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G7 to impose new sanctions on Russia as Kiev warns of 'world war' The Group of Seven rich countries agreed Saturday to impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, after Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a "third world war".

26 April 2014

Britain's Camilla 'devastated' by brother's death in fall Camilla, wife of Britain's Prince Charles, was on Wednesday left "utterly devastated" after her brother died in an accident during a night out in New York, Clarence House said.

24 April 2014

UK woman held for murder after children's bodies found A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead at a house in London, British police said.

23 April 2014

Sri Lanka detains British tourist over Buddha tattoo Sri Lanka has detained a female British tourist for having a Buddha tattoo on her right arm and ordered her deportation, police said.

23 April 2014

GSK, Novartis unveil major healthcare revamp British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and Swiss peer Novartis announced a major shake-up of their healthcare divisions on Tuesday in deals worth billions of dollars.

23 April 2014

British corruption of minors case hearing in Uralsk postponed for one month The Uralsk Court has extended the arrest of the British national Peter Baruch accused of corruption of minors in Kazakhstan.

22 April 2014

Queen Elizabeth portrait released to mark 88th birthday A new portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, taken by David Bailey, has been released to mark her 88th birthday on Monday, with the renowned photographer delighting in the "mischievous glint" in her eyes.

22 April 2014

Gibraltar fire stops global online betting An explosion and fire at a Gibraltar power station Sunday blacked out much of the British outpost and halted international online betting operations with giants including William Hill and Ladbrokes.

21 April 2014

British tourist killed as Malaysia bus plunges into ravine A passenger bus plunged into a ravine after leaving a Malaysian island resort, killing a British man and injuring 40 others, mostly foreign tourists, police said.

21 April 2014

British filmmaker opens Moscow show under Ukraine shadow It was meant to be a highlight of a year-long British-Russian cultural exchange, but a huge multi-media exhibition by British filmmaker Peter Greenaway has failed to escape tensions over the Ukraine crisis.

19 April 2014

William and Kate tour town ravaged by bushfires Survivors of last year's devastating Australian bushfires met with Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Thursday as the royal couple visited the Blue Mountains.

18 April 2014

London opens 'most beautiful' show of Matisse cut-outs London's Tate Modern will on Thursday open a blockbuster exhibition celebrating the cut-out works of French artist Henri Matisse, which made even Picasso jealous.

17 April 2014

Morocco jails British paedophile for 20 years: NGO Morocco Tuesday jailed a British man, previously convicted of child sex offences, for 20 years for kidnapping and attempting to rape three young girls, a rights activist at the trial said.

16 April 2014

Kazakhstan and Great Britain sign documents on cargo transit from Afghanistan Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov and Baroness Warsi, Senior Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, met in Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital city.

16 April 2014

UAE woman 'brain-damaged' after London hotel attack An Emirati woman attacked in her London hotel in a suspected burglary last weekend lost an eye and has been left with only five percent of her brain function, police said Saturday.

13 April 2014

Kate goes fact-finding on hospice care in New Zealand The Duchess of Cambridge carried out her first solo engagement Saturday on her New Zealand tour for a fact-finding visit to a children's hospice where she told the curious youngsters that even royals have to eat all their vegetables.

12 April 2014

Man charged over London hotel hammer attack on UAE women A man was charged with attempted murder on Friday over a hammer attack on three wealthy female Emirati tourists in their luxury London hotel room, police said.

12 April 2014

Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend dies aged 68: son Sue Townsend, the British author responsible for the multi-million selling Adrian Mole series documenting the hum-drum life of an awkward teenager, has died aged 68, her son told the BBC on Friday.

11 April 2014

Curious George revels in royal play day in New Zealand Britain's baby Prince George hosted his first official function on Wednesday -- maintaining a regal calm on a play date with a group of New Zealand toddlers, even as some of his tiny guests burst into tears

10 April 2014

British culture minister resigns over expenses scandal The British minister overseeing future regulation of the press, Maria Miller, has quit her cabinet post following a row over expenses, Downing Street announced on Wednesday.

09 April 2014

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