4 h. ago DAVID PATRIKARAKOS: If we truly believe in national security and opposing terror, we must proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guard

They lie where they fell. Young men and women. Faces split by batons, skulls crushed by rifle butts, shirts soaked dark with blood already drying in the winter air.

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16 h. ago Downing Street plays down prospect of Iranian revolutionary guard ban

No 10 pointed to comments made by the former head of MI6, who suggested that proscribing the organisation would have no ‘practical effect’.

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17 h. ago Starmer refuses to brand Iran's IRGC a 'terrorist organisation' as death toll mounts from Islamist regime's democracy protest clampdown

The US State Department last night told the UK that designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) as a terror group is 'merely stating the obvious'.

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19 h. ago Starmer refuses to brand Iran's IRGC a 'terrorist organisation' as death toll mounts from Islamist regime's democracy protest clamp down

Donald Trump's State Department last night told the UK that hitting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp with the new designation was 'merely stating the obvious'.

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19 h. ago Minister rules out proscribing Iranian Revolutionary Guard despite brutal suppression of protesters

Business secretary Peter Kyle said that the UK government has ‘already used the sanctions against Iran to the full extent we can’ despite Yvette Cooper promising that Labour would proscribe the IRGC in opposition

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19 h. ago Government open to law change amid calls to proscribe Iranian military branch

Peter Kyle said ministers were committed to supporting the country’s citizens as they face brutal government suppression.

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21 h. ago Ministers resist US demand to brand Iran's IRGC a 'terrorist organisation' as death toll mounts from Islamist regime's bloody response to pro

Donald Trump's State Department last night told the UK that hitting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp with the new designation was 'merely stating the obvious'.

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40 h. ago Government urged to ban Iranian revolutionary guard amid violent crackdown

Dozens of people have been killed and thousands detained as the Iranian state has attempted to quell mass protests in the country.

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53 h. ago Courageous women protesting against Iran's tyrannical regime risk their lives by removing their veils in public as they 'have nothing left to lose' and won't go home until 'Iran is free'

Despite the threat of arrest, torture or death, women have openly defied the ruling forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps by removing their veils in public and riding motorbikes.

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3 d. ago Leaked blueprints from Iran's Revolutionary Guard expose secret 'psychological warfare' used to crush dissent as protests engulf the country

Chilling secret documents and videos obtained exclusively by the Daily Mail have laid bare the inner workings of Iran's ruthless 'repression machine.'

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5 d. ago What are Trump’s real options for gaining control of Greenland?

The White House has said using the US military is always an option, but few analysts believe it a likely oneEurope live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has said repeatedly that the US needs to gain control of Greenland, a strategically-located, mineral-rich, largely self-governing part of Denmark with foreign and security policy run from Copenhagen.The White House has said using the US military is “always an option”, but few analysts believe an armed operation is likely and France’s foreign minister has said the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has ruled out the possibility of an invasion. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Starmer prepares to rip up Brexit: PM ready to align UK with EU single market if it is in 'national interest'

In some of his strongest comments yet about Britain's post-Brexit relationship with Brussels under Labour the Prime Minister said he would look at the rules governing border checks.

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2 w. ago DWP issues update on home visits for UK benefit claimants with 'rules for all staff'

A minister has issued details about DWP rules after a question was raised in Parliament

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3 w. ago Imran Khan and his wife get another 17 years of jail time over fraud case involving state gifts

The former Pakistan prime minister was found guilty of breaking the country's rules on gifts alongside his wife after she received a luxury jewellery set from Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman in 2021.

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3 w. ago Europe awaits Russia response to Ukraine peace proposal as US positive after talks – Europe live

Moscow expecting debrief from US negotiators as minister rules out any territorial concessions by RussiaAfter positive comments from European, Ukrainian and US leaders taking part in Berlin talks, the focus now shifts to Russia as we wait for Moscow’s first reaction to some of the proposals for ending the war in Ukraine discussed last night.Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said this morning that Moscow had no understanding of the discussions just yet, as it awaits a debrief from the US negotiators. He also ruled out any territorial concessions by Russia. Continue reading...

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