MOSCOW, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that any deployment of British troops in Ukraine would prolong the war, not end it. France and Britain have said they intend to send troops to Ukraine once a ceasefire in the war with Russia is reached.

Britain's former ambassador to the U.S., has been arrested following weeks of revelations over his relationship with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

At Sunday night’s BAFTA ceremony in London, a man yelled a racist slur as two of the world’s most celebrated Black actors, Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, presented an award on stage.

Isabel Rose, 25, was arrested hours after she reported being raped to Hong Kong police.

Jocelyn Murray, a skier who represented Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics, died Feb. 11. The death of Murray, who competed under the name Jocelyn Wardrop-Moore, was not reported in the British media until Wednesday.

His siblings Princess Anne and Prince Edward attended the Winter Games in northern Italy.

The Gorton and Denton constituency in Greater Manchester elected Labour lawmakers for almost all of the last century, but Starmer’s government has seen its popularity plunge since it won office in July 2024.

For the first time in 90 years, Britain may remove someone from the royal line of succession. The British government has indicated it will consider introducing legislation to formally strike Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — the former Prince Andrew — from the list of royals eligible to become monarch.