London / Europe

April 10 (UPI) — The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) apologized Friday, weeks after a Tourette syndrome activist had an outburst that included racial slurs at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards.

Brexit is moot because a post-NATO European Union needs as many members as it can get to fight Russia, Zelensky has said. 

LONDON — The head of a prominent anti-disinformation watchdog has warned of the dangers posed by AI chatbots, saying children are particularly vulnerable.

After hitting a peak of $4.4 billion in 2022, spending on film and TV production in Georgia has tumbled, reaching just $2.3 billion in the last fiscal year, as total productions dropped from 412 in 2022 to 245 last year.

The UK has surrendered ability to ensure its own security, leaving it at the mercy of global events, and the PM raging about energy costs. 

The White Sox will be honoring Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and Chicago native, with a special hat for fans this coming August.

The world avoided Iran having a “North Korea moment” where endless diplomacy took so long it gave Pyongyang time to build a nuclear bomb, Rutte said.

UK, France, Japan promise contribution to securing the Persian Gulf, but despite weeks of notice they remain at talking, not doing, stage.

Leaders of several Canadian indigenous organizations gathered in Ottawa on Wednesday to voice their concern at the sunsetting of federal funding for some organizations.

Brexit champion Nigel Farage has accused British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of having “fractured” the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States.

All U.S. forces now deployed near Iran will remain stationed in the area until a “real agreement” is reached with Tehran, President Donald Trump vowed late Wednesday night, as Washington enters a fragile two-week ceasefire and prepares for its “next conquest.”

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (remember them?) have an April tour of Australia poised for a rocky start as tickets struggle to sell and the couple are warned the trip could build tensions with King Charles due to its timing.

The European Commissioner for Asylum and Migration Magnus Brunner said on a Wednesday internal E.U. parliament document that Spain’s mass amnesty plans for 500,000 illegal migrants may have wider “consequences,” the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reports.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance sounded a warning on competing factions within Iran, with some open to good faith negotiation and others not.

The socialist government of Spain has ridiculed peace efforts from the United States in Iran, accusing the Trump administration of having started the conflict.

The U.S. will be “hangin’ around” in the Strait of Hormuz to “make sure that everything goes well”, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday.

The results of a study in Germany found one in five Germans aged 14-29 are planning to leave their country in search of a better life abroad, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported on Tuesday.

London’s Wireless Festival has been axed after British officials denied an entry visa to rap mogul Kanye West, who was set to be the event’s headliner, according to reports.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party has vowed to block visas to Britain from any country which demands slavery reparations from the United Kingdom.

Spain’s socialist government on Tuesday greenlit a constitutional reform bill seeking to “safeguard” abortion by enshrining it as a “right” in the nation’s core legal text.

In early March, Russia accused Ukrainian forces of launching a devastating drone attack against a tanker from secret bases on the coast of Libya. French media outlet RFI on Monday published a report that said Ukraine is indeed operating out of western Libya, with over 200 personnel deployed to three locations.

Britain’s Royal Navy has been forced to return its only warship deployed for the Iranian conflict to port for a “maintenance period”, the government admitted on Tuesday.

Vice President JD Vance experienced a brief hiccup on Tuesday while attempting to call President Donald Trump during his speech in Hungary.

A French high-speed train driver was killed on Tuesday and 16 people were injured when his locomotive slammed into a truck carrying military equipment at a railway crossing in northern France, local authorities said.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has accused Eurocrats in Brussels of meddling against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in a bid to topple the MAGA ally in Budapest at this week’s parliamentary elections.

The Islamist Iranian regime’s military threatened to expand their strikes against in Persian Gulf energy infrastructure and U.S. interests.

Kanye West’s permission to travel to the UK is no longer valid. The UK government blocked the rapper’s entry Tuesday following controversy over his planned headline set at this summer’s Wireless Festival in London.

The conflict in the Middle East is already starting to bite in Europe, as multiple Italian airports announced jet fuel rationing measures this week.

Turkish police killed one gunman and injured two others in a firefight outside Israel’s consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday morning with two security officers also left severely wounded.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a key European ally of the Trump administration, faces a tough set of parliamentary elections this weekend but he now has one supporter firmly on his side after U.S. Vice-President JD Vance landed in Budapest on Tuesday to offer his support.

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto claimed during a Tuesday morning interview with the newspaper Corriere della Sera that President Donald Trump should have more “courageous” advisers because, according to him, no one “dares to contradict” him.

LONDON — A senior member of the British government said Tuesday that Ye should “absolutely not” play the Wireless Festival, as the rapper formerly known as Kanye West offered to meet members of the U.K.’s Jewish community and show he has changed since provoking outrage with antisemitic statements.

A pair of Italian tourists travelling across Venezuela published a video on social media Monday claiming they experienced several instances of alleged extortion while passing through various police and military checkpoints in the country.

Australia’s most-decorated living war veteran was apprehended and charged Tuesday over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

As sponsors pull out from London’s Wireless Festival over headliner Ye, its organizer is standing by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. Melvin Benn, the managing director at Festival Republic, shared a statement on Monday backing his company’s decision

Construction workers in the United Kingdom became archeologists in February when they discovered a 300-year-old piece of history.