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By Al Jazeera Staff in Europe on May 5th, 2010
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Britain has held what appears to be the tightest election race in a generation.

The Conservative party took the lead but failed to gain a clear parliamentary majority, leaving the UK with a hung parliament. Eyes are now on the Liberal Democrats, as the two main parties attempt to woo them into forming an alliance.

You can follow the the latest news from Al Jazeera's UK election team right here.  

1636 GMT It's not just Nick Clegg that David Cameron is going to have to convince of the merits of a coalition. As this story from the Financial Times shows, he faces a battle persuading his own party.

By Ayman Mohyeldin in Middle East on December 15th, 2009
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It's one of those stories that comes out of nowhere and few actually know what happened.

It began when Al Jazeera reported that a British court had issued an arrest warrant for former Israeli foreign minister and Gaza war architect Tzipi Livni.

For hours, Israeli and British officials denied the report. Then British and Israeli media got wind of the story and began to report it. By the end of Monday, it was irrefutable. 

Livni had cancelled a speaking engagement at the Jewish National Fund in the UK, but why and when were there still unanswered questions? 

After a British court issued - then withdrew - the arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni, the Israeli government, after first denying the reports - suddenly shifted gears, going into damage control and launching a scathing criticism of the British government.

By Hamish Macdonald in Europe on October 20th, 2009

I always know there's an interesting news story somewhere in the world when I get texts in the early hours of the morning. Today was no different. I woke to a blast of SMS beeps telling me there may be another deportation flight for failed asylum seekers.

According the text, it would fly to Afghanistan. The flight would include refugees picked up in both France and Britain and would depart Lille later on Tuesday. The truth is that my source probably didn't know the full story. Very few people actually do. These deportation flights are conducted under a thick veil of secrecy.

By Alan Fisher in Europe on August 25th, 2009

There was no way of avoiding it. The media had been invited - and even though Israel and the Middle East was meant to be the talking point, Lockerbie was all the UK press really wanted an answer to.

Gordon Brown strode into a room, somewhere on the first floor of Downing Street, the smile fixed on his face as he led Benjamin Netanyahu to the podiums before us. This wasn't a news conference we were told - this was "brief remarks" on the visit by the Israeli Prime Minister. This was the spin doctors doing their best to limit exposure the kryptonite of the "what did you think about..." question.

Brief, polite remarks came first. Then the question everyone wanted answered. "What did you think of the decision to free the Lockerbie bomber? What role did the British Government play in the decision?". Read them again. Pretty straight forward aren't they?

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