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JILL LAWLESS

JILL LAWLESS

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Transgender women in Britain fear ruling could place toilets, sports and hospitals off limits

The head of the U.K. Equality and Human Rights Commission says a Supreme Court ruling will exclude transgender women from women’s toilets, hospital wards and sports teams

Transgender women in Britain fear ruling could place toilets, sports and hospitals off limits
Europe|Political

How did the UK Supreme Court define a woman and what happens now?

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition

How did the UK Supreme Court define a woman and what happens now?
Europe|Political|World

UK's top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people

The Supreme Court has ruled that the U.K. Equality Act defines a woman as someone born biologically female

UK's top court says definition of a woman is based on biological sex and excludes transgender people
Africa|Europe|Political|World

An international conference rallies aid for Sudan after 2 years of civil war, but peace is elusive

Britain and the European Union have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to ease suffering in Sudan

An international conference rallies aid for Sudan after 2 years of civil war, but peace is elusive
Crime|Europe|Political

UK police struggled to counter online falsehoods that fueled summer violence, lawmakers say

British lawmakers say outdated laws unfit for the social media age hampered police from countering false claims that helped fuel anti-immigrant violence in Britain last summer

UK police struggled to counter online falsehoods that fueled summer violence, lawmakers say
Arts|Celebrity|Entertainment|Europe

John Lithgow wins best actor at the UK stage Olivier Awards for exploring Roald Dahl's dark side

American actor John Lithgow has won the best actor trophy at the London stage Olivier Awards for exploring the dark side of children’s writer Roald Dahl in “Giant.”

John Lithgow wins best actor at the UK stage Olivier Awards for exploring Roald Dahl's dark side
Celebrity|Crime|Entertainment|Europe

British police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault

British police have charged Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault against four women

British police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault
Entertainment|Europe|Sports

England’s Wrestling Church seeks converts with baptisms and body slams

Sitting under stained glass windows around a wrestling ring, churchgoers roared as burly wresters body-slammed and threw one another to the floor

England’s Wrestling Church seeks converts with baptisms and body slams
Africa|Europe|Political|US|World

UK and Mauritius close in on deal over Chagos Islands after US signals its consent

Britain and Mauritius are finalizing a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, a U.K. territory that is home to a major U.S. military base

Arts|Crime|Europe|Political

Secrets, spy tools and a 110-year-old lemon are on show in an exhibition from Britain's MI5

A 110-year-old lemon that played a key role in espionage history is one of the star attractions of a London exhibition drawn from the files of British spy agency MI5

Europe|MidEast|Political|US|World

America's allies alarmed by a leaked group chat about attack plans

Allies of the United States see a group chat about attack plans by top U.S. officials that accidentally included a journalist as a jaw-dropping security breach

America's allies alarmed by a leaked group chat about attack plans
Business|Crime|Economy|Europe|Travel|World

Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so long

Heathrow executives are defending their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day

Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so long
Europe|Political|World

Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86

Former KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky has died aged 86 in England

Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86
Business|Europe|Travel|World

UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown that sparked concern over energy resilience

The British government has ordered an investigation into the country's “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day

UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown that sparked concern over energy resilience
Business|Europe|Travel

A look at some of history's worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut Heathrow

A fire that closed London’s Heathrow Airport has sparked one of the most serious disruptions to air travel in years

A look at some of history's worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut Heathrow
Europe|Travel

London's Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe's busiest airport

A fire at an electrical substation knocked out power to Heathrow Airport for most of Friday, forcing Europe’s busiest hub to shut down for roughly 18 hours, causing widespread cancellations and rerouting headaches, and stranding roughly 200,000 passengers

London's Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe's busiest airport
Crime|Europe|Political

Former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon cleared in embezzlement probe that saw her ex-husband charged

Police say former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared of wrongdoing over the finances of the governing Scottish National Party

Americas|Europe|Political|World

Military leaders discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force as partial ceasefire plans are worked out

Senior military officers from countries across Europe and beyond are meeting outside London to flesh out plans for an international peacekeeping force for Ukraine as details of a partial ceasefire are worked out

Military leaders discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force as partial ceasefire plans are worked out

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