13 h. ago Foreign Secretary refuses to say if she saw dossier branding China a ‘threat’

The document could have been key to the collapsed trial of two men accused of spying for China.

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14 h. ago UK must work with China but there are ‘security threats', admits Foreign Secretary

Yvette Cooper on Friday declined to say whether she has seen a dossier outlining China as a threat to Britain's national security

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14 h. ago No plans for British troops to be on the ground in Gaza, says Foreign Secretary

Yvette Cooper said neighbouring states are expected to help police the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

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15 h. ago Cooper defends prospect of digital ID for children as young as 13

The Foreign Secretary insisted the ‘standardised’ system was ‘the right way forward’.

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34 h. ago Keir Starmer says ‘Bollywood blockbusters’ will be made in the UK under new trade deal with India – UK politics live

Three Bollywood movies will be made in the UK, says British PM, and two more British universities will be setting up a campus in IndiaCompensation schemes for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will be improved, with a new appeals process and funded legal advice for post office operators, the government has announced.Responding to the first part of the findings from a two-year public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, regarded as one of the worst miscarriages of justice in UK legal history, the business secretary, Peter Kyle, said there would be a new appeals process for people who have accepted fixed-sum offers under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme, one of several compensation schemes. Funded legal advice will also be offered. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Cooper affirms UK’s commitment to stability in Western Balkans at summit

The Foreign Secretary welcomed counterparts from across the region to the historic venue in Co Down on Thursday morning.

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50 h. ago Cooper to host talks on security and migration at Western Balkans summit

The Foreign Secretary will meet European partners from countries including Albania, Serbia, and North Macedonia as well as France, Germany and Italy.

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57 h. ago London mayor race: Sir James Cleverly considers running, saying: 'I'd be stupid not to think about it'

‘Watching London go wrong angers me enormously,’ says former Tory foreign secretary

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3 d. ago Government refusal to brand China a threat led to spy trial collapse – DPP

The case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry was dropped on September 15.

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5 d. ago Labour is ‘complicit’ in abuse towards Jewish community, says Priti Patel

The shadow foreign secretary told Conservative Party members on Sunday evening that Labour has lost ‘any moral purpose’.

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1 week ago Peace deal with Gaza may be within reach, Foreign Secretary suggests

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who has recently returned from the UN General Assembly, said it has 'reached a moment where the world wants to end this war' in Gaza

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1 week ago International community ‘on brink’ of Gaza peace deal, says Yvette Cooper

UK foreign secretary said there is ‘a real consensus’ among the international community

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1 week ago Yvette Cooper suggests international community on brink of Gaza peace deal

Exclusive: Foreign secretary says world has ‘reached moment’ it wants to end war after Donald Trump signals plan within reachThe international community is on the brink of securing a peace deal for Gaza that could finally bring an end to two years of conflict and a humanitarian crisis that has claimed thousands of lives, Yvette Cooper has suggested.The new foreign secretary, who has just returned from a UN summit, said that they had “reached a moment where the world wants to end this war” after US president Donald Trump indicated a peace deal was within reach. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago UK ‘ready to act’ after Trump tells NATO to down Russian planes

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the UK is ‘ready to act’ after Donald Trump urged NATO countries to shoot down intruding Russian planes

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2 w. ago ‘Pay no attention’: global health agencies dismiss false Trump claim on everyday painkillers

Medical experts and regulators say US president should not be questioning established scienceGlobal health agencies and regulators have dismissed unscientific advice from Donald Trump that made an unproven link between autism and the use of everyday painkillers and vaccines.In a sign of how worried foreign governments are about the US president’s comments, the health secretary of the UK, which is one the US’s closest allies, told the British public they should not “pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Yvette Cooper deepens rift with Israel by accusing PM Netanyahu of pandering to 'extremists'

Ms Cooper accused the leader of Britain's main ally in the Middle East of letting children starve in an 'unbearable humanitarian catastrophe' because he 'chooses to escalate war and hold back aid'.

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2 w. ago Cooper accuses Netanyahu of allowing children in Gaza to die of starvation

The foreign secretary also warned the prospect of a two-state solution may ‘disappear beneath the rubble’

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2 w. ago British jets are ready to 'confront' Russian planes in NATO airspace, foreign secretary warns after Poland declared it would 'shoot down flying objects without question'

Yvette Cooper condemned recent Russian incursions into NATO airspace as she addressed the UN Security Council for the first time as Foreign Secretary.

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2 w. ago We will confront Russian planes in Nato airspace, UK foreign secretary says, and warns Putin risks armed clash – Europe live

Yvette Cooper says Russia is undermining territorial integrity of sovereign nations with fighter jet incursions into European territoryin BerlinThe absence of Friedrich Merz this week from the UN general assembly at which recognising Palestine as a state is the central focus might not be headline news but both in Germany and beyond it is very much being commented on. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia risking ‘direct armed confrontation’ with Nato, warns Cooper

Yvette Cooper addressed the UN Security Council for the first time as Foreign Secretary.

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