70 m. ago Foreign Office warns of ‘major disruption’ to trains in Spain following second tragic crash

The Foreign Office has issued an update to British travellers after a train derailed near Barcelona

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53 h. ago Foreign Office issues Spain travel warning after 39 killed in train collision

At least 39 people have died in the collision on Sunday

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5 d. ago Foreign Office issues travel warning for 16 countries amid 'serious concerns' over rising Middle East tensions

Alert comes after the UK temporarily closed the British Embassy in Tehran

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5 d. ago Foreign Office issues urgent travel warning for 16 countries amid 'serious concerns'

Popular holiday destinations including Turkey, Cyprus and Egypt have been named in the alert

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5 d. ago Foreign Office issues travel warning for 16 countries amid 'serious concerns' over rising regional tensions

Travellers heading to popular holiday hotspots, such as Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt and and Dubai, have been warned by officials to 'take extra precautions.'

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5 d. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Agatha Christie's Seven Dials: Mix yourself a cocktail and enjoy this frightfully glorious mystery

It opens with a wild house party, crammed with Bright Young Things and dashing chaps from the Foreign Office, whooping it up to the sound of a jazz band - mayhem with an edge of debauchery.

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5 d. ago Geopolitical football: Iran? Trump? How the game can stand strong in a fractured world

The 2026 World Cup is set to be a polarising event but, even if it will not be the first to be politically contentious, it will expose a growing uneaseFive months out from the World Cup the politics are impossible to avoid. There are concerns relating to one of the host countries, the US, with armed immigration officials roaming through its cities and visa restrictions ramped up against foreign visitors. One qualifying nation, Iran, is experiencing a public uprising against its leadership, with the regime attacking its citizens in response. Among other qualifiers there are concerns over democratic backsliding in Tunisia, ecological crimes in Ecuador and , in the future host country Saudi Arabia. And that’s just for starters.It sometimes feels as if this summer’s tournament, the one Gianni Infantino recently described as “the greatest show ever on planet Earth”, will serve as an inescapable reminder of the depressing state of the world in 2026. It could yet be an event that goes down...

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6 d. ago Foreign Office updates warning advice for 18 countries including Turkey and Egypt

The UK Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for 18 countries following protests in Iran protests which have sparked concerns about regional unrest

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6 d. ago British diplomat expelled from Russia after ‘baseless’ accusation of being a spy

Moscow’s allegation that unnamed diplomat is affiliated with UK secret service comes ‘out of desperation’, Foreign Office saysA British diplomat has been expelled from Russia over what the UK Foreign Office described as “malicious and baseless accusations” of being a spy.The diplomat, who was not named, had two weeks to leave the country, the Russian foreign ministry said after it received information “regarding the affiliation of a diplomatic employee at the embassy with the British secret service”. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Is it safe to travel to Cyprus? What you need to know after Foreign Office issue advice update

While hundreds of miles separate Cyprus and Iran, the government’s advice has changed

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6 d. ago Is it safe to travel to Dubai? What you need to know after Foreign Office update UAE advice

The government’s travel advice for the region has changed

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6 d. ago Foreign Office issues travel alert for 16 countries today amid 'serious concerns'

Popular holiday destinations including Turkey, Cyprus and Egypt have been named in the alert due to heightened regional tensions

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6 d. ago Urgent UK travel warning issued for 16 countries including Turkey, Egypt and Cyprus

The Foreign Office today issued an update for 16 countries including popular holiday destinations as regional tensions rise

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6 d. ago Foreign Office updates travel advice for popular holiday destinations as Iran protests continue

Thousands of people have died in protests in Iran, and there are concerns about rising tensions causing problems elsewhere

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7 d. ago Iran crisis live: US citizens should ‘leave Iran now’, says US state department

US government issues warning as Donald Trump says US will take ‘very strong action’ if Iran hangs protestersTrump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US tradePeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationNon-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Agence France-Presse. The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources added, without saying how many people had departed. “The protection of our personnel and our citizens is a priority,” a French foreign ministry official told AFP.Commenting on the protests, the UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said:This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Iran crisis live: Trump says ‘help is on its way’ as he urges Iranians to ‘keep protesting’ and to ‘take over’ their institutions

US president cancels meetings with Iranian officials ‘until senseless killing of protesters stops’Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US tradePeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationNon-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Agence France-Presse. The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources added, without saying how many people had departed. “The protection of our personnel and our citizens is a priority,” a French foreign ministry official told AFP.Commenting on the protests, the UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said:This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Iran crisis live: UN says ‘cycle of horrific violence’ in Iran must end as official says 2,000 killed in crackdown

UN rights chief says ‘killing of peaceful demonstrators must stop’ as Iranian official tells Reuters around 2,000 have diedTrump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US tradePeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationNon-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Agence France-Presse. The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources added, without saying how many people had departed. “The protection of our personnel and our citizens is a priority,” a French foreign ministry official told AFP.Commenting on the protests, the UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said:This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Iran crisis live: UN says ‘cycle of horrific violence’ in Iran must end as Germany claims regime is in its ‘final weeks’

Friedrich Merz says government is ‘effectively at the end’ after hundreds of protesters reportedly killed in the ongoing crackdownTrump says countries doing business with Iran face 25% tariff on US tradePeople in Iran: share your views on the current situationNon-essential French embassy staff have left Iran, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Agence France-Presse. The personnel left on Sunday and Monday, the sources added, without saying how many people had departed. “The protection of our personnel and our citizens is a priority,” a French foreign ministry official told AFP.Commenting on the protests, the UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk said:This cycle of horrific violence cannot continue. The Iranian people and their demands for fairness, equality and justice must be heard. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Hundreds of Air France passengers stranded in ‘world’s weirdest city’ after engine failure

Turkmenistan has strict red tape according to the Foreign Office, including a mandatory £23 Covid test fee

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9 d. ago UK agrees to pay 'substantial sum' to settle lawsuit by Guantanamo detainee over torture claims

The British government has agreed to pay a substantial sum to settle a lawsuit by Abu Zubaydah, a Guantanamo Bay detainee

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