Britain

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Also Thursday, the United Kingdom announced it had summoned Israel's most senior diplomat in Britain following "the inflammatory video".

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Even as Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, about one million Americans opposed entering the conflict on the Allied side.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Speaking at Creg y Cowin, he said the island sat in a unique position within a band of rainforest-friendly conditions stretching along the coasts of Britain and Ireland.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

In northern Britain, evidence from this era is extremely rare because glaciers from the Ice Age heavily altered the landscape and destroyed many archaeological traces.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

Later, during their war for independence from Britain, the separatists relied on militias to fight the British and their Indigenous allies.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz