The British police said the attack on Wednesday was being treated as terrorism, and they warned of rising antisemitic hate crimes.

Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.

The Bank of England and European Central Bank held interest rates steady on Thursday, as officials search for signs of possible longer-term damage and warn of the impact of a prolonged energy shock.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla laid flowers at the Sept. 11 memorial before stopping by an urban farm, the New York Public Library, a business event and a gala.

Not since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, traveled to Washington after the Suez Crisis has a visit by the British monarch come at such a fraught point in Anglo-American relations.

The British royals are set to arrive on Monday for a visit hosted by President Trump, with a garden party, an address to Congress and a banquet on the schedule.

An internal Pentagon email, reported by the Reuters news agency, suggested Washington was reviewing options to penalize the two nations for insufficiently supporting the war in Iran.

A small group in the House of Lords proposed hundreds of amendments that helped stymie a bill that was meant to legalize medically assisted death for the terminally ill.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government blocked the artist formerly known as Kanye West from entering Britain for the three-day Wireless Festival in July.

European politicians risk angering their voters if they join America’s war. Yet they could also face domestic upheaval if they take no action to reopen shipping routes that Iran has blocked and ease an energy crisis.

Sarah Mullally was installed on Wednesday at Canterbury Cathedral. Her appointment to the role has been both celebrated and denounced by some factions within the global Anglican Church.

Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump.

The police said the men, aged 45 and 47, were accused of arson with intent to endanger life after the attack on Monday in Golders Green.

Attacks on schools and property in several countries have Jewish communities on edge, amid suspicions that Iran is behind the violence.

President Trump once called Prime Minister Keir Starmer a friend. But Britain’s decision not to join the attacks on Iran has led to merciless mocking by the president.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s latest global tour emphasized military cooperation rather than developing trade ties.

New research suggests that a legendary 200-mile march by Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, may have actually involved some ships.

The Israeli military said it had killed the spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran warned that it could target American and Israeli military personnel.

While some European countries said they were discussing ways to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, several rejected President Trump’s calls to send warships.

President Trump has urged China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea to send warships to help reopen the waterway, even though they were not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.

The police in London interviewed Virginia Giuffre three times over her allegations about Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell, but never began a criminal investigation.

From London to Rome and beyond, leaders are facing diplomatic headwinds and criticism at home as they take part in a conflict they did not seek.

Can a company trademark the name of a country? In the case of Iceland, the British grocery store, the answer is no.

Joani Reid, a Labour member of parliament, said she had never “seen anything to suspect” her husband had broken the law. The Metropolitan Police said three men were arrested under the National Security Act.

Higher energy prices, political instability and a potential new wave of refugees: The escalating regional conflict in the Middle East could have far-reaching effects.