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at the Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

SYLVIA HUI

UK reporter

Hui, based in London, reports on UK news for The Associated Press with particular interest in foreign and social affairs and human rights.
A man walks outside the BBC Headquarters in London, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Furor over editing of Trump speech sparks ‘existential crisis’ at the BBC
The sudden resignation of two top bosses at the BBC over the editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump dealt a huge blow to the broadcaster.
 
Taiwan's Vice President Bi-Khim Hsiao speaks during an event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Taiwan’s vice president calls for closer EU ties in rare address to international lawmakers
Taiwan’s deputy leader has urged the European Union to strengthen security and trade ties with Taiwan and support its democracy amid growing threats from China.
 
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, far left, and her husband, Prince Philip, far right, stand with President Dwight Eisenhower, second from left, and first lady Mamie at the White House in Washington, Oct. 17, 1957. (AP Photo, File)
Buckingham Palace will stage the largest-ever display of Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion next year
The largest-ever exhibition of Queen Elizabeth II’s fashion is set to open at Buckingham Palace next year to mark her birth centenary.
 
Catherine Connolly smiles to supporters after being elected as the new President of Ireland at Dublin Castle, Ireland, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Ireland’s president elect is a left-wing, anti-establishment figure who is outspoken on Gaza
Catherine Connolly, a left-wing independent, has been elected as Ireland’s president. She secured 63% of the votes in a landslide victory on Saturday, defeating center-right rival Heather Humphreys.
 
This undated photo provided by Essex Police on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 shows Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu. (Essex Police/PA via AP)
London police arrest a sex offender and asylum-seeker who was mistakenly released from prison
London police have arrested a convicted sex offender and asylum-seeker who was mistakenly released from prison.
 
Left-wing independent presidential candidate Catherine Connolly arrives at Dublin Castle for the count in Ireland's presidential election to replace Michael D. Higgins, who has served the maximum two seven-year terms, on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)
Left-leaning independent Connolly wins Irish presidential election
Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, who secured the backing of Ireland’s left-leaning parties including Sinn Féin, has won the country’s presidential election in a landslide victory against her center-right rival.
 
Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys casts her vote with the help of her one-year-old grandaughter Charlotte at Killeevan Central National School in Newbliss, Co Monaghan, for the election for the next Irish president, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA via AP)
What to know about Ireland’s election as the country votes for a new president
Voters in Ireland are going to the polls to elect one of two women as their new president. Catherine Connolly, a left-wing independent lawmaker who has the backing of Sinn Féin and is known for her strong stance against Israel, is widely seen as the leading candidate in Friday’s election.
 
The memoir book of Virginia Giuffre, "Nobody's Girl" is seen amongst other books in a store and is up for sale in London, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 six months after Giuffre died by suicide in April.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Memoir by Prince Andrew’s accuser reignites a scandal that has long dogged UK royals
The British royal family is under intense scrutiny as Virginia Giuffre’s memoir hits bookstores. Giuffre, an accuser of Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein, died by suicide in April.
 
Royal Ulster Constabulary Police officers stand on Market Street, the scene of a car bombing in the centre of Omagh, Co Tyrone, 72 miles west of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Aug. 15, 1998. (AP Photo/Paul McErlane, File)
UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process
Britain believes its experience in Northern Ireland could help achieve a lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
 
Displaced Palestinians gather on the coastal road near Wadi Gaza in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, during an attempt to return to Gaza City after the announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Tens of thousands of Palestinians return to their homes as ceasefire takes effect
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A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the military said, hours after Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal to pause the fighting and exchange the remaining hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
 
Einav Zangauker, center, mother of Matan Zangauker, who is being held hostage by Hamas, reacts as she and others celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israeli Cabinet approves Trump’s plan for Gaza ceasefire and release of Hamas hostages
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Israel’s Cabinet early Friday approved President Donald Trump’s plan for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of all the remaining hostages held by Hamas, a key step toward ending the two-year war that has destabilized the Middle East.
 
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip celebrate following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting, at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Israel and Hamas agree to exchange hostages and prisoners in plan to pause fighting
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, U.S.
 
FILE -Christopher Berry arrives at the Central Criminal Court, in London, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
UK prosecutor says a spying case collapsed because the government wouldn’t call China a threat
The chief prosecutor for England and Wales says the trial of two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because the government refused to label China a national security threat.
 
This Sept. 20, 2025 file photos shows author Jilly Cooper at The Queen's Reading Room Festival, a literary event celebrating the power and benefits of reading, held at Chatsworth in Derbyshire, England. (Lucy Ray/PA via AP)
Jilly Cooper, British author of bestselling risqué novels, including ‘Rivals,’ dies at 88
British author Jilly Cooper, known for her bestselling novels, including “Rivals” and “Riders,” has died. She was 88.
 
An armed police officer at the scene of a stabbing incident at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Thursday Oct. 2, 2025. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
Attacker who killed 2 people and injured 3 at British synagogue is dead, police say
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FILE - The seal of The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen on the Headquarters in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say
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Jimmy Kimmel attends "The Heart of Rock and Roll" special celebration on April 19, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Democrats introduce bill to protect free speech following Kimmel suspension
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Guests attend a State Banquet during a State visit of President Donald Trump at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit
Follow the latest news on President Donald Trump and his administration | September 17, 2025
 
General view of the outside of the Central Criminal Court, commonly known as the Old Bailey, in London, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, file)
UK drops charges against 2 men accused of spying for China
Authorities say two men accused of spying for China in Britain including a former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament will not face trial.
 
Members of the Hampshire Regency Dancers practice dance in Winchester, England, Sept. 10, 2025, ahead of the 10 days Jane Austen Festival starting on Friday. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
Jane Austen fans honor 250 years since her birth with grand costumed balls and dancing
Fans of Jane Austen are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the beloved author’s birth with costumed balls and themed events.
 
Police officers carry a protester during a protest to support Palestine Action in London, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
Police arrest almost 900 at London protest supporting banned group Palestine Action
Police say they arrested almost 900 protesters outside Parliament in London for defying a ban on the group Palestine Action, which the government has labeled a terrorist organization.
 
Police officers carry a protester during a protest to support Palestine Action in London, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
Police arrest more than 400 at London protest supporting banned group Palestine Action
Police have arrested more than 400 protesters outside Parliament in London for defying a ban on the group Palestine Action, which the government has labeled a terrorist organization.
 
British Reform party leader Nigel Farage poses in front of a mock departures board during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)
UK’s hard-right Reform party says it will mass-deport migrants if it wins power
The leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform party has pledged to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally.
 
A police officer reacts as demonstrators hold placards and banners as they leave a protest outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, near London, Sunday, July 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, file)
Officials win court case to remove asylum-seekers from a UK hotel that’s been the focus of protests
A hotel near London that has become the focus of heated anti-migrant protests will have to remove asylum-seekers who are staying there after authorities won a legal bid.
 
Graduating students take photos outside Senate House at Cambridge University, England, May 17. 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP, File)
College applications rise outside US as Trump cracks down on international students
As part of its crackdown on immigration, President Donald Trump’s administration is pressuring U.S. colleges to reduce their dependence on international enrollment while adding new layers of scrutiny for foreign students.
 
Members of the public wearing red demonstrate outside Parliament to protest the treatment of people in Gaza on the final day before summer recess at Parliament Square in London, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
War in Gaza tests ties between Israel and traditional European allies
Britain is threatening to take further action against Israel if it does not agree to end the war in Gaza.
 
Smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
UK, Canada and 26 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’
A joint statement by 28 countries including Britain, Japan and Canada is calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza. They say that the 21-month war “must end now.”
 
This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)
BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s son breached editorial guidelines, review says
Britain’s media regulator says it will investigate a BBC documentary about children in Gaza after a report found that it was narrated by the son of a Hamas official and therefore breached editorial guidelines on accuracy.
 
British television host Gregg Wallace, Feb 16, 2017. (Yui Mok/PA via AP, File)
BBC sacks a second ‘MasterChef’ host over claim he used racist language
The BBC says longtime “MasterChef” host John Torode has been sacked for allegedly using racist language on set.
 
A logo of a post office is displayed in London, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
At least 13 may have killed themselves over UK’s Post Office wrongful convictions scandal
A report says at least 13 people were thought to have taken their own lives as a result of Britain’s Post Office scandal.
 
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