Watch: Key moments from Andy Burnham's first UN speech
In his first speech to the UN as UK prime minister, Burnham highlighted the risks posed by Russian disinformation.
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In his first speech to the UN as UK prime minister, Burnham highlighted the risks posed by Russian disinformation.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham addressed the UN General Assembly, accusing Russia of information warfare.
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his country’s relations with Britain were better under new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, but he criticised a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands. Trump and Burnham shook hands as they met for the first time on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. “No, I think they’re up – well, they’re more up now than they were with your last prime minister, let me put it that way,” Trump told reporters, referring to Keir Starmer. “Right...
A British tanker plane will provide "defensive" air-to-air refuelling for Saudi warplanes to help the country defend against Houthi strikes, the UK government confirmed late Monday. The show of solidarity follows a Saudi request for military support after the Houthis increased drone and missile attacks on it in recent weeks alongside a lightning offensive to capture Yemen's Red Sea coast.
The United Kingdom and the United States have for the first time test-fired a torpedo from an uncrewed underwater vessel, marking a step forward in AUKUS efforts to develop autonomous naval technology.
In the UK, fallout continues over the explosive memoirs of Princess Diana’s brother. Charles Spencer on Sunday accused King Charles of “gaslighting” him over his account of events surrounding Diana’s death, detailed in a book due to be released on Tuesday. Earl Spencer claims the monarch was “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath of her death. Carys Garland has the story.
The UK’s strategy to prop up its long maturity debt by selling less in the wake of the Liz Truss-era crash is failing to pay off.
UK energy bills could jump 25% in January, Bloomberg Economics finds, threatening to undo much of prime minister Andy Burnham’s effort to ease the cost-of-living squeeze. Nicole Sy explains. (Source: Bloomberg)
Britain’s employers shed workers at the fastest rate in nine months, with the number of employees on company payrolls slipping 26,000 in August, according to the Office for National Statistics. The drop was worse than the 5,000 drop that economists expected, though the provisional estimates are often revised. Bloomberg's Sam Unsted breaks down the situation. (Source: Bloomberg)
Argentine coverage calls it a British reinforcement. A written parliamentary answer describes four Typhoons replacing four Typhoons, in late 2027. The post Britain Is Not Sending More Jets to the Falkland Islands, and the Paperwork Says So appeared first on The Rio Times.
UK Foreign Office files, public since 2024, record warnings about Israeli violence and rights abuses since 2002.
A raft of British businesses urged Chancellor John Healey to move levies off electricity bills as rising energy costs squeeze industries from chemicals to steel.
The UK is facing new competition from countries such as Greece and Turkey, which offer disaffected ultra-wealthy residents more favorable tax regimes. Nicole Sy explains. (Source: Bloomberg)
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham defended a ban on trade with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank
A diplomatic rift grows between the UK and Israel after Britain led a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Record heatwaves have troubled British farmers, raising concerns over reservoir levels and food supply.
Dissent voiced in an ongoing inquiry into Australia’s most ambitious nuclear submarine pact has laid bare growing uncertainty over US commitment, amid questions about the clarity of Canberra’s explanation of the Aukus deal to citizens. Under the trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK and the United States, Canberra will get eight nuclear-powered submarines at an estimated cost of up to A$368 billion (US$266 billion). Three used Virginia-class nuclear submarines will initially be...
Flights from British airports began to resume Wednesday after a glitch in the country's air traffic control service left hundreds of thousands of passengers stranded. Authorities warned that travellers would continue to experience delays as airlines scrambled to recover from the outage.
Israel said on Tuesday it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem in response to plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Julie Norman, Associate Fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House and Director of UCL’s Israel-Palestine Initiative.
A man wanted by British police over the killings of his wife and two daughters pleaded guilty Tuesday to firearms offenses in South Africa, where he was arrested in July while on the run.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will ‘obviously not’ follow the UK in sanctioning illegal Israeli settlements
BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from an area close to Israel's proposed site in the occupied West Bank.
Chagos Islands should not be handed over to Mauritius, president of Maldives says in letter to UK's prime minister.
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for deeper cooperation between “major technological powers” China and the UK as he held his first official call with Prime Minister Andy Burnham. Xi congratulated Burnham on his appointment as prime minister, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua, emphasising that the shared interests of China and the United Kingdom outweighed their differences in social systems. “Both sides should respect and trust each other, transcend differences, seek common...
China’s President Xi Jinping urged Britain to protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese investors in his first phone call with UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham, saying the two countries’ common interests outweigh their differences.
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Britons will finally get the chance to view the Bayeux Tapestry on home soil this week, as the 11th century work goes on display at the British Museum. And the exhibition has inspired a copycat tapestry, available to view for thirsty visitors seeking refreshment at a pub across the street.