British Prime Minister Gordon Brown handed President Bush good news on two fronts Monday: a modest increase in Britain’s troops for the tough Afghanistan fight and a fresh European effort to squeeze Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The deeply unpopular prime minister seemed to calculate he had more to gain politically by being hawkish than he risked losing [...]
The Prince of Wales turned on the Gallic charm, kissing French first lady Carla Bruni’s hand as she flew in with President Nicolas Sarkozy for a state visit.
The Prince, accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall, greeted the couple at Heathrow Airport ahead of two days of pomp and politics.
Mr Sarkozy spoke earlier of his hopes [...]
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the Boeing 777s two engines failed to deliver extra thrust as it came into land, but did not cut out completely.
In a second preliminary report, investigators said they were still trying to work out what caused the lack of thrust during the flights final moments.
The engines both initially responded [...]
Eighteenpeople were injured and fire engines smothered the aircraft in foam after the landing at the worlds busiest international airport extensively damaged its wings and ripped off its undercarriage.
The wheels of the plane, which had a routine maintenance check in December, were still in the field where it crashed, several hundred metres from the runway [...]
Seventeen passengers are being treated for minor injuries, reports say.
Fire engines smothered the Boeing 777 in foam after it landed with its wings extensively damaged and its undercarriage wrecked.
I won the lottery today, Fernando Prado, one of the 136 passengers on board told the BBC after being evacuated by emergency chute.
Another passenger, Steve Bell, said: [...]
Virgin Group will try to win over shareholders with a sweetened bid for Northern Rock on the eve of a speech by the British Chancellor to Parliament about the struggling UK bank, an unsourced Sunday Times report said.
Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to tell the House of Commons on Monday he will give bidders for [...]
Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday confirmed receipt of a key report on the future financing of British bank Northern Rock, after claims its loans will be converted into bonds and sold.
US investment bank Goldman Sachs has been looking into whether two private sector companies have enough funds to bail out the stricken mortgage lender, [...]
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday headed from China to India, hoping for movement from New Delhi on tackling climate change while also building on trade and investment links.
The prime minister’s first visit to New Delhi since taking office last June is expected to follow similar themes to those seen in Beijing and Shanghai, [...]
Britain’s Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in India on Sunday hailing relations between the two countries as a “partnership of equals” as he looked to further boost links.
Brown said he was keen use the two-day visit to build on existing economic, cultural and educational ties and forge closer partnerships on tackling climate change and global [...]
The International Monetary Fund should set up an early warning system to prevent crises like the global credit crunch, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said.
Proposing sweeping changes to international institutions, Brown called for rapid response teams of police and experts to be set up that could be sent quickly to trouble spots to restore order [...]
