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capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom
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- 6h ago
Israel returns 22 antiquities to Greece as Osborne sees hope for Parthenon Marbles deal
Israel handed 22 ancient Greek objects to Athens on Tuesday, 13 October, in the first such return between the two countries. The same day, British Museum chairman George Osborne said in Athens that he still hopes to reach a deal on the Parthenon Marbles.
- 7h ago
Zelenski attacks Trump's Russian diesel deal as SpaceX cuts Starlink for Ukrainian forces
Kyiv says the diesel deal gives Putin an easy win, while Starlink restrictions disrupt Ukrainian drone missions and Washington weighs a pause in intelligence sharing.
- 8h ago
Palantir and London's policing office drop legal fight over blocked £50m deal
Palantir has dropped its High Court challenge against the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime, and both sides withdrew their claims on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. The blocked £50m Met Police AI contract will be re-run, and Palantir is free to bid.
- 8h ago
Trump's Russian diesel deal draws bipartisan senators' rebuke and anger in Kyiv
Donald Trump's agreement with Vladimir Putin to release Russian diesel has drawn criticism from senators of both parties, from Kyiv and from European leaders including Giorgia Meloni. The UK meanwhile announced new air-defence missiles for Ukraine.
- 9h ago
London's oldest restaurant Rules given to National Trust in £11m donation
The building housing Rules, which opened as an oyster bar in 1798, has been given to the National Trust by its owner of four decades, J-P Mayhew. The gift also passes on the restaurant's yearly rent, which will fund conservation work.
- 9h ago
Fossil overlooked for a century reveals new megaraptoran dinosaur from Isle of Wight
A fossil held at the Natural History Museum in London since 1924 has been identified as a new predator, Invictibellatrix amberina. It is the first megaraptoran recorded in Europe, a group of two-legged hunters related to Tyrannosaurus rex.
- 10h ago
Bailey urges social media firms to tackle fraud as IMF warns on cyber risk in Bangkok
Speaking at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said social media platforms face too little liability for criminal content. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned that cyber fraud is eroding trust in finance.
- 11h ago
Zelensky says Trump's choice of Russia's side is painful and that he feels betrayed
Zelensky told Piers Morgan on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, that Trump's stance is painful and that he feels betrayed, though he called the matter more complicated than his own emotions. The remarks came during his visit to London.
- 11h ago
Burnham faces demand to apologise over remarks on Ann Widdecombe murder case
Shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman said Andy Burnham breached the presumption of innocence by speaking as though a man awaiting trial had already been convicted of Ann Widdecombe's murder. The remarks came at PMQs on Wednesday 14 October, and No 10 declined to comment.
- 11h ago
Healey plans marketplace VAT crackdown to fund high street business rate cuts
Amazon, eBay and Temu could be made to collect VAT for the retailers on their platforms, a measure reportedly worth up to £1bn that would fund high street rate cuts.
- 12h ago
Burnham hosts Zelensky at Downing Street and pledges faster air defence missiles
Britain will speed up deliveries of lightweight missiles to Ukraine and pledge £17 million for Chernobyl repairs, as Andy Burnham hosted Volodymyr Zelensky in London.
- 13h ago
Sally Rooney pulls her books from UK sale over Palestine Action support
Faber will no longer distribute Sally Rooney's books in the United Kingdom, in any format, the author and publisher said on Wednesday, 14 October 2026. Rooney says her support for the proscribed group Palestine Action makes continued UK sales a legal risk.
- 16h ago
AEK face Shakhtar Donetsk at Stamford Bridge with about 10,000 fans expected
AEK visit Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, 14 October, for their second Champions League League Phase match against Shakhtar Donetsk. Kickoff is at 22:00 Greek time, and about 10,000 AEK supporters are expected in London.
- 18h ago
Russian strikes leave 600,000 without power in Kyiv, testing Trump's energy truce
Two people were killed and 21 injured on the evening of 13 October in a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, followed by a larger overnight barrage across Ukraine that Zelensky said targeted energy facilities.
- 21h ago
Winnie-the-Pooh turns 100 as the first book marks its centenary on 14 October
Alan Alexander Milne's bear first appeared in a book published on 14 October 1926, and broadcasters and newspapers across Europe marked the centenary on 14 October 2026 with features on his origins, his screen career and his afterlife as an internet meme.
- yesterday
Italian photographer Federico Veronesi wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 with elephant image
The image, called The Aftermath and shot in Namibia's Huab river valley, shows an elephant carrying a dead calf that was not her own. It tops the Natural History Museum's 2026 contest, which drew more than 65,000 entries from 121 countries and territories.
- yesterday
UK asks Interpol to reject Argentina's Falklands arrest requests as oil row escalates
Argentina has filed a legal claim with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to stop oil and gas exploration north of the Falklands, while the UK has asked Interpol to reject Argentine arrest requests linked to the Sea Lion project.
- yesterday
Regulator finds 94% of English top-five clubs loss-making and many reliant on owner cash
The Independent Football Regulator's draft State of the Game report found nearly two-thirds of EFL and National League clubs are technically insolvent and urged stronger cost controls and contingency planning.
- yesterday
Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' scores first trailer for Netflix's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
Netflix's first trailer for Greta Gerwig's Narnia film debuted in Manhattan on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. Its second half is scored to Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven', a song the band seldom licenses, and the film opens in theaters on 12 February 2027.
- 2d ago
Nvidia takes a minority stake in Doctolib and three French AI start-ups
Nvidia will become a minority shareholder in the French medical booking platform Doctolib and has also invested in three French AI start-ups, Jensen Huang announced in Paris on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. The amounts for the four deals have not been disclosed.
