Great Britain finished in third place at the sixth leg of the FEI Eventing Nations Cup™ held at Arville, Belgium. Germany took the honours with a score of 109.2, with France finishing in second place on 119.2, whilst Great Britain finished third on 121.0. The home nation Belgium finished fourth on 143.0. Selena Milnes and...
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Foreign Office official quits over UK refusal to ban arms exports to Israel
A Foreign Office official has resigned over the UK’s refusal to ban arms exports to Israel because of alleged breaches of international law. Mark Smith, a counter-terrorism official based at the British embassy in Dublin, said he had resigned after making numerous internal complaints, including through an official whistleblowing mechanism, but receiving nothing but pro-forma...
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Britain’s leadership on Ukraine has ‘slowed down’, Zelensky tells Starmer
Britain’s leadership on Ukraine has ‘slowed down’, Zelensky tells Starmer Jump to content
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Beautiful animal you won’t find in any of UK’s best zoos as China took them back
At the end of last year two of the most recognisable animals on Earth left these shores for a journey to the other side of the world that would bring to an end more than 80 years of a UK zoo being home to a giant panda. The remarkable bear-sized bamboo-eating animals first captured the...
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WW3 fears soar as UK is dragged into Putin’s war by Ukrainian MP
A Ukrainian MP warned allies the war with Russia would end quicker if his country was handed more liberty to use foreign-provided weapons to fight. Ukraine has been heavily relying on Western military equipment since the start of the invasion in 2022 but has been heavily curtailed in terms of what it can deploy amid...
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Rock Against Racism is reborn as gigs planned in riot towns across Britain
Anti-racism campaigners are planning to organise unity gigs in the towns and cities blighted by anti-immigrant riots to combat the growing influence of the far right in some parts of Britain. Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) – the successor organisation to the Rock Against Racism (RAR) movement which helped turn the tide against the National...
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West failing to take Iran threat seriously out of sheer arrogance, says woman who infiltrated regime
But Nasser Kanaani, a spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: “The declaration by France, Germany and Britain, which raised no objection to international crimes of the Zionist regime, brazenly asks Iran to take no deterrent action against a regime which has violated its sovereignty.” In the aftermath of the assassination of Hamas...
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‘Virtually intact’ wreck off Scotland believed to be Royal Navy warship torpedoed in first world war
A team of UK divers has hailed the discovery of a wreck off Scotland believed to be a Royal Navy warship sunk during the first world war but still “virtually intact”. The team found what it thinks is HMS Hawke – which sank after being hit by a German torpedo in October 1914 – in...
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David Lammy warns of rising risk of full-scale regional war in Middle East
There is a rising risk of “full-scale regional war” in the Middle East, the foreign secretary, David Lammy, has warned, amid frantic international efforts to calm tensions with Iran and reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. With the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, flying into Israel this weekend to push for a...
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The dystopian-looking weapon supplied by UK that Ukraine is using on Putin
Vladimir Putin‘s troops have been forced to return to Russia to curb Ukraine‘s advancing forces, and now Volodymyr Zelensky‘s soldiers have unleashed a new British weapon that may tilt the war in their favour. The robo-dogs President Zelensky’s war heroes now have at their disposal are able to travel into Russian-occupied territories and wreak havoc,...
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Reeves’ appraisal of Britain’s economy is becoming laughable
First quarter growth was 0.7pc, while the second quarter, announced last week, yielded a still healthy 0.6pc. This annualises at what, by the standards of the post-financial crisis slough of despond, is a positively rip-roaring 2.4pc. Much of this gain is admittedly just a rebound from last year’s mild recession; things are likely to slow...
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Middle Eastern investment in Britain rocked by anti-Muslim riots
Robert Gardener, formerly of the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority and now director of government affairs at law firm Hogan Lovells, said leaders in the region are, contrary to common perceptions, sensitive to public opinion. “With their overseas investment the Gulf states will always be looking at how it is going to play out back...