- 23 June, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityBritain
EU agrees need for “robust” action against UK if dispute flares
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments agreed on the need for "robust" action against Britain if London follows through on its threat to escalate a post-Brexit trade dispute, EU diplomats…
U.S., Britain, Norway say told Sudan’s Burhan civilian leadership must be restored
CAIRO (Reuters) - The ambassadors of the United States, Britain, and Norway met Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Tuesday and told him that civilian leadership must be restored in…
Ireland dusts off Brexit contingency plans as trade tensions mount
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish government ministers have met to dust off contingency plans in case disagreements between Britain and the European Union trigger major trade disruption, deputy prime minister Leo…
France and Britain defuse fishing row with ‘positive’ talks
PARIS (Reuters) -France and Britain moved to defuse their dispute over fishing on Thursday, with sanctions off the table for now but all options still possible should talks fail, French…
French minister says UK showed ‘constructive’ spirit in Brexit fishing talks
PARIS (Reuters) - Britain has shown a "constructive" spirit in its talks with France over post-Brexit fishing licences, French transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said on Wednesday. "I spoke to my…
Britain seeks urgent session of top UN rights body on Sudan
GENEVA (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday that it had requested that the U.N. Human Rights Council convene an emergency session on Sudan following last week's military coup. The request…
EU’s Sefcovic warns UK not to embark on ‘confrontation’ – Telegraph
(Reuters) - European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic said the United Kingdom must not "embark on a path of confrontation" amid tension over post-Brexit fishing rights and goods passing through…
Britain sending millions more COVID doses to developing nations
ROME (Reuters) - Britain will send 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to developing countries by the end of this year, in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell other world…
Britain rescues over a dozen LGBT Afghans
(Reuters) - Over a dozen LGBT Afghans reached the United Kingdom after interventions from foreign minister Liz Truss and gay rights organisations, the British government said Friday. Following the arrival…
Britain not expecting China’s Xi in Glasgow – U.N. envoy
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain is not expecting Chinese President Xi Jinping to travel to Scotland for a climate conference and China has indicated it will send…
France, Britain, and Germany have not received invitation to meet Iran -source
PARIS (Reuters) - France, Britain, and Germany (E3) have not received an invitation to meet Iran and stand ready for a meeting, but regret the Iranian negotiator declined to meet…
Amazon signs deal with British spy agencies to boost use of AI for espionage -FT
(Reuters) -Britain's spy agencies have given a contract to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host classified material in a deal aimed at boosting the use of data analytics and artificial…
