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Theresa May to become new British prime minister after pro-Brexit rival quits

New Conservative leader will take over on Wednesday after David Cameron officially hands in his resignation to the queen.

Ash cloud hits Scottish flights

Ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the cancellation of dozens of flights to and from Scotland on Tuesday.

Web firm sounds alert on criminal data trove

A web security firm said on Tuesday it had tipped off banks and police after finding a trove of stolen business and personal data amassed on a server. Finjan said it had notified…

Mission for James Bond’s Q: Seek venture capital

In the James Bond novels and films, it fell to technical expert Q to invent the gizmos and cunningly concealed weapons that helped the British spy cheat death and save the world.…

Brown orders doctors probe after bomb plot

British police believe they have arrested the main suspects in an al-Qaeda-style bomb plot, some of whom appeared in intelligence databases on radical Islamists, sources close to…

Britain demands Russian polonium suspect

British prosecutors accused a former KGB agent on Tuesday of murdering dissident Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium and sought his extradition, throwing London and…

UK to charge former KGB agent over Litvinenko death

British prosecutors will charge former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoy with the murder of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who died in London last year after being poisoned with…

Britain’s MI5 finds women spies hard to lure

Britain’s security service MI5 is keen to bring more women on board as it launches a new recruitment campaign this week — the latest stage in a drive to double its size. The…

Princess Diana’s death ‘a tragic accident’

A British police inquiry ruled on Thursday that Princess Diana was not the victim of a murder plot when she died in a tragic car accident in 1997. Diana’s death triggered a…

UK finds radiation at more sites after ex-spy death

Traces of radiation have been found at several more sites in London during investigations into the death of a former KGB spy last week, British Home Secretary John Reid said on…

Fearing terror threat, US goes back to basics in Mali

In scorching midday heat, a squadron of African soldiers advances stealthily through the brush. Suddenly, the point man in the centre raises his hand to signal a halt. That’s…