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UK-France diplomatic reset ‘not high on agenda’ after Macron victory

Emmanuel Macron’s re-election presents an opportunity to reset Franco-British relations but this is unlikely to be high on the French president’s agenda, experts have said. With Mr Macron no longer seeking votes from supporters of far-right ...

25 Apr 2022 at 15:25

World

Co-operation on the agenda as Israel hosts meeting with four Arab nations

Israel on Monday hosted the foreign ministers of four Arab nations and the United States in a bid to strengthen its position in a rapidly shifting Middle East. The gathering brought together the top diplomats from all but one of the Arab ...

28 Mar 2022 at 14:55

World

China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas, reigniting panda diplomacy

China plans to send a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its long-standing gesture of friendship toward the United States. It comes after nearly all the iconic bears on loan to US zoos were returned as relations ...

22 Feb 2024 at 04:36

Blinken tries to build support for planning a post-war future for Gaza

World

Blinken tries to gain support for post-conflict Gaza as war intensifies

US secretary of state Antony Blinken has sought to build support for planning a post-war future for Gaza as he met wary Arab leaders during his latest urgent mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas conflict began. He held ...

04 Nov 2023 at 13:26

World

Blinken steps up Mid East diplomacy with West Bank talks with Palestinian leader

Antony Blinken has taken his diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Bank, trying to assure Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the US is intensifying efforts to ease the plight of Gaza’s civilians and ...

05 Nov 2023 at 20:46

Salmond death a shock because so many admired him, Alba Party chairwoman says

The Alba Party chairwoman has said former first minister Alex Salmond got the send-off he deserved when his body was repatriated from North Macedonia to Scotland following a fatal heart attack on October 12. In an interview ...

25 Oct 2024 at 19:00

World

Taliban disavows Afghan missions abroad and says it will not honour passports

The Taliban has disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honour passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan’s former Western-backed administration. It ...

30 Jul 2024 at 11:36

World

World’s a little crazy now, we’ll talk about that – Trump tells Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full dose of presidential pomp as the two held a hastily arranged meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky before celebrating the grand ...

07 Dec 2024 at 21:57

World

Trump invites China’s Xi to inauguration despite threat of tariffs on Beijing

President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese president Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month — extending a diplomatic olive branch even as he threatens to levy massive tariffs on Chinese goods. Mr ...

12 Dec 2024 at 14:41

Future of Elgin Marbles a matter for British Museum, says No 10

The future of the Elgin Marbles is in the hands of the British Museum, Downing Street has said, amid reports a deal that could see the sculptures returned to Greece is progressing. No mention was made of the ...

03 Dec 2024 at 14:24

Starmer would not stand in the way of an Elgin Marbles deal, No 10 signals

Sir Keir Starmer would not stand in the way of a deal which could see the Elgin Marbles returned to Greece, Downing Street has indicated. No 10 said the Parthenon sculptures’ future is “entirely” in the ...

03 Dec 2024 at 17:05

Northern Ireland

Concern that GB tourism agency thought ‘Ireland did not exist’

Britain’s tourism agency worked on the basis that “the island of Ireland did not exist”, a senior Stormont civil servant said in 2003. Declassified files show that Will Haire, an official in the Office ...

30 Dec 2024 at 11:00

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