Tommy Robinson, Anti-Muslim Activist Charged With Contempt, Out On Bail
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A British critic of Islam is now out on bail after being freed by a court in London. Conservative and far-right groups in the U.S. and Canada...
View ArticleCar Crashes Into A Traffic Barrier Outside U.K. Parliament
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: I want to turn now to London, where there were some tense moments this morning. A car crashed into a traffic barrier outside Parliament. At...
View ArticleBritish Police Investigating Man Who Drove Car Into Parliament's Security...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: British police are trying to learn more about the man who drove a car into a security barrier at the Houses of Parliament in London early...
View ArticleTime Is Running Out On Britain's Plans For An Orderly Brexit
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: The British government tried to calm fears this morning about the possibility that the U.K. may have to leave the European Union with no new...
View ArticleHow A No-Deal Brexit Will Likely Disrupt U.K.-E.U. Financial Ties
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Earlier today, the U.K. government gave its citizens a preview of what crashing out of the European Union could look like next year. It's not...
View ArticleIn Ireland, Mixed Reactions To Pope's Arrival
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're turning now to Pope Francis and his visit to Ireland this weekend, where he is confronting a nation that has been profoundly shaken by...
View ArticleAt Mass In Dublin, Pope Apologizes For Clergy Sex Abuse Scandals
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: While speaking at a Mass in Dublin yesterday, Pope Francis made his most abject apology yet for clerical sex abuse and the church's...
View ArticlePope Ends Visit To A Disillusioned Ireland, Where Church Authority Has Plunged
Back in 1979, Pope John Paul II arrived in Ireland to an outpouring of love, affection and enormous crowds, including an estimated 1.2 million people for a Mass in Dublin's Phoenix Park. Among the...
View ArticleFormer Political Leader Of Scotland Is Facing Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: The former political leader of Scotland is facing allegations of sexual misconduct, but Alex Salmond is responding with a novel approach. He is...
View ArticleWhy Britain's Labour Party Is Agreeing To Adopt An International Definition...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today, a development in an issue that's been in the headlines of the British press all summer - Jewish leaders there have accused the...
View ArticleLabour Party To Adopt International Definition Of Anti-Semitism
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This summer, the British Labour Party got a lot of flak for refusing to adopt a full, international definition of anti-Semitic speech. After...
View ArticleU.K. Charges 2 Russians In Poison Attack On Former Spy
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: British Prime Minister Theresa May said this morning that two officers with Russian military intelligence known as the GRU flew to England...
View ArticleBritish Government Names 2 Russian Men Charged In Nerve Agent Attack
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The British government says two Russian men were behind the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in England last March. The men have...
View ArticleNews Brief: Kavanaugh Latest, Brexit, Koreas Summit
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View ArticleExperts Say Trump's Hostility To The WTO Could Cripple It
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump has attacked organizations such as NATO and the European Union for what he sees as taking advantage of America. Now he's...
View ArticleBritain's Labour Party Sees Brexit Standstill As An Opportunity
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To England now where Britain's negotiations to leave the EU are at a standstill. Prime Minister Theresa May's ruling Conservative Party...
View ArticleDebate Over How The U.K. Should Leave The EU Continues 2 Years After Vote
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit AILSA CHANG, HOST: It's been more than two years since Britons voted to quit the European Union. But the debate about how to leave is still going on even within...
View ArticleBritain's Theresa May Is Pressured To Come Up With A New Brexit Plan
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View ArticleHow The Chinese Government Works To Censor Debate In Western Democracies
It used to be that the Communist Party focused on censoring free speech primarily inside of China. In recent years, though, China's authoritarian government has tried to censor speech beyond its...
View ArticlePence Delivers Inflammatory Speech Against Chinese Government
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we want to head into the Barbershop to put a bow on this incredibly divisive and emotional week in Washington, D.C. The Barbershop is...
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