3 years agoBritish Defense: Russian forces outnumber Ukrainian forces on the Eastern Front
3 years ago EU takes new legal action against UK for breaching N. Ireland agreement
3 years ago British Embassy in Khartoum: The political agreement is necessary for food security, civil protection and peacebuilding in Darfur
3 years ago Maroš Šefčovič:EU-UK relationship must be based on the full respect of our legally binding commitments. My statement to the UK government's decision to table legislation disapplying core elements of the Protocol on IE/NI
3 years agoThe EU could take legal action against the UK as soon as Wednesday in response to the bill to overturn the Northern Ireland Protocol, RTE News understands
3 years agoMaroš Šefčovič: Spoke to @trussliz earlier where she informed me of flag-gbflag-gblegislation to unilaterally disapply the Protocol. The EU has always paid utmost attention to the impact Brexit has on NI, offering workable solutions. Unilateral action is damaging to mutual trust & a formula for uncertainty
3 years ago 12-minute phone call between @simoncoveney and @trussliz at request of Truss just ended. Coveney said "publishing legislation that would breach the UK's commitments under international law, the Brexit WA and Northern Ireland Protocol is deeply damaging to relationships
3 years agoPolice investigating a security alert that led to Dublin's foreign minister Simon Coveney being evacuated from a peace event have been granted further time to question two men
3 years ago "Medical services in Mariupol are likely already near collapse: a major cholera outbreak in Mariupol will exacerbate this further" warns @DefenceHQ
3 years ago British Defence secretary Ben Wallace met President Zelensky in Kyiv
3 years ago Boris Johnson wins confidence vote of Conservative MPs, 211 to 148
3 years ago UK PM Johnson survives the no-confidence vote
3 years ago Boris Johnson: We cannot stand by while Russian long-range artillery flattens cities and kills civilians. The UK will gift the Ukrainian Armed Forces multiple-launch rocket systems so they can effectively repel the continuing Russian onslaught
3 years ago .@StateDeptSpox announces today that "we can confirm that we plan to join UK, France, and Germany in seeking a resolution focused on the need for Iran to fully cooperate with the IAEA." A resolution doesn't happen every day, so it's a significant step
3 years agoMystery object found by fishing vessel off Clyde, Scotland
3 years agoLloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurance market, says it is working closely with the British govt and other foreign powers and regulators to implement global sanctions against Russia
3 years ago Russia forced to deploy 50-year-old T-62 tanks to Ukraine after 1,000 other tanks have been destroyed on the battlefield: UK MoD/US official
3 years ago Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak says the Prime Minister "learnt the lessons from" Sue Gray's report and made "significant changes" in Downing Street
3 years ago Tory MP Stephen Hammond submits letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson
3 years agoPolice have arrested a 48-year-old man under the Terrorism Act in connection to video footage showing a masked gunman firing shots into the air in a cemetery in Strabane
3 years ago The UK's @trussliz is in Sarajevo today & among her meetings with local officials she will address the BiH Armed Forces & call for deepening of Bosnia-NATO & Bosnia-UK ties. This is shaping up to be a landmark visit for Bosnia & the new European order
3 years ago A man in his 20s will face charges in court next month after a brawl broke out in Dublin Airport last evening. Gardaí & the DAA Airport Police responded to the public order incident which left another man hospitalised with his injuries
3 years ago Pictures have emerged of Prime Minister Boris Johnson drinking at a Downing Street gathering during lockdown
3 years ago Police have launched a murder investigation following the death of a woman overnight in Barnsley. Emergency Services were called around 1am this morning to reports of 52 year-old woman seriously injured in a property on Rotherham Road in Monk Bretton
3 years ago Suggestions a meeting with the Prime Minister had been initiated by Sue Gray to discuss her long-awaited report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street has been rejected by her spokesman
3 years agoSincerely hope that this is not another decapture fire. The emergency services are on scene and dealing with the incident.
3 years ago Boris Johnson: in a phone call I updated President Zelensky on support flowing to Ukraine's defence, including long-range artillery, shore-to-ship missiles and unmanned drones. This is part of our additional £1.3 billion military aid package for Ukraine
3 years ago The Metropolitan Police says the investigation into lockdown breaches across Downing Street and Whitehall is complete, with 126 fines issued
3 years ago British Foreign Secretary: We need a new military plan to rebuild Ukraine, and we are discussing the use of Russian assets for this
3 years ago UK and Sweden sign mutual security deal, pledging support if either country comes under attack amid Ukraine Russian War
