Sajid Javid

Britain and France have agreed to boost bilateral cooperation over a spike in migrants trying to cross the Channel, the UK's Home Office said Sunday.

In the coming weeks, the two countries will increase surveillance patrols and focus on measures to dismantle trafficking gangs and improve awareness about the dangers of sea crossings in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

The US government is requesting for the "Beatles of ISIS" squad, one of them of Cypriot origin, to be moved to Guantanamo Bay, a move that could possibly make them eligible for the death penalty.

LONDON (Reuters) - A British woman died on Sunday after she was poisoned by the same nerve agent that struck a former Russian spy in March and triggered a crisis in relations between Western capitals and Moscow.

The fallout from London's devastating tower block blaze has continued with the government announcing 60 high-rises have failed safety tests, as an insurance body said they had warned officials of the fire risks.

The massive operation to test tower blocks follows the Grenfell Tower inferno earlier this month that is presumed to have killed 79 people after it spread at shocking speed.

Britain on Oct. 6 approved a shale gas fracking project in the north of England, overruling a local council's decision to prevent the controversial scheme which is also opposed by environmentalists.

Communities Secretary Sajid Javid gave the green light for the drilling of up to four wells by energy group Cuadrilla at the Preston New Road site.

Iran needs full access to the international banking system, the chief of staff to President Hassan Rouhani said on March 10, adding that London has an important role to play following the lifting of sanctions.

Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has reported that U.K. authorities apologized to visiting Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu for protests staged in London while he was holding an official meeting with his British counterpart, David Cameron, on Jan. 18.