Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at the Vatican on Thursday for a historic visit to forge closer relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church, a welcome spiritual respite for the royals from the turmoil at home over the Epstein sex scandal.

A British man has drowned after his surfboard snapped during wild weather in Victoria while the friend who tried to save him also died. Police were called to Frankston Beach, about 45km (28 miles) south-east of Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon after receiving reports two men were in trouble in the water.

Britain's King Charles and Pope Leo XIV prayed together in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Thursday, in the first joint worship including an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff since King Henry VIII broke away from Rome in 1534.

A British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement signed Tuesday between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has pledged an additional £10m in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crimes and attacks. It follows his visit to a Peacehaven mosque that was targeted in a suspected arson attack earlier this month.

Britain's competition regulator took aim at Google and Apple and flagged the two business giants under its highest designation as nearly too powerful to control.

The British Museum Ball represents London’s latest attempt to leverage fashion to elevate the nation’s status.

A small number of British planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a US-led multinational taskforce to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.

A contract, obtained by 9NEWS Investigates, shows Colorado Parks and Wildlife agreed to pay British Columbia up to $400,000 for up to 15 wolves to be captured.

Judge Patrick Lynch ruled at Belfast Crown Court that prosecutors failed to prove that the veteran identified only as “Soldier F” had opened fire, with intent to kill, on unarmed civilians who were running to safety.

A British surfer has died after his surfboard snapped in stormy weather off the coast of Victoria, Australia. Police were called to Frankston Beach, about 45km south-east of Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon after receiving reports two men were in trouble in the water.