On Wednesday Poland said it would do whatever it took to resolve the migrant crisis on its border with Belarus. Radoslaw Sikorski, the foreign minister, had previously said that his country did not rule out a complete closure of the border, while Andrzej Duda, the president, raised the border crisis in talks with his Chinese...
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How Labour beat Conservatives in Britain after 14 years, by the numbers
Labour’s landslide brought a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. (Photo: Reuters) 3 min read Last Updated : Jul 06 2024 | 7:42 AM IST Great Britain’s Labour Party has defeated the Conservatives in a historic parliamentary election for control of the nation’s government. With most votes counted, here’s a...
UK’s newly-elected Parliament most diverse ever except at the top
The new cabinet’s demographic may already be influencing policies previously avoided by the Conservatives, such as removing a tax break for private schools and using the funds to employ more teachers. (Photo: Reuters) 4 min read Last Updated : Jul 06 2024 | 7:23 AM IST By Siraj Datoo British voters elected the largest...
In final days before UK election, PM Rishi Sunak insists he can stay in power
“It’s entirely wrong, this kind of declinist narrative that people have of the UK. I wholeheartedly reject,” he said. “It [the UK] is a better place to live than it was in 2010.’’ After 14 years of Conservative-led governments, many voters blame the party for Britain’s cost-of-living crisis, long waiting lists for healthcare, high levels...
ANALYSIS | Nigel Farage looks to Canada — and the 1993 Conservative wipeout — for inspiration in U.K. election campaign | CBC News
Rural Alberta may be a continent away from the faded British seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, but Nigel Farage believes both places will be remembered for starting political revolutions. Already a familiar face to Britons, Farage has injected some drama into an otherwise staid British general election that the Labour Party under leader Keir Starmer appears well...
Putin threatens deployment of missiles to strike the West
‘Russia doesn’t have imperial ambitions – it’s bol—cks’ In the press conference with the heads of major Western news agencies Putin denied that he had “imperial ambitions” to expand Russia’s borders. ”They’ve come up with this idea that Russia wants to attack Nato,” he said, banging his fist on the table. “Have you lost your...
Our triple lock will keep Britain safe while supporting good jobs across the UK
THIS week we honour our World War 2 heroes. We pay tribute to their extraordinary bravery at the D-Day landings. We will never forget their fight to keep us free. Yet, as we do so, military chiefs and veterans say they’re seriously concerned about the state of our armed forces today. 2 Labour’s ‘triple-lock’ means...
World War 3? Russia can destroy Britain, France ‘within one day’
Months after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a ‘World War 3’ warning to the USA-led NATO military alliance, a Russian expert has claimed that Moscow can easily disable Britain and France’s nuclear deterrents “within one day” if a global conflict were to erupt. Also Read: ‘Russia-NATO, one step away from a full-scale World War 3,’...
Ukraine-Russia war live: US tells Ukraine it can’t use its Atacms missiles inside Russia
Ukraine could strike troops, air bases and logistics hubs inside Russia after Joe Biden authorised American weapons to be fired across the border. The partial lifting of the ban on firing US-supplied weapons into Russia, which applies only to the defence of Kharkiv and does not change a ban on long-range deep strikes further inside...
Biden bows to international pressure to allow Ukraine to use US weapons on Russia
The opinion of Nato allies is shifting towards allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike military targets on Russian soil, the Czech foreign minister said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, Jan Lipavsky said there was a growing belief that it was better to allow Kyiv to destroy Russian aircraft before they can take-off armed...
Russia hoping to ‘knock sense’ in Britain and West as it carries out nuclear drills
Russia is hoping that nuclear drills will “knock sense” into the West and dissuade Nato countries from sending fighter jets to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Belgium’s recent pledge to send 30 US-made warplanes to Kyiv by 2028 is a “signal action”. Speaking to the RIA state agency, he said: “They are trying...
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...