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The United Kingdom is “open” to Germany joining an international coalition to build the next generation of fighter jets, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced. Speaking in Berlin on Thursday, during his first visit to the German capital since taking office, Burnham said he “indicated” to Chancellor Friedrich Merz Britain’s “openness” to the country joining the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP). Initially a pact between the UK, Italy and Japan to build a sixth-generation fighter jet,...
Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Thursday marks 30 days since Israel's foreign minister ordered the closure of the UK consulate in occupied East Jerusalem.
New resolution by the UK's Green Party says the answer is YES
Rubio visits Iceland, says no direct link between the removal of US bombers and suspicions of a terrorist act in the UK
Britain’s disgraced former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has launched a High Court challenge “to quash search warrants” obtained by police ahead of his arrest earlier this year, the judiciary has confirmed. The London court was set to hold a private hearing on Thursday, the judiciary said in a statement on Monday, as King Charles’ brother challenged Thames Valley Police over searches of his former and current homes on royal estates. The force arrested the 66-year-old on his birthday on...
Israel's president declared that the 'antisemitic lie' deliberately endangers Jews and Israelis.
The EU said Wednesday it was up to London to chart a way forward for Britain's relations with the bloc, after Prime Minister Andy Burnham put the idea of rejoining on the table. Burnham reopened the divisive Brexit debate Wednesday by saying his centre-left Labour government could go "all the way" and propose membership of the bloc, once it has weighed the "pros and cons" of different possible relationships with Europe. For the European perspective, FRANCE 24's Dave Keating reports from Brussels.
A British-French agreement aimed at reducing the number of people trying to cross the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, London said Wednesday. The pilot programme was intended to break the business model of "people smugglers" by exchanging undocumented migrants who had made the crossing for people who legally applied for asylum.
UK intelligence agency accuses Chinese institute of funding academic research to boost Beijing’s espionage capability.
A pilot programme between the UK and France that aimed to curb the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has been scrapped, Britain’s government said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Home Office said the so-called “one in, one out” deal is “no longer processing new cases”. Under the plan, people who arrived in the UK after making the dangerous crossing across the Channel could be detained and returned to France in exchange for an equivalent number of asylum seekers who...
New British Prime Minister Andy Burnham set out a sweeping political vision on Tuesday, pledging to give Britain “a new social contract for the 21st century”, reform the country’s electoral system and reset its relationship with its European neighbours. But he acknowledged that economic constraints make delivering his sweeping plans a big political risk. “Small things will not get us through what are difficult times,” Burnham said in a tough-love speech to the centre-left Labour Party’s annual...
Members at annual conference are optimistic about new PM
Harshbir Sangha will also serve as the U.K.’s Deputy Trade Commissioner for Investment in South Asia
President Javier Milei said in a hypothetical scenario that Falkland Islanders would not be deported if the UK ever ceded the territory to Argentina.
Argentina steps up its Las Malvinas claim as tensions with the UK grow over offshore oil drilling.
From street attacks to political rhetoric, xenophobia is becoming quotidian.
Canada pledges 100 million Canadian dollars ($71m) for Palestinians as UK and France urge action on Israeli settlements.
UK PM Burnham condemned Israel’s war on Gaza, and explains why the UK sanctioned illegal Israeli settlements.
In his first speech to the UN as UK prime minister, Burnham highlighted the risks posed by Russian disinformation.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham addressed the UN General Assembly, accusing Russia of information warfare.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his country’s relations with Britain were better under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, but he criticised a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands. Trump and Burnham shook hands as they met for the first time on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “No, I think they’re up – well, they’re more up now than they were with your last prime minister, let me put it that way,” Trump told reporters, referring to Keir Starmer. “Right...
Argentine coverage calls it a British reinforcement. A written parliamentary answer describes four Typhoons replacing four Typhoons, in late 2027. The post Britain Is Not Sending More Jets to the Falkland Islands, and the Paperwork Says So appeared first on The Rio Times.