LONDON (APP) - The head of the BBC's governing body has resigned after being asked by Prime Minister Theresa May to reapply for her job ahead of a major overhaul, the public broadcaster confirmed on Wednesday.Rona Fairhead was only confirmed in her post four months ago by former premier David ...

LONDON, Sept 12, (APP/AFP) - Britain's former prime minister David Cameron has resigned his seat in the House of Commons, he told broadcaster ITV in an interview Monday. Cameron stepped down as prime minister in June, hours after Britain voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in which ...

HANGZHOU, China (APP) - British PM Theresa May held her first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May for the first time Sunday, telling her Russia wants to re-establish ties in all areas, the Kremlin said.The ...

LONDON (APP) - Britain will seek a "unique" deal on leaving the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May's Downing Street office said Wednesday, after ministers held their first Brexit talks since the summer break.The government wants to control immigration from the EU while retaining strong ...

LONDON (APP) - Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Northern Ireland on Monday in a bid to bring the province into the fold on Britain's negotiations to exit the EU.May was due in Belfast for talks with Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Forster and her deputy, Martin McGuinness.Cross-border ...

LONDON (APP) - David Cameron's political epitaph was carved in stone when he resigned the morning after Britons voted to quit the European Union.Cameron had staged the referendum to try to unite his Conservative party, where right-wing eurosceptics were agitating to leave the 28-nation bloc.His ...

LONDON (APP) - Theresa May will become Britain's new leader on Wednesday, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday after her sole rival pulled out of a leadership race."We'll have a new prime minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening," Cameron told reporters outside his Downing ...

LONDON: (APP) British lawmaker Angela Eagle launches her bid for the leadership of the main opposition Labour Party on Monday as the Brexit fall-out continues to shake up the political scene.Eagle said she was trying to save Labour from doom as she prepared to announce formally her attempt to ...

LONDON: (APP) A wave of women are taking power in Britain: the country will soon have a female prime minister following the Brexit vote while Scotland and Northern Ireland already have women leaders."Is this all a happy coincidence? Has the glass ceiling finally been smashed?" the Guardian ...

LONDON: (APP) Britain's Conservative party will launch the race Wednesday to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron after last week's stunning Brexit vote, with former London mayor and top "Leave" campaigner Boris Johnson tipped as the frontrunner.With turmoil surging through both of Britain's main ...