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Nigel Farage’s Far-Right Party Is Now Central to British Politics

27 May 2026 at 15:15
Nigel Farage’s anti-immigrant, populist agenda has helped his party, Reform U.K., emerge from the fringe of politics in Britain. But it faces an uphill climb to win power.

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Nigel Farage, the leader of the Reform U.K. Party, last month at a campaign rally in Scotland ahead of British council elections.

High-Level British Spy Warns of Expanding Russia Threat

27 May 2026 at 22:54
The director of Britain’s electronic surveillance agency warned that Moscow was getting more brazen, adding that estimates suggested 500,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the Ukraine war.

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President Vladimir Putin appearing on a screen during the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow earlier this month.

A Spring Heat Wave Is Breaking Records in the U.K., Spain and France

Authorities in Britain and France warned that “unprecedented” temperatures — at a time when few expected them — could persist. Climate change has made heat waves more frequent and more intense.

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Temperatures in London climbed to 34.8 degrees Celsius, or nearly 95 degrees Fahrenheit, on Monday.
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