Frank Langfitt

The UK government has decided that British telecom companies can no longer buy equipment from Huawei, the controversial Chinese telecom giant, for development of 5G beginning next year.

As thousands of Europeans turn to bicycling during the coronavirus crisis, our correspondents in Paris and London report on how those two cities have responded to the new demand.

The package, announced Sunday, includes grants and loans that theaters, museums, live music venues and others can use to pay salaries and maintenance costs as they try to survive during the pandemic.

The British government has announced it would provide a major monetary lifeline to theaters, arts and music venues, independent cinemas, and heritage sites hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

After months under lockdown, thousands of pubs in England opened on Saturday. Beer drinkers are calling it their own "Independence Day," but health experts worry it could spread the coronavirus.

NPR's correspondents in Paris, London and Berlin update on how the pandemic is affecting life in Europe.

Britain's Cambridge University plans to teach large lectures online, but will hold seminars and tutorials in person with social distancing — in the aim that everyone will come to campus.

The attempts to remove statues of people with a slaving or racist past in the U.K. have led to political leaders, nationalists and some far-right groups defending the monuments.

Far-right protesters came out in London and Paris yesterday - violently clashing in London with those who've been protesting against police brutality and racism.

Police in Britain have been dealing with mass protests following the death of George Floyd. However, the way UK police manage demonstrations greatly differs from their American counterparts.

The widespread protests sparked by George Floyd's killing are reverberating in Europe, leading to the removal of two statues in the United Kingdom and one in Belgium tied to racist, colonial legacies.

In Bristol, England, protesters demonstrating against racism and police brutality pulled down the statue of Edward Colston, a prominent 17th century slave trader and dumped it in the harbor.

Demonstrators have gathered in London's Hyde Park Wednesday evening to protest the killing of George Floyd and denounce police brutality in the United States.

Britons rally in London's Hyde Park to protest the killing of Floyd George and other Americans who have died at the hands of police.

Official statistics in the United Kingdom show that people of color in there are much more likley to die from COVID-19 than the rest of the population. Health officials are trying to figure out why.

Relations between the United Kingdom and China were on an upswing for many years. But now, Chinese assertiveness and disinformation have soured relations in the era of the coronavirus.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised his top aide who is accused of violating quarantine rules by leaving London and driving to northern England while he was infected with COVID-19.

China plans to enact national security legislation for Hong Kong that would put an end to free speech and political freedoms guaranteed to the city when it was handed back to China in 1997.

Oxford research has found conspiracy theories about the virus gaining ground.

Political analysts say China's growing assertiveness and its recent coronavirus disinformation campaign have soured relations and encouraged the British government to reconsider its China policy.