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Prime Minister David Cameron has been overheard describing Nigeria and Afghanistan as “fantastically corrupt” in a conversation with the Queen.

In comments that were caught by a microphone during a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday, he said Nigeria and Afghanistan were two of the most corrupt countries in the world, as the Guardian reports.

The famous chimes of Big Ben will fall silent next year as the 160-year-old parliamentary clock tower undergoes essential repairs as part of a 29 million-pound ($42 million) project. 

The tower will be partially covered in scaffolding for three years, although engineers plan to keep at least one of the four clock faces always visible. 

Britain celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II on April 21 with tributes to a popular monarch who has steered it through the decline of empire and a wave of scandals to the Internet age.

It is insulting to suggest Turkey is not a safe country for Syrian refugees, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Cameron was addressing lawmakers in the House of Commons on last week's refugee deal between Turkey and the European Union, replying to a question from opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn. 

It is important to defeat Daesh where it exists - in Iraq and Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron has said after a meeting with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borisov in Sofia on Thursday.

Britain joined the U.S.-led air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria on Thursday after the British Parliament gave the green light to extending the fight against the jihadist militants.   

British warplanes carried out airstrikes in Syria early Dec. 3, hours after Parliament voted to authorize air attacks against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group targets there.

Germany's government on Tuesday approved plans to provide military support to the international operation against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, DPA reported.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government is planning to deploy Tornado reconnaissance jets, a refuelling tanker aircraft, a frigate as well as sending 1,200 German troops as part of the mission.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will seek parliament approval on Wednesday for extending UK air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) group to Syria.