While the vessel was docked in Georgia, United States for maintenance. An officer reportedly staggered onto the nuclear-armed submarine drunk holding a bag of leftover barbecue chicken.

The UK and European Union have been trying to forge a rudimentary post-Brexit free trade agreement before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, with the treaty-breaking Internal Markets Bill a point of contention that has soured relations between the sides.

Police were called to the church on High Road in East London after a man tried to remove a wooden cross from the building.

A major solidarity group held protests outside the United States embassy in London on Saturday to condemn the ongoing blockade against Cuba, it was revealed.

As talks to hammer out a deal outlining the post-Brexit relationship between the UK and the European Union have been deadlocked, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that the country was prepared to leave the bloc’s single market at the end of the year without a trade agreement in place.

Just two weeks before November's vote which has already been dubbed one of the most important elections in American history, Democrat candidate Joe Biden has shown an apparent lead in the poll over incumbent President Donald Trump. Many now debate what Biden’s possible victory could mean for America's relations with foreign states.

Following the 2014 coup and the establishment of a military government, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha granted himself sweeping powers to curb opposition. The 2019 election saw the former officer returned to office while opposition groups dispute the legitimacy of the poll.

Johnson, who has previously held such roles as UK Foreign Secretary and the editor of The Spectator magazine, became Prime Minister in July 2019. Since then, No10 has fought a prolonged battle to accomplish Brexit in spite of the unwelcome interruption of COVID-19 which affected him personally.

Following the case of the death of 19-year old motorcyclist Harry Dunn in 2019, his mother has appealed to presidential candidate Joe Biden to reverse the subsequent diplomatic immunity granted to his alleged killer by the US government.

The United Kingdom introduced its new 'Three Tier' coronavirus lockdown system last week, designed to impose different levels of restrictions on areas, depending on the severity of their respective coronavirus outbreaks.

Two people were stabbed to death and three others injured during the London Bridge Attack on 29 November 2019 by British national Usman Khan, who had been released from prison in on licence after serving a sentence for terrorist offences; however, the attacker was tackled by three men who managed to disarm the suspect.

Former UK prime minister Tony Blair flew to Washington DC on 14 September to attend a ceremony at the White House as Bahrain and the UAE officially established diplomatic ties with Israel by signing the Abraham Accords the following day.

Residents in the city of Nottingham have been paid a visit by the legendary Banksy. Initially however, disputes erupted over the ownership of what many credited to be his piece.

The UK capital has introduced stricter measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, entering tier 2 of the government's new three-tiered COVID-19 alert level system. The move had to be introduced due to a surge in new cases in London.

The UK finds itself once against facing a grim situation with Covid-19. Scientists from the Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit at Cambridge University estimate that 47,000 people could be becoming infected every day in England.

Sir Kim Darroch served as the UK's envoy to Washington between 2016 and 2019, when he resigned after diplomatic cables to the British government were leaked to the press. In the confidential memos the ambassador described the Trump administration as "uniquely dysfunctional".

In November 2019, Jennifer Arcuri said that she had "a very special relationship" with Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he served as mayor of London, but declined to comment on whether her connection with Johnson was, in fact, an affair.

With the US inching ever closer to Election Day, observers are weighing in on how Washington's foreign policy towards the UK might change given the Brexit realities and heated debate over Britain's Internal Market Bill. British academics have discussed possible post-Brexit scenarios in case Joe Biden wins or Donald Trump stays in the Oval Office.

LONDON (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom supports the efforts to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between Russia and the United States, a spokesman for the Foreign Office said on Saturday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had extended Thursday's cut-off point for a draft agreement on post-Brexit free trade with the EU amid signs of progress. But on Friday he told the country to prepare for a no-deal outcome after the leaders of the 27 remaining members refused to compromise.