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LONDON (AP) — Tired of inflated ticket prices, recording artist Yungblud is launching his own affordable music festival. Bludfest takes place on Aug. 11 in the iconic Milton Keynes Bowl, which in the past has hosted the likes of David Bowie and Green Day in Buckinghamshire, England, northwest of London. Yungblud, whose real name is Dom Harrison, thinks that currently …

LONDON (AP) — The British government published a new official definition of “extremism” on Thursday, and said groups that get the label will be barred from receiving government funding. The move is in response to a surge in reports of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate speech and what authorities call an increase in radicalization in Britain since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack …

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Britain is descending into “mob rule” because of the pressures created by protests against the Israel-Hamas war — words criticized as alarmist by a human rights group. Sunak told a meeting of police leaders on Wednesday that there was a ”pattern of increasingly violent and intimidatory behavior” that’s intended to “shout down …

LONDON (AP) — Plans to tighten regulation of English soccer club owners will not rule out more state-backed takeovers, a U.K. government minister said on Thursday. The government’s Football Governance Bill would give an independent regulator powers to safeguard the future of clubs and ensure their financial sustainability. It includes strengthened tests over who can run or own clubs. Culture …

LONDON (AP) — Britain imposed sanctions Wednesday on six top officials at the Arctic penal colony where Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died last week, saying they were responsible for the brutal treatment he suffered in the final months of his life. The six officials, targeted under U.K. human rights laws, include Col. Vadim Konstantinovich Kalinin, who oversees the prison …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden has forced the crew to abandon the vessel, authorities said Monday. Another ship reportedly came twice under attack in the Gulf of Aden. The Iran-backed Houthis …

Feb. 2-8, 2024 Taylor Swift received album of the year for “Midnights” at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, an unmatched achievement earning her a fourth career Grammy for album of the year. Miley Cyrus delivered a spectacular performance of “Flowers,” after receiving a Grammy for best pop solo performance. Britain’s Prince William returned to royal duties at an investiture …

LONDON (AP) — Upon receiving his first treatment for cancer, Britain’s King Charles III retreated to Sandringham House, a private estate where the monarch has long taken refuge while walking and shooting along the windswept North Sea coast of eastern England. Sandringham, the private home of the last six British monarchs, sits amid parkland, gardens and working farms about 110 …

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced mounting pressure Wednesday 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. During his weekly questioning in the House of Commons, Sunak sought to mock the position of the Labour Party’s leader on the …

LONDON (AP) — The news of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis has refocused attention on the responsibilities of Britain’s monarch and revived a central question about the country’s centuries-old system of government: What does the king actually do? Under Britain’s constitutional monarchy, the king is head of state but must remain politically neutral and leave policy-making to the elected Parliament. …