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Ozzy Osbourne's funeral cortege makes it way through the streets of Birmingham, England, past the Black Sabbath Bench on Wednesday. The Black Sabbath frontman passed away on July 22, at age of 76. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption

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FAREWELL TO OZZY

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement inside No. 10 Downing St. in London on Tuesday, the day the Cabinet was recalled to discuss the situation in Gaza. Toby Melville/Pool Reuters/AP hide caption

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The United Kingdom's flag is displayed as British troops and service personnel in Afghanistan are joined by International Security Assistance Force personnel and civilians as they gather for a Remembrance Sunday service at Kandahar Airfield, Nov. 9, 2014, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption

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UK AFGHAN DATA LEAK

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A view along the Kennet and Avon Canal near Newbury Lock, Newbury, Berkshire, England. Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

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A new report offers insights for U.K. efforts to improve polluted water supply

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The entrance to the headquarters of MI5, Britain's domestic intelligence agency, in London. LH Images/Alamy hide caption

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UK High Court Slams MI5 Over Informant Dewception

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Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, during a news conference at the United Nations office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday. Iran maintained Friday it won't negotiate with the U.S. while an Israeli assault continues. Fred Merz/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption

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A tour guide walks with a group of people attending an Uncomfortable Oxford Tour, in Oxford, on Oct. 20, 2023. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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International students look to the U.K. instead of the U.S. amid Trump's visa plans

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sits for an interview with NPR on Wednesday. Benny Doutsh for NPR hide caption

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U.S. Ambassador Huckabee is 'outraged' at European leaders for condemning Israel

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Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, left, and Keir Starmer, prime minister of the U.K., greet each other, ahead of their bilateral meeting at the 6th European Political Community summit on May 16 in Albania. Leon Neal/Pool via AP hide caption

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5 years after Brexit, are Britain and the EU getting back together?

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a news conference, ahead of the publication of the government's immigration policy paper, in London, Monday. Ian Vogler/Daily Mirror/AP hide caption

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The Red Arrows fly over the crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace in central London on Monday after a military procession to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day, marking the day the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II. Andrew Matthews/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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How Europe in commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Thursday

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Ukranian policemen gather along a street next to a destroyed car following a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv on April 22 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Officials met in London to discuss peace talks on Russia's war on Ukraine

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People and horse-drawn carriages are seen in Manchester circa 1880. Francis Frith/Getty Images hide caption

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Manchester prides itself as the birthplace of working-class values

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The entrance of the Supreme Court in London. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption

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U.K. high court says trans women don't meet definition of women under equalities law

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a statement on defense spending at Downing Street on Tuesday in London, ahead of his visit to Washington. He said Britain would increase defense spending to 2.5% of economic output by 2027, the country's biggest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War. The U.K. will slash its aid budget to pay for this new expenditure. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer gives a speech on reducing NHS wait times as he visits a health care provider in Surrey, England, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Lee Hsien Yang (right) receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore, March 24, 2015. Wong Maye-E/AP hide caption

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