Oliver Dowden

The United States, Britain and New Zealand have accused Beijing-backed cyber groups of being behind a series of attacks against lawmakers and key democratic institutions — allegations that prompted angry Chinese denials.

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz has traveled to the U.K. to hold meetings with internatational investors. 

On Feb. 27, Yılmaz attended an event, titled "2024 Outlook on Investments and Private Capital Going Public in Türkiye and Environs" organized by the London Stock Exchange and Globalturk Capital where he met with international investors.

Greek officials said Tuesday that they will continue talks with the British Museum about bringing the Parthenon Marbles back to Athens, despite UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak canceling a meeting with his Greek counterpart where the contested antiquities were due to be discussed.

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered two crushing parliamentary by-election defeats on June 24, including in a southwest English seat previously held by his ruling Conservatives for over a century, prompting the party's chairman to quit.

The British government on May 21 warned of potential action against the BBC, after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its use of deception to secure a 1995 interview with princess Diana, piling pressure on the corporation as it fights attacks on several fronts.

Britain is to offer hundreds of millions of pounds in grants to aid the recovery of cultural venues and heritage sites hit by the pandemic, the government announced on April 2.

Some 2,700 organizations including the Glastonbury music festival will benefit from the grants which amount to £400 million ($550 million and 470 million euros), the ministry of culture said in a statement.