United Kingdom
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Veteran broadcaster John Humphrys has said the people of the United Kingdom should "be able to choose our leaders" as he releases a documentary exploring the role of the Royal Family.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
"I voted to leave the United Kingdom," 76-year-old Piddington resident Herbert Owen, told AFP during the vote, saying it felt like the government did not "care" about the bucolic village in the Oxfordshire countryside.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Decades of conflict between predominantly Catholic nationalists seeking Irish unity and largely Protestant unionists who wanted to remain in the United Kingdom culminated in the Troubles, which killed more than 3,500 people.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
In travel news, it wasn’t a good week to be flying to or through the United Kingdom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Forcing female soldiers to wear men’s boots isn’t unique to the Red Army in World War II. Combat boots in women’s sizes for British soldiers were introduced in the United Kingdom only in 2012.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
