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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared as a guest at a Washington Nationals baseball game on Wednesday. Kevin LaMarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — When Rishi Sunak became the United Kingdom's prime minister last fall, it was right around the Indian holiday of Diwali — and Sunak is the first U.K. prime minister of Indian descent. So President Biden gave him a shout-out at the White House Diwali party. But he That left some in London with the impression the Biden administration hadn't learned who the British prime minister was — or didn't care. So as Sunak heads to the White House Thursday, he's looking to reset what's long been called a "special relationship" between Britain and the United States. He wants to prove that after Brexit, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and political turmoil in London, Britain remains one of the most important U.S. allies. Sunak walks onto the baseball field at Nationals Park. The British prime minister is in Washington in part to focus on "specific and targeted" ways to improve trade between the U.S. and the U.K. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images "There has been an unusual level of political turbulence. Sunak will want to get the impression across that stability has been restored," says Kim Darroch, a former British ambassador to Washington. "As for Britain's place in the world, we're the second-biggest contributor in terms of military assistance to Ukraine. We are the second-largest contributor to NATO. So there's no question ...

Boris Johnson wrote The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History (2014), based on the life of Winston Churchill. Boris Johnson, in full Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, (born June 19, 1964, New York City, Early life and career as a journalist As a child, Johnson lived in The Times in 1987 but was fired for fabricating a quotation. He then began working for The Daily Telegraph, where he served as a correspondent covering the The Spectator, and in 1999 he was named the magazine’s editor, continuing in that role until 2005. Election to Parliament In 1997 Johnson was selected as the Have I Got News for You. His bumbling demeanour and occasionally irreverent remarks made him a The Spectator, and in 2004 he was dismissed from his position as shadow arts minister after rumours surfaced of an affair between Johnson and a journalist. Despite such public rebukes, Johnson was reelected to his parliamentary seat in 2005. Mayor of London Johnson entered into the London mayoral election in July 2007, challenging Labour While pursuing his political career, Johnson continued to write. His output as an author included Lend Me Your Ears (2003), a collection of essays; Seventy-two Virgins (2004), a novel; and The Dream of Rome (2006), a historical survey of the Roman Empire. In 2014 he added The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History, which was described by one reviewer as a “breathless romp through the life and times” of Return to Parliament, the Brexit referendum, and failed pursu...