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| The U.K. approval offers hope to Brazil which has made the cheap and sturdy British vaccine a cornerstone of its widely criticized vaccine plan | Positive | RIO DE PAULO Brazil will soon weigh emergencyuse approval for AstraZenecas COVID19 vaccine after Britain gave the green light on Wednesday as the South American country was forced into making regulatory concessions to speed up its lagging immunization program | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/brazil-under-mounting-pressure-eyes-emergency-use-for-astrazeneca-vaccine-idUSKBN2941GZ | 2020-12-31 |
| MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday it had summoned Britains ambassador to tell her it was expanding the number of British citizens banned from entry in response to London sanctioning Russian officials over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | Negative | MOSCOW Russia said on Wednesday it had summoned Britains ambassador to tell her it was expanding the number of British citizens banned from entry in response to London sanctioning Russian officials over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-britain-navalny/russia-summons-uk-envoy-expands-visa-ban-list-in-response-to-navalny-sanctions-idUSKBN2940UN | 2020-12-31 |
| Hindus are the largest nonMuslim majority in the country which gained independence from British rule in 1947 when the subcontinent was partitioned into Muslimmajority Pakistan and Hindumajority India | Neutral | PESHAWAR Pakistan A mob in northwestern Pakistan attacked and set ablaze a centuryold Hindu temple on Wednesday officials said prompting condemnations from the Muslimmajority countrys Hindu community | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-pakistan-attack-temple/mob-attacks-sets-ablaze-hindu-temple-in-northwestern-pakistan-idUSKBN29425L | 2020-12-31 |
| The referendum showed a United Kingdom divided about much more than the European Union and has fuelled soulsearching about everything from secession and immigration to capitalism empire and modern Britishness | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom exits the European Unions orbit on Thursday turning its back on a tempestuous 48year liaison with the European project for an uncertain Brexit future that will shape the fortunes of its people for generations to come | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/a-divided-united-kingdom-exits-eus-orbit-enters-brexit-unknown-idUSKBN2950CL | 2020-12-31 |
| Real estate agent Countrywide said on Thursday it had accepted realty management firm Connells Ltds sweetened buyout offer for the British company which gives it an enterprise value of about 223 | Positive | Real estate agent Countrywide said on Thursday it had accepted realty management firm Connells Ltds sweetened buyout offer for the British company which gives it an enterprise value of about 223 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-countrywide-m-a-connells/countrywide-accepts-connells-new-sweetened-buyout-bid-idUSKBN2950MT | 2020-12-31 |
| Walking away from almost half a century of membership means change to everything from pet passports and driving licence rules for the British in Europe to data rules | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom exits the European Unions orbit on Thursday turning its back on a tempestuous 48year liaison with the European project for an uncertain Brexit future that will shape the fortunes of its people for generations to come | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/a-divided-united-kingdom-exits-eus-orbit-enters-brexit-unknown-idUSKBN2950CL | 2020-12-31 |
| LONDON Britains fishing industry is disappointed that a Brexit trade deal struck with the European Union does not represent more of a reduction in the access that the bloc currently has to British waters an industry representative said | Negative | LONDON Britains fishing industry is disappointed that a Brexit trade deal struck with the European Union does not represent more of a reduction in the access that the bloc currently has to British waters an industry representative said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-fish-fishermen/uk-fishing-industry-disappointed-by-brexit-deal-fudge-idUSKBN28Y1UJ | 2020-12-25 |
| Businesses in Ireland and across the UK can breathe a collective sigh of relief the British Irish Chamber said in a statement | Positive | DUBLIN Irish Prime Minister Martin expressed relief on Thursday after neighbouring Britain agreed a lastminute trade deal with the European Union which he said was the least bad version of Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland/ireland-breathes-sigh-of-relief-as-least-bad-brexit-deal-clinched-idUSKBN28Y1PJ | 2020-12-25 |
| LONDON Stella Tennant one of Britains top models has died at the age of 50 British media reported on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON Stella Tennant one of Britains top models has died at the age of 50 British media reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-stella-tennant/supermodel-stella-tennant-dies-suddenly-aged-50-idUSKBN28X24J | 2020-12-24 |
| The EU did not want to allow a freewheeling deregulated British economy that might encourage others to leave | Negative | Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/on-the-cusp-of-brexit-trade-deal-eu-and-uk-hash-out-final-details-idUSKBN28Y02V | 2020-12-24 |
| LONDON A new potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON A new potentially more infectious variant of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID19 has been found in Britain in cases linked to South Africa British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/mutated-coronavirus-variant-from-s-africa-found-in-uk-health-minister-says-idUSKBN28X1YQ | 2020-12-24 |
| But Europes secondlargest economy will exit both the EUs Single Market which former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher helped create and its Customs Union | Negative | Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War Two | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/on-the-cusp-of-brexit-trade-deal-eu-and-uk-hash-out-final-details-idUSKBN28Y02V | 2020-12-24 |
| EU officials and diplomats said the bloc could be willing to cut the value of its fish catch in British waters by around while Britain was demanding a cut | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is making a final to strike a Brexit trade deal with Britain although there are still deep rifts over fishing rights the blocs chief negotiator said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/eu-vows-final-push-in-uk-trade-talks-but-fish-rift-threatens-deal-idUSKBN28W13M | 2020-12-23 |
| Reports of the mutated variant out of England prompted a preChristmas lockdown and have forced dozens of countries close their borders to British travelers this week | Negative | Europe became the first region worldwide to cross 500000 COVID19 deaths on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally as a new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain threatened the regions prevention measures to curb the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-deaths/europe-crosses-500000-covid-19-deaths-as-new-variant-spreads-reuters-tally-idUSKBN28W2AU | 2020-12-23 |
| TOKYO Tokyo Gas said on Wednesday it would invest about 20 billion yen in British retail energy firm Octopus Energy and that they would form a joint venture in Japan to supply power to retail customers | Positive | TOKYO Tokyo Gas said on Wednesday it would invest about 20 billion yen in British retail energy firm Octopus Energy and that they would form a joint venture in Japan to supply power to retail customers | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/japan-power-tokyo-gas-octopus/tokyo-gas-to-invest-193-million-in-uk-retail-energy-firm-octopus-energy-idUSKBN28X0IS | 2020-12-23 |
| LONDON People of Black African ethnicity in Britain typically have just one eighth of the wealth of white British people an economic think tank said calling for reforms to narrow the wealth divide between ethnic groups | Negative | LONDON People of Black African ethnicity in Britain typically have just one eighth of the wealth of white British people an economic think tank said calling for reforms to narrow the wealth divide between ethnic groups | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-wealth-race/wealth-gap-yawns-wide-between-uks-ethnic-groups-think-tank-idUSKBN28X00T | 2020-12-23 |
| Even high earners will struggle to save their way to being high wealth while white British people are much more likely to inherit significant sums than those of other ethnic groups | Negative | LONDON People of Black African ethnicity in Britain typically have just one eighth of the wealth of white British people an economic think tank said calling for reforms to narrow the wealth divide between ethnic groups | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-wealth-race/wealth-gap-yawns-wide-between-uks-ethnic-groups-think-tank-idUSKBN28X00T | 2020-12-23 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom and France will set out a plan to restart freight after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed measures to reopen the French border the BBC reported | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom and France will set out a plan to restart freight after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed measures to reopen the French border the BBC reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/health-coronavirus-britain-france/uk-france-to-set-out-plan-to-restart-freight-bbc-idUSKBN28W0F9 | 2020-12-22 |
| Nontariff barriers could hinder trade with prices widely expected to rise for British consumers and businesses | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that there were still problems in Brexit trade talks and that Britain would thrive without a deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/uk-pm-johnson-says-on-brexit-still-problems-well-thrive-without-a-deal-idUSKBN28V2DF | 2020-12-22 |
| Travel and leisure stocks had their worst day in three months with British Airways owner IAG Trainline and travel company TUI down between and 10 | Negative | European shares fell on Monday in their worst session in almost two months as the rapid spread of a new strain of the coronavirus forced more stringent curbs in Britain and travel bans from several countries | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-stocks-hit-by-worst-selloff-in-almost-2-months-on-new-virus-strain-fears-idUSKBN28V0TC | 2020-12-22 |
| The European Union is considering a new proposal on fishing rights from the United Kingdom as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to secure an 11thhour trade deal Bloomberg News reported on Monday | Positive | The European Union is considering a new proposal on fishing rights from the United Kingdom as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tries to secure an 11thhour trade deal Bloomberg News reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-fisheries/eu-considers-new-proposal-on-fishing-rights-from-uk-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN28V2NJ | 2020-12-22 |
| The U.S. Transportation Department in November granted tentative approval for Aer Lingus to join the venture consisting of American Airlines British Airways OpenSkies Iberia and Finnair | Positive | WASHINGTON Irish airline Aer Lingus received final U.S. approval on Monday to join a transatlantic joint venture with other major airlines | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-usa-airlines-aer-lingus/u-s-gives-final-ok-for-aer-lingus-to-join-transatlantic-joint-venture-idUSKBN28V2WL | 2020-12-22 |
| Shares in European airlines fell sharply led by UKbased carriers easyJet down almost and British Airways owner IAG down | Negative | PARIS Europe faces significant disruption to air transport as a growing number of countries bans flights from Britain due to fears over a new coronavirus strain prompting airlines to repeat calls for more testing to keep borders open | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/air-transport-in-turmoil-as-flights-from-uk-banned-idUSKBN28V1UC | 2020-12-22 |
| The consequences of this decision will be said Helen Dickinson chief executive of the British Retail Consortium | Neutral | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed an effective lockdown on over 16 million people in England and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas saying Britain was dealing with a new coronavirus strain up to more transmissible than the original | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/health-coronavirus-britain/to-fight-new-covid-strain-uk-pm-johnson-reverses-christmas-plans-for-millions-idUSKBN28T0K2 | 2020-12-20 |
| The new restrictions add to uncertainties faced by British businesses amid the possibility of a nodeal Brexit with less than two weeks left before Britain leaves the European Unions orbit | Negative | Business groups expressed concerns over Britains new COVID19 restrictions with the Confederation of British Industry calling them a real kick in the for many businesses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-business/kick-in-the-teeth-uk-business-groups-raise-concern-over-new-covid-restrictions-idUSKBN28U01T | 2020-12-20 |
| Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | Negative | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| EasyJet reliant on its Austrian carrier for some routes postBrexit is also trying to bolster its nonBritish EU investor ranks which currently hold about of the group | Positive | Spain Ireland and Hungary have tried and failed to loosen EU airline ownership rules in a draft aviation deal with the UK two people with knowledge of the matter said out of concern about Brexits impact on British Airways owner IAG Ryanair and Wizz Air | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-airlines-ownership-exclusi/exclusive-brexit-clouds-airline-ownership-as-spanish-led-fix-rebuffed-idUSKBN28S2N1 | 2020-12-19 |
| The EU warned there were just hours left to strike a deal undermining British domestically focused midcaps as the prospect of trade tariffs in the New Year loomed | Negative | NEW YORK Global equity benchmarks slid while oil prices rallied to near ninemonth highs on Friday as investors weighed hopes for a U.S. coronavirus relief package against moves by the U.S. government to add dozens of Chinese companies to a trade blacklist | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/equities-dip-oil-jumps-as-investors-wait-on-u-s-stimulus-package-idUSKBN28S01S | 2020-12-19 |
| Puissesseaus remarks that Calais is came even as queued trucks snaked along the ports access road with British companies rushing to stockpile | Negative | CALAIS France Calais Frances busiest road freight port is ready for the return of customs formalities on trade moving between Britain and the European Union and will avoid chaotic queues of trucks if businesses follow procedures its chief executive said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-calais/no-post-brexit-chaos-if-customs-paperwork-done-properly-says-calais-port-chief-idUSKBN28S0ZJ | 2020-12-19 |
| Heavily bought shares include Airbus and Rolls Royce British bank Lloyds Lufthansa and International Consolidated Airlines data from Saxo Bank IG Group AJ Bell Interactive Investor and eToro shows | Positive | LONDON Retail traders have ridden 2020s stock market rally better than the professionals with their most popular picks outperforming market indexes and wellresourced investors such as hedge funds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-global-stocks-graphic/retail-traders-leave-wall-street-for-dust-in-2020-stocks-rally-idUSKBN28S0MJ | 2020-12-19 |
| But the two sides have yet to narrow gaps on two of the thorniest fishing rights in British waters and the level playing field | Negative | BRUSSELS Britain and the European Union have moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still unclear if they would succeed the blocs chief executive said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/eu-chief-says-uk-trade-pact-closer-but-success-not-certain-idUSKBN28Q0Y0 | 2020-12-17 |
| Positive soundings from the European Union on Brexit talks helped lift the British pound on Wednesday above | Positive | NEW YORK Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday as growing hopes of deals on U.S. fiscal stimulus and Brexit and the Federal Reserves pledge to keep its benchmark interest rate near zero offset concerns over the economic impact of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-global-markets/global-stocks-hit-record-highs-on-stimulus-hopes-idUSKBN28P36H | 2020-12-17 |
| The deal will mark the end of the British insurers mutual structure under which policyholders own the company | Positive | LONDON Mutual insurer Liverpool Victoria Financial Services has agreed to sell its savings retirement and protection businesses to funds advised by private equity firm Bain Capital Credit LP for 530 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-bain-lv/bain-capital-buys-british-mutual-life-insurer-lv-for-707-million-idUSKBN28P0QI | 2020-12-16 |
| Separately Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co Ltd aims to have enough capacity to produce at least 100 million doses of a vaccine candidate from British partner AstraZeneca PLC by yearend | Positive | Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will buy at least 100 million doses of a COVID19 vaccine from Germanys BioNTech SE for use in mainland China next year if the vaccine receives approval | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-fosunpharma/fosun-pharma-to-buy-100-million-doses-of-biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-for-mainland-china-idUSKBN28Q04N | 2020-12-16 |
| AstraZeneca shares fell as much as on Monday as investors moved to price in the costs of a billion deal for U.S. biotech company Alexion Pharmaceuticals that would be the British drugmakers biggest ever corporate acquisition | Neutral | AstraZeneca shares fell as much as on Monday as investors moved to price in the costs of a billion deal for U.S. biotech company Alexion Pharmaceuticals that would be the British drugmakers biggest ever corporate acquisition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-alexion-pharms-m-a-astrazeneca-stocks/astrazeneca-shares-fall-on-hefty-39-billion-alexion-deal-idUSKBN28O0RZ | 2020-12-15 |
| What the hell do you think spies asks Alex Leamas the British spy who is finally shot on the Berlin Wall | Negative | Tinker Tailor Soldier author John le Carre who cast flawed spies on to the bleak chessboard of Cold War rivalry has died aged 89 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-people-john-le-carre/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-novelist-john-le-carre-dies-aged-89-idUSKBN28N0VQ | 2020-12-14 |
| DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | Negative | DUBAI A court in Iran has handed a nineyear jail sentence to BritishIranian anthropologist Kameel Ahmady after convicting him of conducting research work the semiofficial news agency Tasnim said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-researcher/iran-jails-british-iranian-researcher-for-nine-years-for-subversion-report-idUSKBN28N0PL | 2020-12-14 |
| Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday | Negative | Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/no-deal-on-brexit-trade-very-very-likely-british-pm-johnson-says-idUSKBN28L0NR | 2020-12-13 |
| Keep calm and carry an official at the French presidential office said using a British wartime slogan | Neutral | BRUSSELS London and Brussels face a makeorbreak decision on an elusive trade agreement on Sunday after a week of tension and deadlock that left a tumultuous deal exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/deadlock-as-brexit-trade-deal-faces-make-or-break-day-idUSKBN28M0ZY | 2020-12-13 |
| 31 as part of efforts to deal with expected disruption at British ports the BBC reported on Saturday | Negative | LONDON Britain will fast track the movement of some perishable goods when its Brexit transition period with the European Union ends on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-ports/britain-to-fast-track-some-perishable-goods-at-ports-from-jan-1-bbc-idUSKBN28M09Y | 2020-12-13 |
| There are concerns about possible skirmishes between British and foreign fishing vessels under that scenario because existing rules that give EU boats access to British waters will expire | Negative | BRUSSELS London and Brussels face a makeorbreak decision on an elusive trade agreement on Sunday after a week of tension and deadlock that left a tumultuous deal exit for Britain from the European Unions orbit on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/deadlock-as-brexit-trade-deal-faces-make-or-break-day-idUSKBN28M0ZY | 2020-12-13 |
| Heirtothethrone Prince Charles said she was a great British actor and tireless charity campaigner who will be deeply | Positive | LONDON Barbara Windsor one of Britains most popular actresses and best known for her roles as pub landlady Peggy Mitchell in the BBC TV soap and in the bawdy Carry films has died aged 83 | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/people-barbara-windsor/irrepressible-british-actress-barbara-windsor-dies-aged-83-idUSKBN28L02D | 2020-12-12 |
| Denmarks Tryg and Canadas Intact Financial are buying British home and motor insurer RSA and Finlands Sampo and South Africas Rand Merchant Investment is buying Britains Hastings | Positive | Zurich Insurance and Farmers Exchanges have agreed to buy MetLifes U.S. property and casualty business for | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-zurich-m-a-metlife/zurich-farmers-to-buy-metlife-u-s-motor-home-insurance-business-for-3-94-billion-idUSKBN28L0HF | 2020-12-11 |
| Britishvolt has applied for backing from a billion British government fund set up to support the mass production of batteries and help the auto industry shift towards making electric vehicles | Positive | LONDON Electric vehicle battery startup Britishvolt said on Friday it had selected a site in northern England to build a | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-electric-britishvolt/uk-startup-britishvolt-picks-site-for-3-5-billion-vehicle-battery-plant-idUSKBN28L00M | 2020-12-11 |
| The mysterious William Bowery who Swift last month revealed was a pseudonym for her British actor boyfriend Joe Alwyn is also credited as a cowriter on the new album | Positive | LOS ANGELES Taylor Swift on Thursday announced the arrival of a second complete surprise album in five months saying we just couldnt stop writing songs | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/music-taylor-swift/taylor-swift-just-kept-writing-for-second-surprise-album-of-2020-idUSKBN28K2KG | 2020-12-11 |
| LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen could on Wednesday find a way forward towards a Brexit trade deal senior British minister Michael Gove said | Positive | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen could on Wednesday find a way forward towards a Brexit trade deal senior British minister Michael Gove said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-gove-talks/uks-gove-says-on-brexit-sometimes-the-chiefs-can-find-a-way-through-idUSKBN28J0SD | 2020-12-10 |
| AMSTERDAM The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday said she was dropping a preliminary probe into alleged war crimes by British troops in Iraq even though she found a reasonable basis to believe they committed atrocities | Negative | AMSTERDAM The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Wednesday said she was dropping a preliminary probe into alleged war crimes by British troops in Iraq even though she found a reasonable basis to believe they committed atrocities | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/icc-britain-probe-closed/icc-prosecutor-drops-probe-into-alleged-uk-war-crimes-in-iraq-statement-idUSKBN28J26E | 2020-12-10 |
| Meanwhile breakthroughs were elusive in longrunning U.S. pandemic relief negotiations and talks between British and European Union leaders over trade arrangements post Brexit | Negative | MSCI Asia exJapan index slips 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-take-a-breather-as-brexit-and-u-s-stimulus-talks-drag-on-idUSL1N2IQ04Y | 2020-12-10 |
| I dont believe that those are terms that any prime minister of this country should he told the British parliament to cheers from lawmakers in his Conservative Party | Negative | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Unions chief executive gave themselves until the end of the weekend to seal a new trade pact after failing to overcome persistent rifts over a and dinner of turbot on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/have-your-turbot-and-eat-it-uk-eu-set-weekend-deadline-for-new-brexit-pact-idUSKBN28J0OA | 2020-12-10 |
| The European Commission and Britain remained far on Brexit trade deal the blocs chief executive said after what she described as a dinner with the British Prime Minister | Positive | Pound falls 0 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-pound-drops-as-brexit-impasse-unsettled-after-johnson-von-der-leyen-meeting-idUSL1N2IP3E7 | 2020-12-10 |
| The agreement stuck in Singapore largely mirrors a standing agreement the former British colony which became independent in 1965 has with the European Union | Positive | SINGAPORE Britain said it was reemerging as a major trade force as it signed a free trade deal with island nation Singapore on Thursday its latest agreement globally as it prepares to end its transition out of the European Union on Dec | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-singapore-britain-trade/britain-says-its-back-as-it-signs-trade-deal-in-singapore-idUSKBN28K0C8 | 2020-12-10 |
| LONDON Mike Ashleys Frasers Group said it is in negotiations to buy collapsed department store chain Debenhams from administrators in a rescue deal which would further extend the retail billionaires reach in the British high street | Positive | LONDON Mike Ashleys Frasers Group said it is in negotiations to buy collapsed department store chain Debenhams from administrators in a rescue deal which would further extend the retail billionaires reach in the British high street | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-frasers-group-debenhams/ashleys-frasers-group-eyes-collapsed-british-retailer-debenhams-idUSKBN28H0LU | 2020-12-08 |
| Such naturebased offsets could remove up to 12 billion tonnes of emissions a year on the back of billion spending by emitters British bank Barclays estimates | Positive | LONDON Oil companies such as BP and Shell are nurturing nature as a future revenue stream betting on an expected rise in carbon credit prices as their fossil fuel profits ebb | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-climate-change-oil-carboncredits-focu/big-carbon-oil-majors-turn-to-nature-to-help-plug-revenue-gap-idUSKBN28I0HM | 2020-12-08 |
| Enforced closure during the pandemic plus the resultant shift to online sales has hammered many British retailers with several collapsing last week alone | Negative | LONDON Mike Ashleys Frasers Group said it is in negotiations to buy collapsed department store chain Debenhams from administrators in a rescue deal which would further extend the retail billionaires reach in the British high street | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-frasers-group-debenhams/ashleys-frasers-group-eyes-collapsed-british-retailer-debenhams-idUSKBN28H0LU | 2020-12-08 |
| LONDON Prince Harry is suing the publishers of a British newspaper for libel joining his wife Meghan who is separately suing them over breach of copyright and data protection British media reported on Monday | Negative | LONDON Prince Harry is suing the publishers of a British newspaper for libel joining his wife Meghan who is separately suing them over breach of copyright and data protection British media reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-royals-harry/prince-harry-launches-lawsuit-against-uk-paper-joining-wife-meghan-idUSKBN28H2QB | 2020-12-08 |
| A notrade deal would wipe an extra off British economic output in 2021 while driving up inflation unemployment and public borrowing Britains Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast | Positive | Britain and the European Union sought on Sunday to strike an elusive trade deal with failure likely to end with trade in chaos markets tumbling and a huge economic price to pay | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-nodeal-explainer/explainer-huge-consequences-loom-over-eu-uk-trade-talks-idUSKBN28G0D4 | 2020-12-07 |
| LONDON U.S. streaming platform Netflix has rejected a call from Britains culture minister to add disclaimers at the start of episodes of its hit series The to make clear that it is a work of fiction several British media reported on Sunday | Negative | LONDON U.S. streaming platform Netflix has rejected a call from Britains culture minister to add disclaimers at the start of episodes of its hit series The to make clear that it is a work of fiction several British media reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/britain-royals-netflix/netflix-declines-to-flag-up-to-viewers-that-the-crown-is-fiction-uk-media-reports-idUSKBN28G0Q2 | 2020-12-07 |
| Sabadell has said it is considering selling its British unit TSB but sources said fresh cost saving measures are also under consideration | Positive | Sabadell is considering more job cuts and striking product distribution alliances with other European banks after merger talks with rival BBVA fell through last week according to four sources with knowledge of the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/sabadell-m-a-tsb-focus/sabadell-eyes-more-job-cuts-alliances-after-bbva-deal-collapses-idUSKBN28E17J | 2020-12-05 |
| Britains Virgin Money and OneSavings Bank are among a group of challenger banks expected to show interest in British lender TSB ahead of an auction process which is due to start next year sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | Positive | Britains Virgin Money and OneSavings Bank are among a group of challenger banks expected to show interest in British lender TSB ahead of an auction process which is due to start next year sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-tsb-m-a-virgin-money/virgin-money-among-challenger-banks-expected-to-join-race-for-tsb-sources-idUSKBN28E33U | 2020-12-05 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Friday he was reacting to gloating by a British television interviewer when he criticized the countrys quick approval of the first coronavirus vaccine | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said on Friday he was reacting to gloating by a British television interviewer when he criticized the countrys quick approval of the first coronavirus vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-fauci/u-s-expert-fauci-backtracks-on-criticism-of-uk-on-vaccine-nbc-idUSKBN28E1NE | 2020-12-05 |
| The funds will go to the federal biomedical center Fiocruz to buy and later produce the British vaccine in Brazil | Positive | SAO PAULO Paulos Butantan Institute biomedical center on Thursday received 1 million doses of a Chinese COVID19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd that is undergoing latestage testing by the institute at 16 locations in Brazil | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-brazil/brazil-gets-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-doses-senate-oks-british-vaccine-funding-idUSKBN28D1MX | 2020-12-04 |
| Meng is due back in British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday as she fights extradition to the United States | Negative | U.S. prosecutors are discussing a deal with lawyers for Huawei finance chief Meng Wanzhou to resolve criminal charges against her a person familiar with the matter said signaling a potential end to a case that has strained ties between the United States China and Canada | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/u-s-in-talks-with-huawei-cfo-meng-on-resolving-criminal-charges-source-idUSKBN28D3J8 | 2020-12-04 |
| The hacking attempts included a bid to get inside British drugmaker and vaccine developer AstraZeneca which Reuters first reported last week was in Pyongyangs crosshairs | Negative | Suspected North Korean hackers have recently tried to break into at least nine health organizations including pharmaceutical giant Johnson Johnson and vaccine developer Novavax Inc revealing a broader effort to target key players in the race to develop treatments for COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-north-korea-cyber/north-korea-linked-hackers-targeted-jj-novavax-in-hunt-for-covid-research-idUSKBN28C1UE | 2020-12-03 |
| The prosecutors are set make the request in the British Columbia Supreme Court on Monday when witness testimony in the case resumes | Negative | TORONTO Canadian prosecutors will ask a court to disregard a former U.S. government lawyers affidavit submitted by Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhous legal team in her U.S. extradition case arguing it is and documents released on Wednesday showed | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-asks-court-to-throw-out-expert-affidavit-in-huawei-cfos-u-s-extradition-case-idUSKBN28D04B | 2020-12-03 |
| Retail magnate Philip Greens Arcadia which owns Topshop and many other British fashion brands filed for administration on Monday the biggest British corporate insolvency so far of the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | Retail magnate Philip Greens Arcadia which owns Topshop and many other British fashion brands filed for administration on Monday the biggest British corporate insolvency so far of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-retail-factbox/factbox-retail-casualties-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-idUSKBN28A30B | 2020-12-01 |
| This month the United States said it was imposing sanctions on four more Chinese individuals tied to actions over the former British colony which returned to Chinese rule in 1997 | Negative | BEIJING China will impose sanctions on four people with links to U.S. democracy promotion efforts it said on Monday over what it called interference in the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong following U.S. strictures on four Chinese individuals | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-sanctions/china-sanctions-four-with-u-s-democracy-promotion-ties-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN28A0RH | 2020-12-01 |
| Canadian security firm GardaWorld said on Monday it has further extended its cash offer for larger rival G4S which has repeatedly rejected the hostile bid valuing the British company at about 3 billion pounds | Negative | Canadian security firm GardaWorld said on Monday it has further extended its cash offer for larger rival G4S which has repeatedly rejected the hostile bid valuing the British company at about 3 billion pounds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-g4s-m-a-garda-world/canadian-security-firm-gardaworld-extends-offer-for-larger-british-rival-g4s-idUSKBN28A0MR | 2020-12-01 |
| Gassco said on Friday the plant would have to close unless the planned strike was called off triggering a spike in British gas prices | Negative | OSLO Norways Nyhamna gas export terminal is closing down as security guards at the plant go on strike cutting volumes by an expected 50 million standard cubic metres of gas per day system operator Gassco said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-norway-gas-strike/norway-cuts-gas-exports-as-plant-shuts-over-strike-idUSKBN2880D2 | 2020-11-29 |
| LONDON Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID19 virus | Negative | LONDON Suspected North Korean hackers have tried to break into the systems of British drugmaker AstraZeneca in recent weeks two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters as the company races to deploy its vaccine for the COVID19 virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-healthcare-coronavirus-astrazeneca-no/exclusive-suspected-north-korean-hackers-targeted-covid-vaccine-maker-astrazeneca-sources-idUSKBN2871A2 | 2020-11-28 |
| LONDON Britain is not accepting an offer by European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier who is proposing that of the value of fish quota that European fleets catch in British waters be restored to the United Kingdom The Sun newspaper reported | Negative | LONDON Britain is not accepting an offer by European Union chief negotiator Michel Barnier who is proposing that of the value of fish quota that European fleets catch in British waters be restored to the United Kingdom The Sun newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-fish/britain-not-accepting-eus-fish-offer-on-brexit-the-sun-idUSKBN2871F2 | 2020-11-28 |
| Clearly there are substantial and important differences still to be bridged but were getting on with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told reporters | Negative | The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/brexit-goes-down-to-the-wire-eu-and-uk-say-big-differences-remain-idUSKBN2870S4 | 2020-11-28 |
| The two sides are trying to strike a trade deal on goods that would safeguard nearly trillion in annual trade and buttress peace in Britishruled Northern Ireland | Negative | The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu-barnier/brexit-goes-down-to-the-wire-eu-and-uk-say-big-differences-remain-idUSKBN2870S4 | 2020-11-28 |
| Spanish bank Sabadell has asked Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for its lossmaking British lender TSB two sources told Reuters on Friday | Neutral | Spanish bank Sabadell has asked Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for its lossmaking British lender TSB two sources told Reuters on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-sabadell-m-a-tsb/spains-sabadell-asks-goldman-sachs-to-find-buyer-for-britains-tsb-sources-idUSKBN2871KL | 2020-11-28 |
| MADRID BBVA and Sabadell ended merger talks on Friday after they failed to agree on price stalling a wave of Spanish bank tieups and putting Sabadells lossmaking British lender TSB on the block | Negative | MADRID BBVA and Sabadell ended merger talks on Friday after they failed to agree on price stalling a wave of Spanish bank tieups and putting Sabadells lossmaking British lender TSB on the block | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-sabadell-m-a-bbva/spains-bbva-and-sabadell-end-tie-up-talks-tsb-up-for-sale-idUSKBN28712X | 2020-11-28 |
| Soriot said he did not expect the additional trial to delay British and European regulatory approvals | Positive | AstraZeneca is likely to run an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its COVID19 vaccine using a lower dosage its chief executive was quoted as saying on Thursday amid questions over the results of its latestage study | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-ceo-expects-to-run-new-global-trial-of-covid-19-vaccine-bloomberg-idUSKBN28620H | 2020-11-27 |
| The headline result is the vaccine works and thats very Vallance said during a news briefing with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Positive | MOSCOW Developers of the Sputnik V COVID19 vaccine said on Thursday that AstraZeneca should try combining its experimental shot with the Russian one to boost efficacy | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-sputni/russias-sputnik-v-developers-call-on-astrazeneca-to-try-combining-vaccines-idUSKBN28629Q | 2020-11-27 |
| DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | Positive | DUBAI Iran has exchanged a jailed BritishAustralian academic Kylie MooreGilbert with three Iranians who had been detained abroad Irans state broadcaster IRIB reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/iran-britain-detainee/iran-swaps-jailed-british-australian-academic-with-iranians-held-abroad-tv-idUSKBN2852E0 | 2020-11-26 |
| LONDON Scotlands High Court was told on Tuesday that the conviction of a Libyan man over the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing the deadliest militant attack in British history rested on evidence that was badly flawed | Negative | LONDON Scotlands High Court was told on Tuesday that the conviction of a Libyan man over the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing the deadliest militant attack in British history rested on evidence that was badly flawed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-scotland-lockerbie-bomber/scottish-court-told-evidence-was-flawed-in-lockerbie-bombing-trial-idUSKBN2841DD | 2020-11-25 |
| In the foreword Raab said he had begun consulting on what to do about British judges who currently sit on Hong Kongs top court | Positive | LONDON Britain is considering pulling its judges out of Hong Kongs highest court Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday in its latest response to what it considers Chinas breaches of its international obligations in the territory | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-britain/uk-considers-whether-to-remove-british-judges-from-hong-kong-court-idUSKBN2832S9 | 2020-11-25 |
| Deloitte estimates that of British firms have invested in VR and augmented reality in 2019 and a further will invest in such technologies by 2021 | Positive | LONDON Once the preserve of gamers virtual reality has been seized on by the financial sector as a way of enlivening home working for lonely traders or isolated executives and replicating realworld sales networking or training events | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-finance-tech-insig/suited-avatars-and-digital-offices-traders-and-bankers-embrace-vr-idUSKBN2840M2 | 2020-11-24 |
| JD Sports is in exclusive talks with British department store chain Debenhams over a potential rescue takeover The Times reported on Monday | Positive | JD Sports is in exclusive talks with British department store chain Debenhams over a potential rescue takeover The Times reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-debenhams-m-a-jd-sports/jd-sports-in-exclusive-talks-with-debenhams-over-rescue-takeover-the-times-idUSKBN2832JT | 2020-11-24 |
| MOSCOW Russia has banned entry to 25 British citizens in retaliation for similar measures by Britain Russias foreign ministry said on Saturday without providing their names | Negative | MOSCOW Russia has banned entry to 25 British citizens in retaliation for similar measures by Britain Russias foreign ministry said on Saturday without providing their names | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-sanctions/russia-bars-entry-to-25-british-citizens-in-retaliation-for-uk-sanctions-idUSKBN2810II | 2020-11-22 |
| LONDON People whove had COVID19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | LONDON People whove had COVID19 are highly unlikely to contract it again for at least six months after their first infection according to a British study of healthcare workers on the frontline of fight against the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-reinfection/covid-19-reinfection-unlikely-for-at-least-six-months-study-finds-idUSKBN28015L | 2020-11-21 |
| The Commission said the proposed transaction threatened to affect competition in the British telecoms sector and that the CMA would deal with the case under UK national law | Negative | The Commission which oversees competition policy in the 27nation European Union said on Thursday it was referring the merger to the Competition and Markets Authority at the latters request | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-telefonica-m-a-liberty-global-eu/eu-refers-liberty-global-telefonica-deal-to-uk-watchdog-idUSKBN27Z1DP | 2020-11-20 |
| LONDON Thomas Markle does not appear to be an important witness in the London court battle pitting his daughter Meghan the British royal against a tabloid newspaper so he need not give evidence in person the judge overseeing the case said on Wednesday | Neutral | LONDON Thomas Markle does not appear to be an important witness in the London court battle pitting his daughter Meghan the British royal against a tabloid newspaper so he need not give evidence in person the judge overseeing the case said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/thomas-markle-not-important-witness-in-meghans-uk-court-case-judge-says-idUSKBN27Y1JU | 2020-11-19 |
| Chinas action is a clear breach of its international obligations under the legally binding UNregistered SinoBritish Joint the five countries said | Negative | WASHINGTON The Five Eyes intelligencesharing group said on Wednesday Chinas imposition of new rules to disqualify elected legislators in Hong Kong appeared to be part of a campaign to silence critics and called on Beijing to reverse course | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-statement/five-eyes-alliance-demands-china-end-crackdown-on-hong-kong-legislators-idUSKBN27Y32R | 2020-11-19 |
| LONDON BT BT.L Chief Executive Philip Jansen is open about the possibility of selling a stake in the British companys Openreach infrastructure unit once there is full clarity on the regulation of fibre networks next year he said on Wednesday | Neutral | LONDON BT BT.L Chief Executive Philip Jansen is open about the possibility of selling a stake in the British companys Openreach infrastructure unit once there is full clarity on the regulation of fibre networks next year he said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-tmt-conference-bt-group/bt-chief-open-minded-on-sale-of-stake-in-openreach-idUSKBN27Y2RD | 2020-11-19 |
| LONDON The London Stock Exchange and British government and banking officials have launched a charm offensive to persuade British online food delivery business Deliveroo to list in London early next year three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | Negative | LONDON The London Stock Exchange and British government and banking officials have launched a charm offensive to persuade British online food delivery business Deliveroo to list in London early next year three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-deliveroo-ipo/london-steps-up-charm-offensive-for-4-billion-deliveroo-listing-sources-idUSKBN27Y2FK | 2020-11-19 |
| Jordan whose title was announced on TV show Jimmy Kimmel follows singer John Legend and British actor Idris Elba who were named sexiest man alive in 2019 and 2018 | Positive | LOS ANGELES Black actor Michael B. Jordan was named Peoples magazines man alive on Tuesday the third Black actor in a row to be given the annual pop culture honor | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-people-sexiest-man/michael-b-jordan-named-people-magazines-sexiest-man-alive-idUSKBN27Y0FI | 2020-11-18 |
| The testimony of Canada Border Services Agency officer Sanjit Dhillon on Tuesday was part of a witness cross examination in the hearing in British Columbia Supreme Court | Negative | A Canadian border official testified in an extradition hearing for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou on Tuesday that he did not take direction from the U.S. FBI when he took part in Mengs interrogation prior to her arrest in 2018 | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-border-officer-says-did-not-take-direction-from-fbi-in-interrogation-of-huawei-cfo-idUSKBN27X18D | 2020-11-18 |
| Aeroflot said it did not have any information about the case while the British embassy in Moscow referred questions to Russian authorities | Negative | MOSCOW Russian security services have detained a Londonbased executive of flagship airline Aeroflot on suspicion of passing state secrets to Britain Russian news agencies reported citing sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-britain-espionage/russia-detains-aeroflot-executive-on-suspicion-of-passing-secrets-to-britain-russian-news-agencies-idUSKBN27T1A5 | 2020-11-14 |
| Tata said it continued to discuss possible UK state aid for its British business adding that it was reviewing all options to make the business | Positive | Swedish steelmaker SSAB | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-tata-steel-m-a-ssab/ssab-eyes-tata-steels-dutch-assets-as-european-consolidation-picks-up-idUSKBN27T23W | 2020-11-14 |
| Traces of Novichok were also found in the 2018 British case of the poisoning of Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter | Negative | MOSCOW Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny who fell ill on a flight in Siberia on Aug | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-politics-navalny-sanctions/russia-alleges-navalny-could-have-been-poisoned-in-germany-or-on-plane-idUSKBN27S1MG | 2020-11-13 |
| LONDON Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British colony cautioning that it would consider sanctions as part of its response | Negative | LONDON Britain on Thursday said China had broken its main bilateral treaty on Hong Kong by imposing new rules to disqualify elected legislators in the former British colony cautioning that it would consider sanctions as part of its response | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-britain/uk-to-consider-sanctions-against-china-for-breaching-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN27S1E6 | 2020-11-13 |
| Britain promises to grant those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas passports five years of limited stay to work or study as a pathway to citizenship | Positive | Here is a timeline of developments since China imposed national security legislation in Hong Kong this year making anything Beijing regards as subversion secession terrorism or colluding with foreign forces punishable by up to life in prison | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-hongkong-security-timeline/timeline-the-impact-of-the-national-security-law-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN27S0FL | 2020-11-12 |
| JOHANNESBURG Petra Diamonds said it was investigating allegations by a British nongovernmental organisation that subsistence miners who trespassed on the firms Williamson mine in Tanzania were detained beaten and shot at killing at least seven of them | Negative | JOHANNESBURG Petra Diamonds said it was investigating allegations by a British nongovernmental organisation that subsistence miners who trespassed on the firms Williamson mine in Tanzania were detained beaten and shot at killing at least seven of them | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-petra-diamonds-tanzania/petra-diamonds-investigates-charges-tanzanian-subsistence-miners-abused-idUSKBN27S0SH | 2020-11-12 |
| Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan are brother and sister in the new fantasy film Come that puts a new spin on two of the bestknown British childrens classic stories | Positive | Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan are brother and sister in the new fantasy film Come that puts a new spin on two of the bestknown British childrens classic stories | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-film-come-away/come-away-lets-alice-in-wonderland-peter-pan-take-flight-with-multiracial-cast-idUSKBN27R2W6 | 2020-11-12 |
| Reuters Youth climate activists have urged David Attenborough to the mic rather than jettison Instagram after just six weeks saying the British naturalist should not abandon his 6 million followers | Positive | Reuters Youth climate activists have urged David Attenborough to the mic rather than jettison Instagram after just six weeks saying the British naturalist should not abandon his 6 million followers | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-global-climate-trfn/climate-activists-urge-attenborough-to-pass-the-mic-on-insta-idUSKBN27R2NA | 2020-11-12 |
| LONDON Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden wanted a Brexit trade deal to be clinched with the European Union so British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should knuckle down and strike an agreement | Positive | LONDON Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday that U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden wanted a Brexit trade deal to be clinched with the European Union so British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should knuckle down and strike an agreement | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-eu/biden-wants-a-brexit-deal-so-uk-should-knuckle-down-irish-pm-says-idUSKBN27S0XW | 2020-11-12 |
| With 6 million engaged followers at your fingertips it only makes sense to keep the momentum said 27yearold Britishbased activist Tori Tsui | Positive | Reuters Youth climate activists have urged David Attenborough to the mic rather than jettison Instagram after just six weeks saying the British naturalist should not abandon his 6 million followers | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-global-climate-trfn/climate-activists-urge-attenborough-to-pass-the-mic-on-insta-idUSKBN27R2NA | 2020-11-12 |
| Spot LNG prices are currently high due to the surge in demand during winters he said adding that the prices would drop to per million British thermal units after January | Positive | Petronet the countrys top gas importer has time until Decemberend to consider investing | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-india-petronet/indias-petronet-has-no-plans-to-invest-in-lng-developers-idUSKBN27S105 | 2020-11-12 |
| Results from the trials will not impact approved indications or pending approvals for Calquence in patients with blood cancers the British company said | Negative | AstraZenecas blood cancer treatment Calquence failed to improve survival rates and prevent lung failure in patients hospitalised with symptoms of COVID19 the drugmaker said on Thursday citing results from midstage trials | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazenecas-cancer-drug-fails-to-meet-main-goal-in-covid-19-trials-idUSKBN27S0XV | 2020-11-12 |
| In the new album she released last week Minogue returns to those roots and could make British chart history if it reaches number one | Positive | LONDON Since Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue played her parents ABBA and Donna Summer records as a child disco music has always been a part of her | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-music-kylie-minogue-disco/kylie-heads-back-to-dancefloor-with-new-album-disco-idUSKBN27Q2AL | 2020-11-11 |
| U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden has delivered a warning to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a postelection call not to let Brexit destabilise the Northern Ireland peace process the Financial Times reported on Tuesday | Negative | U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden has delivered a warning to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a postelection call not to let Brexit destabilise the Northern Ireland peace process the Financial Times reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-usa-johnson-biden-brexit/biden-delivers-brexit-warning-to-uk-pm-johnson-in-post-election-call-ft-idUSKBN27Q33T | 2020-11-11 |
| LOS ANGELES Playing famous people comes with myriad challenges and Gillian Anderson had it tougher than most when she took on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the new season of The without any special effects | Positive | LOS ANGELES Playing famous people comes with myriad challenges and Gillian Anderson had it tougher than most when she took on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the new season of The without any special effects | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-the-crown/gillian-anderson-recounts-her-madame-tussauds-moment-on-set-of-the-crown-idUSKBN27Q1JL | 2020-11-11 |
| The longlasting Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse which is examining the problem across British institutions and society published similar findings about the Church of England on Oct | Negative | LONDON The Roman Catholic Church in Britain betrayed its moral purpose over decades by protecting those who sexually abused children rather than caring for their victims an independent inquiry said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-abuse/uk-abuse-inquiry-says-catholic-church-prioritised-reputation-over-children-idUSKBN27Q1PU | 2020-11-11 |
| Thatcher enters the Netflix television series portraying the British royal family as it moves into the 1980s when the polarizing Conservative Party leader was at the height of her power | Neutral | LOS ANGELES Playing famous people comes with myriad challenges and Gillian Anderson had it tougher than most when she took on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the new season of The without any special effects | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-the-crown/gillian-anderson-recounts-her-madame-tussauds-moment-on-set-of-the-crown-idUSKBN27Q1JL | 2020-11-11 |
| Hong Kongs 19 opposition lawmakers have threatened mass resignations should any of them be disqualified from the Legislative Council or Legco the former British colonys miniparliament | Negative | BEIJING Chinas top decisionmaking body decided on Wednesday to allow for immediate disqualification of Hong Kong legislators who endanger national security seek the citys independence or seek foreign interference the official Xinhua News Agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-npc/china-says-hong-kong-legislators-endangering-national-security-can-be-disqualified-idUSKBN27R0G9 | 2020-11-11 |
| Founded in 1982 Great Canadian operates 25 gaming entertainment and hospitality facilities in Ontario British Columbia New Brunswick and Nova Scotia | Positive | Apollo Globals offer of per share is at a premium of about 34 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-great-canadian-gaming-corp-m-a-apollo/apollo-global-funds-to-buy-great-canadian-gaming-for-1-66-billion-idUSKBN27R08D | 2020-11-11 |
| It said current investors Carlyle Group and New Yorkbased private equity firm Goode Partners were selling their stakes in Supreme founded by AmericanBritish businessman James Jebbia in 1994 | Neutral | Shares of VF Corp surged about to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-vf-m-a-supreme/vans-owner-vf-corp-to-buy-streetwear-brand-supreme-for-about-2-1-billion-idUSKBN27P1HV | 2020-11-10 |
| He suggested a bust of British wartime leader Winston Churchill had been moved from the Oval Office because of the partKenyan presidents ancestral dislike of the British | Negative | LONDON Britains Boris Johnson congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election on Saturday although the victory could pose problems for the prime minister because of Bidens vocal concerns over his Brexit policy | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-usa-election-britain-johnson/uk-pm-johnson-congratulates-joe-biden-a-win-that-could-pose-him-problems-idUSKBN27N0QW | 2020-11-08 |
| LONDON Nov 7 Significant differences remain in talks over a trade deal between Britain and the European Union Boris Johnsons office said after a call between the British prime minister and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen | Negative | LONDON Nov 7 Significant differences remain in talks over a trade deal between Britain and the European Union Boris Johnsons office said after a call between the British prime minister and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu/significant-differences-remain-in-eu-uk-trade-talks-uk-pms-office-idUSL9N27H02L | 2020-11-08 |
| LONDON Bentley Motors model lineup will include only plugin hybrids and electric cars by 2026 and will be fully electric by 2030 the British luxury carmaker said on Thursday as the auto industry adapts to tighter emissions limits in Europe and China | Positive | LONDON Bentley Motors model lineup will include only plugin hybrids and electric cars by 2026 and will be fully electric by 2030 the British luxury carmaker said on Thursday as the auto industry adapts to tighter emissions limits in Europe and China | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-bentley-electric/bentleys-luxury-car-range-to-be-fully-electric-by-2030-idUSKBN27L2I3 | 2020-11-06 |
| LONDON His daughtersinlaw Kate and Meghan are regularly lauded for their fashion sense but 71yearold Prince Charles wellknown for patchingup and mending his clothes has probably been considered a less likely British style icon until now | Positive | LONDON His daughtersinlaw Kate and Meghan are regularly lauded for their fashion sense but 71yearold Prince Charles wellknown for patchingup and mending his clothes has probably been considered a less likely British style icon until now | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-royals-charles/britains-most-fashionable-man-vogue-hails-prince-charles-idUSKBN27L1W1 | 2020-11-06 |
| A wave of COVID19 lockdowns and curbs has stirred resistance across Europe with the rightwing British politician who helped force an EU referendum harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner | Negative | A wave of COVID19 lockdowns and curbs has stirred resistance across Europe with the rightwing British politician who helped force an EU referendum harnessing popular anger at a new lockdown by recasting his Brexit Party under a new banner | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus/europes-covid-19-curbs-prompt-pushback-amid-bleak-countdown-to-christmas-idUSKBN27I17E | 2020-11-04 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Monday lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife after a High Court judge ruled that the newspapers allegations were substantially | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Monday lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife after a High Court judge ruled that the newspapers allegations were substantially | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-factbox/johnny-depp-and-amber-heards-testimony-in-wife-beater-libel-trial-idUSKBN27I14R | 2020-11-03 |
| This decision is as perverse as it is Depps British law firm Schillings said in statement on Monday | Negative | LONDON A London High Court judges decision on Monday to reject Johnny Depps libel claim over an article which called him a wife is perverse and flawed and it would be ridiculous if he did not appeal the actors lawyers said | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-people-depp-reaction/johnny-depp-lawyers-says-uk-court-ruling-flawed-and-perverse-idUSKBN27I1FP | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Monday lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife after a High Court judge ruled that the papers allegations were substantially | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp on Monday lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife after a High Court judge ruled that the papers allegations were substantially | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-verdict-ju/factbox-johnny-depp-loses-wife-beater-libel-case-key-parts-of-the-judgment-idUSKBN27I14N | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON It is not a surprise that Hollywood star Johnny Depp lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife a lawyer for his exwife Amber Heard said on Monday after the London High Court ruling | Negative | LONDON It is not a surprise that Hollywood star Johnny Depp lost his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife a lawyer for his exwife Amber Heard said on Monday after the London High Court ruling | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard/no-surprise-johnny-depp-lost-wife-beater-libel-case-heards-lawyer-says-idUSKBN27I112 | 2020-11-03 |
| LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp will learn on Monday whether he has won his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife a verdict which will have a major impact on his reputation and future career | Negative | LONDON Hollywood star Johnny Depp will learn on Monday whether he has won his libel battle with a British tabloid which labelled him a wife a verdict which will have a major impact on his reputation and future career | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/uk-judge-to-deliver-ruling-in-johnny-depp-libel-case-idUSKBN27H1UL | 2020-11-02 |
| HONG KONG Honor of Kings Tencents flagship video game announced a record 100 million daily active users worldwide and said it was expanding into other genres and forming a tieup with British luxury group Burberry | Positive | HONG KONG Honor of Kings Tencents flagship video game announced a record 100 million daily active users worldwide and said it was expanding into other genres and forming a tieup with British luxury group Burberry | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tencent-videogames-honorofkings/tencents-honor-of-kings-reports-100-million-daily-users-expands-into-new-genres-idUSKBN27H1HX | 2020-11-02 |
| Connery will be remembered first as British agent 007 the character created by novelist Ian Fleming and immortalized by Connery in films starting with | Positive | Scottish movie legend Sean Connery who shot to international stardom as the suave sexy and sophisticated British agent James Bond and went on to grace the silver screen for four decades has died aged 90 | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-people-connery/former-james-bond-actor-sean-connery-dies-aged-90-idUSKBN27G0IU | 2020-11-01 |
| Sean Connery who has died at the age of 90 was known not only for movie roles including the British secret agent James Bond but also for his support of Scottish independence from Britain | Negative | Sean Connery who has died at the age of 90 was known not only for movie roles including the British secret agent James Bond but also for his support of Scottish independence from Britain | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-people-connery-reaction-factbox/factbox-gritty-and-witty-reactions-to-the-death-of-screen-legend-sean-connery-idUSKBN27G0KX | 2020-11-01 |
| New Zealandbased prediction market PredictIt has Biden leading overall at 68 cents to Trumps 39 cents while British betting company Betfair Exchange gives Biden a winchance versus Trumps | Neutral | Bettors favour Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in Tuesdays U.S. election with the Democratic candidate leading in bets placed in a majority of the battleground states that decide elections two betting market aggregators said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-election-betting-gmf/betting-markets-favour-biden-over-trump-in-u-s-presidential-race-idUSKBN27F2OW | 2020-10-31 |
| LONDON There are significant problems with the availability and quality of COVID19 data in England British researchers said on Wednesday as they launched a dashboard to help make sense of the patchwork of stats | Negative | LONDON There are significant problems with the availability and quality of COVID19 data in England British researchers said on Wednesday as they launched a dashboard to help make sense of the patchwork of stats | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-dashboard/english-covid-data-patchy-researchers-say-as-new-dashboard-launched-idUSKBN27D02J | 2020-10-28 |
| SOUTHAMPTON England Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of seizing control of a ship British police said on Monday after special forces stormed an oil tanker under threat from a group of stowaways the previous evening | Negative | SOUTHAMPTON England Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of seizing control of a ship British police said on Monday after special forces stormed an oil tanker under threat from a group of stowaways the previous evening | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-security-ship-operator/police-arrest-seven-after-british-special-forces-board-tanker-idUSKBN27B16F | 2020-10-27 |
| The defence ministry declined to confirm or deny the involvement of the SBS in line with British government policy of not commenting on special forces operations | Negative | SOUTHAMPTON England Seven men have been arrested on suspicion of seizing control of a ship British police said on Monday after special forces stormed an oil tanker under threat from a group of stowaways the previous evening | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-security-ship-operator/police-arrest-seven-after-british-special-forces-board-tanker-idUSKBN27B16F | 2020-10-27 |
| While disruption is expected in early 2021 British companies could be ousted from the complex manufacturing supply chains which stretch across Europe if that persists | Negative | SEVINGTON England Deal or no deal British companies will have to confront a wall of bureaucracy that threatens chaos at the border if they want to sell into the worlds biggest trading bloc when life after Brexit begins on January 1 | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu-border-insight/itll-be-carnage-british-companies-dread-a-brexit-border-breakdown-idUSKBN27B0MM | 2020-10-26 |
| The leftleaning New Democratic Party is on track to form a majority government in the western Canadian province of British Columbia Canadian Broadcasting Corp News projected after Saturdays election | Neutral | The leftleaning New Democratic Party is on track to form a majority government in the western Canadian province of British Columbia Canadian Broadcasting Corp News projected after Saturdays election | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-canada-bc-election/left-leaning-ndp-projected-to-form-majority-british-columbia-government-cbc-idUSKBN27A05A | 2020-10-25 |
| The exchange illustrates Frances twin strategy in the Brexit negotiation talking tough in public while quietly preparing to fish less in British waters from 2021 | Neutral | France is preparing its fishing industry for a smaller catch after Brexit industry members said in a sign that President Emmanuel Macron is laying the ground for a delicate compromise to help the European Union strike a trade deal with Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-france-exclusive/exclusive-macron-lays-ground-for-netting-brexit-compromise-on-fisheries-idUSKBN2781P3 | 2020-10-24 |
| A fourth of Frances catch in the northeastern Atlantic was in British waters according to a French parliamentary report | Negative | France is preparing its fishing industry for a smaller catch after Brexit industry members said in a sign that President Emmanuel Macron is laying the ground for a delicate compromise to help the European Union strike a trade deal with Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-france-exclusive/exclusive-macron-lays-ground-for-netting-brexit-compromise-on-fisheries-idUSKBN2781P3 | 2020-10-24 |
| BEIJING The Hong Kong office of Chinas foreign ministry urges Britain to immediately correct its regarding visa policy for those with British National status it said on Friday | Negative | BEIJING The Hong Kong office of Chinas foreign ministry urges Britain to immediately correct its regarding visa policy for those with British National status it said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hong-kong-security-britain-visa/china-urges-britain-to-correct-its-mistakes-on-hong-kong-visas-idUSKBN2780LF | 2020-10-23 |
| Nonetheless the political and intellectual elite became obsessed with trying to identify the sources of national decline and how to fix them rise and fall of the British Edgerton | Negative | LONDON In his landmark study of the history of economic growth Joel Mokyr observed the best predictor of the living standard that a newborn baby can expect to enjoy is the accident of where he or she is | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-power-kemp/column-chinas-rise-and-u-s-fears-about-decline-kemp-idUSKBN2762DR | 2020-10-22 |
| One of the major concerns of these firms is that Nvidia may force the British firm to cut off its Chinese clients the report added | Negative | One of the major concerns of these firms is that Nvidia may force the British firm to cut off its Chinese clients the report added | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia-huawei/huawei-other-chinese-tech-firms-raise-concerns-on-nvidias-arm-deal-bloomberg-news-idUSKBN2760OJ | 2020-10-22 |
| Giuffre has said she was trafficked by Epstein and forced to have sex with his friends including the British prince when she was 17 years old | Negative | NEW YORK A deposition British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell gave in 2016 related to her dealings with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein is expected to be made public on Thursday a document Maxwell had fought hard to keep under wraps | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/documents-ghislaine-maxwell-fought-to-keep-secret-slated-for-release-thursday-idUSKBN2770FZ | 2020-10-22 |
| LONDON The coronavirus will be around for as it is unlikely it will be eradicated a British scientist on the governments advisory committee for the pandemic said on Wednesday although a vaccine would help improve the situation | Positive | LONDON The coronavirus will be around for as it is unlikely it will be eradicated a British scientist on the governments advisory committee for the pandemic said on Wednesday although a vaccine would help improve the situation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sage/uk-scientific-advisor-says-coronavirus-unlikely-to-be-eradicated-idUSKBN276174 | 2020-10-22 |
| LONDON There will be no more trade talks with the European Union unless the bloc fundamentally changes its stance on the discussions British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Greek counterpart in a call on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON There will be no more trade talks with the European Union unless the bloc fundamentally changes its stance on the discussions British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told his Greek counterpart in a call on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-greece/no-more-trade-talks-unless-eu-changes-position-uks-johnson-says-idUSKBN2751R4 | 2020-10-21 |
| TOKYO Japans economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura hopes to meet British trade minister Liz Truss to discuss a transPacific trade pact on a visit to the Asian nation that is being arranged but not yet finalised he said on Tuesday | Positive | TOKYO Japans economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura hopes to meet British trade minister Liz Truss to discuss a transPacific trade pact on a visit to the Asian nation that is being arranged but not yet finalised he said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-japan-economy-minister/japans-nishimura-hopes-to-meet-british-trade-minister-if-she-visits-idUSKBN27516T | 2020-10-21 |
| LONDON After statistics showed state borrowing had soared while tax receipts had fallen British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that things could have been far worse had the government not acted to protect livelihoods | Negative | LONDON After statistics showed state borrowing had soared while tax receipts had fallen British finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Wednesday that things could have been far worse had the government not acted to protect livelihoods | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-sunak/uks-sunak-says-of-soaring-borrowing-things-could-have-been-far-worse-idUSKBN2760NM | 2020-10-21 |
| In turn Johnson said on Friday there was no point in continuing talks saying Britain would prosper without a trade agreement or as the British government describes an deal | Negative | Britain sees no basis to resume trade talks with the European Union unless there is a fundamental change in approach from Brussels chief negotiator David Frost said on Monday dashing earlier optimism that negotiations could resume | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-uk-says-no-to-more-eu-trade-talks-idUSKBN2730Y5 | 2020-10-20 |
| LONDON Britain said on Monday there was still no basis for trade talks with the European Union to resume following a call between British and EU negotiators David Frost and Michel Barnier | Negative | LONDON Britain said on Monday there was still no basis for trade talks with the European Union to resume following a call between British and EU negotiators David Frost and Michel Barnier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-negotiations/uk-says-still-no-basis-to-resume-talks-with-eu-pm-johnsons-office-idUSKBN2742BG | 2020-10-20 |
| However investors still think British and European negotiators might be able to salvage postBrexit trade talks to prevent disruptions that a nodeal finale to the fiveyear Brexit drama would cause | Positive | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yuan-stands-tall-but-u-s-stimulus-doubts-cap-broader-risk-rally-idUSL4N2HB01O | 2020-10-20 |
| Gove has previously said that while the British government wanted an agreement with Brussels it was not going be held | Negative | Michael Gove the minister handling Brexit divorce issues for Britain said on Sunday that the UK is increasingly for a nodeal Brexit even as businesses urged Britain and the European Union to find a compromise over trade terms | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-gove/gove-says-uk-well-prepared-for-no-deal-brexit-even-as-businesses-sound-alarm-idUSKBN273003 | 2020-10-18 |
| The state of our talks is not that we are stumbling over the issue of fishing which is the Britishs tactical argument but were stumbling over everything | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-johnson-says-prepare-for-no-deal-cancels-trade-talks-idUSKBN2710SY | 2020-10-17 |
| BRUSSELS Oct 16 The European Union said on Friday it was continuing to work for a new Brexit accord dismissing British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons nodeal rhetoric as hot air as stakes rise in the troubled trade talks ahead of a yearend deadline | Negative | EU summit | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu-reaction/update-3-eu-says-still-seeking-brexit-accord-despite-johnsons-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSL8N2H73BV | 2020-10-17 |
| Johnson said earlier on Friday that unless the EU changed course there would be no deal giving British businesses continued free access to the EUs huge single market | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union said on Friday it was continuing to work for a new Brexit accord dismissing British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons nodeal rhetoric as hot air as stakes rise in the troubled trade talks ahead of a yearend deadline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/eu-says-still-seeking-brexit-accord-despite-johnsons-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN2711NW | 2020-10-17 |
| The remaining 27 leaders of the EU who chose to remain in the EU are not there simply to make the British prime minister he added | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday it was now time to prepare for a notrade deal Brexit unless the European Union fundamentally changed course bluntly telling Brussels that there was no point in continuing the negotiations | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-brinkmanship-johnson-says-prepare-for-no-deal-cancels-trade-talks-idUSKBN2710SY | 2020-10-17 |
| LONDON Human trials of potential COVID19 vaccines where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease could become a reality after a British biotech firm said it was in advanced talks with the government to create and provide strains of the virus | Positive | LONDON Human trials of potential COVID19 vaccines where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease could become a reality after a British biotech firm said it was in advanced talks with the government to create and provide strains of the virus | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-challenge-virus/britain-moves-closer-to-covid-19-vaccine-trials-that-infect-volunteers-idUSKBN2710RP | 2020-10-17 |
| LONDON Talks to agree a Brexit trade deal with the European Union are over British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons spokesman said on Friday saying there was no point carrying on unless the bloc fundamentally changed its stance | Negative | LONDON Talks to agree a Brexit trade deal with the European Union are over British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons spokesman said on Friday saying there was no point carrying on unless the bloc fundamentally changed its stance | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-johnson-spokesman/brexit-trade-talks-are-over-uk-pm-johnsons-spokesman-says-idUSKBN2711YO | 2020-10-17 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union said on Friday it was continuing to work for a new Brexit accord dismissing British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons nodeal rhetoric as hot air as stakes rise in the troubled trade talks ahead of a yearend deadline | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union said on Friday it was continuing to work for a new Brexit accord dismissing British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons nodeal rhetoric as hot air as stakes rise in the troubled trade talks ahead of a yearend deadline | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-reaction/eu-says-still-seeking-brexit-accord-despite-johnsons-no-deal-rhetoric-idUSKBN2711NW | 2020-10-17 |
| It has been acquisitive in Europe most recently in France where it bought the Hayange business previously owned by British Steel | Positive | Liberty Steel is a unit of Britainbased conglomerate GFG which holds the family operations of commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-thyssenkrupp-libertysteel/liberty-steel-set-to-bid-for-thyssenkrupp-steel-unit-source-idUSKBN2702MU | 2020-10-16 |
| The National Health Service is in talks with the British Medical Association and others around mobilising the rollout of a potential COVID19 vaccine from December Pulse website for health professionals reported on Thursday | Positive | The National Health Service is in talks with the British Medical Association and others around mobilising the rollout of a potential COVID19 vaccine from December Pulse website for health professionals reported on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-vaccine/nhs-england-in-talks-on-rollout-of-potential-covid-vaccine-from-december-pulse-health-website-idUSKBN27032F | 2020-10-16 |
| 8 also comes days after the AngloSpanish airline group promoted Aer Lingus boss Sean Doyle to lead British Airways | Neutral | The hedge funds bet on IAG is a sign that the fund believes there is value in UK the Financial Times earlier reported citing a person familiar with its thinking | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-iag-stake-marshall-wace/hedge-fund-marshall-wace-takes-stake-in-british-airways-owner-iag-idUSKBN26Z2RR | 2020-10-15 |
| 29 ending a hybrid structure that dates back to the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Margarine Unie in the Netherlands | Neutral | The proposal passed with the support of more than of shares voted | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-unilever-restructuring/end-of-an-era-as-unilever-uk-shareholders-back-unification-plan-idUSKBN26X1UW | 2020-10-13 |
| LONDON Oct 10 Britain will explore every avenue for a trade deal with the European Union but progress to bridge significant gaps needs to be made in the coming days British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday | Positive | LONDON Oct 10 Britain will explore every avenue for a trade deal with the European Union but progress to bridge significant gaps needs to be made in the coming days British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu/uk-will-explore-every-avenue-for-eu-deal-pm-johnson-tells-frances-macron-idUSS8N2D407K | 2020-10-11 |
| Chief Executive Alex Cruz said it was a difficult day for everybody at British Airways as the aircraft leaves our home at Heathrow for the very last | Negative | LONDON British Airways last jumbo jets bade farewell to London on Thursday but cloud and driving rain prevented a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/bas-queen-of-the-skies-jumbos-bid-farewell-to-rainy-london-idUSKBN26S3LQ | 2020-10-09 |
| Chief Executive Alex Cruz said it would be a difficult day for everybody at British Airways as the aircraft leaves our home at Heathrow for the very last time | Negative | LONDON British Airways will bid farewell to its final Londonbased Boeing 747s on Thursday with a rare synchronised dual take off for the Queen of the the jet which brought longhaul flights to the masses | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/bas-jumbos-bid-farewell-with-rare-dual-take-off-for-queen-of-the-skies-idUSKBN26S3LQ | 2020-10-08 |
| BRUSSELS The European Union wants a postBrexit deal with the United Kingdom but not at any cost European Council President Charles Michel said on Wednesday after talking to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union wants a postBrexit deal with the United Kingdom but not at any cost European Council President Charles Michel said on Wednesday after talking to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-michel/eus-michel-to-uks-johnson-we-want-a-deal-but-not-at-any-cost-idUSKBN26S2KO | 2020-10-08 |
| BRASILIA Testing of Russias COVID19 vaccine has not begun in Brazil while its British and Chinese rivals have already begun to file partial results from clinical Phase III trials the Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday | Positive | BRASILIA Testing of Russias COVID19 vaccine has not begun in Brazil while its British and Chinese rivals have already begun to file partial results from clinical Phase III trials the Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine/russian-covid-19-vaccine-trials-have-yet-to-start-in-brazil-lagging-rivals-idUSKBN26R2YZ | 2020-10-07 |
| Cambridge is also home to Arm the British chip designer that Nvidia has agreed to buy from Japans SoftBank for billion | Positive | LONDON U.S. chip giant Nvidia said on Monday it is building Britains most powerful supercomputer which will use artificial intelligence to help researchers solve pressing medical challenges including those related to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-nvidia-supercomputer-britain/nvidia-building-uk-supercomputer-to-boost-covid-19-research-idUSKBN26Q1Y5 | 2020-10-06 |
| Clinical trials of AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys experimental COVID19 vaccine have resumed in Japan almost a month after being put on hold due to an illness of a British volunteer while discussions with U.S. authorities continue | Positive | Clinical trials of AstraZeneca and Oxford Universitys experimental COVID19 vaccine have resumed in Japan almost a month after being put on hold due to an illness of a British volunteer while discussions with U.S. authorities continue | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-japan/astrazenecas-japanese-covid-19-vaccine-trial-back-up-u-s-still-paused-idUSKBN26N12S | 2020-10-03 |
| LONDON Britains billionaire Issa brothers and private equity group TDR Capital have bought Asda from Walmart in a deal which gives the British supermarket chain an enterprise value of | Positive | LONDON Britains billionaire Issa brothers and private equity group TDR Capital have bought Asda from Walmart in a deal which gives the British supermarket chain an enterprise value of | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-asda-walmart-m-a/british-brothers-buy-walmarts-asda-with-tdr-in-8-8-billion-deal-idUSKBN26N1OF | 2020-10-03 |
| The internet users silence actually implies a refusal accept said Etienne Drouard of AmericanBritish law firm Hogan Lovells | Negative | PARIS Frances data privacy watchdog CNIL recommended on Thursday that websites operating in the country should keep a register of internet users refusal to accept online trackers known as cookies for at least six months | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-france-privacy/frances-data-privacy-watchdog-beefs-up-consent-rights-over-ad-trackers-idUSKBN26M631 | 2020-10-02 |
| The Proud Boys were established during the 2016 U.S. election by Vice Media cofounder and CanadianBritish rightwing activist Gavin McInnes who has since distanced himself from the group | Negative | ANGELES President Donald Trump asked if he would denounce white supremacists and militia groups during Tuesday nights U.S. presidential debate told the rightwing group the Proud Boys to stand back and stand by | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-election-extremists-explainer/explainer-president-trump-asked-the-proud-boys-to-stand-by-who-are-they-idUSKBN26L3Q1 | 2020-10-01 |
| LONDON The United Kingdom has so far failed to persuade the European Union to accept car parts from Japan and Turkey as British when they are used in Britain meaning some automotive exports would attract tariffs even with a trade deal the BBC said | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom has so far failed to persuade the European Union to accept car parts from Japan and Turkey as British when they are used in Britain meaning some automotive exports would attract tariffs even with a trade deal the BBC said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-autos/uk-cars-could-face-some-tariffs-to-eu-due-to-parts-ruling-bbc-idUSKBN26L0S8 | 2020-10-01 |
| The truth is the British face a dilemma | Negative | BRUSSELS Brexit Britain is part of an arc of that has emerged around the European Union the blocs chairman said on Monday ranking Londons decision to leave the EU along with threats from Turkey Russia Libya and Syria | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-eu-michel/britain-is-part-of-arc-of-instability-around-the-eu-chairman-says-idUSKBN26J2BZ | 2020-09-29 |
| Ofcom regulates the British media industry including the BBC to ensure they provide impartial news | Neutral | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to appoint two Brexitbacking critics of the BBC to important roles in the media including one as chairman of the publicly owned broadcaster itself the Times reported on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-media-johnson/uks-johnson-lines-up-two-critics-of-bbc-for-big-media-roles-times-idUSKBN26H0UJ | 2020-09-27 |
| Britain called on China to uphold rights and freedoms guaranteed in the SinoBritish Joint Declaration on Hong Kong and maintain the independence of the former British colonys judiciary | Negative | GENEVA Western powers called on China on Friday to restore basic legal rights in Hong Kong and open up to scrutiny its remote Xinjiang region where more than one million ethnic Uighurs are held | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-rights/china-rebuked-by-west-at-u-n-rights-forum-on-hong-kong-xinjiang-idUSKCN26G1HR | 2020-09-26 |
| LONDON Fancy owning a piece of pop Sothebys is hosting an online auction this month of to mark the 50th anniversary of the British band breaking up | Positive | LONDON Fancy owning a piece of pop Sothebys is hosting an online auction this month of to mark the 50th anniversary of the British band breaking up | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-britain-auction-beatles/beatles-memorabilia-goes-under-hammer-at-online-auction-idUSKCN26G2J9 | 2020-09-26 |
| By comparison the tale of Wrexham is a gritty lowbudget British niche drama yet news of the possible injection of some Hollywood glitz has caused quite a stir | Negative | LONDON Even for a Hollywood script the idea of a couple of household name American actors investing in a fifthtier British soccer club for no apparent reason sounds a little farfetched | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-soccer-england-wrexham/hollywood-superhero-coming-to-wrexham-why-not-say-fans-idUSKCN26F21B | 2020-09-25 |
| LONDON A nodeal Brexit is in nobodys interest British Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Wednesday | Neutral | LONDON A nodeal Brexit is in nobodys interest British Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-eu-gove-no-deal/no-deal-brexit-is-in-nobodys-interest-gove-idUSKCN26E2DD | 2020-09-24 |
| A new crisis in EUUK talks has emerged after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson proposed new domestic laws for Britain that would undercut the Brexit divorce international treaty | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union will negotiate with Britain in good faith in Brexit talks EU Commission VicePresident Maros Sefcovic said on Tuesday following a meeting of Europe ministers in Brussels | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-commission/eus-executive-offers-britain-good-faith-in-brexit-talks-idUSKCN26D27X | 2020-09-23 |
| Meanwhile Boeing whistleblower Curtis Ewbank has urged additional protections while the British Airlines Pilots Association has called for Boeing to add a third angle of sensor to the jet | Negative | Monday was the deadline for comments | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-boeing-737max-union/pilots-unions-urge-u-s-regulator-to-improve-cockpit-procedures-for-boeing-737-max-idUSKCN26C35U | 2020-09-23 |
| TAIPEI A Taiwan conservation group said on Tuesday it had been kicked out of a Britishbased wild bird protection body after it had been asked and refused to sign a document stating it did not advocate for the Chineseclaimed islands independence | Negative | September 15 story corrects to show general assembly was held by Chinese Wild Bird Federation not Birdlife in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-taiwan-environment-politics/taiwan-conservationists-say-kicked-out-of-global-bird-group-in-china-row-idUSKBN2661G4 | 2020-09-18 |
| BRASILIA Clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University resumed in Brazil on Monday after the countrys health regulator got confirmation over the weekend that its British equivalent MHRA had approved the restart a company representative said | Positive | BRASILIA Clinical trials for the coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca PLC and Oxford University resumed in Brazil on Monday after the countrys health regulator got confirmation over the weekend that its British equivalent MHRA had approved the restart a company representative said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-brazil/astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-trials-resume-in-brazil-idUSKBN26534G | 2020-09-15 |
| Critics have said the law has pushed the former British colony onto a more authoritarian path | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs government stood fast in its refusal to interfere with the arrest of 12 residents seeking to flee to Taiwan by sea despite pleas from families for assistance saying the crime falls under mainland Chinese jurisdiction | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-says-will-not-interfere-with-chinese-law-enforcement-arrest-of-12-residents-at-sea-idUSKBN26509R | 2020-09-14 |
| DUBLIN British and European Union negotiators are likely to have a few weeks to avoid a breakdown of trade talks but that window will close if a contentious British bill becomes law Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Sunday | Negative | DUBLIN British and European Union negotiators are likely to have a few weeks to avoid a breakdown of trade talks but that window will close if a contentious British bill becomes law Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-coveney/brexit-trade-talks-have-window-before-contentious-uk-law-can-take-effect-ireland-idUSKBN2640I4 | 2020-09-14 |
| SoftBank announced on Monday it had agreed to sell British chip designer Arm to Nvidia Corp for as much as billion in a cash and share deal | Positive | SoftBank Group Corp executives have held early stage talks about taking the Japanese technology group private as the company seeks a new strategy after disposing of several large assets according to a person familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-softbank-group-private/embattled-softbank-renews-talks-on-taking-the-group-private-source-idUSKBN2640TM | 2020-09-14 |
| AstraZeneca said on the weekend it has resumed British clinical trials of its COVID19 vaccine one of the most advanced in development after getting the green light from safety watchdogs | Positive | SYDNEY Sept 14 Asian shares started higher on Monday as hopes of a coronavirus vaccine were rekindled after AstraZeneca resumed its phase3 trial while sentiment was still cautious ahead of a big week of central bank meetings in UK Japan and the United States | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asian-shares-on-firm-footing-as-vaccine-trials-resume-idUSL4N2GB03E | 2020-09-14 |
| He went on to become chairman of the Storehouse Plc retail group which included other wellknown British high street shops such as Mothercare and British Home Stores | Neutral | LONDON Terence Conran a renowned designer and restaurateur credited with modernising British retail and decor has died aged 88 his family said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-conran/he-changed-the-way-we-live-british-designer-terence-conran-dies-at-88-idUSKBN2630LR | 2020-09-13 |
| My assessment is that an unregulated situation would have very significant consequences for the British Scholz told a news conference after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Berlin | Positive | BERLIN A Brexit would hurt the British economy a lot more than the European Union German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-economy-brexit/no-deal-brexit-would-hurt-britain-more-than-eu-germanys-scholz-idUSKBN2630JM | 2020-09-13 |
| Nvidia Corp is close to a deal to buy British chip designer Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp for more than billion in a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry according to two people familiar with the matter | Positive | Nvidia Corp is close to a deal to buy British chip designer Arm Holdings from SoftBank Group Corp for more than billion in a deal which would create a giant in the chip industry according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-arm-holdings-m-a-nvidia/nvidia-nears-deal-to-buy-chip-designer-arm-for-more-than-40-billion-sources-say-idUSKBN2630UE | 2020-09-13 |
| Giga has access to hydroelectric power in British Columbia but producing metal creates carbon emissions as it involves using dieselfuelled machinery trucks heating buildings and blasting hard rock | Negative | LONDON Tesla is in discussions with Canadian miner Giga Metals about helping to develop a large mine that would give the electric carmaker access to low carbon nickel for its batteries three sources familiar with the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-tesla-giga-metals-nickel-exclusive/exclusive-tesla-in-talks-to-buy-low-carbon-nickel-from-canada-sources-idUSKBN2621Z8 | 2020-09-12 |
| Canadas first COVID19 death was reported on March 9 at a British Columbia longterm care facility | Negative | TORONTO Canada reported zero COVID19 deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since March 15 according to public health agency data released late on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canada-reports-zero-covid-19-deaths-for-first-time-since-march-idUSKBN26301J | 2020-09-12 |
| Martens has hired Lazard to prepare a stock market listing of the British boot brand known for its yellow stitching and a youth culture staple two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters | Positive | LONDON The private equity owner of Dr | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-permira-dr-martens-ipo/dr-martens-owner-picks-lazard-for-uk-float-in-early-2021-idUSKBN2622MH | 2020-09-12 |
| This is a historic moment for the UK and Japan as our first major postBrexit trade British trade minister Liz Truss said | Positive | Britain secured its first big postBrexit trade deal on Friday an agreement with Japan which it hailed as as it struggles to agree on trade with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/uk-secures-agreement-with-japan-on-first-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN26211R | 2020-09-12 |
| Britain said digital and data provisions in the agreement would help British fintech firms operating in Japan | Positive | Britain secured its first big postBrexit trade deal on Friday an agreement with Japan which it hailed as as it struggles to agree on trade with its closest trading partners in the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/uk-secures-agreement-with-japan-on-first-post-brexit-trade-deal-idUSKBN26211R | 2020-09-12 |
| In addition to Bessant there is Fidelity Investments CEO Abigail JPMorgans consumer lending head Marianne Lake and its finance chief Jennifer and Alison Rose CEO of British bank NatWest | Positive | Frasers promotion to CEO was celebrated as a step in the right direction for an industry that has few women or diverse executives in its top ranks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-citigroup-ceo/citigroups-fraser-to-be-first-woman-ceo-of-wall-street-bank-idUSKBN26124I | 2020-09-11 |
| SINGAPORE Sept 11 The dollar clung to gains on Friday after a rout in stocks sent nervous investors to its safety while sterling was poised for its worst week since March as British plans to break a divorce treaty with Europe rekindled the spectre of a nodeal Brexit | Negative | Euro whipsaws after ECB | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-finds-footing-after-stocks-slide-brexit-fears-hammer-pound-idUSL4N2G805C | 2020-09-11 |
| NEW YORK A woman who said she was a victim of Jeffrey Epsteins sex trafficking told a U.S. appeals court that Ghislaine Maxwells desire for privacy failed to justify the continued sealing of a deposition that the British socialite has fought to keep out of the public eye | Negative | NEW YORK A woman who said she was a victim of Jeffrey Epsteins sex trafficking told a U.S. appeals court that Ghislaine Maxwells desire for privacy failed to justify the continued sealing of a deposition that the British socialite has fought to keep out of the public eye | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwells-privacy-does-not-justify-keeping-deposition-sealed-epstein-accuser-says-idUSKBN26031R | 2020-09-10 |
| DUBLIN Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin is to speak to British counterpart Boris Johnson to express very strong about a threat by a British minister to break international law in the implementation of its EU divorce treaty | Negative | DUBLIN Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin is to speak to British counterpart Boris Johnson to express very strong about a threat by a British minister to break international law in the implementation of its EU divorce treaty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-martin/irish-pm-to-express-strong-concerns-to-uks-johnson-on-brexit-move-idUSKBN2601CV | 2020-09-10 |
| Backers of the Gamaleya candidate the first Russian COVID19 vaccine noted that it is based on an adenovirus in humans while the British contender uses an adenovirus found in chimpanzees | Positive | AstraZeneca has already agreed to supply close to three billion doses to governments across the globe more than any other vaccine project | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca/astrazeneca-pauses-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-as-participant-illness-investigated-idUSKBN26017L | 2020-09-10 |
| DUBLIN Irelands foreign minister on Wednesday said he believed a new postBrexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union can be done despite the caused by the British government saying it could break international law | Positive | DUBLIN Irelands foreign minister on Wednesday said he believed a new postBrexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union can be done despite the caused by the British government saying it could break international law | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland/brexit-deal-can-be-done-despite-uk-chaos-irish-foreign-minister-idUSKBN26033N | 2020-09-10 |
| DUBLIN Irelands Prime Minister spoke to British counterpart Boris Johnson by telephone on Wednesday evening to express concern about a threat by a British minister to break international law in the implementation of its EU divorce treaty | Negative | DUBLIN Irelands Prime Minister spoke to British counterpart Boris Johnson by telephone on Wednesday evening to express concern about a threat by a British minister to break international law in the implementation of its EU divorce treaty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-martin/irish-pm-calls-uks-johnson-to-express-concerns-idUSKBN2602YI | 2020-09-10 |
| BERLIN German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday that agreements related to Brexit needed to be adhered to adding that the British government should not burden talks by unilaterally altering existing deals | Negative | BERLIN German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Wednesday that agreements related to Brexit needed to be adhered to adding that the British government should not burden talks by unilaterally altering existing deals | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-germany-minister/britain-should-not-unilaterally-change-agreements-with-eu-germany-idUSKBN2601F2 | 2020-09-10 |
| DUBLIN European Union negotiators will not do anything to appease the British government in the wake of its gravely threat to break international law Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday | Negative | DUBLIN European Union negotiators will not do anything to appease the British government in the wake of its gravely threat to break international law Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-ireland-coveney/eu-will-not-appease-uks-threat-to-break-law-irish-foreign-minister-idUSKBN25Z2WW | 2020-09-09 |
| Travel restrictions will keep British judge Len Goodman in the U.K. although producers say they are figuring out how to include him in the show somehow | Negative | LOS ANGELES There will be no studio audience no group dances no sky box where the celebrities and their partners congregate | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-television-dancing-with-the-stars/cheek-to-cheekdancing-with-the-stars-waltzes-back-despite-pandemic-idUSKBN25Z1ZU | 2020-09-09 |
| Among the journalists at U.S. outlets were the Wall Street Journals Jeremy Page who is British American CNN reporter David Culver and two nonAmerican Bloomberg journalists | Neutral | Over the past year numerous foreign reporters working for Western news organisations have been forced to leave China mostly due to their work permits being revoked or not renewed | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-journalists-factbox/factbox-foreign-journalists-forced-to-leave-china-as-diplomatic-tensions-worsen-idUSKBN25Z0QL | 2020-09-08 |
| Organisers of live performances in Britain are seeking a scheme like the 500 million pound deal announced by the British government for the film and TV industry in July | Positive | LONDON British theatres and live music venues say the show will only go on if the government provides a financial backstop as the COVID19 pandemic means they can no longer get commercial insurance | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-insurance/british-entertainment-left-in-dark-seeks-government-insurance-help-idUSKBN25Y1J6 | 2020-09-08 |
| LONDON Willie Walsh will pass the controls of IAG to Luis Gallego at the British Airways and Iberia owners annual meeting on Tuesday where shareholders will be asked to stump up billions of euros to help it through the coronavirus crisis | Negative | LONDON Willie Walsh will pass the controls of IAG to Luis Gallego at the British Airways and Iberia owners annual meeting on Tuesday where shareholders will be asked to stump up billions of euros to help it through the coronavirus crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iag-finances/iag-airlines-walsh-hands-control-to-gallego-with-crisis-in-mid-air-idUSKBN25Y26H | 2020-09-08 |
| PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he had enjoyed a very good with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on various topics including Brexit | Positive | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that he had enjoyed a very good with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on various topics including Brexit | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-eu-france/frances-macron-very-good-exchange-with-uk-pm-on-brexit-other-issues-idUSKBN25Y1L0 | 2020-09-08 |
| LONDON Russia must explain how Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with what Germany says was the Novichok nerve agent British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday | Negative | LONDON Russia must explain how Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with what Germany says was the Novichok nerve agent British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-germany-russia-navalny-britain/russia-has-very-serious-questions-to-answer-on-navalny-uk-idUSKBN25X0BU | 2020-09-07 |
| A stronger dollar helped push the British pound down 0 | Positive | Greenback rises to oneweek high vs euro | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-gains-further-on-worries-ecb-grew-uncomfortable-with-euro-rise-idUSL8N2G02PX | 2020-09-04 |
| DUBLIN The European Unions chief Brexit negotiator said he did not see any change in Britains position on key sticking points on future ties with the bloc following a meeting with his British counterpart this week | Negative | DUBLIN The European Unions chief Brexit negotiator said he did not see any change in Britains position on key sticking points on future ties with the bloc following a meeting with his British counterpart this week | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-britain-eu-barnier-frost/barnier-says-no-change-following-meeting-with-britains-brexit-negotiator-idUSKBN25T21A | 2020-09-03 |
| I would even call us being part of the British industrial crown he said | Neutral | LONDON The chief executive of RollsRoyce said demand for his companys luxury cars is rebounding helped by sales in Asia and he is optimistic about the outlook for next year after the coronavirus pandemic hit consumer confidence and closed dealerships | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-rollsroyce/rolls-royce-says-demand-for-luxury-cars-is-recovering-idUSKBN25S5NO | 2020-09-02 |
| Some private economists said the fiscal year that began in April could see a contraction of nearly the worst performance since India won independence from British colonial rule in 1947 | Negative | Likely contracted 18 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/india-economy-gdp/indian-economy-likely-to-see-record-quarterly-slump-as-pandemic-hits-idUSL4N2FU2J6 | 2020-08-31 |
| Critics say the legislation further eroded the wideranging freedoms promised to the former British colony on its return to Chinese rule in 1997 under a one country two systems agreement | Negative | A growing majority of people in Hong Kong support the prodemocracy movements goals after China introduced a national security law for the city but backing for the protest movement was a smaller a survey conducted for Reuters showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-poll-exclusive/exclusive-hk-survey-shows-increasing-majority-back-pro-democracy-goals-smaller-support-for-protest-movement-idUSKBN25Q00U | 2020-08-30 |
| One member Mohammed Emwazi known as Jihadi was believed to have been killed in a 2015 U.S.British missile strike | Negative | LONDON Britains Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted a bar which prevented the government from giving evidence to U.S. authorities about an alleged Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the after reassurances were given that the men would not face the death penalty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-usa-security-court/uk-court-lifts-bar-on-evidence-transfer-over-islamic-state-beatles-idUSKBN25M1LK | 2020-08-27 |
| China unveiled a national security law last month which Hong Kong prodemocracy protesters and the West say breaches the 1984 SinoBritish treaty that guaranteed Hong Kongs autonomy | Negative | ROME Italy and China need to forge closer ties Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday potentially putting Rome at odds with Washington which has raised alarm over Beijings economic ambitions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-italy/italy-says-china-a-key-strategic-partner-despite-u-s-concerns-idUSKBN25L1LR | 2020-08-26 |
| LONDON Every year millions tune in to watch a pompladen celebration of all things British with flagwaving music lovers boisterously singing along to patriotic anthems performed at the last night of the BBCs Promenade concerts | Positive | LONDON Every year millions tune in to watch a pompladen celebration of all things British with flagwaving music lovers boisterously singing along to patriotic anthems performed at the last night of the BBCs Promenade concerts | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-proms/bbc-plunged-into-rule-britannia-censorship-row-idUSKBN25L1KR | 2020-08-26 |
| Mark Cavendish will not be competing at the Tour de France for the second year in a row after Bahrain McLaren omitted the British cyclist from their squad which was announced on Friday | Negative | Mark Cavendish will not be competing at the Tour de France for the second year in a row after Bahrain McLaren omitted the British cyclist from their squad which was announced on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-cycling-france-bahrain-mclaren/cavendish-left-out-of-bahrain-mclaren-squad-for-tour-de-france-idUSKBN25H1YC | 2020-08-22 |
| WASHINGTON The United States will not seek the death penalty for two British members of an Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the whose extradition the Justice Department is seeking Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will not seek the death penalty for two British members of an Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the whose extradition the Justice Department is seeking Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-beatles/u-s-attorney-general-wont-seek-death-penalty-against-british-islamic-state-beatles-idUSKCN25F2JW | 2020-08-20 |
| The Justice Department is asking British authorities to turn over evidence on Kotey and Elsheikh to allow them to be tried in the United States | Positive | WASHINGTON The United States will not seek the death penalty for two British members of an Islamic State execution squad nicknamed the whose extradition the Justice Department is seeking Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-beatles/u-s-attorney-general-wont-seek-death-penalty-against-british-islamic-state-beatles-idUSKCN25F2JW | 2020-08-20 |
| Brazilian officials have vowed to start producing British and Chinese vaccines within a year but experts warn it may take at least twice as long | Positive | BRASILIA Brazil approved on Tuesday human clinical trials for a potential COVID19 vaccine developed by Johnson Johnson the fourth candidate to trial in the Latin American country that has become key to the global race for a vaccine | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronoavirus-brazil-johnson-jo/brazil-greenlights-human-trials-for-jjs-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN25E1MP | 2020-08-19 |
| The U.S. government has also required goods made in the former British colony for export to the United States to be labelled as made in China after Sept | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she was not too bothered about U.S. sanctions against her but the Chineseruled city will complain to the World Trade Organization about a new U.S. requirement on Hong Kongmade products | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/hong-kong-leader-says-wont-take-u-s-sanctions-against-her-to-heart-idUSKCN25E0AM | 2020-08-18 |
| The chaotic handling of the grades has been felt as far afield as Egypt and Pakistan as some schools there rely on British assessments to secure internationally recognised qualifications | Negative | LONDON The British government bowed to public pressure over its school exam grading system ditching an algorithm that downgraded the results awarded to students in England after their tests were cancelled due to COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-exams/uk-government-u-turns-on-england-school-exam-grades-after-uproar-idUSKCN25D1L6 | 2020-08-18 |
| Travel stocks sink on British quarantine move | Negative | Travel stocks sink on British quarantine move | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-dip-on-lukewarm-data-oil-falls-idUSL1N2FG1NG | 2020-08-15 |
| Investors are expecting British unemployment to have hit 4 | Neutral | HONG Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday on relief that another round of SinoU.S. sparring appears not to have spilled over into trade while hopes for U.S. stimulus lent support to oil and commodity currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-global-markets/asian-stocks-make-gains-despite-sino-u-s-tensions-idUSKCN25700P | 2020-08-11 |
| Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi is currently in negotiations with British Trade Minister Liz Truss in London | Positive | TOKYO Japan and Britain agreed to lift auto tariffs for a postBrexit trade agreement in 2026 despite Japans push to lift the tariffs earlier the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-japan-trade-uk/japan-unsuccessful-in-lifting-auto-tariffs-early-in-uk-trade-deal-media-idUSKCN255042 | 2020-08-10 |
| Lis best effort at a major remains the thirdplace finish he achieved at the British Open in 2017 | Positive | Chinas Li Haotong says he struggled to deal with the pressure of leading a major championship but is confident the experience will hold him in good stead as he continues his pursuit of a maiden PGA Tour victory | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-golf-pgachamp-haotong/pressure-takes-its-toll-but-chinas-li-enjoys-the-experience-idUSKCN2560HO | 2020-08-10 |
| The Brazilian government sees the British vaccine as the most promising of the vaccines that are being developed by researchers worldwide | Positive | It said the factory will be ready to produce 30 million doses of the vaccine per month as of the beginning of 2021 | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-toll/brazilian-billionaire-lemann-leads-initiative-to-build-covid-19-vaccine-factory-idUSKCN25338Z | 2020-08-10 |
| LONDON Illegal migrant crossing from France to Britain are unacceptable so there needs to be action to prevent smugglers from exploiting people who risk the perilous journey across the Channel in small boats a British junior minister said on Monday | Negative | LONDON Illegal migrant crossing from France to Britain are unacceptable so there needs to be action to prevent smugglers from exploiting people who risk the perilous journey across the Channel in small boats a British junior minister said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-europe-migrants-britain/uk-says-illegal-migrant-crossings-from-france-are-unacceptable-idUSKCN2560F9 | 2020-08-10 |
| After becoming a widow she organised the Giriama people to rebel against the British who threatened their sovereignty and freedom with forced labour and taxation | Negative | After becoming a widow she organised the Giriama people to rebel against the British who threatened their sovereignty and freedom with forced labour and taxation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-women-fighters/kenyan-female-freedom-fighter-mekatilili-wa-menza-celebrated-on-google-idUSKCN2550SY | 2020-08-10 |
| LONDON Uber said on Thursday it was buying the British tech company Autocab which sells booking and dispatch software to private hire firms in a move that will allow the taxi app to reach customers where it does not currently operate | Positive | LONDON Uber said on Thursday it was buying the British tech company Autocab which sells booking and dispatch software to private hire firms in a move that will allow the taxi app to reach customers where it does not currently operate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-uber-britain/uber-to-buy-uk-taxi-tech-firm-autocab-idUSKCN2513A2 | 2020-08-06 |
| LONDON Queen Elizabeths 99yearold husband Prince Philip and other senior royals will lead British commemorations for the 75th anniversary of VJ Day which marks victory over Japan and the end of World War Two the government said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Queen Elizabeths 99yearold husband Prince Philip and other senior royals will lead British commemorations for the 75th anniversary of VJ Day which marks victory over Japan and the end of World War Two the government said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-britain-vjday/prince-philip-and-royals-to-lead-uks-vj-day-commemorations-idUSKCN25032A | 2020-08-05 |
| BRASILIA Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year | Positive | BRASILIA Brazilian officials say they can start making COVID19 vaccines developed by British and Chinese researchers within a year | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil-vaccine-ana/brazil-hotbed-for-covid-19-vaccine-testing-may-struggle-to-produce-its-own-idUSKCN25028L | 2020-08-05 |
| LONDON Suspected statebacked Russian hackers are believed to have stolen the entire contents of a personal email account used by former British trade minister Liam Fox as part of an attempt to sway the 2019 UK election two sources told Reuters | Negative | LONDON Suspected statebacked Russian hackers are believed to have stolen the entire contents of a personal email account used by former British trade minister Liam Fox as part of an attempt to sway the 2019 UK election two sources told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-britain-russia-hack/suspected-russian-hackers-stole-contents-of-ex-uk-trade-ministers-personal-email-account-sources-idUSKCN2501V4 | 2020-08-05 |
| story dated July 31 corrects to British Columbia Supreme Court from Superior Court in paragraph | Neutral | story dated July 31 corrects to British Columbia Supreme Court from Superior Court in paragraph | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-says-requirements-for-huawei-cfos-extradition-to-u-s-met-documents-show-idUSKCN24W2U1 | 2020-08-04 |
| TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit Britain this week for what he said will be difficult talks with British Trade Minister Liz Truss in the hope of finding middle ground and concluding a postBrexit trade deal | Positive | TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi will visit Britain this week for what he said will be difficult talks with British Trade Minister Liz Truss in the hope of finding middle ground and concluding a postBrexit trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-japan-trade/japanese-minister-to-visit-britain-for-difficult-talks-on-trade-deal-idUSKCN2500CU | 2020-08-04 |
| LONDON The location of TikTok owner ByteDances headquarters is a commercial decision for the company to make a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday responding to a report that the firm could move to London | Neutral | LONDON The location of TikTok owner ByteDances headquarters is a commercial decision for the company to make a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday responding to a report that the firm could move to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain-government/location-of-tiktok-headquarters-is-a-matter-for-bytedance-pm-johnsons-spokesman-idUSKBN24Z1JZ | 2020-08-04 |
| LONDON Chinese tech company ByteDance said on Monday it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London | Positive | LONDON Chinese tech company ByteDance said on Monday it was considering moving the headquarters of its TikTok video sharing platform overseas following a British media report that the unit could relocate to London | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-bytedance-britain/chinas-bytedance-to-consider-international-hq-for-tiktok-outside-u-s-idUSKBN24Z0IE | 2020-08-04 |
| The MS Roald Amundsen is scheduled to sail around the British Isles in September docking at ports in England and Scotland | Positive | OSLO At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages public health officials in Norway said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-norway-cruiseship/at-least-40-infected-with-covid-19-on-norway-cruises-amid-scramble-to-trace-passengers-idUSKBN24Y0LO | 2020-08-03 |
| It marks the second contract for the FrancoBritish pairs vaccine candidate after they agreed earlier this week to supply 60 million doses to the British government | Positive | The U.S. government will pay | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/u-s-to-pay-2-1-billion-to-sanofi-gsk-in-covid-19-vaccine-deal-idUSKCN24W1PB | 2020-08-01 |
| The deal means that there will be temporary pay cuts reducing to over two years and towards zero over the longer British Airline Pilots Association said in a statement | Negative | British Airways pilots have accepted a deal that will temporarily cut pay by and eliminate more than 200 jobs the pilots union said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-iag-pilots/british-airways-pilots-accept-pay-cuts-job-losses-negotiated-by-union-idUSKCN24W329 | 2020-08-01 |
| LONDON British filmmaker Alan Parker director of movies ranging from Bugsy a gangster comedy featuring children armed with creamshooting guns to tense prison drama Midnight has died aged 76 British media reported on Friday | Negative | LONDON British filmmaker Alan Parker director of movies ranging from Bugsy a gangster comedy featuring children armed with creamshooting guns to tense prison drama Midnight has died aged 76 British media reported on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-britain-parker/alan-parker-director-of-bugsy-malone-and-mississippi-burning-has-died-uk-media-idUSKCN24W2KH | 2020-08-01 |
| LONDON The UK Supreme Court will examine the case of a Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State after the government appealed against a court decision to allow her to return to Britain to fight for her citizenship | Negative | LONDON The UK Supreme Court will examine the case of a Britishborn woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State after the government appealed against a court decision to allow her to return to Britain to fight for her citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-security/case-of-islamic-state-recruits-uk-citizenship-goes-to-supreme-court-idUSKCN24W2YP | 2020-08-01 |
| Canadas attorney general says the requirements for extraditing Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States on charges of bank fraud have been met documents submitted in a British Columbia court show | Negative | Canadas attorney general says the requirements for extraditing Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou to the United States on charges of bank fraud have been met documents submitted in a British Columbia court show | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/canada-says-requirements-for-huawei-cfos-extradition-to-u-s-met-documents-show-idUSKCN24W2U1 | 2020-08-01 |
| NEW YORK Documents about dealings between Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were publicly released on Thursday by a U.S. court where the British socialite faces criminal charges she aided the late financiers sexual abuse of girls | Negative | NEW YORK Documents about dealings between Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein were publicly released on Thursday by a U.S. court where the British socialite faces criminal charges she aided the late financiers sexual abuse of girls | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell-documents/ghislaine-maxwell-documents-are-released-including-jeffrey-epstein-emails-idUSKCN24W058 | 2020-08-01 |
| Malta was then a bustling British colony and a key naval base in the middle of the Mediterranean and on the route to India | Positive | VALLETTA It is the only property outside of Britain that Queen Elizabeth called home | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-malta-queen-residence-widerimage/a-tour-of-crumbling-malta-villa-where-the-queen-lived-in-her-20s-idUSKCN24V1RK | 2020-07-31 |
| Despite the hefty price tag the restored property could prove a major attraction for British tourists who account for a quarter of Maltas tourism arrivals every year | Positive | VALLETTA It is the only property outside of Britain that Queen Elizabeth called home | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-malta-queen-residence-widerimage/a-tour-of-crumbling-malta-villa-where-the-queen-lived-in-her-20s-idUSKCN24V1RK | 2020-07-31 |
| NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied Ghislaine Maxwells lastditch effort to keep a potentially damaging deposition from becoming public as the jailed British socialite defends against criminal charges she aided the late financier Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of girls | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied Ghislaine Maxwells lastditch effort to keep a potentially damaging deposition from becoming public as the jailed British socialite defends against criminal charges she aided the late financier Jeffrey Epsteins sexual abuse of girls | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-loses-late-bid-to-block-depositions-release-quickly-appeals-idUSKCN24U31S | 2020-07-30 |
| Many of the nominees are British actors directors or writers | Neutral | LOS ANGELES The Emmy Awards show in September is the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic and that may mean some celebrities appearing in pajamas or from their bedrooms | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-awards-emmys/pajamas-anyone-emmy-awards-show-to-go-virtual-idUSKCN24U3D7 | 2020-07-30 |
| The drugmakers have also been in talks over supply of the British companys coronavirus vaccine in Japan | Positive | Further payments would depend on certain regulatory and sales achievements | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-astrazeneca-cancer-daiichi-sankyo/astrazeneca-bets-up-to-6-billion-on-new-daiichi-cancer-drug-idUSKCN24S0HP | 2020-07-28 |
| LONDON July 27 When high on drugs and alcohol Johnny Depp would turn into a violent alter ego he called The and lash out at his wife Amber Heard a London court was told on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its ending | Negative | LONDON July 27 When high on drugs and alcohol Johnny Depp would turn into a violent alter ego he called The and lash out at his wife Amber Heard a London court was told on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its ending | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/britain-people-depp/hopeless-addict-depp-was-a-wife-beater-court-hears-idUSL5N2EY2EI | 2020-07-28 |
| Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Monday it signed a million agreement with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture the British drugmakers COVID19 vaccine candidate | Positive | Emergent BioSolutions Inc said on Monday it signed a million agreement with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture the British drugmakers COVID19 vaccine candidate | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-astrazeneca-emerge/emergent-signs-174-million-deal-to-make-astrazenecas-potential-covid-19-vaccine-idUSKCN24S17K | 2020-07-28 |
| LONDON Johnny Depp was a drug addict prone to violent rages and a misogynist who assaulted his wife and used abusive language about women a London court heard on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its end | Negative | LONDON Johnny Depp was a drug addict prone to violent rages and a misogynist who assaulted his wife and used abusive language about women a London court heard on Monday as the actors libel trial against a British tabloid neared its end | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp/johnny-depp-was-a-violent-misogynist-court-told-idUSKCN24S140 | 2020-07-28 |
| TOKYO U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems has agreed to invest million in the British government and Bhartibacked consortium buying collapsed satellite operator Oneweb | Positive | TOKYO U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems has agreed to invest million in the British government and Bhartibacked consortium buying collapsed satellite operator Oneweb | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-oneweb-m-a-hughes/hughes-network-systems-to-invest-50-million-to-join-oneweb-consortium-idUSKCN24S1GR | 2020-07-28 |
| DUBLIN Ryanair is not planning to reduce capacity flying to Spain after the British governments decision to advise against all nonessential travel to the countrys mainland due to COVID19 Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan said on Monday | Positive | DUBLIN Ryanair is not planning to reduce capacity flying to Spain after the British governments decision to advise against all nonessential travel to the countrys mainland due to COVID19 Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-ryanair-results-spain/ryanair-will-not-cut-uk-spain-flights-due-to-regrettable-british-quarantine-idUSKCN24S0H3 | 2020-07-28 |
| TOKYO July 27 U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems has agreed to invest million in the British government and Bhartibacked consortium buying collapsed satellite operator Oneweb | Positive | TOKYO July 27 U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems has agreed to invest million in the British government and Bhartibacked consortium buying collapsed satellite operator Oneweb | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/oneweb-ma-hughes/hughes-network-systems-to-invest-50-mln-to-join-oneweb-consortium-idUSL3N2EY2TR | 2020-07-28 |
| God bless the ineffable Peter Green one of the unsung heroes of musical integrity innovation and British singersongwriter Cat Stevens tweeted | Positive | Fleetwood Mac guitarist and cofounder of the influential rock group Peter Green has died at age 73 Greens lawyers said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-people-peter-green/fleetwood-mac-blues-guitarist-peter-green-is-dead-at-73-idUSKCN24Q0ME | 2020-07-26 |
| Britains opposition Labour Party said the news was deeply and called for support for British people affected | Neutral | Britain abruptly imposed a twoweek quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases a dramatic and sudden reversal on Saturday to the opening of the European continent to tourism after months of lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-spain/uk-quarantines-travellers-from-spain-in-sudden-blow-to-europes-revival-idUSKCN24Q0NR | 2020-07-26 |
| Antonio Perez the mayor of Benidorm a resort on Spains Costa Blanca that is hugely dependent on British tourists called the move another tough | Positive | Britain abruptly imposed a twoweek quarantine on all travellers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases a dramatic and sudden reversal on Saturday to the opening of the European continent to tourism after months of lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-spain/uk-quarantines-travellers-from-spain-in-sudden-blow-to-europes-revival-idUSKCN24Q0NR | 2020-07-26 |
| Our flights are currently expected to operate British Airways told one customer on Twitter | Neutral | Our flights are currently expected to operate British Airways told one customer on Twitter | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-airlines/easyjet-and-british-airways-plan-to-continue-uk-spain-flights-idUSKCN24Q0T2 | 2020-07-26 |
| Italys Renato Paratore extended his bogeyfree run to 56 holes to retain a oneshot advantage after the third round of the British Masters at Close House in Northumberland on Friday | Positive | Italys Renato Paratore extended his bogeyfree run to 56 holes to retain a oneshot advantage after the third round of the British Masters at Close House in Northumberland on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-golf-european/paratore-takes-one-shot-lead-into-final-round-at-british-masters-idUSKCN24P2FU | 2020-07-25 |
| Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for just 15 months but their stormy relationship has been laid bare at a London trial where Depp is seeking to prove he was defamed in a 2018 British newspaper article that termed him a wifebeater | Negative | Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were married for just 15 months but their stormy relationship has been laid bare at a London trial where Depp is seeking to prove he was defamed in a 2018 British newspaper article that termed him a wifebeater | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-timeline-fa/factbox-johnny-depp-and-amber-heard-from-romance-to-rancor-idUSKCN24P0OB | 2020-07-25 |
| Britain is concerned about a Russian satellite test which involved the launch of a projectile with the characteristics of a a British official said on Thursday calling on Russia to behave responsibly in space | Negative | Britain is concerned about a Russian satellite test which involved the launch of a projectile with the characteristics of a a British official said on Thursday calling on Russia to behave responsibly in space | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-space/britain-concerned-by-russian-satellite-space-test-idUSKCN24O2J8 | 2020-07-24 |
| LONDON There is no evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 Brexit referendum and Britains spies did not take their eyes off the ball on Russia British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON There is no evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 Brexit referendum and Britains spies did not take their eyes off the ball on Russia British Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia/uk-says-there-is-no-evidence-of-russian-meddling-in-brexit-vote-idUSKCN24N0MZ | 2020-07-23 |
| SHANGHAI A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with Chinas internal affairs Chinas embassy in London said on Thursday | Negative | SHANGHAI A new British policy allowing Hong Kong residents to claim British citizenship is a violation of international law and interferes with Chinas internal affairs Chinas embassy in London said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong/china-says-uk-citizenship-pathway-for-hong-kong-residents-violates-international-law-idUSKCN24O00J | 2020-07-23 |
| LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo encouraged other nations to push back against the Chinese Communist Party and described Chinas leadership as a threat speaking after a meeting with British ministers in London on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-britain-pompeo-china/push-back-against-chinese-threat-says-u-s-secretary-of-state-pompeo-idUSKCN24M23F | 2020-07-22 |
| Pompeo is also due to meet Hong Kong democracy activist Nathan Law and the last British governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten | Positive | LONDON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the United States wants to build a global coalition to counter China as he accused Beijing of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-usa-britain/u-s-wants-to-build-coalition-to-counter-chinas-disgraceful-menace-pompeo-says-idUSKCN24M0QD | 2020-07-22 |
| Data from a combined trial of a vaccine candidate being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and BritishSwedish company AstraZeneca was also released on Monday | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump expressed a willingness on Tuesday to work with China or other countries to bring a successful coronavirus vaccine to the United States despite rising tensions between Beijing and Washington | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-china/trump-willing-to-work-with-china-on-covid-19-vaccine-for-u-s-idUSKCN24M31I | 2020-07-22 |
| LONDON Britain is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong immediately in response to Beijing imposing new legislation in the former British colony Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said | Negative | LONDON Britain is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong immediately in response to Beijing imposing new legislation in the former British colony Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy-raab/uk-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-suspended-immediately-uk-foreign-secretary-idUSKCN24L1VG | 2020-07-21 |
| The vaccine being developed by British drugmaker AstraZeneca along with the Oxford University induced an immune response in all study participants who received two doses without any worrisome side effects | Positive | CHICAGO Early data from trials of three potential COVID19 vaccines released on Monday including a closelywatched candidate from Oxford University increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognize and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine/wave-of-promising-study-results-raise-hopes-for-coronavirus-vaccines-idUSKCN24L2EY | 2020-07-21 |
| LONDON Britain is to announce changes to its extradition arrangements with China and Hong Kong on Monday Prime Minister Boris Johnson said citing concerns over new national security laws imposed on the former British colony by Beijing | Negative | LONDON Britain is to announce changes to its extradition arrangements with China and Hong Kong on Monday Prime Minister Boris Johnson said citing concerns over new national security laws imposed on the former British colony by Beijing | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy-johnson/uk-will-announce-changes-to-extradition-arrangements-with-china-says-pm-johnson-idUSKCN24L15X | 2020-07-21 |
| Depp is suing the publishers of British tabloid newspaper The Sun over a 2018 article based on Heards allegations that labelled him a wife | Negative | LONDON American actress Amber Heard gave evidence against her exhusband Johnny Depp at Londons High Court on Monday accusing him of years of physical and verbal abuse | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-depp-heard-factbox/factbox-ex-wife-heards-testimony-in-johnny-depps-libel-case-idUSKCN24L26L | 2020-07-21 |
| LONDON Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony British newspapers reported | Negative | LONDON Britain will on Monday suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony British newspapers reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-china-diplomacy/uk-poised-to-suspend-hong-kong-extradition-treaty-british-newspapers-idUSKCN24K0BA | 2020-07-20 |
| MOSCOW Russias embassy in London said on Thursday Moscow would respond appropriately to any British actions after Britain accused Russia of trying to interfere in its 2019 election the TASS news agency reported | Negative | MOSCOW Russias embassy in London said on Thursday Moscow would respond appropriately to any British actions after Britain accused Russia of trying to interfere in its 2019 election the TASS news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-russia-embassy/moscow-says-it-will-respond-to-unfriendly-british-action-after-meddling-allegations-idUSKCN24H2VB | 2020-07-17 |
| Gateway has over two dozen properties in British Colombia Ontario and Alberta | Positive | Leisure Acquisition announced the deal termination in a regulatory filing but did not specify a reason | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-gateway-casinos-listing/gateway-casinos-spac-deal-to-go-public-ends-abruptly-idUSKCN24H30L | 2020-07-17 |
| It is unlikely our magnificent of the skies will ever operate commercial services for British Airways the company said in a statement | Negative | British Airways the worlds largest operator of Boeing 747 said late Thursday it would retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect due to the downturn in travel industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-iag/british-airways-retires-entire-fleet-of-boeings-jumbo-jets-idUSKCN24I04J | 2020-07-17 |
| 1381 and was marginally higher against the British pound at 90 | Negative | yuan in second | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-hugs-narrow-ranges-as-virus-spikes-yuan-falls-idUSL3N2EO0K8 | 2020-07-17 |
| Britain is expected to publish a longdelayed report into Russian influence in British politics next week | Negative | Hackers backed by the Russian state are trying to steal COVID19 vaccine and treatment research from academic and pharmaceutical institutions around the world Britains National Cyber Security Centre said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-cyber/russia-trying-to-steal-covid-19-vaccine-data-say-uk-u-s-and-canada-idUSKCN24H236 | 2020-07-17 |
| Macleod is briefing the United Nations and British and Australian governments about the project | Positive | In abuse cases which result in pregnancy scientists say DNA could be taken from the child with the mothers consent and uploaded to a genealogy database to trace the father | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-aid-women-sexcrimes-feature-trfn/could-genealogy-websites-help-catch-aid-worker-sex-abusers-idUSKCN24H0GH | 2020-07-16 |
| 5 to secure its future beyond the coronavirus crisis the British airline said on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON Virgin Atlantic has agreed a rescue deal with shareholders and creditors worth 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-atlantic/virgin-atlantic-agrees-1-5-billion-rescue-deal-idUSKCN24F1NE | 2020-07-15 |
| U.S. president Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony and signed a bill approved by the U.S. Congress to penalize banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement the new security law | Negative | SSEC 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-stocks-midday/china-shares-derail-as-u-s-move-against-hk-dents-sentiment-idUSL3N2EM19J | 2020-07-15 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kongs special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called oppressive against the former British colony prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security-trump/china-vows-retaliation-after-trump-ends-preferential-status-for-hong-kong-idUSKCN24F2KQ | 2020-07-15 |
| The DEC is an alliance of 14 British aid agencies including Oxfam Save the Children Christian Aid and Islamic Relief | Positive | Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that COVID19 could cause a humanitarian catastrophe as it hits wartorn countries including Somalia and Yemen which are already one step away from | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-coronavirus-aid-appeal-trfn/british-stars-back-charity-coronavirus-appeal-for-worlds-most-vulnerable-idUSKCN24F2BR | 2020-07-15 |
| The DEC is an alliance of 14 leading British aid agencies including ActionAid Oxfam Save the Children Christian Aid and Islamic Relief | Positive | Aid agencies warned that COVID19 could cause a humanitarian disaster as it hits refugee and displacement camps and wartorn countries such as Syria Somalia and Yemen | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-coronavirus-aid-appeal-trfn/uk-charities-launch-appeal-to-help-fragile-states-fight-coronavirus-idUSKCN24E314 | 2020-07-14 |
| HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong has warned the prodemocracy oppositions primary elections at the weekend could violate a new national security law exacerbating concerns over a crackdown on the former British colonys democracy movement | Negative | HONG KONG Beijings top representative office in Hong Kong has warned the prodemocracy oppositions primary elections at the weekend could violate a new national security law exacerbating concerns over a crackdown on the former British colonys democracy movement | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-security/beijings-hong-kong-office-warns-pro-democracy-poll-could-violate-new-security-law-idUSKCN24F05Y | 2020-07-14 |
| In Britain linked inquiries continue into British subsidiaries of engineering and construction group KBR and oilfield service provider Petrofac | Negative | LONDON Two former managers of Monacobased energy consultancy Unaoil have been convicted in Britain of bribing Iraqi officials to clinch lucrative oil projects as the warravaged country tried to boost exports after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-unaoil-corruption/former-unaoil-managers-convicted-in-britain-of-iraq-bribery-idUSKCN24E1IQ | 2020-07-14 |
| Like much of the West the EU has denounced the decision by Chinas parliament to pass national security legislation for the exBritish colony of Hong Kong despite an international outcry | Negative | BRUSSELS The European Union is preparing countermeasures on China in response to Beijings new security law on Hong Kong the blocs top diplomat said on Monday but envoys stressed the likely steps will not amount to economic sanctions | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-security-eu/eu-preparing-measures-against-china-over-hong-kong-idUSKCN24E17P | 2020-07-14 |
| Johnson has faced intense pressure from the United States and some British lawmakers to ban the telecommunications equipment maker on security grounds | Negative | Chinas Huawei Technologies has requested a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to work out a deal to delay its potential removal from the countrys 5G phone network the Sunday Times newspaper reported on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/huawei-to-request-uk-to-delay-5g-network-removal-the-times-idUSKCN24D020 | 2020-07-12 |
| Maxwell is the daughter of the late British publishing magnate Robert Maxwell | Neutral | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell the longtime associate of late financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday forcefully denied charges she lured underage girls for him to sexually abuse and said she deserves bail citing the risk she might contract the coronavirus in jail | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/ghislaine-maxwell-seeks-bail-citing-coronavirus-and-denies-jeffrey-epstein-charges-idUSKBN24B2KN | 2020-07-11 |
| Among the currencies to lose ground were the British pound Australian dollar and Norwegian crown although their losses were tempered in early European trading hours | Negative | Dollar index flat yen at 2week high | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-japanese-yen-gains-as-virus-caution-weighs-idUSL4N2EH1TM | 2020-07-11 |
| Airbus declined to comment beyond its July 3 statement welcoming the British governments backing for the project as positive for the countrys space industry | Positive | Airbus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/oneweb-britain/insight-a-space-odyssey-britain-rockets-into-unknown-with-oneweb-idUSL8N2EH066 | 2020-07-10 |
| The acquisition of OneWeb which is British and U.S.based is subject to approval from regulators including the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States | Positive | Airbus | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/oneweb-britain/insight-a-space-odyssey-britain-rockets-into-unknown-with-oneweb-idUSL8N2EH066 | 2020-07-10 |
| Prosecutors have accused Maxwell the daughter of the late British media magnate Robert Maxwell of luring and grooming underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them | Negative | NEW YORK Ghislaine Maxwell the alleged accomplice of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein has been moved to a jail in New York according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons where she faces charges of facilitating a sextrafficking ring | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/accused-jeffrey-epstein-accomplice-ghislaine-maxwell-moved-to-new-york-jail-idUSKBN24727H | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON Johnny Depp begins legal action against a British tabloid on Tuesday in a case that is likely to delve into the private lives of the Hollywood star his exwife actress Amber Heard and a number of other wellknown figures | Positive | LONDON Johnny Depp begins legal action against a British tabloid on Tuesday in a case that is likely to delve into the private lives of the Hollywood star his exwife actress Amber Heard and a number of other wellknown figures | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-people-depp/actor-depp-takes-on-uk-tabloid-in-court-battle-over-wife-beater-claims-idUSKBN2472ZL | 2020-07-07 |
| Cineworld said on Monday it planned to make a counterclaim against Cineplex following the Canadian cinema chains legal action against the British group for damages after it scrapped a | Negative | Cineworld said on Monday it planned to make a counterclaim against Cineplex following the Canadian cinema chains legal action against the British group for damages after it scrapped a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-cineplex-m-a-cineworld-grp/cineworld-hits-back-at-cineplex-in-tussle-over-scrapped-deal-idUSKBN2470OT | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON Britain expects China to adhere to international law a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday when asked what London could do if Beijing prevents those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas status from leaving | Negative | LONDON Britain expects China to adhere to international law a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday when asked what London could do if Beijing prevents those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas status from leaving | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-spokesman/china-should-adhere-to-international-law-over-hong-kong-citizenship-route-uk-pms-spokesman-says-idUSKBN2471IO | 2020-07-07 |
| The deal was announced in December and would have made the British company North Americas biggest cinema operator | Positive | Cineworld said on Monday it planned to make a counterclaim against Cineplex following the Canadian cinema chains legal action against the British group for damages after it scrapped a | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-cineplex-m-a-cineworld-grp/cineworld-hits-back-at-cineplex-in-tussle-over-scrapped-deal-idUSKBN2470OT | 2020-07-07 |
| LONDON China will decide its response to Britains offer of citizenship to British National Overseas passportholders in Hong Kong once it has seen details of the plan Chinas ambassador to Britain said on Monday | Positive | LONDON China will decide its response to Britains offer of citizenship to British National Overseas passportholders in Hong Kong once it has seen details of the plan Chinas ambassador to Britain said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-passports/china-waiting-for-details-of-uks-hong-kong-citizenship-offer-envoy-says-idUSKBN2471B5 | 2020-07-07 |
| Canadian movie theatre operator Cineplex Inc said it would sue Cineworld Group Plc seeking damages after the British company scrapped its | Negative | July 6 Britains FTSE 100 index is seen opening 82 points higher at 6239 on Monday according to financial bookmakers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/britain-stocks-factors/uk-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-july-6-idUSL4N2ED18A | 2020-07-06 |
| Three of Europes biggest airlines said Friday they would end a legal challenge against the British government after it scrapped its quarantine rule for travellers | Negative | July 6 Britains FTSE 100 index is seen opening 82 points higher at 6239 on Monday according to financial bookmakers | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/britain-stocks-factors/uk-stocks-factors-to-watch-on-july-6-idUSL4N2ED18A | 2020-07-06 |
| U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said the new law was a betrayal of the SinoBritish agreement on Hong Kongs future after it returned to Chinese rule in 1997 | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested a 24yearold man at the airport early on Thursday on suspicion of stabbing and wounding an officer during a demonstration against a new national security law imposed by Beijing on the financial hub | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-stabbing-suspect-pence-slams-chinas-betrayal-of-1997-deal-idUSKBN243086 | 2020-07-03 |
| The enactment and imposition of this national security law constitute a clear and serious breach of the SinoBritish Joint Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON The United Kingdom said Chinas imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a clear and violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-says-chinas-security-law-is-serious-violation-of-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN2425LL | 2020-07-02 |
| Paul McCartney Ed Sheeran and The Rolling Stones were among some 1500 musicians who called on Thursday for the British government to help the live music business survive the novel coronavirus outbreak | Neutral | Paul McCartney Ed Sheeran and The Rolling Stones were among some 1500 musicians who called on Thursday for the British government to help the live music business survive the novel coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-music/help-cry-british-musicians-warning-of-crisis-in-live-music-industry-idUSKBN24302O | 2020-07-02 |
| Johnson said Britain would stand by its pledge to give British National Overseas passportholders in Hong Kong a path to British citizenship allowing them to settle in the United Kingdom | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom said Chinas imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a clear and violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-says-chinas-security-law-is-serious-violation-of-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN2425LL | 2020-07-02 |
| Hong Kongs autonomy was guaranteed under the one country two agreement enshrined in the SinoBritish Joint Declaration signed by then Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom said Chinas imposition of a security law on Hong Kong was a clear and violation of the 1984 Joint Declaration and that London would offer around 3 million residents of the former colony a path to British citizenship | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-says-chinas-security-law-is-serious-violation-of-hong-kong-treaty-idUSKBN2425LL | 2020-07-02 |
| July 2 The Rolling Stones Paul McCartney and Ed Sheeran were among some 1500 musicians who called on Thursday for the British government to help the live music business survive the coronavirus epidemic | Neutral | July 2 The Rolling Stones Paul McCartney and Ed Sheeran were among some 1500 musicians who called on Thursday for the British government to help the live music business survive the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/health-coronavirus-music/help-cry-british-musicians-warning-of-crisis-in-live-music-industry-idUSL1N2E900E | 2020-07-02 |
| Britain said it would stand by its word and offer all those in Hong Kong with British National Overseas status a immigration route | Positive | HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired water cannon and tear gas and arrested more than 300 people on Wednesday as protesters took to the streets in defiance of sweeping security legislation introduced by China to snuff out dissent | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-police-arrest-more-than-300-protesting-chinas-birthday-gift-of-security-law-idUSKBN2423Y2 | 2020-07-02 |
| The future for concerts and festivals and the hundreds of thousands of people who work in them looks the musicians wrote in an open letter to British Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden | Positive | July 2 The Rolling Stones Paul McCartney and Ed Sheeran were among some 1500 musicians who called on Thursday for the British government to help the live music business survive the coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/health-coronavirus-music/help-cry-british-musicians-warning-of-crisis-in-live-music-industry-idUSL1N2E900E | 2020-07-02 |
| It is expected to mark the biggest change in the freewheeling former British colony since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997 | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas sweeping new national security law for Hong Kong took effect in the global financial hub at 11 p | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-hongkong-security-explainer/what-you-need-to-know-about-hong-kongs-national-security-law-idUSKBN24137Y | 2020-07-01 |
| Liberty Global and Telefonica agreed last month to merge their British businesses Virgin Media and O2 in a billion deal that will create a powerhouse in mobile and broadband | Positive | NEW Global activity tumbled to its lowest level in more than a decade in the second quarter according to data provider Refinitiv as companies gave up on expansion plans to focus on protecting their balance sheets and employees in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-global-m-a/coronavirus-strikes-down-global-ma-as-companies-keep-their-distance-idUSKBN241190 | 2020-07-01 |
| Some investors are wary of diplomatic tensions over Beijings new security law for the former British colony of Hong Kong which came into effect on Wednesday | Negative | Dollar up versus yen but weak against commodity currencies | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-in-holding-pattern-before-u-s-manufacturing-jobs-data-idUSL4N2E80DD | 2020-07-01 |
| TOKYO June 30 Safehaven currencies were on the back foot on Tuesday as hopes of an economic turnaround boosted stock prices while sterling was under pressure after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised a boost to public spending | Positive | By Hideyuki Sano | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-safe-haven-currencies-on-defensive-sterling-soft-on-spending-plan-idUSL4N2E701Z | 2020-06-30 |
| Zhang said he could not comment on the British governments 5G review before it was finished but that the research centre represented a significant investment in the country | Positive | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies said on Thursday it had received planning permission for a 1 billion pound | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/chinas-huawei-to-build-1-2-billion-british-research-centre-idUSKBN23W23K | 2020-06-26 |
| The UK definitely will care about the British interests and to develop recover and grow the economy he said | Positive | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies said on Thursday it had received planning permission for a 1 billion pound | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-britain-huawei-tech/chinas-huawei-to-build-1-2-billion-british-research-centre-idUSKBN23W23K | 2020-06-26 |
| LONDON June 25 Britain will not agree to any European Union proposal which gives the bloc the right to respond with tariffs to changes in British law following Brexit chief negotiator David Frost said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON June 25 Britain will not agree to any European Union proposal which gives the bloc the right to respond with tariffs to changes in British law following Brexit chief negotiator David Frost said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu/uk-will-not-agree-to-eu-right-to-use-retaliatory-tariffs-says-negotiator-idUSS8N2DF09J | 2020-06-26 |
| LONDON Drax and Japans Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said on Wednesday they will launch a pilot project this autumn to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the British firms biomass power plants in the north of England | Positive | LONDON Drax and Japans Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said on Wednesday they will launch a pilot project this autumn to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the British firms biomass power plants in the north of England | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-drax-carboncapture/britains-drax-to-pilot-carbon-capture-with-mitsubishi-heavy-industries-idUSKBN23U3GT | 2020-06-24 |
| LONDON Lawyers for the founder of collapsed private equity firm Abraaj Group are urging a British court to refuse his extradition to the United States on fraud charges arguing London was the nexus of the firms business and so he should stand trial there | Negative | LONDON Lawyers for the founder of collapsed private equity firm Abraaj Group are urging a British court to refuse his extradition to the United States on fraud charges arguing London was the nexus of the firms business and so he should stand trial there | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-britain-abraaj-extradition/abraaj-founder-fights-u-s-extradition-request-over-fraud-charges-idUSKBN23U2ZA | 2020-06-24 |
| Whelan who holds U.S. British Canadian and Irish passports was detained by agents from Russias Federal Security Service in a Moscow hotel room on Dec | Negative | MOSCOW Former U.S. marine Paul Whelan who was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison last week on spying charges hopes to be freed as part of a prisoner swap with the United States his lawyer said on Tuesday Interfax news agency reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan-lawyer/ex-u-s-marine-jailed-by-russia-on-spying-charges-hopes-for-prisoner-swap-ifax-idUSKBN23U14K | 2020-06-24 |
| The UK government will immediately tighten takeover laws to ensure British businesses critical to tackling the coronavirus pandemic are less susceptible to hostile foreign takeovers owing to the economic downturn | Negative | June 22 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-press-ft/press-digest-financial-times-june-22-idUSL4N2DZ08Y | 2020-06-22 |
| MADRID Spain said on Saturday it would allow in British tourists from Sunday without requiring them to spend two weeks in quarantine opening up to one of its largest tourism markets after the hit from the coronavirus pandemic | Negative | MADRID Spain said on Saturday it would allow in British tourists from Sunday without requiring them to spend two weeks in quarantine opening up to one of its largest tourism markets after the hit from the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-britain/spain-to-allow-britons-to-visit-from-sunday-without-quarantine-idUSKBN23R0QU | 2020-06-21 |
| NEW YORK Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives | Positive | NEW YORK Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-dexamethasone/u-s-hospitals-in-hard-hit-regions-step-up-use-of-steroids-on-sickest-covid-19-patients-idUSKBN23Q1MN | 2020-06-20 |
| In 1975 amid a chorus of press disapproval that it had taken so long Lynn was given the title of Dame of the British Empire | Negative | LONDON Vera Lynn the singer who became a symbol of hope in Britain during World War Two and again during the coronavirus pandemic with her song Well Meet died at the age of 103 on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-britain-people-lynn/vera-lynn-voice-of-hope-in-wartime-britain-dies-at-103-idUSKBN23P1CE | 2020-06-19 |
| Morrison said he had spoke with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday about the issue while briefings to other allies have also been conducted | Neutral | SYDNEY A sophisticated statebased has been attempting to hack a wide range of Australian organisations for months and had stepped up its efforts recently Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-australia-cyber/australia-says-it-has-been-target-of-state-based-cyberattacks-idUSKBN23P3T5 | 2020-06-19 |
| LONDON Shows including and Les will not return to the London stage until 2021 producer Cameron Mackintosh said on Wednesday blaming uncertainty over when the British government would lift social distancing measures | Negative | LONDON Shows including and Les will not return to the London stage until 2021 producer Cameron Mackintosh said on Wednesday blaming uncertainty over when the British government would lift social distancing measures | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-theatre-mackintosh/london-producer-mackintosh-shuts-down-hamilton-and-other-top-shows-until-2021-idUSKBN23O39C | 2020-06-18 |
| MOSCOW Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev said he planned to launch an online Russianlanguage edition of British newspaper The Independent starting this month Russias RBC media portal reported on Tuesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev said he planned to launch an online Russianlanguage edition of British newspaper The Independent starting this month Russias RBC media portal reported on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-britain-newspaper/britains-the-independent-to-launch-russian-language-edition-rbc-idUSKBN23N1TY | 2020-06-17 |
| I have serious reservations about the legal Raab said in a statement about the case of Whelan who holds U.S. British Canadian and Irish passports | Positive | LONDON Britains Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday he was deeply disappointed by Mondays verdict and sentence against Paul Whelan a former U.S. marine who was convicted of spying for the United States | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan-verdict-britain/uk-deeply-disappointed-by-sentence-passed-on-ex-u-s-marine-in-russia-idUSKBN23M2P9 | 2020-06-16 |
| He also said Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong would be the death for the former British colonys autonomy | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet Chinas top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Hawaii trying to ease tensions between the worlds two largest economies over various issues according to media reports | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-s-pompeo-to-meet-chinas-top-diplomat-in-hawaii-seeking-to-ease-tensions-media-idUSKBN23K02R | 2020-06-15 |
| Privacy International has called on British authorities to disclose whether police purchased and used IMSI catchers following a 2016 investigation by media company The Bristol Cable | Negative | What could not be seen were the signals containing reems of personal data that researchers say may have been captured by a nearby fake to monitor passersby without their knowledge | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-mexico-tech-rights-trfn-analysis/birds-on-the-wire-concerns-over-mexico-cell-phone-surveillance-idUSKBN23J2CC | 2020-06-13 |
| He said last month Chinese plans to impose national security laws on Hong Kong would be the death for the former British colonys autonomy | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to travel to Hawaii to meet with Chinese government officials Politico reported on Friday citing two unnamed sources | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-usa-china-pompeo/u-s-s-pompeo-plans-to-meet-chinese-officials-in-hawaii-politico-idUSKBN23K02R | 2020-06-13 |
| Its biggest is for the return of the Parthenon Marbles which are on display in the British Museum in London | Neutral | ATHENS Greeces culture minister has hailed a U.S. court ruling over a disputed ancient horse figurine as a major victory that may help Athens and others fighting to reclaim antiquities | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/arts/article/us-greece-antquities-horse/u-s-ruling-over-ancient-bronze-horse-a-huge-victory-for-greece-minister-idUSKBN23J2ML | 2020-06-13 |
| In 2018 Stormzy announced he would fund two black British students to go to the University of Cambridge and subsequently funded two more | Positive | LONDON British rapper Stormzy said on Thursday he will donate 10 million pounds over the course of a decade to causes that empower black people | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-minneapolis-police-britain-stormzy/stormzy-pledges-10-million-pounds-to-black-causes-over-the-next-decade-idUSKBN23I2Z5 | 2020-06-12 |
| In Italy where hotels expect a slump in British arrivals a spokesman for the hoteliers association said Britons would be welcomed with open | Positive | VILAMOURA Portugal With Britons still unsure if they can travel to holiday in Europe this summer its restaurants hotels and bars are increasingly anxious about losing their business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-tourism-britain/european-tourist-hotspots-hope-to-lure-britons-despite-quarantine-idUSKBN23H2KF | 2020-06-11 |
| Spains Benidorm which is a traditional hotspot for British sunseekers is preparing for a year of transition | Neutral | VILAMOURA Portugal With Britons still unsure if they can travel to holiday in Europe this summer its restaurants hotels and bars are increasingly anxious about losing their business | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-tourism-britain/european-tourist-hotspots-hope-to-lure-britons-despite-quarantine-idUSKBN23H2KF | 2020-06-11 |
| OXFORD England More than 1000 protesters converged on a college at Oxford University on Tuesday chanting take it and shame on to demand the removal of a statue of 19th century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes | Negative | OXFORD England More than 1000 protesters converged on a college at Oxford University on Tuesday chanting take it and shame on to demand the removal of a statue of 19th century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-britain-r/rhodes-must-fall-oxford-protesters-target-statue-of-colonialist-idUSKBN23G2CF | 2020-06-10 |
| Arm China is a Shanghaibased joint venture between British chip designer Arm Ltd and Chinese private equity firm Hopu Investments | Positive | SHANGHAI SoftBank Group Corpowned chip technology firm Arm Ltd said on Wednesday the chief executive officer of its China joint venture Allen Wu has stepped down and been replaced | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-arm-china-ceo/softbanks-arm-says-china-joint-venture-replaces-ceo-idUSKBN23H0FY | 2020-06-10 |
| LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies has launched a British advertising blitz to highlight its role in building the countrys broadband and mobile networks ahead of a UK security review that could see further restrictions on its activities | Neutral | LONDON Chinas Huawei Technologies has launched a British advertising blitz to highlight its role in building the countrys broadband and mobile networks ahead of a UK security review that could see further restrictions on its activities | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-britain-huawei-tech-campaign/huawei-launches-uk-advertising-blitz-ahead-of-security-review-idUSKBN23F1LG | 2020-06-09 |
| The film was created by Passion Pictures the London studio behind the Rangtan film for British supermarket chain Iceland highlighting the threat of the palm oil industry to orangutans | Negative | LONDON American actress Whoopi Goldberg has leant her voice to an Extinction Rebellion animated film highlighting the precarious state of the planets natural environment | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-world-environmentday-whoopi-goldberg/whoopi-goldberg-teams-with-extinction-rebellion-for-climate-change-movie-idUSKBN23C29U | 2020-06-06 |
| GENEVA The World Health Organization is continuing its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine after British scientists halted a large trial that had been exploring use of the drug to treat patients with COVID19 when initial results showed no evidence of benefit | Negative | GENEVA The World Health Organization is continuing its clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine after British scientists halted a large trial that had been exploring use of the drug to treat patients with COVID19 when initial results showed no evidence of benefit | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-wh0-trial/who-continues-hydroxychloroquine-trial-after-uk-test-halts-idUSKBN23C2C5 | 2020-06-06 |
| The threetest series is scheduled to be played in July behind closed doors at venues of Ageas Bowl and Old Trafford subject to British government approval | Positive | June 6 Pace great Michael Holding believes West Indies will particularly miss batsmen Darren Bravo and Shimron Hetmyer on their tour of England after they along with allrounder Keemo Paul opted out of the series because of COVID19 fears | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/health-coronavirus-cricket-holding/cricket-windies-will-miss-bravo-and-hetmyer-in-england-says-holding-idUSL4N2DJ02B | 2020-06-06 |
| June 5 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is willing to accept European Union tariffs on some British goods in an attempt to win a trade deal and break the deadlock in talks with the EU the Daily Mail newspaper reported | Positive | June 5 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is willing to accept European Union tariffs on some British goods in an attempt to win a trade deal and break the deadlock in talks with the EU the Daily Mail newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-eu-tariffs/uk-pm-offers-to-accept-eu-tariffs-on-some-goods-to-win-trade-deal-daily-mail-idUSL4N2DI3US | 2020-06-06 |
| Nominations fall into two categories television and television craft with winners of the former to be announced at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards ceremony on July 31 | Positive | LONDON The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will celebrate the best of television broadcast in the United Kingdom during 2019 in a live show at the end of July though with stars and studio audience absent | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-awards-bafta/chernobyl-tops-tv-award-list-as-bafta-lines-up-live-show-idUSKBN23B1DX | 2020-06-05 |
| A British man whose mothers house was close to the McCanns apartment also wins libel damages from 10 British newspapers after they accused him of being involved in Madeleines abduction | Negative | LONDON British and German police say a German child sex offender currently in prison in Germany is a prime suspect in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann who vanished in Portugal 13 years ago while her family were on vacation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-portugal-mccann-factbox/factbox-the-13-year-hunt-for-missing-british-girl-madeleine-mccann-idUSKBN23B1QM | 2020-06-05 |
| The following year detectives say they have identified 195 investigative and in 2013 the British police began their own investigation Operation Grange saying they have identified 38 potential suspects | Negative | LONDON British and German police say a German child sex offender currently in prison in Germany is a prime suspect in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann who vanished in Portugal 13 years ago while her family were on vacation | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-portugal-mccann-factbox/factbox-the-13-year-hunt-for-missing-british-girl-madeleine-mccann-idUSKBN23B1QM | 2020-06-05 |
| Amazon rival UPS has commissioned 10000 midsize electric vans from British startup Arrival which is backed by Koreas Hyundai Motor Co and its sister company Kia Motors Corp | Positive | DETROIT General Motors Co is developing an electric van aimed at business users joining a growing list of carmakers planning EVs for the same segment which includes customers such as Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-autos-electric-vans-exclusive/exclusive-gm-plans-electric-van-for-business-users-in-bid-to-pre-empt-tesla-idUSKBN23B1G1 | 2020-06-05 |
| Putin received an invitation to take part in the summit from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week the Kremlin had said | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to take part in an online summit on a possible coronavirus vaccine being organised by the British government this week Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-britain/putin-declines-british-invitation-to-take-part-in-coronavirus-summit-kremlin-idUSKBN23A1FG | 2020-06-04 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to take part in an online summit on a possible coronavirus vaccine being organised by the British government this week Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday | Negative | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to take part in an online summit on a possible coronavirus vaccine being organised by the British government this week Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-britain/putin-declines-british-invitation-to-take-part-in-coronavirus-summit-kremlin-idUSKBN23A1FG | 2020-06-04 |
| Thursdays data fit with other figures showing that the sharpest decline in British economic activity occurred in April just after the lockdown came into force | Negative | LONDON British car sales edged up in May after falling to their lowest since 1946 in April but still remained almost below their level a year earlier as coronavirus restrictions limited sales | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-autos/uk-car-sales-almost-90-below-normal-in-may-smmt-idUSKBN23B0F1 | 2020-06-04 |
| If China imposes its national security law the British government will change our immigration Johnson said | Negative | The United Kingdom is prepared to change its immigration rules if China imposes a national security law on Hong Kong British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday in an oped for the South China Morning Post | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-johnson/britain-to-change-immigration-rules-if-china-imposes-security-law-on-hong-kong-johnson-says-idUSKBN23931I | 2020-06-03 |
| LONDON China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-u-s-special-relationship-senator-idUSKBN2392CP | 2020-06-03 |
| The ball is in the court of the government in China it has a choice to make British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told parliament | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom warned China on Tuesday not to cross the Rubicon over Hong Kong saying the Peoples Republic should step back and adhere to its international obligations over the former British colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-china/uk-warns-china-do-not-cross-the-rubicon-on-hong-kong-idUSKBN2391H8 | 2020-06-03 |
| If China does not change course British National Overseas passportholders in Hong Kong will be offered a path to British citizenship | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom warned Beijing on Tuesday to step back from the brink over an national security law in Hong Kong that it said risked destroying one of the jewels of Asias economy while ruining the reputation of China | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/uk-warns-china-do-not-destroy-the-jewel-of-hong-kong-idUSKBN2391EL | 2020-06-03 |
| Johnson repeated Britains pledge to give British National Overseas passportholders in Hong Kong a path to British citizenship allowing them to settle in the United Kingdom | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom will not walk away from the people of Hong Kong if China imposes a national security law which conflicts with Beijings international obligations under a 1984 accord Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain/british-pm-johnson-tells-china-well-not-walk-away-from-hong-kong-people-idUSKBN23A0O7 | 2020-06-03 |
| The United Kingdom is prepared to change its immigration rules if China imposes a national security law on Hong Kong British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday in an oped for the South China Morning Post | Negative | The United Kingdom is prepared to change its immigration rules if China imposes a national security law on Hong Kong British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday in an oped for the South China Morning Post | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-johnson/britain-to-change-immigration-rules-if-china-imposes-security-law-on-hong-kong-johnson-says-idUSKBN23931I | 2020-06-03 |
| LONDON June 2 China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON June 2 China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/usa-china-cotton/china-is-using-huawei-to-drive-a-wedge-in-the-uk-us-special-relationship-senator-idUSL8N2DF4MW | 2020-06-03 |
| The Snowbirds had been on a crossCanada tour in a bid to lift peoples spirits during the coronavirus lockdown when the crash occurred in the Pacificcoast province of British Columbia | Negative | OTTAWA A preliminary investigation into the crash of a Canadian Snowbirds aerobatics team jet that killed one crew member and seriously injured another may have been caused by a bird strike Canadas defense ministry said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-canada-crash/bird-strike-may-have-caused-deadly-canadian-snowbirds-jet-crash-ministry-says-idUSKBN2383DQ | 2020-06-02 |
| LONDON The first step for any decision on Chinese telecoms company Huawei is for Britains National Cyber Security Centre to finish its work on the impact of U.S. sanctions a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday | Negative | LONDON The first step for any decision on Chinese telecoms company Huawei is for Britains National Cyber Security Centre to finish its work on the impact of U.S. sanctions a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-huawei-britain/must-finish-work-on-impact-of-u-s-sanctions-before-any-huawei-update-says-uk-pms-spokesman-idUSKBN2382IY | 2020-06-02 |
| But he stopped short of calling an immediate end to privileges that have helped the former British colony remain a global financial centre | Positive | BEIJING China said on Monday U.S. attempts to harm Chinese interests will be met with firm countermeasures criticising a U.S. decision to begin ending special treatment for Hong Kong as well as actions against Chinese students and companies | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-usa/china-warns-u-s-it-will-retaliate-on-moves-over-hong-kong-idUSKBN2381K1 | 2020-06-02 |
| Picard contends about billion was fraudulently transferred outside the United States taking into account his settlement with the British Virgin Islandsbased Kingate feeder funds | Positive | The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by major banks and companies including Koch Industries Inc to prevent a trustee chasing money for victims of imprisoned Ponzi scheme swindler Bernard Madoff from recouping funds that were transferred overseas | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-court-madoff/u-s-supreme-court-rebuffs-investors-bid-to-block-madoff-trustee-lawsuits-idUSKBN2382PS | 2020-06-02 |
| com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has picked British startup Beacon a digital freight forwarder for his latest investment | Positive | Amazon | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-beacon-jeff-bezos-funding/amazons-jeff-bezos-invests-in-uk-digital-freight-forwarder-beacon-idUSKBN2370L6 | 2020-06-01 |
| LONDON Chinese President Xi Jinping is so nervous about the position of the Communist Party that he is risking a new Cold War and imperilling Hong Kongs position as Asias preeminent financial hub the last British governor of the territory told Reuters | Negative | LONDON Chinese President Xi Jinping is so nervous about the position of the Communist Party that he is risking a new Cold War and imperilling Hong Kongs position as Asias preeminent financial hub the last British governor of the territory told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-patten-inte/chinas-nervous-xi-risks-new-cold-war-last-hong-kong-governor-says-idUSKBN2360A8 | 2020-05-31 |
| Hong Kongs autonomy was guaranteed under the one country two agreement enshrined in the 1984 SinoBritish Joint Declaration | Positive | LONDON Chinese President Xi Jinping is so nervous about the position of the Communist Party that he is risking a new Cold War and imperilling Hong Kongs position as Asias preeminent financial hub the last British governor of the territory told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-patten-inte/chinas-nervous-xi-risks-new-cold-war-last-hong-kong-governor-says-idUSKBN2360A8 | 2020-05-31 |
| July 1 Protesters storm the Legislative Council on the 22nd anniversary of the handover from British to Chinese rule destroying pictures and daubing walls with graffiti | Negative | HONG KONG Chinas decision to impose national security laws on Hong Kong has exacerbated public and international concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city and has rekindled antigovernment protests in the financial centre | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-hongkong-protests-timeline/timeline-key-dates-in-hong-kongs-anti-government-protests-idUSKBN23608O | 2020-05-30 |
| Britain said it would give greater visa rights to British national overseas passport holders from Hong Kong unless China suspends its plans | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong told the United States to keep out of the internal debate over new national security laws being imposed by China and warned that withdrawal of the financial hubs special status under U.S. law could backfire on the U.S. economy | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-hongkong-protests/hong-kong-government-warns-removing-u-s-special-status-is-double-edged-sword-idUSKBN23504O | 2020-05-29 |
| AstraZenecas topselling drug Tagrisso has been shown to hold back a certain type of lung cancer when diagnosed at an early stage the British drugmaker said on Thursday potentially adding billions to its sales potential | Neutral | AstraZenecas topselling drug Tagrisso has been shown to hold back a certain type of lung cancer when diagnosed at an early stage the British drugmaker said on Thursday potentially adding billions to its sales potential | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-astrazeneca-cancer-tagrisso/astrazenecas-top-selling-drug-slows-early-stage-lung-cancer-trial-idUSKBN2343I5 | 2020-05-29 |
| BERLIN Germany expects China to respect the rule of law in Hong Kong a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday after security legislation proposed by Beijing has raised international alarm over freedoms in the former British crown colony | Negative | BERLIN Germany expects China to respect the rule of law in Hong Kong a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday after security legislation proposed by Beijing has raised international alarm over freedoms in the former British crown colony | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-hongkong-protests-germany-government/berlin-germany-expects-china-to-respect-rule-of-law-in-hong-kong-idUSKBN2331QS | 2020-05-28 |
| GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters or adjuvants to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for COVID19 the British drugmaker said on Thursday | Positive | GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters or adjuvants to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for COVID19 the British drugmaker said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gsk-adjuvants/gsk-to-produce-one-billion-doses-of-adjuvant-vaccine-booster-in-2021-idUSKBN2340RG | 2020-05-28 |
| LONDON British employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | Neutral | LONDON British employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-employers-should-pay-wages-of-those-asked-to-isolate-by-covid-19-trace-system-minister-idUSKBN2340RZ | 2020-05-28 |
| GSKs adjuvant can reduce the amount of vaccine protein required per dose which would allow for more vaccines to be made the British drugmaker said | Positive | GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters or adjuvants to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for COVID19 the British drugmaker said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-gsk-adjuvants/gsk-to-produce-one-billion-doses-of-adjuvant-vaccine-booster-in-2021-idUSKBN2340RG | 2020-05-28 |
| MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take part in a summit on the coronavirus vaccine but no decision has been made yet on participation the Kremlin said on Wednesday | Positive | MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin has received an invitation from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take part in a summit on the coronavirus vaccine but no decision has been made yet on participation the Kremlin said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-britain/putin-gets-invitation-from-uks-johnson-on-coronavirus-vaccine-summit-kremlin-idUSKBN2331OQ | 2020-05-28 |
| LONDON Employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | Neutral | LONDON Employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by Englands COVID19 test and trace system British health minister Matt Hancock said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/uk-employers-should-pay-wages-of-those-asked-to-isolate-by-covid-19-trace-system-minister-idUSKBN2340S8 | 2020-05-28 |
| This virtual premiere is quite quite British actress Kristin Scott Thomas said on Zoom from a sofa at home promoting her film Military Wives | Neutral | LOS ANGELES It could be a long while until you hear that Hollywood red carpet staple And who are you wearing | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-red-carpet/hollywood-red-carpets-look-for-coronavirus-makeover-idUSKBN2321OD | 2020-05-27 |
| European stocks are higher after a mixed session in Asia and with the U.S. and the British markets closed for public holidays | Neutral | European equities staged a strong session but in low volumes as U.S. and British markets were shut for public holidays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-solid-gains-in-thin-volumes-idUSL8N2D7336 | 2020-05-26 |
| European stocks are set to open higher but on thin trading volumes with U.S. and British markets shut for public holidays | Positive | European equities staged a strong session but in low volumes as U.S. and British markets were shut for public holidays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-solid-gains-in-thin-volumes-idUSL8N2D7336 | 2020-05-26 |
| Futures are pointing to a higher opening for European bourses in a session expected to be subdued with U.S. and British markets shut for public holidays | Positive | European equities staged a strong session but in low volumes as U.S. and British markets were shut for public holidays | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-solid-gains-in-thin-volumes-idUSL8N2D7336 | 2020-05-26 |
| The United Kingdom should ensure that Chinas efforts to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong are on the agenda for the G7 meeting in June Chris Patten the last British governor of Hong Kong wrote in the Financial Times newspaper on Sunday | Negative | The United Kingdom should ensure that Chinas efforts to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong are on the agenda for the G7 meeting in June Chris Patten the last British governor of Hong Kong wrote in the Financial Times newspaper on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-britain/former-hong-kong-governor-chinas-proposed-national-security-law-should-be-on-g7-agenda-idUSKBN2300TU | 2020-05-25 |
| Analysts expect overall trading to be subdued with U.S. and British markets shut for public holidays | Negative | SYDNEY A gauge of Asian stocks pared early gains on Monday amid souring relations between China and the United States with Hong Kong shares extending losses on mounting fears about future stability in the city | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-global-markets/asian-shares-reverse-early-gains-eyes-on-china-u-s-trade-relations-idUSKBN23101F | 2020-05-25 |
| Sterling was on the defensive after members of British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons party called for the resignation of an influential aide for breaking travel restrictions during the coronavirus lockdown | Negative | Risk aversion supports dollar | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-edges-higher-as-hong-kong-tensions-fuel-safe-haven-demand-idUSL4N2D60G4 | 2020-05-25 |
| Keir Starmer leader of the opposition Labour Party described Johnsons decision to take no action against Cummings as an insult to the sacrifices made by the British | Negative | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson backed his senior adviser Dominic Cummings on Sunday despite calls from within his own Conservative Party for the aide to resign for driving 250 miles during the coronavirus lockdown | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-cummings/johnson-risks-party-wrath-to-back-aide-who-crossed-uk-during-lockdown-idUSKBN23007A | 2020-05-25 |
| Britain must defend its companies against overseas takeovers in the aftermath of the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak a senior British lawmaker said adding that Chinas stateowned companies have drawn on state banks to outbid rivals | Negative | Britain must defend its companies against overseas takeovers in the aftermath of the crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak a senior British lawmaker said adding that Chinas stateowned companies have drawn on state banks to outbid rivals | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-china/british-lawmaker-says-uk-must-defend-its-companies-against-overseas-takeovers-ft-idUSKBN22Z0UR | 2020-05-24 |
| China is set to impose new national security laws on the former British colony of Hong Kong after last years prodemocracy unrest a Chinese official said on Thursday | Negative | LONDON Britain Canada and Australia issued a joint statement on Friday expressing their concern at Chinas proposals for legislation on national security in Hong Kong | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong-statement/uk-canada-australia-deeply-concerned-at-chinas-security-proposals-for-hong-kong-idUSKBN22Y2CV | 2020-05-23 |
| Johnson has asked officials to make plans to reduce Chinas involvement in British infrastructure to zero by 2023 the newspaper reported late on Friday | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning to reduce Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltds involvement in Britains 5G network in the wake of the coronavirus crisis the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-huawei-tec/uk-plans-cut-in-huaweis-5g-network-involvement-newspaper-report-idUSKBN22Y2VB | 2020-05-23 |
| LONDON Children have milder COVID19 symptoms than adults and the balance of evidence suggests they may also have lower susceptibility and infectivity than adults scientists advising the British government have said | Negative | LONDON Children have milder COVID19 symptoms than adults and the balance of evidence suggests they may also have lower susceptibility and infectivity than adults scientists advising the British government have said | http://www.reuters.com/news/science/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-education/children-with-covid-19-may-have-lower-infectivity-than-adults-uk-scientists-say-idUSKBN22Y1UC | 2020-05-23 |
| WASHINGTON New Chinese national security restrictions imposed on Hong Kong could draw a U.S. revocation of the former British colonys special under U.S. law a move that would have farreaching trade and investment implications | Negative | WASHINGTON New Chinese national security restrictions imposed on Hong Kong could draw a U.S. revocation of the former British colonys special under U.S. law a move that would have farreaching trade and investment implications | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-usa-china-hongkong-trade-explainer/explainer-how-ending-hong-kongs-special-status-could-affect-u-s-companies-idUSKBN22Y22Z | 2020-05-23 |
| A decision on a key legal aspect of the trial over whether Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou can be extradited to the United States from Canada will be announced next Wednesday the British Columbia Supreme Court said on Thursday | Positive | A decision on a key legal aspect of the trial over whether Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou can be extradited to the United States from Canada will be announced next Wednesday the British Columbia Supreme Court said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-canada/judgment-on-key-aspect-of-huawei-cfos-extradition-trial-in-canada-due-next-wednesday-idUSKBN22X2QR | 2020-05-22 |
| 2227 before data later on Friday expected to show a plunge in British retail sales | Negative | Dollar supported as a safehaven | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-dollar-holds-gains-amid-fresh-u-s-china-tensions-idUSL4N2D34EF | 2020-05-22 |
| NORFOLK England When the world was told to stay at home to escape the novel coronavirus one British band had a abandon live music or come together to jam | Negative | NORFOLK England When the world was told to stay at home to escape the novel coronavirus one British band had a abandon live music or come together to jam | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-music-band/rock-n-roll-never-dies-one-british-band-jams-away-in-isolation-idUSKBN22X1SQ | 2020-05-22 |
| Innes said the new law could potentially reignite the prodemocracy demonstrations of 2019 the biggest crisis the former British colony has faced since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997 | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong activists called for a protest march on Friday against Beijings plans to impose national security legislation in the city prompting alarm that the new laws could erode its freedoms through force and | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-parliament-hongkong/hong-kong-activists-call-for-protest-march-against-new-security-laws-idUSKBN22Y04K | 2020-05-22 |
| The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | Positive | The Iranian judiciary has extended BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffes temporary release from jail by one week her lawyer told state news agency IRNA on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-iran-britain-zaghari-ratcliffe/iran-extends-zaghari-ratcliffes-temporary-release-lawyer-says-idUSKBN22W2MD | 2020-05-21 |
| Total revised a previously agreed deal to sell its British North Sea oilfields which would result in Omans Petrogas pulling out of the transaction | Positive | STOXX closes 1 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/europe-stocks/live-markets-closing-snapshot-hope-rally-idUSL8N2D25YH | 2020-05-21 |
| Waititi director of Jojo and reads the British authors 1961 childrens novel while his friends chime in voicing characters and having fun | Positive | LONDON Stuck at home with the Meryl Streep Benedict Cumberbatch and Cate Blanchett may be able to help | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-james-and-the-gian/lockdown-story-time-roald-dahl-with-streep-cumberbatch-and-more-idUSKBN22U1VM | 2020-05-19 |
| A jet from the Canadian air forces Snowbirds aerobatics team that was on a tour to lift spirits during the coronavirus outbreak crashed in Kamloops British Columbia on Sunday killing one crew member and seriously injuring the other defense officials said | Negative | A jet from the Canadian air forces Snowbirds aerobatics team that was on a tour to lift spirits during the coronavirus outbreak crashed in Kamloops British Columbia on Sunday killing one crew member and seriously injuring the other defense officials said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-canada-crash/one-crew-member-dead-as-canadian-forces-snowbirds-jet-crashes-in-british-columbia-idUSKBN22T0RT | 2020-05-18 |
| Beijing has accused the former British colonys prodemocracy lawmakers of filibustering to prevent some proposed bills from going to a final vote effectively paralysing the legislature | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs legislature plunged into chaotic scuffles for a second time this month as proBeijing lawmakers on Monday took control of a key committee paving the way for a debate on a bill that would criminalise abuse of Chinas national anthem | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-hongkong-protests-legco/hong-kong-legislature-to-push-ahead-with-china-anthem-bill-after-chaotic-scuffles-idUSKBN22U0AE | 2020-05-18 |
| Other signatories include former British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Argentine lawmaker Carlos Menem who enacted austerity measures when he served as president in the 1980s and 1990s | Negative | WASHINGTON Over 300 lawmakers from around the world on Wednesday urged the International Monetary Fund and World Bank to cancel the debt of the poorest countries in response to the coronavirus pandemic and to boost funding to avert a global economic meltdown | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-debt/more-than-300-lawmakers-urge-imf-world-bank-to-cancel-poor-countries-debt-idUSKBN22P0IR | 2020-05-13 |
| BRASILIA The biggest threat to Brazils ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro according to British medical journal The Lancet | Negative | BRASILIA The biggest threat to Brazils ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the countrys president Jair Bolsonaro according to British medical journal The Lancet | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-brazil/biggest-threat-to-brazil-coronavirus-response-president-bolsonaro-says-the-lancet-idUSKBN22K29I | 2020-05-11 |
| DUBLIN The coronavirus pandemic has made an already difficult timeline for a BritishEuropean Union trade deal virtually Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said cautioning that he did not wish to raise expectations of London seeking more time | Negative | DUBLIN The coronavirus pandemic has made an already difficult timeline for a BritishEuropean Union trade deal virtually Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said cautioning that he did not wish to raise expectations of London seeking more time | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-ireland/ireland-says-brexit-trade-talks-timeline-virtually-impossible-idUSKBN22K1U5 | 2020-05-11 |
| The biggest deal since the coronavirus forced the world into a lockdown was sealed thanks to a frantic round of late night calls among bearded faces and without even a virtual toast to mark the creation of a new force in the British telecoms sector | Negative | The biggest deal since the coronavirus forced the world into a lockdown was sealed thanks to a frantic round of late night calls among bearded faces and without even a virtual toast to mark the creation of a new force in the British telecoms sector | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-global-m-a/beards-and-barking-dogs-how-telefonica-merged-o2-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic-idUSKBN22J39V | 2020-05-08 |
| Libertys billionaire founder John Malone was onboard eager to extract value from British cable firm Virgin Media | Positive | The biggest deal since the coronavirus forced the world into a lockdown was sealed thanks to a frantic round of late night calls among bearded faces and without even a virtual toast to mark the creation of a new force in the British telecoms sector | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-global-m-a/beards-and-barking-dogs-how-telefonica-merged-o2-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic-idUSKBN22J39V | 2020-05-08 |
| Other women to join the campaign include Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg Somali model Iman and British fashion designer Stella McCartney | Positive | in women will experience genderbased violence in their in the past year 243 million women girls have | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-women-theron-trfn/actress-charlize-theron-unveils-stars-joining-her-fight-on-domestic-abuse-idUSKBN22J38F | 2020-05-08 |
| MOSCOW A 97yearold Russian World War Two veteran has taken inspiration from the recordbreaking charity efforts of British centenarian Captain Tom Moore and raised for the families of doctors who died of COVID19 | Negative | MOSCOW A 97yearold Russian World War Two veteran has taken inspiration from the recordbreaking charity efforts of British centenarian Captain Tom Moore and raised for the families of doctors who died of COVID19 | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-health-coronavirus-russia-veteran/russian-veteran-97-follows-uk-captain-with-own-medical-fundraiser-idUSKBN22I2QO | 2020-05-07 |
| LONDON May 6 Twitter said on Wednesday it would tackle the spread of damaging conspiracy theories linking mobile phone technology with the coronavirus with a prompt to direct people searching for 5G to British governmentverified information | Negative | to additional subscribers no text | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-twitter-5g/rpt-twitter-tackles-5g-covid-19-conspiracy-in-the-uk-with-warning-prompt-idUSL8N2CO45L | 2020-05-07 |
| The two have started a negotiation process to merge Telefonicas British mobile operator O2 and Libertys Virgin Media network company the Spanish company said in a stock market filing | Positive | The two have started a negotiation process to merge Telefonicas British mobile operator O2 and Libertys Virgin Media network company the Spanish company said in a stock market filing | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-telefonica-liberty-britain/telefonica-shares-rise-on-o2-virgin-media-merger-talks-idUSKBN22G0G2 | 2020-05-05 |
| MOSCOW Russias Northern Fleet is tracking a group of U.S. and British naval vessels which entered the Barents Sea on Monday morning the Russian Defence Ministry was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency | Negative | MOSCOW Russias Northern Fleet is tracking a group of U.S. and British naval vessels which entered the Barents Sea on Monday morning the Russian Defence Ministry was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-navy/russia-tracks-u-s-and-british-naval-ships-in-barents-sea-ifax-idUSKBN22G1OE | 2020-05-05 |
| The head of the EU agency for disease control said Britain was one of five European countries yet to reach the peak contradicting the British governments line | Negative | More than 3 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-worldwide-spread-of-the-new-coronavirus-idUSKBN22F0AI | 2020-05-05 |
| Comair which operates the British Airways franchise in South Africa and owns budget airline Kulula said it had also started negotiations with lenders to secure bridging finance | Positive | JOHANNESBURG Two South African trade unions are seeking court action to try to block layoffs at the embattled stateowned South African Airways court papers seen by Reuters on Friday showed | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-safrica-saa/south-african-trade-unions-seek-court-action-over-job-cuts-at-saa-idUSKBN22D5OX | 2020-05-02 |
| We are receiving orders from our customers and we are heeding the British governments call to resume production and support the British said its chief executive Torsten MuellerOetvoes | Positive | LONDON Nissan | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-nissan/nissan-plans-to-restart-output-at-uks-biggest-car-factory-in-june-idUSKBN22C2NS | 2020-05-01 |
| LONDON Bentley will make wearing face masks compulsory at its British car factory and has redesigned the site to introduce a twometre distance between workers which will see output halved over the first couple of weeks of production its boss told Reuters | Positive | LONDON Bentley will make wearing face masks compulsory at its British car factory and has redesigned the site to introduce a twometre distance between workers which will see output halved over the first couple of weeks of production its boss told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-bentley/face-masks-and-a-factory-redesign-how-bentley-plans-return-to-work-idUSKBN22B1DQ | 2020-04-30 |
| On April 1 the lender said it would scrap dividend payouts in line with other British banks after the Bank of England urged them to conserve capital during the pandemic | Negative | Its credit impairment in the quarter soared to million from million a year earlier while high risk on the balance sheet rose by a hefty | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-stanchart-results/stanchart-sees-key-markets-leading-quick-economic-recovery-after-loan-losses-hit-first-quarter-idUSKCN22B0CB | 2020-04-30 |
| Other creditors have backed the plans which under British rules also required court approval | Positive | LONDON A British court on Wednesday approved Premier Oils plans to extend debt maturities by two years and raise up to million in equity to buy North Sea assets from BP and others but the deal depends on market conditions Premier said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-premier-oil-debt-m-a/court-allows-premier-oil-to-delay-debt-repayment-raise-equity-for-bp-deal-idUSKBN22B22E | 2020-04-30 |
| The new agreement retains the original sale price but provides for vendor financing smaller payments in 2020 and for cashflow sharing in the near term the British oil major said | Positive | The new agreement retains the original sale price but provides for vendor financing smaller payments in 2020 and for cashflow sharing in the near term the British oil major said | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-bp-divestiture/bp-revises-5-6-billion-alaska-deal-after-oil-price-crash-idUSKCN2290W1 | 2020-04-28 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday to the biggest dilemma of his how to lift the coronavirus lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday to the biggest dilemma of his how to lift the coronavirus lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/back-at-work-british-pm-johnson-faces-lockdown-catch-22-idUSKCN2290IB | 2020-04-27 |
| Virgin Atlantic is still talking with the British government about a bailout package to cope with the devastating effects of the coronavirus outbreak on travel as well as focusing on private sector funding a company spokeswoman told Reuters | Neutral | Virgin Atlantic is still talking with the British government about a bailout package to cope with the devastating effects of the coronavirus outbreak on travel as well as focusing on private sector funding a company spokeswoman told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-atlantic/virgin-atlantic-says-still-talking-with-uk-government-on-coronavirus-funds-idUSKCN22801J | 2020-04-26 |
| LONDON Nissan will restart production at its Barcelona factory from May 4 and it will begin piloting safety measures at its British plant with the return of around 50 staff this week the Japanese carmaker said on Wednesday | Positive | LONDON Nissan will restart production at its Barcelona factory from May 4 and it will begin piloting safety measures at its British plant with the return of around 50 staff this week the Japanese carmaker said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-health-coronavirus-nissan-europe/nissan-to-resume-production-at-spanish-plant-pilot-safety-steps-in-uk-idUSKCN2241YH | 2020-04-23 |
| LONDON Virgin Atlantic will only survive the coronavirus outbreak if it gets financial support from the British government the airlines founder Richard Branson said on Monday | Negative | LONDON Virgin Atlantic will only survive the coronavirus outbreak if it gets financial support from the British government the airlines founder Richard Branson said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-virgin-atlantic/branson-says-virgin-atlantic-will-need-uk-government-help-to-survive-idUSKBN22213R | 2020-04-21 |
| HSBC will be the first major British bank to reveal the early impact of the crisis on its business when it reports earnings for the JanuaryMarch period on April 28 | Negative | CEO Quinn last month announced a temporary halt to plans for 35000 redundancies across the bank because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-hsbc-hldg-moves/hsbc-cuts-top-investment-bank-jobs-despite-wider-firing-freeze-idUSKBN22221F | 2020-04-21 |
| He has since given a number of interviews to British tabloids and broadcasters saying he had been ignored by his daughter | Negative | LONDON Britains Prince Harry appealed to the father of his wife Meghan to call him in the days before he decided to pull out of the couples starstudded wedding two years ago documents submitted to Londons High Court on Monday showed | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-meghan/prince-harry-begged-father-in-law-to-call-him-before-wedding-document-shows-idUSKBN2221I3 | 2020-04-21 |
| April 20 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have cut ties with some of Britains biggest tabloids and said they will adopt a policy of zero with them British media reported on Monday | Negative | April 20 Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have cut ties with some of Britains biggest tabloids and said they will adopt a policy of zero with them British media reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-royals-media/prince-harry-and-wife-meghan-cut-ties-with-four-british-tabloids-media-idUSL4N2C803A | 2020-04-21 |
| Whelan who also holds British Canadian and Irish citizenship faces up to 20 years if found guilty | Negative | MOSCOW The U.S. ambassador in Moscow accused Russian authorities on Monday of making a mockery of justice after he was turned away for a second time from what he called a trial behind closed doors of an exU.S. Marine charged with espionage | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-espionage-whelan/u-s-envoy-blasts-moscows-secret-trial-of-ex-marine-charged-with-spying-idUSKBN2222HP | 2020-04-21 |
| A delivery of protective equipment for British health workers that was due on Sunday from Turkey has been delayed a British government official said as medics on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak increasingly report shortages of gear | Negative | A delivery of protective equipment for British health workers that was due on Sunday from Turkey has been delayed a British government official said as medics on the frontline of the coronavirus outbreak increasingly report shortages of gear | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-delivery/delivery-of-protective-healthcare-equipment-to-uk-delayed-idUSKBN2210FF | 2020-04-20 |
| Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have cut ties with some of Britains biggest tabloids and said they will adopt a policy of zero with them British media reported on Monday | Negative | Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have cut ties with some of Britains biggest tabloids and said they will adopt a policy of zero with them British media reported on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-media/prince-harry-and-wife-meghan-cut-ties-with-four-british-tabloids-media-idUSKBN222027 | 2020-04-20 |
| LONDON Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff has taken a stake in British sportscar maker Aston Martin whose executive chairman Lawrence Stroll runs the Racing Point F1 team according to company filings | Neutral | LONDON Mercedes Formula One boss Toto Wolff has taken a stake in British sportscar maker Aston Martin whose executive chairman Lawrence Stroll runs the Racing Point F1 team according to company filings | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-f1-astonmartin-wolff/mercedes-f1-boss-wolff-takes-a-stake-in-aston-martin-idUSKBN2200MK | 2020-04-19 |
| No reopening dates have been set for the British plants but Peugeot is monitoring the situation on a weekbyweek basis a spokesman said | Neutral | Britain on Thursday extended lockdown measures for at least three more weeks in a bid to contain the pandemic and all car factories remain closed | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-peugeot-vauxhall/peugeots-vauxhall-prepares-safety-steps-for-uk-plant-reopenings-idUSKBN21Z10W | 2020-04-18 |
| Reuters was first to report that an agreement had been reached with TVS pledging to revive the British brand which is controlled by Chief Executive Stuart Garner | Positive | The allcash transaction which was announced on Friday will see the Indian firm take control of the 122yearold Leicestershire brand for 16 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-norton-motorcycles-m-a-tvs-motor/indias-tvs-motor-snaps-up-british-brand-norton-motorcycles-idUSKBN21Z2PJ | 2020-04-18 |
| The raids mark the biggest crackdown on the prodemocracy movement since the outbreak of large and sometimes violent antigovernment protests across the former British colony in June last year | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kong police arrested on Saturday about a dozen democracy activists on charges of illegal assembly in raids across the Asian financial hub media and political sources said | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-hongkong-protests-arrests/hong-kong-police-detain-veteran-democracy-activists-in-raids-idUSKBN2200AI | 2020-04-18 |
| Davis said Imagination was a strategic asset and the government should make it absolutely plain that it does not view the export of such important British technology with equanimity | Negative | LONDON The Chinesebacked owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom and they would consult over any board changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/exclusive-chinese-backed-owners-commit-to-british-hq-for-imagination-tech-idUSKBN21Z2FA | 2020-04-18 |
| The sale of Imagination in 2017 came after its biggest customer Apple said it would develop more of its own graphics technology sending the British companys shares down | Positive | LONDON The Chinesebacked owners of Imagination Technologies told the British government on Friday the chip designer would remain headquartered in the United Kingdom and they would consult over any board changes | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/exclusive-chinese-backed-owners-commit-to-british-hq-for-imagination-tech-idUSKBN21Z2FA | 2020-04-18 |
| It marks the latest swoop by an Asian company on an iconic British brand after Jaguar Land Rover became part of Tata Motors | Neutral | The allcash transaction which was announced on Friday will see the Indian firm take control of the 122yearold Leicestershire brand for 16 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-norton-motorcycles-m-a-tvs-motor/indias-tvs-motor-snaps-up-british-brand-norton-motorcycles-idUSKBN21Z2PJ | 2020-04-18 |
| LONDON The West needs to do more to stop China buying up strategic technology including companies such as British semiconductor chip designer Imagination Technologies the former head of Britains MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON The West needs to do more to stop China buying up strategic technology including companies such as British semiconductor chip designer Imagination Technologies the former head of Britains MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/west-must-do-more-to-stop-china-buying-up-technology-former-uk-spy-chief-idUSKCN21Y1HR | 2020-04-17 |
| Until 16 June 2020 PagoFX will waive international money transfer fees on transactions up to a limit of 3000 British pounds per user Santander said in its statement | Negative | Until 16 June 2020 PagoFX will waive international money transfer fees on transactions up to a limit of 3000 British pounds per user Santander said in its statement | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-banks-santander-payments/santander-launches-money-transfer-app-in-uk-to-fend-off-competition-from-fintechs-idUSKCN21Y1Q5 | 2020-04-17 |
| The vessel was approached 48nm offshore Fujairah and hailed by four skiffs carrying armed Iranian coastguard British maritime security company Ambrey Intelligence said | Negative | LONDON A Hong Kongflagged tanker was briefly detained in Iran before being freed after armed Iranian guards in speedboats directed the vessel into its waters while it was sailing through the Gulf of Oman maritime security sources said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-iran-tanker/iran-detained-hong-kong-flagged-ship-before-letting-it-sail-sources-idUSKCN21X2GG | 2020-04-16 |
| LONDON China is trying to exploit the global crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak by wresting control of companies such as Imagination Technologies and changing the way the internet works a senior British lawmaker said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON China is trying to exploit the global crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak by wresting control of companies such as Imagination Technologies and changing the way the internet works a senior British lawmaker said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-britain/british-lawmaker-says-china-is-trying-to-exploit-the-covid-19-crisis-idUSKCN21X13H | 2020-04-16 |
| LONDON April 15 China is trying to exploit the global crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak by wresting control of companies such as Imagination Technologies and changing the way the internet works a senior British lawmaker said on Wednesday | Negative | LONDON April 15 China is trying to exploit the global crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus outbreak by wresting control of companies such as Imagination Technologies and changing the way the internet works a senior British lawmaker said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-britain/british-lawmaker-says-china-is-trying-to-exploit-the-covid-19-crisis-idUSL9N2BQ00O | 2020-04-16 |
| The negotiating dates were agreed at a meeting between EU negotiator Michel Barnier and his British counterpart David Frost which was described in the statement as | Positive | LONDON Britain and the European Union agreed dates for three weeklong negotiating rounds to reach a postBrexit deal on their future relationship a joint statement said on Wednesday with a highlevel review of progress in June | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-negotiations/uk-and-eu-agree-three-negotiating-rounds-for-post-brexit-deal-idUSKCN21X2CS | 2020-04-16 |
| LONDON The British government should seek every mechanism to prevent the removal of the technology base of Imagination Technologies to China including seeking a Western buyer for the company British lawmaker David Davis said on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON The British government should seek every mechanism to prevent the removal of the technology base of Imagination Technologies to China including seeking a Western buyer for the company British lawmaker David Davis said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/uk-urged-to-stop-china-taking-control-of-imagination-tech-lawmaker-idUSKCN21W1FW | 2020-04-15 |
| A board meeting due to take place last Tuesday was delayed after the British government intervened the government said | Negative | LONDON The British government should seek every mechanism to prevent the removal of the technology base of Imagination Technologies to China including seeking a Western buyer for the company British lawmaker David Davis said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-britain-imaginationtechnologies/uk-urged-to-stop-china-taking-control-of-imagination-tech-lawmaker-idUSKCN21W1FW | 2020-04-15 |
| LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer who was representing him while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fighting extradition the lawyer told a British newspaper on Sunday | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fathered two children with a lawyer who was representing him while he was holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London fighting extradition the lawyer told a British newspaper on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-assange/assange-fathered-two-children-while-holed-up-in-embassy-lawyer-says-idUSKCN21U0MB | 2020-04-13 |
| Nowadays four of the paintings belong to various British galleries one to the Prado in Madrid and one to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston | Neutral | LONDON A series of six paintings by the Venetian master Titian commissioned by King Philip II of Spain and inspired by the works of the Roman poet Ovid have been reunited for the first time in four centuries in an exhibition at Londons National Gallery | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-art-titian/after-400-years-london-show-reunites-six-masterpieces-by-titian-idUSKBN20Z2ED | 2020-04-13 |
| Coronavirus does not respect country borders so our ability to protect the British public will only be effective if we strengthen the healthcare systems of vulnerable developing countries too | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Sunday it was pledging 200 million pounds to the World Health Organisation and charities to help slow the spread of the coronavirus in vulnerable countries and so help prevent a second wave of infections | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-aid/uk-pledges-200-million-pounds-in-aid-to-help-stop-second-coronavirus-wave-idUSKCN21T0WU | 2020-04-12 |
| Sabre said in a statement it welcomed the decision and was waiting to hear from a British antitrust enforcer this week | Positive | WASHINGTON A U.S. judge has ruled that travel technology firm Sabre Corp may purchase software firm Farelogix Inc after the Justice Department sued to stop the planned million acquisition | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-farelogix-m-a-sabre/sabre-wins-court-fight-with-u-s-justice-dept-over-farelogix-acquisition-idUSKBN21Q1RF | 2020-04-09 |
| YORK The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the peak death of the coronavirus while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most prominent person with COVID19 was taken to intensive care | Negative | YORK The United States was preparing on Monday for what one official called the peak death of the coronavirus while across the Atlantic British Prime Minister Boris Johnson the most prominent person with COVID19 was taken to intensive care | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus/u-s-enters-peak-death-week-for-coronavirus-british-pm-in-intensive-care-idUSKBN21O2K8 | 2020-04-07 |
| Williams a familyrun independent team who rank among the sports most successful despite recent struggles said British driver George Russell and Canadian rookie Nicholas Latifi will take a salary reduction | Positive | LONDON The Britishbased Williams and Racing Point Formula One teams on Monday followed McLaren in temporarily furloughing staff as a result of the new coronavirus crisis with their drivers taking pay cuts | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-f1-williams/williams-and-racing-point-drivers-take-pay-cuts-idUSKBN21O1S7 | 2020-04-07 |
| The growing list includes actors Tom Hanks and Idris Elba U.S. pop singer Pink and heir to the British throne Prince Charles | Positive | Harry author J.K. Rowling said on Monday she had recovered from a suspected case of COVID19 after two weeks of illness | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-jkrowling/harry-potter-author-j-k-rowling-says-fully-recovered-from-likely-coronavirus-idUSKBN21O2KU | 2020-04-07 |
| The PM is still at a British government source said | Neutral | LONDON British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was still in hospital on Monday suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus although Downing Street said he remained in charge of the government | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/british-pm-johnson-still-in-hospital-with-persistent-coronavirus-symptoms-idUSKBN21O0DQ | 2020-04-06 |
| At least four people were convicted in connection with Pearls murder including Britishborn Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh who was sentenced to death in 2002 for masterminding the murder | Negative | KARACHI A Pakistani court has commuted the death sentences of the main person accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and acquitted three other coaccused in the matter Khawaja Naveed a defence attorney involved in the case told Reuters on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-pakistan-court-danielpearl/pakistan-court-commutes-death-sentence-of-key-accused-in-daniel-pearl-killing-lawyer-idUSKBN21K0J7 | 2020-04-02 |
| Talks with the union are still ongoing British Airways said in a brief statement to Reuters | Positive | Talks with the union are still ongoing British Airways said in a brief statement to Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-british-airways/british-airways-could-suspend-36000-employees-bbc-idUSKBN21J72R | 2020-04-02 |
| Rolls declined to comment on whether it would be furloughing staff under a British government job retention scheme | Negative | Rolls last updated the market at the end of February when it forecast 2020 free cash flow of 1 billion pounds | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-rolls-royce-hldg/rolls-royce-targets-in-jeopardy-as-pandemic-brings-air-travel-slump-idUSKBN21I23C | 2020-04-01 |
| LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | Negative | LONDON Losing your sense be the best way to tell if you have COVID19 according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by British scientists to help monitor the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/sciencehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-taste/loss-oftaste-smell-key-covid-19-symptoms-british-scientists-study-idUSKBN21I3KE | 2020-04-01 |
| The British prime ministers senior adviser Dominic Cummings is selfisolating with symptoms just days after the British leader himself tested positive | Neutral | Countries affected by the novel coronavirus entered another week of strict quarantine and several nations introduced new economic stimulus to aid citizens and companies hit by the pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN21I0LK | 2020-03-31 |
| Morgan Stanley believes the British economy will contract 5 | Neutral | item first published on Monday with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/britain-ratings-markets/rpt-investors-look-past-uk-rating-downgrade-but-flag-risks-ahead-idUSL8N2BN7YX | 2020-03-31 |
| The discipline thats going to be introduced will be a shock to the said Alex Vines head of the Africa Program at British thinktank Chatham House | Negative | LAGOS Collapsing oil prices have left African producers facing not only lost revenue when they most need it to tackle coronavirus but also a fall in hardwon market share they may never regain | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-global-oil-opec-budgets/oil-crash-puts-africas-cash-strapped-producers-in-peril-idUSKBN21H0FF | 2020-03-30 |
| Last month Canada said it would no longer provide security once the couple were no longer working members of the British royal family | Negative | WASHINGTON Britains Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have no plans to ask the U.S. government for help with security costs the couple said in a statement on Sunday in response to a tweet from President Donald Trump that the United States would not pay for their protection | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-harry-trump/uks-prince-harry-wife-meghan-do-not-need-u-s-help-for-security-costs-spokeswoman-says-idUSKBN21G0UW | 2020-03-30 |
| It was not encouraging then that British authorities were warning lockdown measures could last months | Negative | Nikkei leads Asia lower 500 futures recoup early losses | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-suffer-virus-chills-central-banks-offer-cold-comfort-idUSL4N2BN0U2 | 2020-03-30 |
| With that in mind it was not encouraging that British authorities were warning lockdown measures could last months | Negative | Futures for 500 Nikkei fall in early trade | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-asia-shares-under-threat-as-futures-fall-early-idUSL4N2BM0LX | 2020-03-30 |
| RIYADH Saudi Arabian Airlines will begin exceptional commercial flights this week to bring British nationals and their families back to the United Kingdom and similar flights are being arranged for U.S. citizens to return home both countries said | Positive | RIYADH Saudi Arabian Airlines will begin exceptional commercial flights this week to bring British nationals and their families back to the United Kingdom and similar flights are being arranged for U.S. citizens to return home both countries said | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-saudi/britain-u-s-working-with-saudis-to-repatriate-citizens-idUSKBN21F08R | 2020-03-29 |
| UKbased airline Virgin Atlantic will ask the British government for a package of commercial loans and guarantees worth hundreds of millions of pounds the Financial Times reported | Positive | UKbased airline Virgin Atlantic will ask the British government for a package of commercial loans and guarantees worth hundreds of millions of pounds the Financial Times reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-virgin-atl/virgin-atlantic-set-to-ask-for-state-aid-ft-idUSKBN21E2L6 | 2020-03-28 |
| European shares closed in the red on Friday after EU lawmakers failed to agree on a coronavirus rescue package and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he had been infected | Negative | European shares closed in the red on Friday after EU lawmakers failed to agree on a coronavirus rescue package and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he had been infected | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/european-shares-fall-after-three-day-rally-but-mark-best-week-since-2011-idUSKBN21E126 | 2020-03-28 |
| LONDON Five guns which were used in James movies including the last weapon brandished by actor Roger Moore while playing 007 have been stolen from a house in north London by suspects with Eastern European accents British police said on Friday | Negative | LONDON Five guns which were used in James movies including the last weapon brandished by actor Roger Moore while playing 007 have been stolen from a house in north London by suspects with Eastern European accents British police said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-police-bond/now-listen-carefully-007-james-bond-guns-stolen-in-london-burglary-idUSKBN21E0SO | 2020-03-27 |
| Such narrow limits are a disservice to consumers said Gilani 26 a tech worker in Vancouver British Columbia | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/home-bound-users-fume-as-video-apps-do-not-sync-with-tvs-idUSKBN21D01Q | 2020-03-26 |
| Ford also is evaluating a separate effort not involving GE with the British government to make additional ventilators | Neutral | Weve been in regular dialogue with federal state and local officials to understand the areas of greatest Ford Chief Executive Jim Hackett said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-ford-motor/ford-joins-ge-3m-in-speeding-up-ventilator-respirator-production-idUSKBN21B1PD | 2020-03-25 |
| The online survey was conducted last week before the British government announced it would enforce its advice to stay home | Neutral | LONDON Seventy percent of people in Britain Canada France Germany Italy Japan and the United States expect their household to lose income due to the coronavirus outbreak according to a survey on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-survey/nearly-three-quarters-of-people-in-g7-expect-virus-to-make-their-households-poorer-survey-idUSKBN21C0MW | 2020-03-25 |
| The shows sponsor was British toymaker Hornby which makes train sets including miniatures of real engines and more magical ones like Harry Potters Hogwarts Express | Positive | LONDON The trains of Britain have been known to grind to a halt due to such minor hazards as leaves on the line or the wrong type of snow but the world of model railways is made of sterner stuff | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-modelrailw/full-steam-ahead-for-uk-model-railway-buffs-despite-coronavirus-idUSKBN21B39P | 2020-03-25 |
| Many of the engines are made for Jaguar Land Rover which on Thursday announced it would be closing its British factories because of the outbreak | Negative | Ford will temporarily stop production from Mar | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-ford/ford-to-bring-forward-uk-summer-shutdown-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN2172D0 | 2020-03-21 |
| LONDON Bentley will stop car production at its British factory from the end of Friday for four weeks over the coronavirus outbreak one of the final automakers in Britain to announce such plans | Negative | LONDON Bentley will stop car production at its British factory from the end of Friday for four weeks over the coronavirus outbreak one of the final automakers in Britain to announce such plans | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-bentley/carmaker-bentley-to-suspend-production-for-four-weeks-over-coronavirus-idUSKBN21702K | 2020-03-20 |
| Esmaili did not say whether it would include BritishIranian aid worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe who was released on Tuesday for two weeks | Positive | DUBAI Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10000 prisoners including political ones in honor of the Iranian new year on Friday state TV reported | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-prisoners/irans-supreme-leader-to-pardon-10000-prisoners-including-political-ones-idUSKBN2153RN | 2020-03-19 |
| SINGAPORE March 19 Exxon Mobil Corps Papua New Guinea liquefied natural gas export plant has sold a cargo for loading in April at close to per million British thermal units four industry sources said on Thursday | Positive | details industry | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/us/article/papua-lng-exports/update-1-papua-new-guinea-lng-plant-sells-april-cargo-at-nearly-4-mmbtu-sources-idUSL4N2BC2I1 | 2020-03-19 |
| LONDON A crucial projection study that helped convince the British government to impose more stringent measures to contain COVID19 painted a worst case picture of hundreds of thousands of deaths and a health service overwhelmed with severely sick patients | Negative | LONDON A crucial projection study that helped convince the British government to impose more stringent measures to contain COVID19 painted a worst case picture of hundreds of thousands of deaths and a health service overwhelmed with severely sick patients | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-research/sobering-coronavirus-study-prompted-britain-to-toughen-its-approach-idUSKBN2141EP | 2020-03-18 |
| The safety and tolerability of the drugs were consistent with the known safety profiles of these medicines the British drugmaker said | Negative | AstraZeneca Plc said on Tuesday its combo treatment for a form of lung cancer failed to meet the main goal of improving overall survival in patients in a late stage study its second such setback in less than a month | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-astrazeneca-study/astrazenecas-combo-lung-cancer-treatment-fails-late-stage-study-main-goal-idUSKBN2140V9 | 2020-03-17 |
| Our strong message that visitors from the United States not come to British said provincial Health Minister Adrian Dix | Neutral | OTTAWA Canada closed its borders to all foreign nationals except U.S. citizens and permanent residents on Monday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging people to limit social contact to stem the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/in-bid-to-slow-coronavirus-canada-shuts-borders-to-foreign-nationals-idUSKBN213275 | 2020-03-17 |
| The time for action is said Airlines UK a trade body for airlines with UKregistered operations whose members include British Airways Virgin Atlantic Norwegian and Ryanair | Neutral | LONDON Airlines called on the British government to help ensure their survival during the coronavirus crisis on Sunday after the U.S. extended restrictions on European travelers to include Britain | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines-britain/airlines-ask-for-british-government-help-to-survive-crisis-idUSKBN2120X8 | 2020-03-16 |
| Virgin Atlantics chairman Peter Norris will write to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday saying the countrys airline industry needs emergency government support worth 7 | Negative | Virgin Atlantics chairman Peter Norris will write to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday saying the countrys airline industry needs emergency government support worth 7 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-airlines/virgin-atlantic-boss-seeks-7-5-billion-pound-uk-airline-bailout-sky-news-idUSKBN21116V | 2020-03-15 |
| WASHINGTON Three U.S. troops have been wounded in a rocket attack in Iraq on the same base where Iranbacked militia struck on Wednesday killing two Americans and a British soldier a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Three U.S. troops have been wounded in a rocket attack in Iraq on the same base where Iranbacked militia struck on Wednesday killing two Americans and a British soldier a U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-iraq-security-usa/three-american-troops-wounded-in-rocket-attack-in-iraq-u-s-official-says-idUSKBN2110T8 | 2020-03-15 |
| The German payments company had hired KPMG last year to conduct an independent audit to address allegations by British newspaper the Financial Times that it manipulated its accounts | Negative | The German payments company had hired KPMG last year to conduct an independent audit to address allegations by British newspaper the Financial Times that it manipulated its accounts | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-wirecard-accounting/kpmg-audit-finds-no-manipulation-in-wirecards-financial-statements-idUSKBN20Z3UI | 2020-03-13 |
| In the latest attack 14 U.S.led coalition personnel were wounded including American British Polish and other nationals | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States waged a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an Iranbacked militia in Iraq that it blamed for a major rocket attack a day earlier that killed two American troops and a 26yearold British soldier | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-retaliation/u-s-wages-retaliatory-strikes-against-iran-backed-militia-in-iraq-after-deadly-attack-idUSKBN20Z3RL | 2020-03-13 |
| Nowadays four of the paintings belong to various British galleries one to the Prado in Madrid and one to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston | Neutral | LONDON A series of six paintings by the Venetian master Titian commissioned by King Philip II of Spain and inspired by the works of the Roman poet Ovid have been reunited for the first time in four centuries in an exhibition at Londons National Gallery | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-art-titian/after-400-years-london-show-reunites-six-masterpieces-by-titian-idUSKBN20Z2ED | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that the United States had carried out strikes against five Iranbacked militia weapons storage facilities in Iraq a day after a deadly rocket attack killed two American and one British service member | Negative | WASHINGTON The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that the United States had carried out strikes against five Iranbacked militia weapons storage facilities in Iraq a day after a deadly rocket attack killed two American and one British service member | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran-pentagon/pentagon-confirms-strikes-against-five-iran-backed-militia-group-facilities-in-iraq-idUSKBN20Z3U0 | 2020-03-13 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has authorized the U.S. military to respond to Wednesdays rocket attack in Iraq that killed two American troops and a British service member the Pentagon said on Thursday blaming Iranbacked militia | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-usa-iran/trump-authorizes-military-to-respond-after-deadly-attack-blamed-on-iran-backed-militia-idUSKBN20Z251 | 2020-03-13 |
| By granting a partial authorization to Huawei France would follow Britains footsteps as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson granted Huawei a limited role in the countrys 5G network | Negative | PARIS France will authorize the use of some of Huaweis equipment in the rollout of its 5G network two sources close to the matter told Reuters despite U.S. calls to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the Wests nextgeneration communications | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-france-huawei-5g-exclusive/exclusive-france-to-allow-some-huawei-gear-in-its-5g-network-sources-idUSKBN20Z3JR | 2020-03-13 |
| The move threatens a timeline which many in the EU thought was already optimistic with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson seeking a new deal by the end of the year | Negative | LONDON Britain and the European Union agreed to cancel facetoface trade negotiations planned for next week in London due to the coronavirus outbreak the UK government said on Thursday adding however that alternatives were being explored | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-talks/eu-uk-face-to-face-brexit-trade-talks-canceled-due-to-coronavirus-idUSKBN20Z35P | 2020-03-13 |
| The State Department readout of the call with Raab said that there had been American British and other casualties in the attack but it did not provide details | Negative | WASHINGTON One British and two American personnel were killed and about a dozen people were wounded when 18 small rockets hit Iraqs Taji military camp north of Baghdad on Wednesday U.S. officials told Reuters speaking on condition of anonymity | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iraq-usa-security-military/two-u-s-one-british-personnel-killed-in-iraq-rocket-attack-officials-idUSKBN20Y3AO | 2020-03-12 |
| Boyd said American Airlines Group Inc was the relative winner among the U.S. carriers because its alliance with British Airways would do well carrying passengers to London | Positive | LOS A clampdown on European travel to the United States will heap more pressure on airlines already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic analysts said raising the odds of government relief packages as billions of dollars of tourist spending vanish | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/u-s-clampdown-on-european-travel-heaps-new-coronavirus-woes-on-airlines-idUSKBN20Z0FJ | 2020-03-12 |
| Prudentials main businesses are in Asia and the United States after it spun off its British unit last year | Positive | KONG Prudential plans to float a minority stake in its U.S. business Britains largest insurer said on Wednesday as it faces demands from rebel investor Third Point for a full breakup | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-prudential-results/prudential-to-float-part-of-u-s-business-as-third-point-demands-sale-idUSKBN20Y10H | 2020-03-12 |
| While Cyrus canceled her trip World Tour said it was going ahead with a concert on March 14 in Melbourne with British pop star Robbie Williams | Negative | MELBOURNE Pop star Miley Cyrus has canceled a trip to Australia for a bushfire relief concert three days ahead of the show citing recommendations that travel be curtailed to counter the spread of the global coronavirus epidemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-australia-mileycyr/miley-cyrus-cancels-bushfire-aid-show-in-australia-due-to-coronavirus-warnings-idUSKBN20X0OV | 2020-03-11 |
| PARIS The coronavirus will accelerate a Darwinian shakeout in Europes overcrowded airline industry that ultimately benefits Ryanair and British Airways owner IAG industry experts predict | Neutral | PARIS The coronavirus will accelerate a Darwinian shakeout in Europes overcrowded airline industry that ultimately benefits Ryanair and British Airways owner IAG industry experts predict | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe-airlines-an/coronavirus-to-drive-european-airline-industry-shakeout-idUSKBN20W1Z4 | 2020-03-10 |
| The deal follows Marshs purchase last April of British rival Jardine Lloyd Thompson for | Positive | This also weighed on Aon whose shares dropped on Monday much more than the drop in Willis shares | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-willis-towers-m-a-aon-plc/aon-buys-willis-for-30-billion-in-worlds-largest-insurance-deal-idUSKBN20W1L0 | 2020-03-10 |
| Lynn Valley has over 200 residents British Columbias health minister Adrian Dix said | Neutral | Two residents at a longcare facility in British Columbia with no recent travel history have tested positive for the new coronavirus infection making it Canadas first known case of the disease at a nursing home provincial officials said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/two-nursing-home-residents-in-british-columbia-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN20U0WZ | 2020-03-08 |
| Silverstone was an airbase during World War Two and the first British Grand Prix of the modern era was held there in 1948 | Negative | SILVERSTONE England Prince Harry and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton opened a new museum on Friday at Britains Silverstone race circuit in one of the princes last public duties before he quits as a working member of the royal family this month | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-britain-royals-harry/prince-harry-and-f1-champion-lewis-hamilton-open-silverstone-museum-idUSKBN20T1TU | 2020-03-07 |
| Dependants and some staff were evacuated from the British embassy in Tehran as of March 1 but essential staff will remain | Negative | A growing number of countries around the world have been evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from areas hit by the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-evacuation-factbox/factbox-countries-evacuating-nationals-from-coronavirus-hit-areas-idUSKBN20S0ZU | 2020-03-06 |
| The U.S. bank runs a British disaster recovery site in Basingstoke southwest of London with an alternative building near Blackfriars bridge in the central part of the capital | Positive | The bank also has an employee in China with the virus who is in a stable condition interim Chief Executive Noel Quinn said in an internal memo seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavirus-banks/hsbc-sends-home-100-london-staff-confirms-china-coronavirus-case-idUSKBN20S1GE | 2020-03-06 |
| Ireland on Wednesday has confirmed two more cases of coronavirus bringing the total number in the British province to three and the total on the island of Ireland to five | Negative | The fastspreading coronavirus has reached some 80 nations with more new cases now reported outside China where the flulike illness first emerged late last year | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-the-spread-of-coronavirus-around-the-world-idUSKBN20R339 | 2020-03-05 |
| The second patient was a 33yearold British woman from London who arrived in Senegal on Feb | Negative | DAKAR Senegalese authorities reported two new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday bringing the total to four since the first case was confirmed there on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-health-coronavirus-senegal/senegal-confirms-third-and-fourth-coronavirus-cases-idUSKBN20R31G | 2020-03-05 |
| LONDON The disruption caused by the spread of the coronavirus has reached the British entertainment industry with events axed and concerns raised over the timing of the new Bond film | Negative | LONDON The disruption caused by the spread of the coronavirus has reached the British entertainment industry with events axed and concerns raised over the timing of the new Bond film | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-london/coronavirus-fears-derail-london-events-concerns-raised-on-bond-film-release-idUSKBN20R1T6 | 2020-03-05 |
| WASHINGTON Twenty Republican and Democratic U.S. senators came together on Tuesday to urge British lawmakers to reconsider their governments decision to allow Chinas Huawei to be among the suppliers for the countrys 5G mobile telephone network the latest salvo in U.S. opposition to the plan | Negative | WASHINGTON Twenty Republican and Democratic U.S. senators came together on Tuesday to urge British lawmakers to reconsider their governments decision to allow Chinas Huawei to be among the suppliers for the countrys 5G mobile telephone network the latest salvo in U.S. opposition to the plan | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-security-huawei-tech/u-s-senators-want-britain-to-reconsider-using-huawei-equipment-idUSKBN20R00R | 2020-03-04 |
| Moscow has repeatedly told London that British media like the BBC should expect consequences if Russias statefinanced RT television channel encounters difficulties in Britain | Negative | MOSCOW Russias communications regulator on Tuesday accused the BBC World News channel of flouting Russian broadcasting rules and said a court would hear its detailed complaints later this month | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-media-bbc/russia-accuses-bbc-world-news-of-flouting-broadcasting-rules-idUSKBN20Q1WS | 2020-03-04 |
| LONDON British trade minister Liz Truss said she wanted with the United States to agree to the removal of retaliatory tariffs on some British and U.S. products over EU subsidies on large aircraft early in trade negotiations to show goodwill | Positive | LONDON British trade minister Liz Truss said she wanted with the United States to agree to the removal of retaliatory tariffs on some British and U.S. products over EU subsidies on large aircraft early in trade negotiations to show goodwill | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-talks-tariffs/uk-wants-retaliatory-tariffs-removed-early-on-in-u-s-trade-talks-truss-idUSKBN20P2RV | 2020-03-03 |
| A levy on the money major tech firms make from British users had been expected to be introduced next month | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Monday it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to agree a free trade deal with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-mandate-digital/uk-to-consider-opposition-to-digital-tax-in-pursuit-of-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1LY | 2020-03-03 |
| We note comments regarding digital taxation and will consider this as part of our policy the British government said in its mandate for trade talks with the United States | Positive | LONDON Britain said on Monday it would consider opposition to its plan to impose a new digital tax on big tech companies like Google Facebook and Amazon as part of its ambition to agree a free trade deal with the United States | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-usa-mandate-digital/uk-to-consider-opposition-to-digital-tax-in-pursuit-of-u-s-trade-deal-idUSKBN20P1LY | 2020-03-03 |
| Just behind Swift in the 2019 rankings was British singersongwriter Ed Sheeran followed by rapper Post Malone and teen singer Billie Eilish who swept the top Grammy Awards in January | Positive | LOS ANGELES Pop superstar Taylor Swift topped the list of the worlds bestselling music artists in 2019 thanks to the success of her album beating popular acts including Korean pop sensation BTS recording industry group IFPI said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-taylor-swift/taylor-swift-ranks-as-best-selling-global-artist-in-2019-idUSKBN20P2T7 | 2020-03-03 |
| In the event that the situation deteriorates further the ability of the British Embassy to provide assistance to British nationals from within Iran may be limited | Negative | DUBAI Irans death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 54 Health Ministry spokesman told state TV adding that the number of people infected had reached 978 | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-iran/irans-coronavirus-death-toll-jumps-to-54-with-978-infected-idUSKBN20O1P4 | 2020-03-02 |
| British Ambassador to Spain Hugh Elliot said on Twitter that efforts were under way to support British nationals in the hotel and to plan for safe return | Positive | TENERIFE An Italian national staying at a hotel in Tenerife which has been placed on lockdown after four cases of the coronavirus were detected has tested positive for the virus regional health authorities confirmed on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-spain-tenerife/new-coronavirus-case-confirmed-at-tenerife-hotel-on-lockdown-idUSKBN20N0SZ | 2020-03-01 |
| A man who had been aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship has become the first British national to die from the coronavirus | Negative | The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday with eight countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization raising its global spread and impact risk alert to very | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-china-health-latest-factbox/factbox-latest-on-coronavirus-spreading-in-china-and-beyond-idUSKCN20L0F2 | 2020-02-29 |
| The verdict draws a line under an ambitious inquiry that led to the first British criminal charges against senior financiers at a major bank over conduct during the credit crisis | Negative | LONDON Three former Barclays executives were unanimously acquitted on Friday of charges they helped funnel 322 million pounds in secret fees to Qatar in return for rescue financing during the credit crisis | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-britain-barclays-qatar/ex-barclays-bankers-cleared-over-2008-qatar-fees-in-blow-to-uk-fraud-office-idUSKCN20M1IT | 2020-02-29 |
| The potential buyers share Walmart and Asdas commitment to growing the British business they added | Positive | Asda and Walmart said in a joint statement on Wednesday that discussions with a small of suitors followed inbound but no decisions had been taken | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-asda-m-a-walmart/walmart-in-talks-with-possible-buyers-for-asda-stake-idUSKCN20K2E9 | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON A taxi association will be able to participate in Ubers appeal against the loss of its operating license in the British capital city set to be heard in full from July 6 a British judge decided on Thursday | Neutral | LONDON A taxi association will be able to participate in Ubers appeal against the loss of its operating license in the British capital city set to be heard in full from July 6 a British judge decided on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-uber-britain/taxi-group-wins-right-to-join-ubers-london-license-appeal-case-idUSKCN20L1KW | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON Reuters They may be clean and green but climatefriendly choices like electric cars can have a devastating human impact a prominent British teen climate activist said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Reuters They may be clean and green but climatefriendly choices like electric cars can have a devastating human impact a prominent British teen climate activist said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-climate-change-activist/beware-of-the-human-cost-of-going-green-uk-teen-activist-says-idUSKCN20L38C | 2020-02-28 |
| LONDON Britains trade deal with the European Union should keep the regulatory burden on businesses low but promote cooperation between the two parties a British negotiating mandate published on Thursday said | Positive | LONDON Britains trade deal with the European Union should keep the regulatory burden on businesses low but promote cooperation between the two parties a British negotiating mandate published on Thursday said | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-regulations/uk-eu-deal-should-keep-regulation-burden-low-but-parties-must-co-operate-mandate-idUSKCN20L1CZ | 2020-02-28 |
| That has put pressure on Asda which said last week that budgetconscious British consumers were behind a fall in underlying sales in the key Christmas quarter | Negative | Asda and Walmart said in a joint statement on Wednesday that discussions with a small of suitors followed inbound but no decisions had been taken | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-asda-m-a-walmart/walmart-in-talks-with-possible-buyers-for-asda-stake-idUSKCN20K2E9 | 2020-02-28 |
| Having struggled to crack the Chinese market Tesco established the Gain Land venture with CRH in 2014 combining the British groups 131 stores in China with its partners almost 3000 | Negative | Having struggled to crack the Chinese market Tesco established the Gain Land venture with CRH in 2014 combining the British groups 131 stores in China with its partners almost 3000 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesco-china/tesco-completes-china-exit-with-357-million-stake-sale-idUSKCN20J0UF | 2020-02-26 |
| Before Monday Spain had identified two coronavirus cases a German tourist in La Gomera another Canary Island and a British man in Mallorca | Negative | MADRID A large Canary Islands hotel was locked down for coronavirus tests on Tuesday after a guest and his wife were found to be infected as Spain also reported its first two cases of the disease on the mainland | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-spain/canaries-hotel-locked-down-over-coronavirus-as-spain-reports-first-mainland-cases-idUSKCN20J162 | 2020-02-26 |
| Questions have risen about whether the Olympics should be moved or canceled with one London mayoral candidate saying the British capital was ready to host the games if needed | Negative | SAPPORO Japan Japans J.League says it has postponed seven Levian Cup soccer matches scheduled for Wednesday due to concern about the coronavirus outbreak and all domestic games through the first half of March | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-sport-japan/soccer-japan-postpones-games-due-to-coronavirus-concerns-idUSKCN20J0IK | 2020-02-26 |
| WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet with Britains trade minister Liz Truss this week British government officials said on Tuesday as the two allies gear up for postBrexit trade talks that could prove contentious | Positive | WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet with Britains trade minister Liz Truss this week British government officials said on Tuesday as the two allies gear up for postBrexit trade talks that could prove contentious | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-usa-trade-britain/u-s-trade-rep-lighthizer-to-meet-british-counterpart-as-allies-gear-up-for-talks-idUSKBN20J2SB | 2020-02-26 |
| The 158 megawatt wind farm was built by British renewable power company Lekela which also has wind farms in South Africa and Egypt and an upcoming one in Ghana | Positive | With the wind farm Senegal will get of its energy from renewable sources which has been a goal of President Macky Sall | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-senegal-energy-windfarm-trfn/senegal-opens-west-africas-first-big-wind-farm-in-push-for-renewables-idUSKCN20I2CS | 2020-02-25 |
| It is all a far cry from the days when British medal prospects had to improvise with more rudimentary methods | Negative | BISHAM ABBEY England The heat and humidity of Tokyo in August will come as no surprise to Britains Olympic athletes even if they have never been to Japan and are more used to training in the cold and rain | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-olympics-britain-temperature/olympics-in-wintery-britain-uk-athletes-turn-the-heat-up-for-tokyo-idUSKCN20I1Z3 | 2020-02-25 |
| The first round of formal trade talks will take place in Brussels starting on March 2 with the British side led by its chief negotiator David Frost | Positive | LONDON Britain will underline its desire for a Canadastyle trade deal with the EU when formal talks start next month Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Downing Street office said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-trade/uk-to-press-for-canada-style-trade-deal-with-eu-when-talks-start-in-march-idUSKCN20G0TY | 2020-02-23 |
| Macron also voiced support for the fishing sector which risks losing current access to British waters as the EU negotiates a new relationship with Britain | Negative | PARIS French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday promised to safeguard European farm subsidies secure compensation for wine producers hit by U.S. tariffs and defend fishermen in talks with Britain as Frances farming world faces an uncertain year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-france-agriculture-show/macron-vows-to-defend-french-farmers-fishermen-in-uncertain-year-idUSKCN20G0EY | 2020-02-23 |
| Prosecutors said they were cooperating with U.S. and British services on the investigation | Positive | SOFIA Bulgarian prosecutors on Friday named the three Russians they have charged with the attempted murder of three Bulgarians whose poisoning is being investigated for possible links with the 2018 nerveagent attack on exRussian spy Sergei Skripal | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-bulgaria-russia-poisoning/bulgaria-names-russians-charged-with-poisoning-linked-to-skripal-case-idUSKBN20F2GL | 2020-02-22 |
| It would be unacceptable to have a Europe that compensates for the departure of the British by reducing its own means | Negative | BRUSSELS European Union leaders start two days of tough talks on Thursday on a joint sevenyear budget from 2021 and must work out how to fill a 75 billion euro hole left by Britains departure just as they face costly climate migration and development challenges | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-budget-highlights/highlights-eu-leaders-squabble-over-blocs-budget-for-2021-27-idUSKBN20E1TW | 2020-02-21 |
| He We will continue to support British nationals who wish to stay in Japan | Positive | LONDON British passengers will be evacuated from a cruise ship that had been quarantined for two weeks off the coast of Japan after hundreds of people on board fell ill with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-britain/uk-to-evacuate-passengers-from-quarantined-cruise-ship-in-japan-idUSKBN20E045 | 2020-02-21 |
| There were more than 70 British passengers on the cruise liner when cases of the coronavirus strain known as Covid19 started to emerge | Negative | LONDON British passengers will be evacuated from a cruise ship that had been quarantined for two weeks off the coast of Japan after hundreds of people on board fell ill with the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan-britain/uk-to-evacuate-passengers-from-quarantined-cruise-ship-in-japan-idUSKBN20E045 | 2020-02-21 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead the company confirmed late on Wednesday | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead the company confirmed late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-privacy-eu/google-plans-to-move-uk-users-accounts-outside-eu-jurisdiction-idUSKBN20E08W | 2020-02-20 |
| We will continue to support British nationals who wish to stay in Raab said in a statement We will continue to support British nationals who wish to stay in Japan | Positive | UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the government has arranged an evacuation flight for British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship to depart Tokyo on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-britain/uk-to-send-an-evacuation-flight-for-britons-to-depart-tokyo-on-friday-idUSKBN20E045 | 2020-02-20 |
| IAG was created by a merger between the British and Spanish flag carriers in 2011 overseen by Walsh who will step down next month | Neutral | In an endorsement of the AngloSpanish group just weeks before its founder Willie Walsh steps down Qatar said on Wednesday the move showed its support for IAG and its strategy | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iag-qatar-stake/qatar-airways-spends-600-million-to-lift-stake-in-ba-owner-to-25-idUSKBN20D0Q2 | 2020-02-20 |
| The shift prompted by Britains exit from the EU will leave the sensitive personal information of tens of millions with less protection and within easier reach of British law enforcement | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead the company confirmed late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-privacy-eu/google-plans-to-move-uk-users-accounts-outside-eu-jurisdiction-idUSKBN20E08W | 2020-02-20 |
| 2920 before data later on Thursday that is forecast to show growth in British retail sales | Neutral | Yen tumbles as risk sentiment shifts | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-yen-stumbles-on-revived-risk-flows-yuan-softens-after-rate-cut-idUSL4N2AK0PP | 2020-02-20 |
| Alphabet Incs Google intends to require its British users to acknowledge new terms of service including the new jurisdiction according to people familiar with the plans | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead the company confirmed late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-privacy-eu/google-plans-to-move-uk-users-accounts-outside-eu-jurisdiction-idUSKBN20E08W | 2020-02-20 |
| SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead sources said | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead sources said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-google-privacy-eu-exclusive/exclusive-google-users-in-uk-to-lose-eu-data-protection-sources-idUSKBN20D2M3 | 2020-02-20 |
| If British Google users have their data kept in Ireland it would be more difficult for British authorities to recover it in criminal investigations | Negative | SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead the company confirmed late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-privacy-eu/google-plans-to-move-uk-users-accounts-outside-eu-jurisdiction-idUSKBN20E08W | 2020-02-20 |
| Google intends to require its British users to acknowledge new terms of service including the new jurisdiction | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead sources said | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-google-privacy-eu-exclusive/exclusive-google-users-in-uk-to-lose-eu-data-protection-sources-idUSKBN20D2M3 | 2020-02-20 |
| UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the government has arranged an evacuation flight for British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship to depart Tokyo on Friday | Negative | UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that the government has arranged an evacuation flight for British nationals on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship to depart Tokyo on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-japan-britain/uk-to-send-an-evacuation-flight-for-britons-to-depart-tokyo-on-friday-idUSKBN20E045 | 2020-02-20 |
| Google could also have had British accounts answer to a British subsidiary but has opted not to the people said | Neutral | SAN FRANCISCO Google is planning to move its British users accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead the company confirmed late on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-privacy-eu/google-plans-to-move-uk-users-accounts-outside-eu-jurisdiction-idUSKBN20E08W | 2020-02-20 |
| Communist Party rulers in Beijing deny meddling with the former British colonys freedoms guaranteed when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997 | Negative | HONG KONG Tom Bennells olive oil distribution business took a heavy beating during months of prodemocracy protests that emptied Hong Kong hotels and restaurants his major customers | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-china-health-hongkong-economy-analysi/coronavirus-could-be-knockout-blow-for-hong-kongs-once-thriving-tourism-retail-sectors-idUSKBN20C01K | 2020-02-18 |
| If people oppose one brand or another then they have to tell us what is the alternative British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ahead of the UKs decision | Negative | MUNICH The United States is seeking to rally European support for competitors to Huawei Technologies following disappointment in Washington over Britains decision to use 5G equipment made by the Chinese company | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-germany-security-huawei/rebuffed-by-uk-u-s-pitches-big-tent-for-huawei-rivals-in-europe-idUSKBN2090HP | 2020-02-16 |
| He did photos shoots and sponsorship work and he is cooperating with a British director making a documentary about his footballing life | Positive | Former Brazil striker Pele dismissed talk he is depressed and reclusive on Thursday and assured fans he is doing well and maintaining a busy schedule | http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-soccer-brazil-pele/pele-dismisses-talk-of-depression-tells-fans-he-is-well-idUSKBN20731X | 2020-02-15 |
| A portion of the auction proceeds will go to the Macmillan Cancer Support the Britishbased youth charity Princes Trust and the Central Caribbean Marine Institute | Neutral | Former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman is selling off part of his vast archive of music memorabilia including the 1962 amplifier that helped him clinch his audition for the British rock band | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-auction-bill-wyman/bill-wymans-rolling-stones-audition-amp-goes-up-for-auction-idUSKBN2071VV | 2020-02-14 |
| Former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman is selling off part of his vast archive of music memorabilia including the 1962 amplifier that helped him clinch his audition for the British rock band | Positive | Former Rolling Stones bass guitarist Bill Wyman is selling off part of his vast archive of music memorabilia including the 1962 amplifier that helped him clinch his audition for the British rock band | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-auction-bill-wyman/bill-wymans-rolling-stones-audition-amp-goes-up-for-auction-idUSKBN2071VV | 2020-02-14 |
| But it is still not clear whether superyacht M.V. Luna impounded in 2018 will be able to depart Dubai after a British courts freezing order was dismissed on Feb | Negative | DUBAI A Dubai appeal court has dismissed a freezing order on a million superyacht belonging to a Russian billionaire at the center of one of the worlds costliest divorce battles according to a copy of the final ruling reviewed by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-dubai-russia-divorce-yacht/dubai-court-rules-against-superyacht-freeze-order-in-divorce-battle-idUSKBN2061UH | 2020-02-13 |
| Son previously dipped into the stake which is currently worth billion selling Alibaba shares ahead of the 2016 acquisition of British chip designer Arm | Positive | TOKYO SoftBank Group Corp | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-softbank-group-stocks/softbank-stock-surges-to-seven-month-high-after-judge-oks-sprint-t-mobile-merger-idUSKBN20600T | 2020-02-12 |
| Lots of the passengers now are getting a bit of cabin British passenger David Able said in a video posted on Facebook | Positive | TOKYO Testing aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan has revealed 60 more confirmed cases of coronavirus media said on Monday as quarantined passengers took to social media to warn of depression setting in over their confinement | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-china-health-japan/sixty-more-people-confirmed-with-coronavirus-on-cruise-ship-in-japan-media-idUSKBN2040FG | 2020-02-11 |
| While the vast majority of cases have been in China the virus has spread to some two dozen countries abroad including five British nationals infected in a French mountain resort | Negative | BEIJING A 60yearold American has died of the new coronavirus the first confirmed nonChinese death of the illness U.S. officials said as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/american-dies-of-coronavirus-in-china-five-britons-infected-in-french-alps-idUSKBN20003J | 2020-02-09 |
| The new cases emerged after authorities began to retrace the travels of a British man who has been confirmed by Britain to have contracted the virus French health officials said | Neutral | LES CONTAMINESMONTJOIE Five British nationals including a child have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus at a French mountain village and health officials said they were checking who else might have been exposed including at local schools | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-china-france/five-britons-contract-coronavirus-in-french-ski-resort-idUSKBN2020CT | 2020-02-09 |
| Born Lawson Edward Brathwaite in 1930 in the Barbadian capital Bridgetown when the nation was still under British colonial rule he later adopted the Kenyan name Kamau by which he was often simply known | Neutral | BRIDGETOWN Internationally acclaimed Barbadian poet essayist and historian Edward Kamau Brathwaite whose prolific writings sought to assert the identity of Caribbean peoples and their African roots died at his home in Barbados on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-barbados-kamau-obituary/barbadian-poet-kamau-who-exalted-caribbeans-afro-roots-dies-idUSKBN1ZZ2TT | 2020-02-06 |
| CALAIS France Authorities in Calais are lobbying the French government to create a dutyfree zone for British shoppers that would cover the entire port town in northern France if a future trade deal between Britain and the EU heralds a return of trade tariffs | Positive | CALAIS France Authorities in Calais are lobbying the French government to create a dutyfree zone for British shoppers that would cover the entire port town in northern France if a future trade deal between Britain and the EU heralds a return of trade tariffs | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-dutyfree/french-port-town-dreams-of-becoming-post-brexit-duty-free-haven-idUSKBN1ZY1TU | 2020-02-05 |
| Whelan who holds U.S. British Canadian and Irish passports was detained in December 2018 and accused of spying | Negative | MOSCOW A Russian court on Tuesday upheld a decision to keep former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan in custody until March 29 pending trial on charges of espionage | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan-extension/russia-rejects-appeal-from-former-u-s-marine-held-on-spying-charges-idUSKBN1ZY15F | 2020-02-05 |
| LONDON Britains Prince Charles will announce on Tuesday that U.S. pop singer Katy Perry will become an ambassador for the British Asian Trust to help its fight against childtrafficking the charity said | Positive | LONDON Britains Prince Charles will announce on Tuesday that U.S. pop singer Katy Perry will become an ambassador for the British Asian Trust to help its fight against childtrafficking the charity said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-katyperry/singer-katy-perry-named-asian-charity-ambassador-by-uks-prince-charles-idUSKBN1ZY2KF | 2020-02-05 |
| LONDON Britain can be the superman of free trade which protectionists are trying to choke but it will not seek to undermine the European Union with a race to the bottom British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday | Positive | LONDON Britain can be the superman of free trade which protectionists are trying to choke but it will not seek to undermine the European Union with a race to the bottom British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-trade-superman/uk-is-the-supercharged-free-trade-superman-british-pm-johnson-says-idUSKBN1ZX1FG | 2020-02-04 |
| The virus is expected to heap more pressure on the former British colony which on Monday reported its economy contracted for the first time in a decade in 2019 | Negative | HONG KONG Hong Kongs leader announced the closure of four more border crossings with mainland China on Monday leaving just three checkpoints open but stopped short of demands for the entire border to be closed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health-hongkong/hong-kong-suspends-four-more-border-crossings-to-curb-spread-of-virus-idUSKBN1ZX0P6 | 2020-02-04 |
| Amman 20 was named by British police as the attacker who stabbed two people before he was shot dead by armed officers who had been carrying out surveillance on him | Negative | LONDON Sudesh Amman the man shot dead by police in what officials described as a terrorism incident in south London had been jailed for promoting violent Islamist material and had encouraged his girlfriend to behead her parents | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-security-amman/man-shot-dead-by-uk-police-wanted-girlfriend-to-behead-her-parents-idUSKBN1ZX01J | 2020-02-03 |
| The thrilling drama shot in what appears to be a single take was also honored in the outstanding British film sound production design cinematography and special visual effects categories | Positive | LONDON First World War drama was the big winner at the BAFTAs on Sunday picking up seven awards including best picture and director for Sam Mendes at a glittering ceremony that made headlines for a glaring lack of diversity among nominees | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-bafta/1917-wins-best-film-and-best-director-at-bafta-awards-idUSKBN1ZW0SG | 2020-02-03 |
| Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll will take a stake of up to in luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings as the ailing British firm raises funds after a sales decline put pressure on its finances | Positive | Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll will take a stake of up to in luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings as the ailing British firm raises funds after a sales decline put pressure on its finances | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-astonmartin-stroll-history-timeline/timeline-twists-and-turns-in-aston-martins-long-history-idUSKBN1ZU15W | 2020-02-01 |
| On the white cliffs of Dover the The UK has left the was projected between a British and an EU flag | Neutral | LONDON The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an independence they said marked a new era for the country | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-eu/brexit-at-last-britain-leaves-the-eu-as-champagne-corks-fly-idUSKBN1ZU1T8 | 2020-02-01 |
| In the event that the situation deteriorates further the ability of the British Embassy and Consulates to provide assistance to British nationals from within China may be it said | Neutral | SHANGHAI Britain is withdrawing some staff from its embassy and consulates in China due to the coronavirus the UK government said in a statement on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-britain-embassy/uk-withdraws-some-staff-from-china-embassy-consulates-over-virus-idUSKBN1ZV3DP | 2020-02-01 |
| Other airlines that have stopped their flights to mainland China include Air France KLM SA British Airways Germanys Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic | Negative | All three major U.S. airlines announced the cancellation of flights to mainland China on Friday as the U.S. government unveiled additional steps to curb the spread of the coronavirus which originated in China | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-china-health-delta-air/major-u-s-airlines-cancel-china-flights-as-government-steps-up-warnings-idUSKBN1ZU25I | 2020-02-01 |
| LONDON Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll and investors have rescued Aston Martin with a 500 million pound cash injection that analysts say will help stabilize the British carmaker whose first sport utility vehicle is set to hit the road | Positive | LONDON Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll and investors have rescued Aston Martin with a 500 million pound cash injection that analysts say will help stabilize the British carmaker whose first sport utility vehicle is set to hit the road | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-astonmartin-stroll-funding/aston-martins-lifeline-buys-carmaker-time-as-suv-hits-road-idUSKBN1ZU22W | 2020-02-01 |
| The European Parliament plans to place one of its British flags in the House of European History a nearby museum of the continents history since the French Revolution of 1789 | Positive | LONDON The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future its most significant geopolitical move since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts to forge European unity from the ruins of two world wars | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-union/brexit-day-united-kingdom-casts-off-from-the-european-union-idUSKBN1ZU003 | 2020-01-31 |
| BEIJING A plane carrying 83 British and 27 foreign nationals flew out on Friday from Chinas central city of Wuhan the center of a virus epidemic that has killed more than 200 people and infected more than 9000 the British government said | Negative | BEIJING A plane carrying 83 British and 27 foreign nationals flew out on Friday from Chinas central city of Wuhan the center of a virus epidemic that has killed more than 200 people and infected more than 9000 the British government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-uk-passengers/plane-leaves-china-virus-epicenter-with-110-britons-and-foreigners-aboard-idUSKBN1ZU0FN | 2020-01-31 |
| Italys government decided to halt all air traffic between Italy and China and airlines including Air France American Airlines and British Airways have stopped flying to Chinese cities | Negative | SINGAPORE Oil prices jumped on Friday following sharp losses this week as the World Health Organization came out against travel and trade restrictions in declaring a global emergency over the spread of a coronavirus that originated in China last year | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil/oil-jumps-as-who-declares-emergency-says-it-is-against-travel-trade-restrictions-idUSKBN1ZU0AC | 2020-01-31 |
| If no new accord is reached Fait will not be allowed to fish beyond a line down the middle of the English Channel separating French and British territorial waters | Negative | BOULOGNESURMER France For the British government a successful Brexit means reasserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-fisheries/the-french-fishermen-who-could-sink-britains-post-brexit-ambitions-idUSKBN1ZT1X1 | 2020-01-31 |
| The flight had been expected to depart Wuhan on Thursday morning with around 150 British citizens and 50 nonBritish nationals but its departure was blocked by Chinese officials | Negative | BEIJING A plane carrying 83 British and 27 foreign nationals flew out on Friday from Chinas central city of Wuhan the center of a virus epidemic that has killed more than 200 people and infected more than 9000 the British government said | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-uk-passengers/plane-leaves-china-virus-epicenter-with-110-britons-and-foreigners-aboard-idUSKBN1ZU0FN | 2020-01-31 |
| It would be very very if French boats were banned from British waters French Farm Minister Didier Guillaume told Reuters | Negative | BOULOGNESURMER France For the British government a successful Brexit means reasserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-fisheries/the-french-fishermen-who-could-sink-britains-post-brexit-ambitions-idUSKBN1ZT1X1 | 2020-01-31 |
| The last time the Super Bowl was staged in Miami in 2010 British rock giants The Who topped the bill | Positive | MIAMI Kobe Bryants death in a helicopter crash has reminded everyone how fragile life is Jennifer Lopez and Shakira said on Thursday and the pop superstars plan to use their Super Bowl halftime show to convey that message | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-superbowl-halftime-show/bryant-death-has-lopez-and-shakira-planning-super-bowl-message-idUSKBN1ZT2VL | 2020-01-31 |
| More airlines have stopped flying to mainland China including Air France KLM SA British Airways Germanys Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic while others have cut flights | Negative | The United States warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new virus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/u-s-warns-citizens-against-travel-to-china-as-virus-toll-tops-200-idUSKBN1ZT374 | 2020-01-31 |
| A rebalancing is a British official said | Neutral | BOULOGNESURMER France For the British government a successful Brexit means reasserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-fisheries/the-french-fishermen-who-could-sink-britains-post-brexit-ambitions-idUSKBN1ZT1X1 | 2020-01-31 |
| The painting was commissioned in 1932 by the husband of Britishborn cabaret star Marjorie Ferry at the height of Lempickas fame in Paris | Positive | LONDON Tamara de Lempickas Portrait de Marjorie is expected to fetch up to 12 million pounds when it comes up for auction in London next week | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-art-auction-impressionist-and-modern/lempicka-headlines-impressionist-auction-in-london-idUSKBN1ZT2MN | 2020-01-31 |
| Whelan 49 denies the charges against him and holds U.S. British Canadian and Irish passports | Negative | MOSCOW The United States new ambassador to Russia urged Moscow on Thursday to release a former U.S. Marine accused of spying and said Russian investigators had failed to present credible evidence to back up their case | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-usa-whelan/new-u-s-envoy-tells-russia-to-end-nightmare-for-jailed-ex-marine-idUSKBN1ZT2NI | 2020-01-31 |
| A sticking point in U.S. talks will be a British proposal for a unilateral digital services tax despite a U.S. threat to levy retaliatory tariffs on Britishmade autos | Positive | LONDON Brexit is the United Kingdoms biggest geopolitical move in decades | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zonehttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-changes-explainer/explainer-through-the-brexit-looking-glass-what-changes-and-what-stays-the-same-idUSKBN1ZT2JH | 2020-01-31 |
| ATHENS Greece will step up its campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from Britain and expects to win more support from European peers as Brexit sees British influence wane the Greek culture minister said | Positive | ATHENS Greece will step up its campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles from Britain and expects to win more support from European peers as Brexit sees British influence wane the Greek culture minister said | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-britain-marbles/brexit-will-strengthen-european-support-for-return-of-parthenon-marbles-says-greek-minister-idUSKBN1ZT1XF | 2020-01-31 |
| Jaguar Land Rovers Chief Executive Officer Ralf Speth will step down in September when his contract ends but will retain an advisory role at the British carmaker the Financial Times reported on Wednesday | Negative | Jaguar Land Rovers Chief Executive Officer Ralf Speth will step down in September when his contract ends but will retain an advisory role at the British carmaker the Financial Times reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-jaguarlandrover-ceo/jaguar-land-rover-ceo-ralf-speth-to-step-aside-in-september-ft-idUSKBN1ZS39V | 2020-01-30 |
| Some airlines are suspending flights to China from British Airways and Lufthansa to Air Canada and American Airlines | Negative | Countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan in an effort to stop the global spread of an epidemic that has killed 170 with South Korea calling for calm in the face of protests at a quarantine center | http://www.reuters.com/news/health/article/us-china-health/china-virus-toll-rises-to-170-as-countries-isolate-citizens-to-stop-global-spread-idUSKBN1ZS35G | 2020-01-30 |
| Various airlines are cutting flights to the country from British Airways and Lufthansa to Air Canada and American Airlines | Negative | Several countries began isolating hundreds of citizens evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan in an effort to stop the global spread of an epidemic which has killed 170 with South Korea calling for calm in the face of protests at a quarantine center | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-china-health/china-virus-toll-rises-to-170-as-countries-isolate-citizens-to-stop-global-spread-idUSKBN1ZS35G | 2020-01-30 |
| KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | Negative | KHOMEIN Iran Business is booming at Irans largest flag factory which makes U.S. British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-flags/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-to-burn-idUSKBN1ZT065 | 2020-01-30 |
| Airbus faces a record billion fine and lower 2019 profits after unveiling a preliminary deal with French British and U.S. authorities following a crippling threeyear probe into allegations of bribery and corruption over jetliner sales | Negative | Airbus faces a record billion fine and lower 2019 profits after unveiling a preliminary deal with French British and U.S. authorities following a crippling threeyear probe into allegations of bribery and corruption over jetliner sales | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-airbus-probe/airbus-faces-record-4-billion-fine-after-bribery-probe-idUSKBN1ZR0HQ | 2020-01-29 |
| LONDON Calisen Group which supplies smart meters to British households is aiming to sell up to 408 million pounds | Positive | LONDON Calisen Group which supplies smart meters to British households is aiming to sell up to 408 million pounds | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-calisen-ipo/smart-meter-firm-calisen-aims-for-1-8-billion-london-ipo-idUSKBN1ZR0TM | 2020-01-29 |
| Johnson said there was a way for British consumers and businesses to have access to the new technology without compromising security relationships with the U.S.led Five Eyes intelligence alliance | Positive | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would make a decision on Huaweis role in Britains future 5G network that would give Britons the benefits of the new technology without compromising national security | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-britain-usa-huawei/british-pm-on-huawei-we-will-do-5g-without-hurting-security-idUSKBN1ZQ1OQ | 2020-01-28 |
| Even before the digital tax issue arose the Trump administration threatened to tax foreign car imports which could hit Britishmade Jaguar Land Rover Mini and Honda Civic hatchback cars | Negative | WASHINGTON Britain is the United States closest ally but their long friendship may be sorely tested as the two countries try to forge a new trade agreement after Britains exit from the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-trade-britain/trumps-massive-u-s-uk-trade-deal-faces-big-hurdles-idUSKBN1ZQ115 | 2020-01-28 |
| LONDON Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holding said on Sunday it was ready to bid for British Steel if a sale to Chinas Jingye Group | Positive | LONDON Turkish conglomerate Cengiz Holding said on Sunday it was ready to bid for British Steel if a sale to Chinas Jingye Group | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britishsteel-jingye-cengiz/turkeys-cengiz-ready-to-bid-for-british-steel-if-chinese-deal-collapses-idUSKBN1ZP0J0 | 2020-01-27 |
| LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnsons emphatic December election win has triggered a burst of optimism among British businesses and consumers weakening the case for a Bank of England interest rate cut this week | Negative | LONDON Prime Minister Boris Johnsons emphatic December election win has triggered a burst of optimism among British businesses and consumers weakening the case for a Bank of England interest rate cut this week | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-britain-eu-economy-graphic/confidence-rises-in-uk-economy-after-election-but-will-it-last-idUSKBN1ZP0IS | 2020-01-27 |
| Mnuchin said he had a breakfast meeting with his British counterpart minister Sajid Javid on Saturday having also spoken to him this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos | Positive | LONDON U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he was optimistic the United States and Britain soon to be out of the European Union would strike a trade deal this year and that he had discussed it with Britains finance minister on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-usa-mnuchin/u-s-treasury-chief-mnuchin-says-optimistic-about-u-s-uk-trade-deal-idUSKBN1ZO0GJ | 2020-01-26 |
| Taking on a 24hour road race is a gruelling challenge for any elite driver but for British veteran Katherine Legge and her allfemale racing team Saturdays start of the Rolex 24 at Daytona carries deeper meaning | Positive | Taking on a 24hour road race is a gruelling challenge for any elite driver but for British veteran Katherine Legge and her allfemale racing team Saturdays start of the Rolex 24 at Daytona carries deeper meaning | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-motor-daytona/legge-returns-to-24-hour-race-at-daytona-with-all-female-team-idUSKBN1ZN2KL | 2020-01-25 |
| Britain criticized the United States on Friday for refusing to extradite a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager saying it amounted to a denial of | Negative | Britain criticized the United States on Friday for refusing to extradite a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash that killed a British teenager saying it amounted to a denial of | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-crash/denial-of-justice-britain-rebukes-u-s-for-not-giving-up-diplomats-wife-idUSKBN1ZN07O | 2020-01-25 |
| It was near a fiveweek low against the British pound and 33month low against the Swiss franc | Negative | By Saikat Chatterjee | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-forex/forex-euro-tumbles-to-7-week-lows-as-pmi-data-fails-to-excite-fx-bulls-idUSL8N29T2Y4 | 2020-01-25 |
| Jingye Group announced a provisional deal to buy British Steel last November | Positive | LONDON UK trade unions have reached a deal with Chinas Jingye Group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britishsteel-m-a-jingye-unions/chinas-jingye-british-steel-unions-agree-to-up-to-500-job-cuts-idUSKBN1ZN15A | 2020-01-25 |
| These discussions have been extremely challenging but with British Steel in liquidation it is clear that if the business is to survive change is the unions said | Neutral | LONDON UK trade unions have reached a deal with Chinas Jingye Group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britishsteel-m-a-jingye-unions/chinas-jingye-british-steel-unions-agree-to-up-to-500-job-cuts-idUSKBN1ZN15A | 2020-01-25 |
| It also said in a statement that a deal with unions would preserve the majority of jobs at British Steel which went into liquidation last year | Positive | LONDON Chinas Jingye Group | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britishsteel-jingye-completion/chinas-jingye-says-aims-to-complete-british-steel-takeover-in-q1-idUSKBN1ZN1FI | 2020-01-25 |
| WASHINGTON The United States has declined Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash last year that killed a British teenager the State Department said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON The United States has declined Britains request for the extradition of a U.S. diplomats wife who was involved in a car crash last year that killed a British teenager the State Department said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-usa-crash/u-s-denies-britains-extradition-request-for-diplomats-wife-idUSKBN1ZN07O | 2020-01-24 |
| Revenue growth was aided by British payTV group Sky which the company acquired for billion in 2018 | Positive | Management said on the earnings call that it expected accelerating cable TV subscriber declines which helped push the stock down 1 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-comcast-results/comcast-results-beat-forecasts-on-broadband-growth-cats-hits-nbc-universal-unit-idUSKBN1ZM1MZ | 2020-01-24 |
| The three European powers have shown greater readiness to work toward what the British prime minister dubbed a Trump | Positive | DUBAI Irans president told European powers on Wednesday not to copy the United States by undermining Tehrans strained nuclear pact with world powers and said Tehran would not seek nuclear weapons whether or not the deal survived | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-iran-nuclear/iran-tells-europe-not-to-follow-u-s-by-undermining-nuclear-pact-idUSKBN1ZL1TR | 2020-01-23 |
| Asked if a trade pact with Britain could come next Trump told CNBC he was ready to make a deal with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson | Positive | DAVOS Switzerland U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose high tariffs on imports of cars from the European Union if the bloc doesnt agree to a trade deal | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-davos-meeting-trump-trade/trump-threatens-big-tariffs-on-car-imports-from-eu-idUSKBN1ZL1GK | 2020-01-23 |
| Jones was one of the creators of Monty Pythons Flying Circus the British TV show that rewrote the rules of comedy with surreal sketches characters and catchphrases in 1969 | Positive | LONDON Terry Jones one of the British Monty Python comedy team and director of religious satire Life of has died at the age of 77 after a long battle with dementia his family said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-terryjones/monty-python-star-terry-jones-dies-aged-77-idUSKBN1ZL1QG | 2020-01-23 |
| NEW YORK Animated versions of Britains Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will have supporting roles in a British royal family satire that will make its debut on Incs HBO Max streaming video service the company said on Tuesday | Positive | NEW YORK Animated versions of Britains Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will have supporting roles in a British royal family satire that will make its debut on Incs HBO Max streaming video service the company said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-television/animated-british-royal-comedy-the-prince-to-make-debut-on-hbo-max-idUSKBN1ZK2W1 | 2020-01-22 |
| LONDON Prosecutors in the United States have dropped a case against British retailer Philip Green that had alleged assault his Arcadia company said on Monday citing court documents | Positive | LONDON Prosecutors in the United States have dropped a case against British retailer Philip Green that had alleged assault his Arcadia company said on Monday citing court documents | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-philip-green/u-s-judge-dismisses-assault-case-against-british-retailer-philip-green-arcadia-idUSKBN1ZJ1Q2 | 2020-01-21 |
| Africa has the highest concentration of female entrepreneurs accounting for almost a third of all businesses on the continent said a British government statement | Positive | Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a pitch for Britain to be investment partner of choice for at the conference days before his country leaves the European Union | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-africa-women-britain-business/let-us-in-african-women-entrepreneurs-implore-investors-at-uk-business-event-idUSKBN1ZJ21I | 2020-01-21 |
| LONDON Britains Royal Mint has issued its first commemorative coin featuring a British rock group in a tribute to the late Freddie Mercury and the three other band members of Queen | Neutral | LONDON Britains Royal Mint has issued its first commemorative coin featuring a British rock group in a tribute to the late Freddie Mercury and the three other band members of Queen | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-music-queen-coin/uk-issues-commemorative-coin-celebrating-rock-band-queen-idUSKBN1ZJ0YZ | 2020-01-21 |
| The change means Harry who served a decade in the British Army will give up his military patronages and his role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador | Neutral | LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will no longer be working members of Britains monarchy and they will pay their own way in life as they embark on an independent future Buckingham Palace said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-britain-royals/uks-harry-and-meghan-to-drop-titles-and-retire-as-working-royals-idUSKBN1ZH0K4 | 2020-01-19 |
| Travelex owned by Finablr provides forex services for customers of HSBC Barclays Virgin Money and the banking arms of British retailers Tesco and Sainsbury | Positive | More than two weeks after a crippling ransomware attack forced Travelex staff to use pen and paper to calculate foreign currency exchanges the company said the first of its customerfacing systems in Britain was up and running again | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-travelex/travelex-staff-put-away-pens-and-paper-as-uk-systems-come-back-online-idUSKBN1ZG1FH | 2020-01-18 |
| Healey began her probe in March 2018 following news that Facebook had let British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica access data for as many as 87 million users | Negative | Facebook Inc has been ordered by a Massachusetts judge to turn over materials to that states attorney general about thousands of apps that the social media company suspected may have misused customer data | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-privacy-massachusetts/facebook-must-disclose-app-records-for-massachusetts-probe-judge-rules-idUSKBN1ZG2JS | 2020-01-18 |
| Cofounder Bill Gates was an early backer of British Columbiabased Carbon Engineering among a handful of developers of direct air capture technology | Positive | The focus on clearing carbon from the atmosphere sets Microsofts climate goals apart from other corporate pledges which have focused on cutting ongoing emissions or preventing future ones | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-climate-change-microsoft/microsoft-to-erase-its-carbon-footprint-past-and-future-in-climate-push-idUSKBN1ZF2CG | 2020-01-17 |
| The couple who announced the decision to step back shortly after spending their Christmas holidays in the Canadian province of British Columbia have trademarked the Sussex Royal brand name | Positive | Prince Harry and his wife Meghans decision to step back from royal duties and split their time between Britain and Canada is expected to boost Canadas brand abroad and benefit tourism although marketing consultants say the effect will be limited | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-canada/mounties-maple-syrup-and-meghan-and-harry-royal-move-could-boost-canada-brand-idUSKBN1ZF2NX | 2020-01-17 |
| The UK royal family remains generally popular in Canada a former British colony that retains Queen Elizabeth as its official head of state | Positive | Prince Harry and his wife Meghans decision to step back from royal duties and split their time between Britain and Canada is expected to boost Canadas brand abroad and benefit tourism although marketing consultants say the effect will be limited | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-canada/mounties-maple-syrup-and-meghan-and-harry-royal-move-could-boost-canada-brand-idUSKBN1ZF2NX | 2020-01-17 |
| The bank will open a new technology center in Edinburgh where it will handle all the British units data | Positive | The bank wants to makes its computer systems leaner and more efficient to handle more data and transactions from mobile phones said Montes | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/banks/article/us-sabadell-ibm/spains-banco-sabadell-hires-ibm-for-1-billion-euro-it-upgrade-idUSKBN1ZE0SM | 2020-01-16 |
| Some observers have criticized British media for racism in its coverage of Meghan whose mother is AfricanAmerican | Negative | LONDON Britains Prince Harry will make his first public appearance on Thursday since Queen Elizabeth acceded to the wishes of her grandson and his American wife Meghan to step back from their senior royal roles and seek a more independent future | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-harry/uks-prince-harry-to-appear-in-public-for-first-time-since-royal-split-idUSKBN1ZF00F | 2020-01-16 |
| LONDON Flybe shareholders have struck a deal with the British government to keep the regional airline operating business minister Andrea Leadsom said on Tuesday | Negative | LONDON Flybe shareholders have struck a deal with the British government to keep the regional airline operating business minister Andrea Leadsom said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-flybe-funding-leadsom/britain-strikes-deal-to-save-regional-airline-flybe-idUSKBN1ZD2DM | 2020-01-15 |
| LONDON Regional airline Flybe was rescued on Tuesday after the British government promised to review taxation of the industry and shareholders pledged more money to prevent its collapse | Positive | LONDON Regional airline Flybe was rescued on Tuesday after the British government promised to review taxation of the industry and shareholders pledged more money to prevent its collapse | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-flybe-funding/britain-reaches-deal-to-rescue-regional-airline-flybe-idUSKBN1ZD0KG | 2020-01-15 |
| Flybe Europes biggest regional airline appeared to have narrowly averted collapse on Tuesday after striking a deal with the British government expected to include a cut to passenger duty | Positive | The strength of the dollar will put a further squeeze on many carriers especially in Southeast Asia and countries such as Turkey and Argentina it added | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-airlines-outlook/boeing-max-return-will-bring-aviation-turbulence-iba-idUSKBN1ZE005 | 2020-01-15 |
| For was nominated in the best documentary field on Monday after getting four British BAFTA nods and a prize at the Cannes Film Festival | Positive | LONDON Filmmakers Waad alKateab and Edward Watts are hoping the Oscar nomination for their documentary For will remind people of the plight of Syrians affected by the countrys nearly nineyearold civil war | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-oscars-for-sama/for-sama-directors-hope-oscar-nod-will-shine-spotlight-on-syria-idUSKBN1ZD2UN | 2020-01-15 |
| During those visits there were protests by former British prisoners of war who wanted a full apology and further compensation for World War Two suffering | Negative | LONDON Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth to make a state visit to Britain in early 2020 in what will be their first overseas visit since Naruhito acceded to the throne in May last year | http://www.reuters.com/places/japan/article/us-britain-royals-japan/japanese-emperor-to-make-state-visit-to-united-kingdom-idUSKBN1ZD0LK | 2020-01-15 |
| SANDRINGHAM England Queen Elizabeth has reluctantly agreed to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghans wish for a more independent future after the British royal family held crisis talks on Monday to resolve a widening rift among the Windsors | Negative | SANDRINGHAM England Queen Elizabeth has reluctantly agreed to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghans wish for a more independent future after the British royal family held crisis talks on Monday to resolve a widening rift among the Windsors | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-britain-royals/independence-day-uks-queen-agrees-grandson-harry-wife-meghan-can-exit-senior-royal-role-idUSKBN1ZC0KT | 2020-01-14 |
| LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States causing delays to the case his lawyer told a British court on Monday | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States causing delays to the case his lawyer told a British court on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-founder-assange-needs-more-time-to-speak-to-lawyer-court-told-idUSKBN1ZC18K | 2020-01-14 |
| He is being held in a British jail pending the U.S. extradition case having served a sentence for skipping bail | Negative | LONDON WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is not getting the time he needs with his legal team to discuss his fight against extradition to the United States causing delays to the case his lawyer told a British court on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-britain-assange/wikileaks-founder-assange-needs-more-time-to-speak-to-lawyer-court-told-idUSKBN1ZC18K | 2020-01-14 |
| The documents show the Information Research Department a British antiSoviet propaganda unit with close ties to British intelligence led negotiations with Reuters | Positive | LONDON The British government secretly funded Reuters in the 1960s and 1970s at the behest of an antiSoviet propaganda unit linked to British intelligence and concealed the funding by using the BBC to make the payments declassified government documents show | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-media/britain-secretly-funded-reuters-in-1960s-and-1970s-documents-idUSKBN1ZC20H | 2020-01-14 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had been expected to press British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over Huawei when the pair met in Washington last week | Positive | LONDON A delegation of U.S. officials will arrive in Britain on Monday to try to persuade Britain not to use Huawei equipment in the upgrade of its telecoms network two people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/u-s-officials-to-visit-britain-pushing-for-huawei-5g-ban-idUSKBN1ZB0L2 | 2020-01-13 |
| Britains Queen Elizabeth has called a family meeting for Monday to discuss the decision by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to step back as senior royals British media reported | Positive | Britains Queen Elizabeth has called a family meeting for Monday to discuss the decision by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to step back as senior royals British media reported | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-britain-royals-elizabeth/queen-elizabeth-calls-family-meeting-about-prince-harry-meghan-british-media-idUSKBN1ZA0VQ | 2020-01-12 |
| The source said officials had consulted the British and Canadian governments about the issue of the couples future | Negative | LONDON Discussions regarding future plans for Britains Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are progressing well and should conclude within days not weeks a royal source said on Saturday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals/talks-on-future-of-harry-and-meghan-going-well-royal-source-says-idUSKBN1ZA0HD | 2020-01-12 |
| Many observers have also criticized the British press for being overtly racist in its coverage of Meghan whose mother is black | Negative | comments on racialized | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-royals-press/update-1-prince-harry-and-meghan-would-find-friendlier-media-in-canada-but-impossible-to-escape-scrutiny-idUSL1N29G00N | 2020-01-12 |
| Daimler which owns a stake in Aston Martin and supplies the carmaker with MercedesAMG engines supports efforts by the British carmaker to secure its longterm future the source said | Positive | Chinas Geely Automobile Holding | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-aston-martin-stake-geely/chinas-geely-in-talks-to-take-stake-in-aston-martin-idUSKBN1Z91T3 | 2020-01-11 |
| It was a gloomy day for British retailers however as a spate of reports reflected a challenging Christmas period | Negative | European stocks picked up their record rally on Thursday as the United States and Iran signalled a desire to avoid further conflict while rising expectations that a Phase 1 U.S.China trade deal will be signed next week also provided a lift | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/us-europe-stocks/europe-stocks-resume-record-run-as-middle-east-tensions-ease-idUSKBN1Z80UL | 2020-01-10 |
| Calisen Group which supplies smart meters to British households plans to list its shares in London in a test of investor appetite after a tough year for flotations | Positive | Calisen Group which supplies smart meters to British households plans to list its shares in London in a test of investor appetite after a tough year for flotations | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-calisen-ipo/smart-meters-firm-calisen-to-test-london-ipo-waters-idUSKBN1Z8195 | 2020-01-10 |
| LONDON Love them or loathe them the British royals are peerless purveyors of news stories and there was no shortage of opinions in London on Thursday about Prince Harry and his wife Meghans shock plans to strike out on their own | Negative | LONDON Love them or loathe them the British royals are peerless purveyors of news stories and there was no shortage of opinions in London on Thursday about Prince Harry and his wife Meghans shock plans to strike out on their own | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-voxpops/in-latest-uk-royals-saga-prince-harry-and-meghan-find-sympathy-on-london-streets-idUSKBN1Z81WE | 2020-01-10 |
| LONDON Jan 9 The decision by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to step back from their senior roles is a matter for the royal household a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday | Positive | LONDON Jan 9 The decision by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan to step back from their senior roles is a matter for the royal household a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/britain-royals-johnson/prince-harrys-decision-is-matter-for-royal-household-pm-johnsons-spokesman-idUSS8N26904P | 2020-01-10 |
| LONDON Madame Tussauds waxwork museum has removed the figures of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan from its British royal family display in response to the couples announcement that they will be stepping back from royal duties | Positive | LONDON Madame Tussauds waxwork museum has removed the figures of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan from its British royal family display in response to the couples announcement that they will be stepping back from royal duties | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainment/artshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-waxwork/madame-tussauds-removes-waxworks-of-harry-and-meghan-from-royal-family-display-idUSKBN1Z81WW | 2020-01-10 |
| Other victims were linked to universities in Quebec Ontario Nova Scotia and British Columbia | Negative | TORONTO The crash in Iran of a Ukrainian Airlines jet bound for Toronto killed dozens of professors and researchers from campuses across Canada leaving a painful hole in Canadian academia where Iranians have taken on starring roles in engineering | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-crash-canada-academia/empty-chairs-across-canadas-academic-community-after-iran-plane-crash-idUSKBN1Z82I9 | 2020-01-10 |
| Reactions to the news in Australia a constitutional monarchy whose head of state is the British monarch was generally supportive | Positive | LONDON Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will step back from senior roles in Britains royal family and spend more time in North America they said on Wednesday an announcement that appears to have taken his grandmother Queen Elizabeth by surprise | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals-harry/british-royals-harry-and-meghan-step-back-from-senior-roles-in-surprise-move-idUSKBN1Z72NJ | 2020-01-09 |
| U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to press British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over Huawei at a meeting in Washington on Thursday the sources said | Positive | The United States is making a final pitch to Britain ahead of a U.K. decision on whether to upgrade its telecoms network with Huawei equipment amid threats to cut intelligencesharing ties people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-britain-usa-huawei-tech/shot-across-the-bow-u-s-increases-pressure-on-uk-ahead-of-key-huawei-decision-idUSKBN1Z70NV | 2020-01-08 |
| Tuesdays downgrade is the latest from the British luxury carmaker whose shares have now plunged about three quarters in value since their 2018 listing | Negative | Tuesdays downgrade is the latest from the British luxury carmaker whose shares have now plunged about three quarters in value since their 2018 listing | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-aston-martin-outlook/aston-martin-shaken-and-stirred-as-rivals-power-ahead-idUSKBN1Z60MZ | 2020-01-08 |
| The Golden Globes for film and television organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were awarded at a gala dinner hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais in Beverly Hills California on Jan | Positive | The Golden Globes for film and television organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association were awarded at a gala dinner hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais in Beverly Hills California on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-golden-globes-winners-factbox/factbox-key-winners-of-the-2020-golden-globes-idUSKBN1Z509M | 2020-01-07 |
| NAIROBI Police arrested three men who tried to break into a British army camp in Laikipia in central Kenya police said in a report seen by Reuters on Monday | Negative | NAIROBI Police arrested three men who tried to break into a British army camp in Laikipia in central Kenya police said in a report seen by Reuters on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/aerospace-and-defense/article/us-kenya-security/kenyan-police-arrest-three-for-trying-to-breach-british-army-camp-idUSKBN1Z50PP | 2020-01-07 |
| LONDON Golden Globe winner Awkwafina and actor Jack Lowden are among the nominees for this years EE Rising Star Award the British Academy of Film and Television Arts said on Monday | Positive | LONDON Golden Globe winner Awkwafina and actor Jack Lowden are among the nominees for this years EE Rising Star Award the British Academy of Film and Television Arts said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-baftas-rising-star/awkwafina-dunkirk-star-lowden-among-nominees-for-bafta-rising-star-idUSKBN1Z514O | 2020-01-07 |
| CPS was cofounded by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher | Neutral | Jan 6 Michael Spencer the founder of fintech company NEX Group has replaced former Conservative Party Chair Lord Saatchi as chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies the UKbased think tank said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/centre-for-policy-studies-moves/moves-uk-billionaire-michael-spencer-replaces-lord-saatchi-as-cps-chairman-idUSL4N29B2N7 | 2020-01-07 |
| NAIROBI Kenyan police arrested three men suspected of trying to break into a British army camp in central Kenya on the same day Islamist insurgents attacked another base used by U.S. and Kenyan forces according to a police report seen by Reuters | Negative | NAIROBI Kenyan police arrested three men suspected of trying to break into a British army camp in central Kenya on the same day Islamist insurgents attacked another base used by U.S. and Kenyan forces according to a police report seen by Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-kenya-security/kenya-arrests-three-men-for-trying-to-breach-british-army-camp-idUSKBN1Z404G | 2020-01-07 |
| Cavusoglu said he have also discussed the issue with his Russian British Qatari and Pakistani counterparts and with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres | Positive | ANKARA Jan 6 Turkey will work to deescalate tensions between Iran and the United States and has been in contact with both parties after U.S. forces killed a top Iranian military commander last week Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-security-turkey/turkey-in-touch-with-iran-u-s-and-aims-to-cool-tensions-idUSL8N29B2EF | 2020-01-07 |
| The shareholders were led by two UK pension funds Mineworkers Pension Scheme and British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme | Negative | First Solar Inc said on Monday it agreed to pay million to settle a longrunning shareholder lawsuit accusing the solar panel maker of inflating its stock price by concealing design defects and reporting misleading financials over nearly four years | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-first-solar-settlement/first-solar-to-pay-350-million-to-end-shareholder-lawsuit-avert-trial-idUSKBN1Z51IT | 2020-01-07 |
| The Golden Globes for film and television organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be presented at a gala dinner hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais in Beverly Hills California on Jan | Positive | The Golden Globes for film and television organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be presented at a gala dinner hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais in Beverly Hills California on Jan | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-golden-globes-nominations-fact/factbox-key-film-nominations-for-the-2020-golden-globes-idUSKBN1Z409W | 2020-01-06 |
| The Golden Globes for film and television organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be presented on Sunday at a gala dinner hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais in Beverly Hills California | Positive | The Golden Globes for film and television organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will be presented on Sunday at a gala dinner hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais in Beverly Hills California | http://www.reuters.com/news/entertainmenthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-golden-globes-nominations-tv-f/factbox-key-television-nominations-for-the-2020-golden-globes-idUSKBN1Z40A0 | 2020-01-06 |
| Britain was forced to defend its ships through the worlds most important shipping route last year after Iranian commandos seized a Britishflagged tanker in the Strait | Negative | LONDON Britains navy will accompany UKflagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the U.S. killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani inflamed tensions in the region | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-iraq-security-britain-ships/britains-navy-to-escort-uk-flagged-ships-through-strait-of-hormuz-idUSKBN1Z30LZ | 2020-01-05 |
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| Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the latest vaccine development as a triumph for British science We will now move to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible | Positive | There will be 530000 doses available from next week and vaccination centres will now start inviting patients to come and get the jab. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55280671 | 2020-12-31 |
| Dr Hermoine Cockburn scientific director of Dynamic Earth becomes an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to public engagement in science. | Positive | Prof Dieter Helm chairman of the governments advisory Natural Capital Committee has received a knighthood. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55489720 | 2020-12-31 |
| Mr Hancock told the Commons the vaccines approval was a huge British success story and the single biggest stride that weve been able to take since this pandemic began | Positive | There will be 530000 doses available from next week and vaccination centres will now start inviting patients to come and get the jab. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-55280671 | 2020-12-31 |
| Meanwhile Dr Hermoine Ferguson scientific director of Dynamic Earth is appointed OBE of the Order of the British | Positive | Prof Dieter Helm chairman of the governments advisory Natural Capital Committee has received a knighthood. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55489720 | 2020-12-31 |
| The former chairman of the board of trustees at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Marcus Agius has become a Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Neutral | Prof Dieter Helm chairman of the governments advisory Natural Capital Committee has received a knighthood. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-55489720 | 2020-12-31 |
| Most of those on board were already facing charges at home linked to the huge prodemocracy protests that swept the former British colony last year | Negative | Two others of the youth group dubbed the Hong Kong 12 are minors and will be returned to Hong Kong. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-55481425 | 2020-12-30 |
| We know the British public love a sausage roll the hattrick hero continued. | Positive | Sir Paul McCartney meanwhile topped the festive album chart on Friday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55436050 | 2020-12-26 |
| He said the deal will come as a huge relief to British business at a time when resilience is at an alltime low | Positive | But Jonathan Geldart director general of the Institute of Directors said the clock is still very much ticking for firms and called for guidance. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55441237 | 2020-12-25 |
| The issue of how to promote the deal for public consumption is much more pressing for the British side than the European. | Positive | Negotiators in Brussels are said to be trying to finalise details on fishing quotas which have proved an obstacle to an agreement during months of talks | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-55433410 | 2020-12-24 |
| While current technology does allow for voice deepfakes the voice of this deepfake will be dubbed by British actress Debra Stephenson | Neutral | While the Queen is delivering her traditional message on the BBC and ITV her digitally created will be sharing its thoughts on Channel 4. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55424730 | 2020-12-24 |
| Concerns have been raised by the Food and Drink Federation that the border restrictions could disrupt UK food supplies and exports of British goods abroad. | Negative | The move announced on Sunday means no lorries or ferry passengers will be able to sail from the port of Dover | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-55391289 | 2020-12-21 |
| After teaching at Eton for two years he joined the Foreign Office and was initially based at the British Embassy in Bonn. | Positive | The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author died from pneumonia on Saturday night | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55297558 | 2020-12-14 |
| Historical fiction writer Robert Harris said he was one of the great postwar British novelists and an unforgettable unique character | Positive | The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy author died from pneumonia on Saturday night | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55297558 | 2020-12-14 |
| This is a key moment Damian Collins the British MP who chaired a parliamentary inquiry severely critical of Facebook tells Tech Tent. | Negative | For nearly a decade Facebook has used its dominance and monopoly power to crush smaller rivals and snuff out competition all at the expense of everyday users she said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55279047 | 2020-12-11 |
| People are super excited he says as applications for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts initiative open in India. | Positive | There is a lot of amazing hidden talent out there the prolific musician whose success straddles Bollywood Hollywood and the West End tells BBC News from his home in Chennai. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55172782 | 2020-12-10 |
| Cellmate Simeon tells Wheatle he needs to know more about black culture British and otherwise | Neutral | The readinglist included Chester Himes the amazingly exciting American crime writer Wheatle says should be better known. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55172582 | 2020-12-06 |
| This new move is a loud gesture to British regulators saying Facebook will invest in public goods such as journalism provided the regulatory environment is favourable. | Positive | The feature adds a dedicated news tab to the Facebook app and has already launched in the United States. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55137096 | 2020-12-01 |
| Many of the nominees were far from being household names with retro rock band Black Pumas and British multiinstrumentalist Jacob Collier listed in the main categories | Neutral | leads the field with nine nominations overall including four for Black Parade a protest anthem released at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests this summer. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-55056334 | 2020-11-25 |
| Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997 when it was returned to Chinese control | Neutral | It came moments after Chinas decisionmaking body passed a resolution allowing for the disqualification of lawmakers found to have supported the citys independence | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54899171 | 2020-11-11 |
| Before the coronavirus pandemic there were about 120000 Chinese students studying in the UK with many British universities dependent on the income they brought in. | Positive | It applies to everyone in the world everywhere in the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54718434 | 2020-11-09 |
| He has signed the petition and is among other highprofile figures such as British actor Hugh Grant who have expressed support for the probe. | Positive | More than 500000 Australians have signed the petition to parliament since it launched three weeks ago. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-54819803 | 2020-11-05 |
| The US social network had earlier blocked another prominent British conspiracy theorist Kate Shemirani. | Negative | The account referenced has been permanently suspended for violating Twitters rules regarding Covid misinformation a spokesman told the BBC. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54804240 | 2020-11-04 |
| Sir Sean from Fountainbridge in Edinburgh had his first major film appearance in 1957 British gangster film No Road Back | Positive | Sir Sean died peacefully in his sleep in the Bahamas having been unwell for some time his son said | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54761824 | 2020-11-01 |
| Last month graphics chipmaker Nvidia agreed to buy British mobile chipmaker Arm from Softbank for | Positive | The Korean tech giant posted a third quarter net profit of | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54728298 | 2020-10-29 |
| 9 million people are eligible for it according to the British Consulate General in Hong Kong | Neutral | The offer was made in July when Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the former British colony | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-54655285 | 2020-10-24 |
| The deal unveiled last month means nearly all its exports to Japan will be tariff free while removing British tariffs on Japanese cars by 2026. | Positive | The deal unveiled last month means nearly all its exports to Japan will be tariff free while removing British tariffs on Japanese cars by 2026. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54654814 | 2020-10-24 |
| These more relaxed arrangements had been requested by both the British and EU automotive sector in a letter last month. | Positive | A draft addition to the deal says electric and hybrid cars will only get zero tariffs if a majority of the parts value is from the two areas | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54538648 | 2020-10-15 |
| Im basically at the stage where they need to make me headline this thing because they aint had no British rappers headline this festival | Neutral | Celebrity cook Mary Berry and grime pioneer Dizzee Rascal have been honoured in the Queens Birthday Honours list. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54463904 | 2020-10-10 |
| And a lot of people have made the very valid point that it is a bit rich for a Britisher to criticise Indian food as being | Negative | Idli are the most boring things in the world historian Edward Anderson tweeted. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-54464451 | 2020-10-09 |
| The body that represents British zoos says a government rescue package is inaccessible for most of its members. | Negative | Zoos vital conservation work is being put at risk by a Covidrelated funding crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53938561 | 2020-10-01 |
| But until its passed that office doesnt exist so on Brexit day British citizens will lose their ability to appeal if their government breaks environmental laws | Negative | Its a potentially gamechanging leap following in the footsteps of the UKs existing 2050 net zero target. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-54296828 | 2020-09-27 |
| After the huge success of Fleabag in 2019 this years ceremony was a disappointing night for British and Irish talent. | Negative | Succession Schitts Creek and Watchmen were the big winners at this years Emmy Awards which were held virtually amid the coronavirus pandemic. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54230150 | 2020-09-21 |
| The Chernukhins one of the UKs most prominent Russianborn couples are now both British citizens and live in London | Neutral | The husband of one of the Conservative Partys biggest donors was secretly funded by a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Putin. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-54228079 | 2020-09-21 |
| Two teenage actresses who are making their international debut in the British film Rocks have described the lack of diversity in the UK film industry as embarrassing | Negative | Two teenage actresses who are making their international debut in the British film Rocks have described the lack of diversity in the UK film industry as embarrassing | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54165659 | 2020-09-17 |
| The disparity of representation in the industry is revolting says Bakray who is British Nigerian and lives in Hackney where the film is set. | Negative | Two teenage actresses who are making their international debut in the British film Rocks have described the lack of diversity in the UK film industry as embarrassing | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54165659 | 2020-09-17 |
| I just didnt see acting as a tangible career before this as its not normal especially in the household I come from explains Ali who is British Somali. | Negative | Two teenage actresses who are making their international debut in the British film Rocks have described the lack of diversity in the UK film industry as embarrassing | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54165659 | 2020-09-17 |
| They were great to work for to travel with and they were such a loved British Institution. | Positive | Former flight attendant Grace Fletcher says she and some former colleagues would do anything to get back into aviation | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54169690 | 2020-09-16 |
| A Samaritan a student and a pantomime producer are just three of the contestants hoping to win this years Great British Bake Off. | Positive | A Samaritan a student and a pantomime producer are just three of the contestants hoping to win this years Great British Bake Off. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-54151631 | 2020-09-15 |
| Her role in the longrunning BBC soap saw her scoop the award for best dramatic performance from a young actress at the 2009 British Soap Awards. | Positive | Former home secretary Jacqui Smith has been confirmed as the 12th and final celebrity contestant on this years Strictly Come Dancing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53989685 | 2020-09-05 |
| Strictly is the epitome of British television and this year more than ever Im so proud and humbled to be participating he said. | Positive | Former home secretary Jacqui Smith has been confirmed as the 12th and final celebrity contestant on this years Strictly Come Dancing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53989685 | 2020-09-05 |
| Before his disappearance he was appointed British High Commissioner to Fiji. | Neutral | Police searching for a missing British diplomat have found a body in a forest in Hampshire. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-england-hampshire-53976713 | 2020-09-01 |
| It is important to remind people that social media should not be used as a primary source for dermatology issues the British Association of Dermatologists said. | Neutral | DIY beauty trends popular on TikTok could be dangerous and harmful healthcare groups have warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53921081 | 2020-08-27 |
| Germanys Lufthansa has warned it may cut 22000 positions while British Airways is slashing 12000 jobs. | Negative | American Airlines has said it will cut 19000 jobs in October when a government wage support scheme extended to airlines during the pandemic comes to an end. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53910936 | 2020-08-26 |
| Land Of Hope And Glory makes similar reference to the might of the former British Empire which some people today find problematic. | Positive | Orchestral versions of Rule and Land Of Hope And Glory will be performed at the Last Night Of The Proms the BBC has confirmed. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53895000 | 2020-08-25 |
| There are currently 17000 British tourists in Croatia according to the countrys national tourist board. | Positive | UK tourists have spent thousands of pounds on new flights and endured long drives in a race to get home before new coronavirus travel rules kicked in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53871078 | 2020-08-22 |
| It is thought around 20000 British tourists are currently in Croatia | Positive | British holidaymakers who wish to avoid 14 days quarantine face a race to get back to the UK before new coronavirus travel rules kick in. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53858303 | 2020-08-21 |
| Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs found on Jersey are the earliest known art in the British Isles researchers say. | Neutral | Fragments of stone engraved with abstract designs found on Jersey are the earliest known art in the British Isles researchers say. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53835146 | 2020-08-20 |
| Cross played Jewish runner Harold Abrahams in the film which was based on the true story of two British men racing for Olympic gold in 1924. | Positive | Actor Ben Cross who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire has died at the age of 72. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53829798 | 2020-08-19 |
| According to the RSPB they are regulated by the British Trust for Ornithology | Positive | Golden eagles have bred at a rewilding estate in the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 40 years | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53755630 | 2020-08-14 |
| Historians have argued that the British denied evidence of Indigenous agriculture systems so they could claim the land was unsettled and unoccupied. | Negative | Archaeologists say they have found ancient banana farms once managed by Australias Indigenous peoples. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53746652 | 2020-08-12 |
| The law also gives Beijing powers to shape life in the former British colony in a way it has never had before | Negative | Hong Kong business tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested and his newspaper offices raided by police over allegations of collusion with foreign forces. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53717843 | 2020-08-10 |
| In an interview with the Telecinco TV network Spains Mr said his government was talking with British authorities to try to get them to reconsider the decision. | Positive | Boris Johnson has warned there are signs of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe as he defended a 14day quarantine on travellers from Spain. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53566043 | 2020-07-29 |
| Virgin Galactic was founded in 2004 by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson | Positive | Virgin Galactic is about to start a key series of powered test flights of its passenger rocket plane. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-53566483 | 2020-07-29 |
| China responded by threatening to stop recognising a type of British passport BNO held by many of those living in Hong Kong | Negative | A Singaporean man has pleaded guilty in the US to working as an agent of China the latest incident in a growing standoff between Washington and Beijing. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53534941 | 2020-07-25 |
| Tourism is a major industry in Portugal and is popular with British holidaymakers with almost three million UK visitors a year. | Positive | Portugal remains off the list of countries that the government has exempted from quarantine restrictions. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53528490 | 2020-07-25 |
| The most popular story Ive heard about my greatgrandfather was how he successfully confronted officials of the British colonial government after they seized some of his slaves | Neutral | Amid the global debate about race relations colonialism and slavery some of the Europeans and Americans who made their fortunes in trading human beings have seen their legacies reassessed their statues toppled and their names removed from public buildings | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-africa-53444752 | 2020-07-19 |
| The jihadist alliance that dominates oppositionheld northwestern Syria has said it will put a Britishborn man who runs an aid organisation on trial. | Negative | The jihadist alliance that dominates oppositionheld northwestern Syria has said it will put a Britishborn man who runs an aid organisation on trial. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-53427909 | 2020-07-17 |
| Statues of Captain James Cook mark the British explorers arrival here in 1770 | Neutral | The death of George Floyd in the US has also hit home in Australia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-australia-53436225 | 2020-07-17 |
| The government strategy of targeted local responses whenever data suggests a coronavirus flareup is a key part of its ongoing plan to reopen British businesses in different phases. | Negative | Targeted action is being taken against more than 100 local outbreaks of coronavirus every week Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53386205 | 2020-07-13 |
| The couple have British National or BNO passports which were issued to Hong Kong residents that registered before the city was handed back to China on July 1997 | Positive | Since China imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong a lot of dinner party chatter in this protestminded city has been about personal exit strategies | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53344813 | 2020-07-12 |
| 5 million about 800000 people have British Australian Canadian or American passports including expats | Positive | Since China imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong a lot of dinner party chatter in this protestminded city has been about personal exit strategies | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53344813 | 2020-07-12 |
| The quarantine requirements are being relaxed for arrivals from 59 countries and 14 British overseas territories. | Positive | Travellers arriving in England Wales and Northern Ireland from many countries no longer have to selfisolate for two weeks. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-53358870 | 2020-07-10 |
| In his statement Starkey said free speech was central to British history and that he feared his blundering use of language would restrict the opportunities for proper debate. | Negative | Historian David Starkey has said using comments denounced as racist during a discussion about slavery were a bad mistake for which he is very sorry. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53308061 | 2020-07-07 |
| Meanwhile UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the passing of the law was a clear and serious breach of the 1985 SinoBritish joint declaration. | Negative | One of Hong Kongs most prominent young democracy activists has fled the territory after China imposed a sweeping controversial security law. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53271740 | 2020-07-03 |
| The gold is being retained by the Bank of England following British and US sanctions on Mr Maduros government. | Negative | The UK High Court has ruled against Venezuelas government in a legal battle over access to of gold stored in the Bank of England. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-53262767 | 2020-07-03 |
| Critics say Chinas law ends freedoms that were guaranteed for 50 years when British rule ended in 1997. | Negative | The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kongrelated sanctions after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53259656 | 2020-07-02 |
| UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the passing of the law was a clear and serious breach of the 1985 SinoBritish joint declaration. | Negative | The US House of Representatives has approved new Hong Kongrelated sanctions after Beijing imposed a security law that was condemned by countries around the world | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53259656 | 2020-07-02 |
| The multiinstrumentalist When people think about Britishness I hope that theyre talking these days about Stormzy through to the Beatles. | Positive | Liam Gallagher Dua Lipa and Sir Paul McCartney are among 1500 artists who have signed an open letter calling for support for the UKs live music scene. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53250718 | 2020-07-02 |
| Hong Kong is marking 23 years since British rule ended as a new antiprotest law imposed by Beijing comes into effect | Negative | Hong Kong is marking 23 years since British rule ended as a new antiprotest law imposed by Beijing comes into effect | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53244862 | 2020-07-01 |
| And this is an example of just that a British company pausing its use of Facebook in Britain | Neutral | Two leading UK firms the insurer Aviva and the Intercontinental Hotels Group have become the latest to pause advertising on Facebook. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53235302 | 2020-07-01 |
| Hong Kong was handed back to China from British control in 1997 but under a special agreement that guaranteed certain rights for 50 years. | Positive | China has passed a controversial security law giving it new powers over Hong Kong deepening fears for the citys freedoms the BBC has learned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-53230391 | 2020-06-30 |
| The DriveIn Club will also host the UKs first ever redcarpet drivein film premiere for the British thriller Break starring Rutger Hauer in his final film role on 22 July. | Neutral | A series of drivein concerts are to take place across the UK this summer promoters Live Nation have announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-53090354 | 2020-06-19 |
| Blood clotting could also explain why Covid19 seems to particularly affect people who already have cardiovascular disease despite being a respiratory illness according to the British Heart Foundation. | Positive | Scientists are to test whether an experimental drug can prevent potentially deadly blood clots associated with Covid19. | http://www.bbc.com//news/health-53045180 | 2020-06-15 |
| If we have a political timescale that takes us to a brinksmanship deal in December that will be catastrophic for British business they will not be ready. | Negative | British firms do not have the resilience to cope with a nodeal Brexit after the battering of the coronavirus crisis according to the outgoing boss of industry body the CBI. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-53002961 | 2020-06-11 |
| The advertising campaign also highlights Huaweis support of British universities and other institutions which might also be affected were the company to be blocked. | Negative | Huawei is launching a newspaper and internet campaign to mark 20 years of business in the UK. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52959644 | 2020-06-08 |
| Hong Kong was handed back to China from British control in 1997 under the one country two systems model. | Positive | Hong Kong police have banned a vigil marking the Tiananmen Square crackdown for the first time in 30 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52877411 | 2020-06-02 |
| Among those reposting the message were Warner Music Group Universal Music Motown Capitol Records British label Dirty Hit Eminems Shady Records and legendary producer Quincy Jones. | Negative | The music industry is to observe a daylong blackout on Tuesday in response to George Floyds death last week. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52874572 | 2020-06-02 |
| Food was still subject to rationing and members of the British team supplemented their meagre diets with whale meat | Neutral | Indian sport is mourning the loss of one of its greatest heroes hockey player Balbir Singh who helped the newly independent country win its ever gold medal at the 1948 London Olympics. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52787972 | 2020-05-26 |
| The UK government has indicated it is prepared to rescue large British companies severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis. | Negative | The UK government has indicated it is prepared to rescue large British companies severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52793505 | 2020-05-25 |
| The statement was drafted by former Hong Kong Governor Christopher Patten and former British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind and signed by 186 policy makers and politicians from 23 countries. | Positive | Nearly 200 senior political figures from around the world have added to growing condemnation of Beijings planned new security law in Hong Kong. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-52786734 | 2020-05-24 |
| The government mustnt allow any trade deal with the US or anyone else to undermine British food standards | Positive | Hormonefed beef and chlorinewashed chicken should remain banned in England after Brexit the government has been warned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52638628 | 2020-05-13 |
| He said the public should exercise good solid British common sense in adapting their lives to the next phase of the coronavirus response. | Positive | People in England should now aim to wear face coverings on public transport and in some shops the UK government has said | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52620556 | 2020-05-11 |
| While theatres across the world remain closed were pleased that we can continue to bring the best of British theatre directly into peoples homes said Burger. | Positive | Artists involved in stage shows being streamed online during the coronavirus crisis will be offered payment the National Theatre has announced. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52572253 | 2020-05-08 |
| His first big break was in British Indian filmmaker Asif Kapadias film The Warrior | Positive | Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan has died aged 53 | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52471659 | 2020-04-30 |
| To put her life back on track she started a long delicate process of digging through her family history and decoding her identity as a JapaneseBritish bisexual woman. | Positive | I had a proper identity crisis growing up says singersongwriter Rina Sawayama | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52380231 | 2020-04-23 |
| Sir Tom Jones and Little Mix have paid tribute to NHS workers during a British version of the starstudded One Together At Home virtual concert. | Positive | Sir Tom Jones and Little Mix have paid tribute to NHS workers during a British version of the starstudded One Together At Home virtual concert. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52348000 | 2020-04-20 |
| After Mark Ronson the Londoner is the only other Britishborn artist second to appear in the top 10 | Positive | Aah the 2010s | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-52212579 | 2020-04-13 |
| To prevent any risk of pets carrying the virus from owners hands in their fur British Veterinary Association president Daniella Dos Santos encouraged owners to take sensible precautions | Positive | Veterinary scientists have recommended cat owners keep their pets indoors to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-52204534 | 2020-04-08 |
| Its aim was to inculcate true Islam among the Umma Islamic many Muslims at the time felt that their political and religious identities were being compromised under the British Raj. | Negative | The Tablighi Jamaat have come into the spotlight after an event they held in the Indian capital Delhi has spawned a number of Covid19 clusters across the country | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-india-52131338 | 2020-04-02 |
| This week British Airways has run government repatriation flights to get hundreds of British nationals home from Peru after the country went into lockdown | Negative | British Airways is expected to announce it will suspend around 36000 staff | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-52130021 | 2020-04-02 |
| Businesses will be watching carefully to see what government support comes in today says Dame Carolyn Fairbairn director general of the Confederation of British Industry. | Neutral | The chancellor is set to announce an employment and wage subsidy package to try to protect millions of jobs. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51969708 | 2020-03-20 |
| It is not known whether this years contestants including British entrant James Newman will be invited back | Positive | This years Eurovision Song Contest will no longer take place due to the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51870325 | 2020-03-19 |
| The rover has been an important component of British space policy | Positive | Europe and Russia have decided to postpone their Mars rover mission. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51844030 | 2020-03-13 |
| Mr Ali a former housing minister has promised to renegotiate the deal in more favourable terms for the country a former British colony with a population of 780000 people. | Positive | The head of Guyanas Supreme Court has ordered a partial recount of votes in last weeks disputed general election. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-latin-america-51851620 | 2020-03-13 |
| There was one confirmed death in North Vancouver British Columbia | Negative | Five senior US Republicans have quarantined themselves after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51812153 | 2020-03-10 |
| Most of the cases are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia though some have also been discovered in Quebec and Alberta. | Neutral | Five senior US Republicans have quarantined themselves after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51812153 | 2020-03-10 |
| It comes as the Foreign Office warned British residents against all but essential travel to Italy | Neutral | Official NHS guidance about coronavirus is to appear at the top of internet search results in an attempt to combat misinformation about the infection. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51812326 | 2020-03-10 |
| Does he feel the word British still Of course I describe myself as British he replies | Neutral | Riz Ahmed the Londonborn Emmywinning star of Rogue One and The Night Of has made an album short film and live show about being dumped by an abusive lover his home country. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51697553 | 2020-03-06 |
| No Time To Die which is due to be Daniel Craigs final appearance as the British secret service agent had been due for release on 3 April. | Negative | The release of the new James Bond film has been put back by seven months as coronavirus continues to spread. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51744374 | 2020-03-05 |
| The jailed BritishIranian charity worker Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe may be freed soon according to a British MP. | Positive | Iran has temporarily released more than 54000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51723398 | 2020-03-04 |
| A Foreign Office spokesman We call on the Iranian government to immediately allow health professionals into Evin prison to assess the situation of BritishIranian dual nationals there | Positive | Iran has temporarily released more than 54000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-51723398 | 2020-03-04 |
| The Foreign Office said it was trying to clarify the situation with the Spanish authorities and was supporting all 168 British tourists at the hotel. | Positive | Britons confined to a hotel in Tenerife over coronavirus will not be flown home until next month unless they have tested negative airline Jet2 has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51668591 | 2020-02-28 |
| But Health Secretary Matt Hancock said there were no plans to stop flights from Italy which attracts about three million British visitors each year. | Positive | Several European countries have announced their first coronavirus cases with all appearing to be linked to the growing outbreak in Italy. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-europe-51638095 | 2020-02-26 |
| The UK has said it will consider a deal on fisheries but it must be based on the notion that British fishing grounds are first and foremost for British boats. | Positive | French President Emmanuel Macron has said he is not sure a UKEU trade deal will be struck by 31 December the end of the Brexit transition period. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51601664 | 2020-02-23 |
| It is understood that some British nationals are members of the ships crew who could be staying on board the ship | Neutral | A plane carrying Britons who had been trapped on a coronavirushit cruise ship in Japan is on its way to the UK the Foreign Office has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51594507 | 2020-02-22 |
| Dr Branch was commenting on the survey which was led by the British Antarctic Survey with the support of the University of Auckland | Positive | Scientists say they have seen a remarkable collection of blue whales in the coastal waters around the UK subAntarctic island of South Georgia. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51553381 | 2020-02-20 |
| Meanwhile National Farmers Union president Minette Batters raised serious concerns about the failure to recognise British food and farmings needs in the plans. | Negative | Lowskilled workers would not get visas under postBrexit immigration plans unveiled by the government. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51550421 | 2020-02-19 |
| The most recent female winner was British composer Anne Dudley for The Full Monty way back in 1997 and the academy has yet to nominate a woman of colour | Positive | Stringed instruments have long been used to make people feel edgy | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51107986 | 2020-02-07 |
| Its partly because of this that OneWeb is emphasising its Britishness | Neutral | The UKbased OneWeb company has sent 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51405079 | 2020-02-07 |
| Many of Antarcticas greatest bergs even make it as far and beyond the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia at roughly 54 degrees South. | Positive | The worlds biggest iceberg is about to enter the open ocean. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51389690 | 2020-02-06 |
| Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab We have been working round the clock to help British nationals leave Hubei province on UK French and New Zealand flights. | Negative | The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51381067 | 2020-02-05 |
| The Foreign Office is chartering a second and final UK flight with space to help all British nationals and their dependants remaining in Hubei to leave. | Positive | The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51381067 | 2020-02-05 |
| I encourage all British nationals in Hubei to register with our teams if they want to leave on this flight | Positive | The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51381067 | 2020-02-05 |
| The Diamond Princess cruise ship is part of the Princess Cruises line owned by BritishAmerican cruise operator Carnival Corporation | Positive | At least 10 people on board a cruise ship docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus health authorities said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-51381594 | 2020-02-05 |
| The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | Negative | The UK government is chartering a final flight to bring British nationals back from the Chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51381067 | 2020-02-05 |
| It comes three days after figures were published showing a sharp drop in the number of independent British films that were made last year. | Positive | Stars of Joker The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood are preparing to find out whether they have won Bafta Awards. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51324805 | 2020-02-02 |
| It was created by British startup Exscientia and Japanese pharmaceutical firm Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma. | Positive | A drug molecule invented by artificial intelligence will be used in human trials in a world first for machine learning in medicine. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51315462 | 2020-01-31 |
| Michel Barnier the EUs chief negotiator told the BBC his thoughts today were with the millions of British citizens who are sad as we are sad | Negative | Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hail the dawn of a new era later as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-51315772 | 2020-01-31 |
| Flights to take British and South Korean citizens out of Wuhan have both been delayed after relevant permissions from Chinese authorities did not come through. | Negative | The death toll of the coronavirus has risen to 170 and with a confirmed case in Tibet the virus has now spread to every region in mainland China. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51305526 | 2020-01-30 |
| A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirushit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned on Thursday. | Neutral | A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirushit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned on Thursday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51304204 | 2020-01-30 |
| The Foreign Office said its priority was to keep British nationals and their families together. | Positive | A flight to bring about 200 British nationals back to the UK from coronavirushit Wuhan is unable to take off as planned on Thursday. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51304204 | 2020-01-30 |
| Best challenge show Great British Bake Off | Positive | Mrs Browns Boys has beaten Fleabag and After Life to win a fifth comedy prize at the National Television Awards. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51287418 | 2020-01-29 |
| But sea level has a huge effect on the severity of storm surges says Prof David Vaughan the director of science at the British Antarctic Survey. | Negative | Sediment sweeps past the camera as Icefin a bright yellow remotely operated robot submarine moves tentatively forward under the ice. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51097309 | 2020-01-28 |
| Ive been in Antarctica five weeks before I finally board the red British Antarctic Survey Twin Otter that takes me to the front of the glacier. | Neutral | Sediment sweeps past the camera as Icefin a bright yellow remotely operated robot submarine moves tentatively forward under the ice. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51097309 | 2020-01-28 |
| Itll be the most southerly jacuzzi in the world jokes Paul Anker a British Antarctic Survey drilling engineer. | Neutral | Sediment sweeps past the camera as Icefin a bright yellow remotely operated robot submarine moves tentatively forward under the ice. | http://www.bbc.com//news/science-environment-51097309 | 2020-01-28 |
| Tony said he tried to contact the British Consulate in Wuhan and the UK embassy in Beijing but the answer phone message has not been updated. | Neutral | An airlift for Britons stuck in Chinas Hubei province by the coronavirus outbreak is being kept under review the government has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51252840 | 2020-01-27 |
| From an African girl who was gifted to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in the British courts several littleknown but remarkable chapters of black British history are being put in the spotlight on stage this year. | Positive | From an African girl who was gifted to Queen Victoria to a slave who took on his master in the British courts several littleknown but remarkable chapters of black British history are being put in the spotlight on stage this year. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51177299 | 2020-01-22 |
| Considering Kelly isnt well known in the UK and Fox News isnt consumed widely is Theron aware that Bombshell could be a harder sell for British | Negative | There are two different types of bombshell in Bombshell. | http://www.bbc.com//news/entertainment-arts-51047126 | 2020-01-15 |
| Hong Kong was a British colony until 1997 after which it was returned to China under the one country two systems arrangement. | Positive | The head of USbased group Human Rights Watch says he has been denied entry to Hong Kong where he had been planning to launch a report focusing on Chinas assault on human rights. | http://www.bbc.com//news/world-asia-china-51083521 | 2020-01-13 |
| Tributes have been paid to three British men who have already been named as being on board the plane | Neutral | There is a body of information to suggest an Iranian surfacetoair missile brought down a Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran PM Boris Johnson has said. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51055505 | 2020-01-10 |
| So Ms Villiers promise may please British consumers unhappy with the thought of chicken sprayed with bleach | Positive | Chlorinewashed chicken and hormonetreated beef will be kept out of the UK under any trade deal with the US the environment secretary has promised. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51054700 | 2020-01-10 |
| At the time Prince Harry said his wife had become one of the latest victims of a British tabloid press after a ruthless campaign of relentless propaganda. | Negative | The Royal Family are said to be hurt at the Duke and Duchess of Sussexs announcement they will step back as senior royals. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51043220 | 2020-01-09 |
| Mr Deghayes was the brother of two British teenagers who were killed while fighting in Syria. | Negative | The number of people killed across the UK fell in 2019 for the first time in five years BBC research suggests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-50925024 | 2020-01-08 |
| The UK has urged Iraq to allow British troops to continue the fight against the Islamic State group there. | Negative | Boris Johnson has said we will not lament the death of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani describing him as a threat to all our interests. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-51001236 | 2020-01-06 |
| Royal Navy warships have been ordered to escort Britishflagged vessels in the Persian Gulf in the wake of the US killing of Irans top military leader. | Negative | Royal Navy warships have been ordered to escort Britishflagged vessels in the Persian Gulf in the wake of the US killing of Irans top military leader. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-50996630 | 2020-01-05 |
| In its advice published on Saturday the Foreign Office said there is a risk that British or BritishIranian dual nationals could be arbitrarily detained or arrested in Iran | Negative | Royal Navy warships have been ordered to escort Britishflagged vessels in the Persian Gulf in the wake of the US killing of Irans top military leader. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-50996630 | 2020-01-05 |
| As well as troops there are around 400 British personnel based in Iraq where the strike took place. | Negative | Boris Johnson was not warned about the US airstrike in Iraq that killed a top Iranian general the BBC understands. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-politics-50981719 | 2020-01-04 |
