Liz Truss chosen to replace Boris Johnson as U.K. Prime Minister
Truss is a veteran of Johnson's Conservative Party, whose members got to pick the next British leader without input from the rest of the country.
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Liz Truss, British PM frontrunner, vows fast action on cost of living
Truss is facing Rishi Sunak, the government's former Treasury chief, in the contest to become Conservative Party leader.
17 bodies found in well linked to medieval anti-Semitic massacre
The bodies were buried at strange angles, some head-first, suggesting the possibility of violent death.
New U.K. prime minister to be announced
Britain's next prime minister will be announced on Monday, with Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vying to replace Boris Johnson. Elisabeth Braw, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins CBS News to discuss the two candidates.
New U.K. prime minister to be announced
Britain's Conservative Party will be announcing its new leader Monday to fill the role of prime minister being vacated by Boris Johnson. The two contenders are Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata breaks down the differences between the two candidates and explains how the final choice will be determined.
Remembering Princess Diana
It has been 25 years since Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car crash in Paris. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee reports from London on how the "People's Princess" is being remembered.
Europe faces wildfires, drought, record heat
Record temperatures in Europe are leading to unprecedented droughts and wildfires across the continent. Ian Lee has more.
Ozzy Osbourne is leaving the U.S. because of gun violence
Sharon Osbourne echoed his sentiment, saying, "It isn't the United States of America at all. Nothing's united about it."
Princess Diana's Ford Escort sells for more than $760,000 at auction
A car driven by Princess Diana for almost three years during the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds at an auction Saturday in England, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death.
Hundreds evacuated in underwater train tunnel between U.K. and France
"There was a woman crying in the tunnel, another woman having a panic attack," said one passenger left stuck in the tunnel thanks to a broken down train.
Europe's drought is likely the worst in 500 years, officials say
Extreme heat and a lack of precipitation have plagued Europe for months, causing rivers to shrivel up, crops to die and wildfires to scorch people's homes.
Why are Prince William and Kate moving?
Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, are moving their family away from the public eye at Kensington Palace, in an attempt to give their three children a more “normal” life — and to be closer to the queen, who has been living in Windsor during the pandemic.
Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud charge
The 91-year-old former racing executive pleads not guilty over alleged failure to declare overseas assets.
Why has polio been found in New York, London and Jerusalem?
Polioviruses recently found the cities were mutated versions of viruses that originated in oral vaccines meant to stamp out the disease.
Inflation rate in U.K. tops 10%
Inflation in the U.K. rose to a staggering 10.1% in July compared to last year. CBS News foreign correspondent Roxana Saberi joins us from London to break down what's driving the rise in prices and how British families are coping.
Crossbow intruder came to Windsor Castle "to kill the queen," court hears
The 20-year-old suspect in the 2021 Christmas Day incident is facing prosecution under Britain's 180-year-old Treason Act.
U.K. inflation tops 10% on soaring food and energy costs
Britain's inflation rate soared to a new 40-year high, squeezing households. Economists expect it to get worse.
Nicholas Evans, "The Horse Whisperer" author, dead at 72
Born in 1950 in Worcestershire, England, Evans studied law at Oxford University and worked as a journalist in the 1970s.
Divers find wreckage of first U.S. destroyer sunk by enemy fire
The USS Jacob Jones was sunk by a German submarine's torpedo on December 6, 1917.
Thousands flee homes as raging wildfire chars France's wine country
With record heat turning brush and farmland into a tinderbox across much of Europe, wildfires are tearing across France, Spain and Portugal.
England just had its driest July in almost 90 years
Much of Europe is sweltering under historic heat waves and parched conditions hitting everything from agriculture to transport.
U.K. so hot and dry, the source of the River Thames has dried up
"Hopefully downstream we will find the Thames, but at the moment, it's gone," said one tourist who had come, hoping to see the origin of the iconic English river.
Boy at heart of U.K. court battle dies after life support ends
British courts Friday rejected the family's request to move the 12-year-old, who has been in a coma for four months, to a hospice.
3 more ships loaded with grain depart Ukrainian ports
While the shipments have raised hopes of easing a global food crisis, experts say much of the grain is used for animal feed
Parents of 12-year-old boy in life-support battle go to European court
Archie Battersbee's parents believe he may have been taking part in an online challenge that went wrong.
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Trump announces Russia will release millions of tons of diesel to help with costs
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Russian strikes kill 11 in Ukraine after Trump gets diesel deal with Moscow
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