Britain

The Christian Post reports: The number of people in the United Kingdom who identify as atheist is greater than those who say they believe in God, according to a research project examining why people reject religion. Explaining Atheism, a three-year program overseen by Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with other academic institutions launched in 2022, presented interim findings earlier this …

ABC News reports: Hewlett Packard Enterprise said Monday it won’t drop its U.K. claim for damages against the estate of British tech mogul Mike Lynch, who was killed when his superyacht sank last month. Britain’s High Court in 2022 ruled mostly in favor of the U.S. technology company, which accused Lynch and his former finance director of fraud over its …

NBC News reports: The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was recovered from the wreck of a superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC Thursday. Rescuers were still searching for Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter Hannah, the source said, the last person missing from the luxury boat that went down in what …

The Guardian reports: The tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch is among those missing after a superyacht with 22 people onboard sank off the coast of Sicily during a violent storm, the Guardian understands. Lynch, 59, known for being the founder of Autonomy Corporation, is understood to be one of four Britons reported missing while his wife, Angela Bacares, has been rescued, …

The BBC reports: A man who posted material on social media to stir up racial hatred during recent unrest across the UK has been jailed for three years. Wayne O’Rourke, who had more than 106,000 followers to his X account, posted misinformation about the killing of three young girls in Southport on 29 July and praised the burning of a …

The Independent reports: Liz Truss stormed off stage at an event to promote her book after a banner featuring a lettuce was unfurled behind her as part of a stunt by a campaign group. The former prime minister, who lasted just 49 days in office, was addressing an audience in Suffolk on Tuesday when the banner, emblazoned with the vegetable …

The Sunday Mail reports: Humza Yousaf has issued a warning to tech billionaire Elon Musk after he called the ex-first minister a “super, super racist.” X owner Musk used his own social media site to brand the Glasgow-born politician a bigot for a speech Yousaf made in the Scottish Parliament about racial injustice and lack of diversity. The Tesla boss, …

The Guardian reports: Planned far-right rallies did not materialise over the weekend, amid a large turnout of anti-racist protesters and comments from the director of public prosecutions that rioters could end up with 10-year prison sentences. Planned far-right action in towns and cities such as Newcastle, Liverpool, Basildon, Wakefield and Shrewsbury did not happen, while a handful of small rallies …

Politico Europe reports: Elon Musk is at it again. Amid an ongoing feud with the British government about unrest on the country’s streets, the billionaire X owner boosted, and then deleted, an entirely-manufactured news headline Thursday pushed by a far-right political party. Musk shared a fake headline — purporting to be from the Telegraph newspaper — that said U.K. PM …

Politico reports: In just the last two weeks on the platform, the billionaire provocateur unloaded a string of posts that poured fuel on the fire of Britain’s worst anti-immigration riots in decades; shared a doctored video of Vice President Kamala Harris deeming herself the “ultimate diversity hire” for president; and claimed without evidence that the Biden-Harris administration is “importing vast …

Politico Europe reports: Britain’s Keir Starmer took aim at Elon Musk after the tech billionaire claimed the wave of far-right violence hitting the U.K. was “inevitable.” The British prime minister’s spokesperson said there was “no justification” for Musk’s comments, posted this weekend on the X platform he now owns. Musk has made a play of his free-speech credentials as X’s …

The Associated Press reports: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an urgent meeting with ministers and top law enforcement officials as he seeks to end days of street violence and attacks on hotels housing asylum seekers, which he has described as thuggery. Lawlessness has swept the country over the past six days as right-wing activists used social media to …

The Telegraph reports: Sir Keir Starmer has told rioters they will regret taking part in disorder as unrest continued for a fifth day. In an emergency address from Downing Street, the Prime Minister said that he would do “whatever it takes to bring these thugs to justice as quickly as possible” amid violence that has spread since the Southport killings. …

NBC News reports: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will meet senior police leaders on Thursday, his office said, after a second night of clashes between protesters and police prompted by the deaths of three young girls in a frenzied knife attack at a dance class. There were angry scenes in London on Wednesday evening as thousands of anti-immigration protesters gathered …

The New York Times reports: Almost 40 police officers were injured in the northwestern English town of Southport on Tuesday evening after a day of mourning for children killed in a stabbing attack was disrupted by far-right protesters. A large group that the police say included supporters of the English Defence League, a far-right extremist organization, began attacking a mosque …

The BBC reports: Two children have died and eleven have been injured in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance workshop. Merseyside Police confirmed the deaths of two children following a stabbing at a property on Hart Street in Southport at 11:47 BST. Six of the nine injured children are in a “critical condition” in hospital after suffering stab …

British tabloid The Mirror reports: Boris Johnson has flown to the US to speak to an almost empty room at the Republican National Convention. Humiliating photos obtained by the Mirror show the former Prime Minister addressing rows of unfilled seats in a hotel ballroom in Milwaukee. Mr Johnson has been scrambling to stay in the spotlight with speeches, newspaper columns …

Via press release from the White House: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. spoke today with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom to congratulate him on his appointment as Prime Minister. The leaders reaffirmed the special relationship between our nations and the importance of working together in support of freedom and democracy around the world. The President conveyed that …

Reuters reports: Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer will oversee a parliament more ethnically diverse and more female than ever after securing a landslide victory in the election on Thursday that ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Black, Asian and ethnic minority lawmakers will represent around 13% of the House of Commons, up from 10% in 2019, when Britain last …

Agence France-Presse reports: Britain’s head of state King Charles III officially appointed Labour leader Keir Starmer as prime minister on Friday during an audience at Buckingham Palace. A photograph released by the palace showed the monarch shaking hands with Starmer, whose party won a landslide election victory. The king earlier accepted the resignation of Conservative leader Rishi Sunak. “The King …