Brian Melley

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  • Zelenskyy looks up at Trump smilingly.Global

    Zelenskyy’s speedrun of gratitude—nine thank yous in one minute—shows how foreign leaders talk to Trump

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Chris Brown on stageLifestyle

    Chris Brown is out on bail after allegedly assaulting a music producer during his last tour. His next world tour starts next month

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Gene Hackman smiles with his wife Betsy ArakawaLifestyle

    Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog all found dead in their New Mexico home

    By Susan Montoya Bryan, Felicia Fonseca, and others
  • KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 16: Britain’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, speaks during an interview on January 16, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The British Prime Minister’s visit to Ukraine comes at a pivotal moment for Ukraine’s allies in the conflict against Russia, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Trump had made campaign promises to end the war on Day One of his term, but has since walked back his ambitious timeline. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)Politics

    U.K.’s Keir Starmer seeks to stay in Trump’s good books as Europe comes next in Trump’s tariff list

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • British royal guards outside Buckingham PalacePolitics

    Buckingham Palace is clashing with animal rights groups over the guards’ iconic bearskin caps

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, on June 7, 2023. Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday Dec. 15, 2023 against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)Finance

    Prince Harry won his lawsuit against tabloid publisher that hacked his phone—and was awarded $175,000

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Disappearing California forestsEnvironment

    California’s prized redwood forests are going extinct: ‘We’re losing them at a rate that is something that we can’t sustain’

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 23: Queen Elizabeth II visits The Chelsea Flower Show 2022 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on May 23, 2022 in London, England. The Chelsea Flower Show returns to its usual place in the horticultural calendar after being cancelled in 2020 and postponed in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. This year sees the Show celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and also a theme of calm and mindfulness running through the garden designs. (Photo by James Whatling – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

    UK man encouraged by an AI chatbot to kill Queen Elizabeth II is sentenced to 9 years in prison for trying to carry out the murder

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – AUGUST 03: An art handler looks at Freddie Mercurty’s stage costumes during a photocall at Sotheby’s auction house for the unveiling of Freddie Mercury’s entire private collection ahead of an exhibition and six dedicated sales in London, United Kingdom on August 03, 2023. ‘Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own’ exhibition starring stage costumes, handwritten lyrics, fine and decorative arts, Japanese art, precious objects and a trove of personal belongings will be open to the public between August 4th and September 5th, before the items are offered across six dedicated auctions, each one devoted to a different aspect of Mercuryâs life, both public and private. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Freddie Mercury auction is a hit as his ‘clutter’ including a prized piano and lyrics to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ fetch $15.4 million

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Hartwig Fischer

    ‘He basically told me to sod off and mind my own business’: British Museum whistleblower stunned at director’s resignation 2 years late

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Prince Harry

    Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch is going to trial—except for the phone hacking claims

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Huw Edwards

    Huw Edwards’ wife identifies him as BBC presenter accused of sexual misconduct. Police say no evidence he committed any crime

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Meghan Markle

    Sun tabloid’s column fantasizing about abusing a naked Meghan Markle breached editorial standards, UK watchdog says

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Prince Harry arrives at the High Court in London, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Prince Harry has given evidence from the witness box and has sworn to tell the truth in testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. He alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques on an “industrial scale” to get scoops. Publisher Mirror Group Newspapers is contesting the claims. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)Lifestyle

    Prince Harry is on a mission to hold newspapers accountable for phone hacking and illegal surveillance but offers little evidence in court trial

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook Britain’s Prince Harry being cross examined by Andrew Green KC, as he gives evidence at the Rolls Buildings in central London, Tuesday, June 6, 2023 during the phone hacking trial against Mirror Group Newspapers (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)Lifestyle

    Prince Harry testifies that tabloids ruined his childhood but can’t recall specific stories saying ‘every single article’ caused him ‘distress’

    By Brian Melley, Jill Lawless, and others