Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of 209,331 km2 (80,823 sq mi), it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island, and the ninth-largest island in the world. In 2011, Great Britain had a population of about 61 million people, making it the world's third-most populous island after Java in Indonesia and Honshu in Japan. The island of Ireland is situated to the west of Great Britain, and together these islands, along with over 1,000 smaller surrounding islands, form the British Isles archipelago.
Britain's decision to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz has helped to stabilize commercial shipping through the critical chokepoint weeks after Iran seized a UK-flagged tanker in the region, a top.. Reuters - Published
Sir Mo Farah will target a sixth-successive Great North Run title on Sunday with “no regrets” over his decision to skip the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Qatar. Farah’s name was..
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The UK has seen its hottest July day and second hottest day on record as the mercury hit 38.1C, the Met Office said. Forecasters said the new set in Cambridge outstripped the previous high for the..
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Britain denounced the Iranian seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf as a “hostile act” on Saturday. Reuters reports the UK rejects Tehran’s explanation that it had seized the vessel..
Great Britain's Jake Wightman is beaten in a photo-finish by USA's Josh Thompson in the men's 1500m at The Match event in Belarus. BBC News - Published
Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith posts a season's best time over 100m to beat Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the Diamond League Final in Brussels. BBC News - Published
Dina Asher-Smith will go for the 100m and 200m sprint double after Great Britain confirmed its squad for the 2019 World Championships in Doha later this month. BBC News - Published
A Chinese national working at Britain's Hong Kong consulate has been detained in China's border city of Shenzhen for violating the law, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday, likely worsening.. Reuters - Published
Britain could enjoy the hottest August bank holiday on record this weekend with temperatures predicted to soarise as high as 30C. Independent - Published
Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith says "it's so weird" seeing a cardboard cut out of her head in the crowd at the Birmingham Grand Prix. BBC News - Published
The Iranian tanker caught in a stand-off between Tehran and the West is expected to leave Gibraltar on Sunday night, Iran's ambassador to Britain said, hours after the British territory rejected a U.S... Reuters - Published
The United States would enthusiastically support a no-deal Brexit if that is what the British government decided to do, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday during a visit to.. Reuters - Published
Great Britain are disqualified from the men's 4x400m relay at the European Athletics Team Championships after a shot putter was named in the line-up. BBC News - Published
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged to work with the UK to achieve a smooth transition to a UK-Canada free trade agreement as Britain prepares to leave the European Union, a Downing.. Reuters - Published
Britain has started sending a warship to accompany all British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a change in policy announced on Thursday after the government previously said it did not.. Reuters - Published
Britain's navy will accompany British-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz in order to defend freedom of navigation after Iran seized a tanker, its ministry of defense said on Thursday. Reuters - Published
Britain's failure to prevent Iran's Revolutionary Guards from seizing a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz shows the decline of the once mighty British navy. Reuters - Published
Iran's envoy to Britain on Sunday urged the UK to contain "domestic political forces" which he said wanted to escalate tension between the two countries amid the capture of a British-flagged tanker in.. Reuters - Published
Britain has recommended all British-flagged ships go to a heightened state of security in the Strait of Hormuz, Sky News reported on Thursday, citing unnamed maritime industry sources. Reuters - Published
Tensions in the Gulf are unlikely to spiral out of control, French armed forces chief Francois Lecointre said on Thursday after Britain accused Iran of harassing a British oil tanker. Reuters - Published
Donald Trump said he would not deal with Britain's ambassador to Washington after a leak of confidential memos in which the diplomat described the U.S. president's administration as "inept". Reuters - Published
Britain's government has told Washington that leaks of memos in which the UK ambassador described U.S. President Donald Trump's administration as "dysfunctional" were a matter of regret, the Prime.. Reuters - Published
Britain's detention of an Iranian tanker last week was a threatening and incorrect action, Iran's Defence Minister Amir Hatami said on Monday in a speech broadcast live on state television. Reuters - Published
Survey comes as Islamophobic Facebook posts by Conservative members revealed: 'I would ban all Muslim (sic) from entering the whole of Great Britain' Independent - Published
Great Britain secure at least a play-off for a spot in the last eight of the EuroBasket Women as they beat Ukraine 68-54 in final group game in Riga. BBC News - Published
British number one Johanna Konta continues her charge through the French Open by impressively beating Croatian 24th seed Donna Vekic to reach the quarter-finals. BBC News - Published
Britain's GMB union demanded British Steel worked with the government to save steelworks and thousands of highly skilled jobs after a source said the Greybull Capital-owned company was on the verge of.. Reuters - Published
Watch Great Britain's Kye Whyte win his first World Cup race in front of a home crowd at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Manchester. BBC News - Published
A British man who went on the run last year after killing a woman in a speedboat crash on the River Thames has returned to Britain after being extradited from the former Soviet state of Georgia, UK.. Reuters - Published
Former NFL star Jason Bell and former Great Britain hockey player Sam Quek put themselves to the test to see if they would have what it takes to compete in the Boat Race. BBC News - Published
The European Commission is working on the assumption that Britain will leave the EU unless the UK government tells it otherwise, the European Commision said on Monday after hundreds of thousands of.. Reuters - Published
Women are on course to outnumber men in the Great Britain team for next year's Tokyo Olympic Games, says chef de mission Mark England. BBC News - Published
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