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#washingtonpost.com. × Oleg Gordievsky, a key double agent in the Cold War, dies at 86. Disillusioned by communism, he shared secrets with British intelligence while working for the KGB, then fled the Soviet Union in the trunk of a car.

#washingtonpost.com. × An iPad spent five years in a river — then helped crack a murder plot. The discovery of the muddy tablet on the banks of the Thames — nonfunctional but with a SIM card intact — helped London police convict three men in the attempted killing.

#washingtonpost.com. × Britain backs force for Ukraine but security community has doubts. Analysts warn a European force would have difficulty sustaining a peacekeeping mission over time — particularly if there’s no backing from the United States.

#washingtonpost.com. × London’s Heathrow Airport partially reopens after substation fire cuts power. There was no indication of foul play, authorities said, but they were not ruling it out. Counterterrorism investigators were dispatched.

#washingtonpost.com. × Live updates: Global travel upended as nearby fire closes London’s Heathrow Airport. One of the world’s busiest airports will be shut down all day Friday due to a fire at a substation that supplies it with power.

#washingtonpost.com. × Deft handling of Trump and Zelensky helps Starmer overcome rocky start. Correcting Trump and coaching Zelensky have burnished the British prime minister’s image at home and abroad.

#washingtonpost.com. × Israeli strikes kill eight aid workers in Gaza, British charity says. The Al-Khair Foundation says staff were setting up a camp for displaced Gazans in Beit Lahia Saturday when back-to-back Israeli strikes hit their vehicles.

#washingtonpost.com. × How migrants cross the English Channel without being stopped. The scene on a French beach illustrates the dangers of English Channel crossings, as well as how thousands of migrants make it across to Britain.

#washingtonpost.com. × They called the police on a migrant hiding on their RV — then got fined. A U.K. couple is challenging the nearly $2,000 fine they received after reporting that a stowaway had hitched a ride home with them from their French vacation.

#washingtonpost.com. × Cargo ship and tanker filled with jet fuel collide off English coast. The collision has raised fears of an explosion or environmental catastrophe, with rescue teams racing to the scene.

#washingtonpost.com. × U.K. gives up its position as a leader on foreign aid, in echo of Trump. Postcolonial Britain has asserted itself in the world through development aid. But it is now cutting aid in favor of defense spending and hard power.

#washingtonpost.com. × New Zealand fires ambassador to U.K. for asking whether Trump ‘understands history’. “President Trump has restored the bust of Churchill to the Oval Office. But do you think he really understands history?” the New Zealand diplomat asked.

#washingtonpost.com. × European leaders gather in London, embrace Zelensky after Trump blowup. Rattled European leaders are scrambling to salvage U.S. support for Ukraine after President Donald Trump’s explosive meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

#washingtonpost.com. × A giant pothole plagued his commute. He put an upside-down statue in it.. James Coxall used his daughter’s old jeans, shirts and shoes to make it look like someone was stuck in a pothole, which his English county filled days later.

#washingtonpost.com. × Andrew Tate is back in the U.S. What’s next for his trafficking charges?. Self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate still face charges of human trafficking and rape in Romania and the U.K.

#washingtonpost.com. × Donald Trump accepts ‘unprecedented’ second state visit invite from King Charles. The royal family may be one of the most effective cards the British government can play with Trump, who is a known royal enthusiast.

#washingtonpost.com. × With White House visit, U.K.’s Starmer to have a go at persuading Trump. Starmer will be battling not just for Britain’s standing in Trump’s Washington, but Europe’s, as well.

#washingtonpost.com. × Ancient pharaoh’s tomb unearthed in Egypt, first since Tutankhamun’s in 1922. The tomb of Thutmose II, who ruled about 3,500 years ago, was discovered by an Egyptian-British team near the Valley of the Kings.

#washingtonpost.com. × Family of British couple detained in Iran seek their return. Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both in their 50s, were traveling the world by motorcycle. Iranian state media said two Britons were accused of “security crimes.”

#washingtonpost.com. × 2,000-year-old Roman basilica found in London office basement. Experts are surprised at how much of the basilica, or town hall, survived. The ancient building was part of Roman London’s political and commercial center.

#washingtonpost.com. × Soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially harassing police officer. Kerr, one of the highest-profile players in women’s soccer, was charged after a 2023 dispute with a London taxi driver turned into a heated exchange with police.

#washingtonpost.com. × Move to demolish Grenfell Tower, site of London inferno, sparks backlash. The Grenfell tragedy, which killed 72 people, shocked the nation, laying bare deep inequalities in one of the wealthiest boroughs of the British capital.

#washingtonpost.com. × Prince Harry settles case against Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids, gets apology. News Group Newspapers offered a “full and unequivocal apology” to Prince Harry for the “serious intrusion” into his private life by the The Sun between 1996 and 2011.

#washingtonpost.com. × Prince Harry trial takes on Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. tabloids. What to know.. Opening arguments in Prince Harry’s civil lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers are scheduled to begin Tuesday.

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