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Labour leader Keir Starmer gives a speech during a visit to Hitchin, in Hertfordshire, England, while on the election campaign trail on Monday. Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Reuters hide caption

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In this drone view, an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants makes its way across the English Channel to Britain, on May 4. Chris J. Ratcliffe/Reuters hide caption

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Immigration is a big issue ahead of the U.K. elections, too

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Britain's King Charles III (center), next to Queen Camilla, waves as they arrive at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on March 31. Hollie Adams/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference in London on Monday regarding a treaty between Britain and Rwanda to transfer asylum-seekers to the African country. Toby Melville/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An artistic rendering of a washed-up Ichthyotitan severnensis carcass on the beach. Sergey Krasovskiy hide caption

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in London to announce a new London Growth Plan to boost economic growth on April 3. Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images hide caption

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Why London's Muslim mayor needs the same security as the king

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Members of the public join a walking vigil through the streets of Falmouth, England, for British aid worker James Henderson, organized by Palestine Solidarity Cornwall, April 3. Three British men working for World Central Kitchen were killed along with four colleagues when their clearly marked vehicles were targeted by Israeli military strikes. Hugh Hastings/Getty Images hide caption

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Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel

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A demonstrator holds a placard, after Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday. Alberto Pezzali/AP hide caption

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A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.

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Sunday Puzzle: A puzzle for the Puzzlemaster

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British U.S. former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (center) and his brother Tristan Tate (back right) speak to journalists after having been released from detention in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A U.S. scientist has stirred the pot with Britain by offering some controversial advice about tea. Ida Hollis/Getty Images hide caption

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A U.S. scientist's tea recipe has Brits aghast. Salt? Warm milk? The horror!

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Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William travel in a coach following the coronation ceremony of Britain's King Charles III in London, on May 6, 2023. The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized for planned abdominal surgery and will remain at The London Clinic for up to two weeks, Kensington Palace said Wednesday. David Cliff/AP hide caption

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A man sells phone cables in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec. 11. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption

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A photo included in the U.K.'s Air Accidents Investigations Branch special bulletin shows the location of one damaged and two missing window panes on an Airbus A321. Air Accidents Investigation Branch hide caption

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Paul Crawford holds a photograph of his mother and father at his home in Glenavy. His father John Crawford was shot dead in 1974 in front of the West Belfast furniture factory he ran. Charles McQuillan for NPR hide caption

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Britain bans prosecution of past Catholic and Protestant killings in Northern Ireland

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The massive trunk and crown of the Sycamore Gap tree will be moved from the spot where it fell along Hadrian's Wall in England's north east. Police have made two arrests in the felling of the historic tree. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption

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