thursday Dec. 7, 2023. (James Manning/Pool via AP)

Facing a Conservative revolt, UK leader Sunak says judges won’t stop him sending migrants to Rwanda

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will “do what is necessary” to revive a blocked deal to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, even if it means ignoring human rights laws.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, on Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

UK’s Sunak ramps up criticism of Greek leader in Parthenon Marbles spat

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has escalated his war of words with the leader of Greece. Sunak accused Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday of trying to “grandstand” over the disputed Parthenon Marbles and breaking a promise to the U.K. government.

Diplomatic spat between UK and Greece over Parthenon sculptures

A diplomatic spat erupted Monday between Greece and Britain after the UK canceled a planned meeting of their prime ministers, prompting the Greek premier to accuse his British counterpart of trying to avoid discussing the contested Parthenon Marbles.