6 hours ago Jennifer McKiernan & Emily McGarvey,BBC Politics PA Media Twelve months of mandatory national service would be reintroduced by the Conservatives if they win the general election. Eighteen-year-olds would be able to apply for one of 30,000 full-time military placements or volunteering one weekend a month carrying out a community service. Prime Minister...
Category: World
Post
Post
Pilot dies after Spitfire crash in Lincolnshire field
42 minutes ago By Kevin Shoesmith and Jake Zuckerman, in Coningsby ,BBC News Jake Zuckerman/BBC The Spitfire came down in a field in Coningsby on Saturday afternoon A pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed in a field close to an RAF station in Lincolnshire, officials said. Emergency services were called to the field off...
Post
World Triathlon Championship Series: GB’s Alex Yee wins gold in Italy as Beth Potter claims bronze
Beth Potter won bronze as four British athletes finished in the top 10 of the women’s race. World champion Potter, who has also already secured her spot in the Team GB squad at the Paris Olympics, finished seven seconds behind winner Cassandre Beaugrand. France’s Beaugrand claimed gold, ahead of Germany’s Lisa Tertsch, with a time...
Post
China accuses Britain of ‘wanton stigmatisation’ after spy found dead
China has accused Britain of false accusation, “wanton stigmatisation” and arbitrary arrests after the unexplained death of a man charged with illegally assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service. China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong said in a statement on its website that it strongly condemned Britain for what it said were false accusations against...
Post
Beijing accuses UK of making false allegations against Chinese citizens
China has accused the UK of false accusations, “wanton stigmatisation” and arbitrary arrests after the unexplained death of a man charged with illegally assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service. China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong said in a statement on its website on Saturday that it strongly condemned Britain for what it said were...
Post
Great Britain underway at World Rowing Cup II – British Rowing
Great Britain underway at World Rowing Cup II World Rowing Cup II in Lucerne began in glorious sunshine, before the afternoon session was delayed by adverse weather conditions. Despite the storm, GB will race in eight finals on Sunday, with three crews racing in semi finals on Saturday. Credit: Benedict Tufnell Emily Craig returned to...
Post
Analysis: Why UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an election he’s expected to lose | CNN
London CNN — When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that the United Kingdom would hold a general election on July 4, many observers wondered: why now? More specifically, why has the PM called an election that is almost certain to lose? For months, polls have placed Sunak’s Conservative Party way behind the...
Post
U.K.’s Rwanda migrant plan may never get off ground
LONDON – The controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda may never get off the ground, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday that there would be no deportations before a national election in July. After taking office in October 2022, Sunak made the plan to send migrants who...
Post
UK General Elections 2024: All About Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer And Other Key Players
The year of elections is set to witness yet another country going to the polls on July 4, 2024. Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announced an early election in Britain, on Wednesday. This comes as a surprise as it was believed that autumn was the anticipated time of elections as Sunak’s...
Post
Russia threatens to attack British targets as World War 3 fears explode
Moscow has issued a stark warning, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stating that Russia will target British sites if UK-supplied weapons are used by Ukraine to attack Russian territory, sparking World War 3 fears. Zakharova stressed that British targets “on Ukraine‘s territory and beyond its borders” could be hit. This follows an earlier warning...
Post
World War 3 fears erupt after Kremlin warns it will strike British targets if UK weapons are used to hit Russian territory
Russia will strike British targets if weapons from the UK are used by Ukraine to hit Russian territory, a Kremlin spokesperson has warned. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova said that British targets “on Ukraine’s territory and beyond its borders” could be hit if required. It comes after Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Ukraine had...
Post
Growth across UK biz dips in May, in early blow to Sunak, shows PMI survey
File Image of British PM Rishi Sunak (Reuters Photo) 3 min read Last Updated : May 23 2024 | 2:44 PM IST Growth across British businesses has cooled noticeably this month and by more than any economist polled by Reuters had predicted, a survey showed on Thursday, in an early blow for Prime Minister...