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Watchdog warns Boris Johnson of suspected spyware attack on No 10

The Prime Minister’s Downing Street office may have been the target of surveillance by powerful spyware made by the Israel-based NSO Group, according to a cyber watchdog group. Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto on Monday said it “observed and ...

19 Apr 2022 at 01:25

UK pledges extra £286m of emergency aid for Afghan people

The UK is pledging an extra £286 million of emergency aid to provide life-sustaining food, shelter and medical supplies for people in Afghanistan. The announcement comes as Britain is set to co-host a United Nations (UN) international pledging ...

30 Mar 2022 at 01:25

More of UK’s aid budget spent inside UK than in poor countries – experts

More of UK’s aid budget spent inside UK than in poor countries – think tank

The UK is now spending more of its international development budget at home than in poor developing countries, development experts have said. That is because a large proportion of the pot is being spent on housing refugees, mainly from ...

29 Oct 2022 at 08:34

Cleverly: UK cannot hang on to ‘comfort blanket’ of traditional allies

The UK must look beyond its traditional allies and forge new partnerships with a crop of increasingly influential countries across Latin America, Asia and Africa, James Cleverly has said. In his first major speech as Foreign Secretary,...

12 Dec 2022 at 12:49

BBC director general calls for ‘serious public service investment’ amid cuts

The director-general of the BBC has called for “serious public service investment” if it is to compete with international rivals in the coming years. Tim Davie said during a Royal Television Society event in London that the BBC needs ...

07 Dec 2022 at 14:54

Demining charity urges UK to get behind its efforts to ‘decontaminate’ Ukraine

The world’s largest demining charity, the Halo Trust, has urged the UK to get behind its efforts with more funding to “decontaminate” Ukraine. As the one-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches, the charity is ...

24 Feb 2023 at 08:14

British man found dead alongside ‘seriously injured’ woman in Florence hotel

A British man has been found dead at a hotel in Florence alongside a woman suffering from serious injuries. According to local media reports, the 40-year-old man was found dead in his room at the four-star Hotel Continentale on ...

17 Jul 2022 at 00:30

Kabul whistleblower warns of Civil Service politicisation under Tories

A whistleblower who helped expose the Government’s chaotic response to the fall of Kabul has warned that the Civil Service has become dangerously politicised. Josie Stewart, a former senior official at the Foreign, ...

03 Feb 2023 at 22:29

Government urged to do more to tackle ‘pernicious’ practice of forced marriage

Promises to tackle violence against women and girls will be seen as meaningless unless the issue of forced marriage is confronted by Government, a review has warned. Ministers have been urged not to “shrink” from ...

26 Apr 2023 at 15:49

Labour will focus on economic diplomacy with EU a priority, Lammy says

A Labour government will strengthen diplomatic links with countries critical to Britain’s economic growth – particularly the European Union, shadow foreign secretary David Lammy will say. Improving relations ...

19 Jun 2023 at 22:30

Keir Starmer says sparks from Middle East conflict ‘light touchpapers’ at home

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the “sparks” from the conflict in the Middle East “light touchpapers in our own communities here at home” as he called out ”vile hatred” that has been seen against ...

06 Oct 2024 at 00:01

British lawyer dies from suspected methanol poisoning in Laos

A British lawyer has died after allegedly being served alcohol poisoned with methanol in Laos. Simone White, from Orpington, Kent, was among a number of people taken to hospital following the incident in ...

21 Nov 2024 at 17:02

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