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.
The leak of classified UK-U.S. trade documents online, tied to a previous Russian disinformation campaign, has all the hallmarks of an attempt to interfere in Britain's upcoming election, a British.. Reuters - Published
Jeremy Corbyn says the documents show that America wants the NHS on the table in trade talks and leave Boris Johnson's denials "in absolute tatters."View on euronews
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If you thought British politics couldn't get any more surreal, a glance at this list of constituency clashes should make you think again.View on euronews
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The UK is on course for a December general election after Jeremy Corbyn announced that Labour's conditions to back the move had been met. The Labour leader told his shadow cabinet the party would..
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British police on Friday shot dead a man who had strapped a fake bomb to his body and stabbed a number of people in what they said was a terrorism incident in the London Bridge area of the capital. Reuters - Published
Great Britain and England hockey player Sam Ward is doing "all he can" to return to hockey after losing the sight in his left eye. BBC News - Published
Captain Leon Smith says Great Britain can be excited about their chances of future success in the Davis Cup despite a heartbreaking semi-final defeat by a Rafael Nadal-inspired Spain. BBC News - Published
Great Britain miss out on a place in the Davis Cup final as Spain's Rafael Nadal and Feliciano Lopez edge out Jamie Murray and Neal Skupski in a heartbreaking doubles defeat. BBC News - Published
Britain's opposition Labour Party unveiled its election manifesto on Thursday, including a sweeping programme of nationalization reversing decades of pro-privatisation public policy. Reuters - Published
Kyle Edmund gives Great Britain a 1-0 lead in their Davis Cup tie against Kazakhstan by beating Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets. BBC News - Published
Kyle Edmund gives Great Britain a 1-0 lead in their Davis Cup tie against Kazakhstan by beating Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets. BBC News - Published
Andy Murray says he needs to be cautious about his workload at the revamped Davis Cup finals with the potential for Great Britain to play five ties in five days. BBC News - Published
Britain's main opposition Labour Party will spend 400 billion pounds ($514 billion) over 10 years to achieve "an irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth" to working people if it wins.. Reuters - Published
Great Britain's women's hockey team secure place at Tokyo 2020 after beating Chile in the second leg of their Olympic qualifying play-off. BBC News - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Tuesday make a new attempt to get lawmakers to approve an early national election to try to break the deadlock over Brexit. Reuters - Published
On a successful day for Great Britain Max Whitlock wins gold, Becky Downie claims silver and younger sister Ellie takes bronze in Stuttgart. BBC News - Published
Simone Biles matches Vitaly Scherbo's record of 23 World Gymnastics Championships medals with gold on the vault as Great Britain's Ellie Downie takes bronze. BBC News - Published
USA take gold in the 4x400m relay but Great Britain do not finish as Toby Harries fails to complete his baton changeover with Rabah Yousif. BBC News - Published
Great Britain's men's 4x100m relay team win their semi-final with a world-leading time of 37.56 seconds at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. BBC News - Published
A British minister on Friday said Britain 'deplored' any drilling in waters close to Cyprus as a row escalated between Nicosia and Turkey, which was poised to start searching for oil and gas south of.. Reuters - Published
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was submitting on Wednesday "constructive and reasonable proposals" to the European Union and that he hoped that Brussels would find room to compromise to.. Reuters - Published
Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith claims an historic silver medal in the women's 100m as Jamaica's Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce takes gold at the World Athletics Championships. BBC News - Published
Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called on Boris Johnson on Tuesday to resign and vowed to stop "this unelected prime minister" from using a Brexit crisis to take Britain out of the European.. Reuters - Published
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
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
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