AFP - A bomb disposal expert was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan, pushing Britain's death toll in the conflict above that of the 1982 Falklands war, defence officials said.

AP - Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 — breaking the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.

AP - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said Monday.

AFP - A senior official at the Metropolitan Police was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a man and trying to falsely accuse him in a spat over money.

AFP - A court jailed two men on Monday for leaving a live grenade outside the home of former Liverpool and Scotland footballer Kenny Dalglish.

AFP - Exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky launched a libel action on Monday over a claim he was behind the murder of former spy Alexander Litvinenko by radioactive poisoning in 2006.

AFP - The London stock market ended in the black on Monday after sharp falls last week caused by mounting debt fears in Europe.

AP - You know an election is coming when British politicians suddenly promise sweeping improvements to the National Health Service, a simultaneous source of national pride and worry.

AFP - A senior official at the Metropolitan Police was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail for assaulting a man and trying to falsely accuse him in a spat over money.

AP - Iran said it will cut ties with the British Museum on Monday because of the museum's failure to lend Tehran an ancient Babylonian artifact described as the world's earliest bill of rights.