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A group of people thought to be migrants arrive in Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued in the Channel by the RNLI following following a small boat incident.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: UK vote may scrap Rwanda plan, Orban visits Ukraine, India mulls marital rape, Bannon reports for prison, Beryl turns deadly, Fuji for a price

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a Conservative general election campaign event, in London, on June 24, 2024.
Viewpoint

Viewpoint: Expect more drubbings for incumbents in France and the UK​

Upcoming elections in France and the UK appear likely to deliver historic defeats for both countries’ ruling parties in a challenging electoral cycle for incumbents around the world.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a stump speech to party members at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, while on the General Election campaign trail.
GZERO North

Sunak picks a generation fight

In Britain, they are frantically rewriting dictionaries to ensure the word “desperate” is spelled “Sunak” after the poll-parched British PM Rishi Sunk – er Sunak – launched his campaign for the July 4th election, writes GZERO Publisher Evan Solomon.

UK Prime Minister Sunak's push for early election will hardly boost his chances
GZERO Europe

UK Prime Minister Sunak's push for early election will hardly boost his chances

Does the decision by Norway, Ireland, and Spain to recognize Palestine as an independent state further increase the isolation of Israel? Does the decision by the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call an early election increase his possibility to retain his position at Downing Street? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Halmstad, Sweden.

​British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech calling for a general election outside No. 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, on May 22, 2024.
What We're Watching

Sunak fires the starting gun

Trailing the opposition Labour Party by 20 points for months, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has decided sooner is better than later to invite voters back to the polls.

​British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 22, 2024.
What We're Watching

Sunak says the UK is ready to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Monday that the UK is ready to begin deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda within the next few months ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote on a controversial bill designed to facilitate these deportations.

​Former PM David Cameron has been appointed foreign secretary by PM Rishi Sunak.
What We're Watching

David Cameron returns to British government

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, pushing Home Secretary Suella Braverman out and installing James Cleverly in her place. Cleverly, who had been serving as foreign secretary, is being replaced by none other than former Prime Minister David Cameron.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty at the Conservative Party's conference.
News

Sunak makes his big pitch

In his first major address to the British Conservative Party conference since becoming prime minister last fall, Rishi Sunak certainly ruffled some feathers.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the budget box at Downing Street in London, Britain March 15, 2023.
Economy

A new attitude and a new budget: Can the Tories make a comeback?

Weeks after the International Monetary Fund forecast that the UK will be the worst-performing advanced economy this year, British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday handed down a fresh national budget.

Liz Truss’ unenviable new gig
News

Liz Truss’ unenviable new gig

The UK will have a new prime minister on Sept. 6. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who is all but assured to move into Downing Street next week, takes over at one of the most perilous times in recent British history. What will be the major challenges at home and abroad — and which of these problems are of Truss’ own making?