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FILE - This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Thieves have stolen the solid gold toilet worth up to 1 million pounds from Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Winston Churchill. The toilet, the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, had been installed only two days earlier at Blenheim Palace, west of London, after previously being on show at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. (AP Photo, File)

Solid gold toilet on exhibit stolen

by Gregory Katz Associated PressSeptember 14, 2019

LONDON — A unique solid gold toilet that was part of an art exhibit was stolen early Saturday from the magnificent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.The toilet, valued at roughly $1.25 million, was the work of…

In this May 5, 2019 photo issued by Karatzas Images, showing the British oil tanker Stena Impero at unknown location, which is believed to have been captured by Iran. Iran's Revolutionary Guard announced on their website Friday July 19, 2019, it has seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest provocation in a strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint in the tensions between Tehran and the West. (Basil M. Karatzas, Karatzas Images via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Iran seizes British oil tanker

by Gregory Katz Associated Press, Robert Burns Associated Press, and Amir Vahdat Associated PressJuly 19, 2019

FILE - In this Thursday, July 26, 2007 file photo, a general view of the Houses of Parliament on the river Thames in London. British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced she will step down as leader of the Conservative Party on June 7, 2019 starting a process that will lead to a Conservative Party leadership contest and a new British prime minister who will lead the government during the Brexit process. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

UK searches for new party leader after May’s resignation

by Gregory Katz Associated PressMay 25, 2019

Police bundle WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy into a police van in London after he was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday April 11, 2019. Police in London arrested WikiLeaks founder Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy Thursday for failing to surrender to the court in 2012, shortly after the South American nation revoked his asylum. (@DailyDOOH via AP)

Sweden has claims to Assange, too

by Gregory Katz Associated PressApril 13, 2019

British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, March 22, 2019. Worn down by three years of indecision in London, EU leaders on Thursday were grudgingly leaning toward giving the U.K. more time to ease itself out of the bloc. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

U.K.’s May faces pressure to step down

by Gregory Katz Associated PressMarch 24, 2019

A doll resembling British Prime Minister Theresa May stands among demonstrators during a Peoples Vote anti-Brexit march in London, Saturday, March 23, 2019. The march, organized by the People's Vote campaign is calling for a final vote on any proposed Brexit deal. This week the EU has granted Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May a delay to the Brexit process. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Anti-Brexit marchers flood into London, demand new vote

by Gregory Katz Associated PressMarch 23, 2019

A man walks past a mural showing Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist who had sought and been denied an abortion before she died after a miscarriage in a Galway hospital, with the word YES over it, in Dublin, Ireland, on the day of a referendum on the 8th amendment of the constitution. The referendum on whether to repeal the country's strict anti-abortion law is being seen by anti-abortion activists as a last-ditch stand against what they view as a European norm of abortion-on-demand, while for pro-abortion rights advocates, it is a fundamental moment for declaring an Irish woman's right to choose. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Exit Polls: Ireland Repeals Abortion Ban

by Gregory Katz Associated Press, and Renata Brito Associated PressMay 25, 2018

A woman protests against a demonstration by volunteers from Reproductive rights, against Oppression, Sexism & Austerity (ROSA) in Dublin, Wednesday May 23, 2018, as they call for a 'Yes' vote in Ireland's upcoming abortion referendum on Friday. (Niall Carson/PA via AP)

Landmark Abortion Vote in Ireland May Change Constitution

by Leo Enright Associated Press, and Gregory Katz Associated PressMay 24, 2018

Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle pose for photographers during a photocall in the grounds of Kensington Palace in London, Monday Nov. 27, 2017. Britain's royal palace says Prince Harry and actress Meghan Markle are engaged and will marry in the spring of 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Prince Harry, American Actress to Wed

by Gregory Katz Associated PressNovember 28, 2017

A resident in a nearby building watches smoke rise from a building on fire in London, Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Grief turned to outrage Friday amid reports that materials used in the building's renovation could have fueled the inferno that left dozens dead and missing as it decimated the public housing block. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Police: 58 Confirmed Dead After London Blaze

by Gregory Katz Associated PressJune 17, 2017