6 h. ago Ministers in talks with City over climate finance for disaster

The Foreign Secretary has pledged £12 million from the Government’s tightened aid budget in a bid to enable faster payouts,

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20 h. ago Orange Order to meet Scottish Government as air weapon attack condemned

The Scottish Government has agreed to meet with the Grand Orange Lodge to "hear their concerns" after they requested urgent talks with the First Minister.

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3 d. ago Hamas gives ‘positive’ response to Trump proposal for Gaza ceasefire

Militant group expresses willingness to enter new round of talks as Israeli prime minister prepares to visit Washington

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6 d. ago Workers living in fear of ICE raids in Los Angeles are hiding ‘like Anne Frank’

Immigration officials inspiring climate of ‘insanity and fear’ in California city leaving many too scared to leave their homes or go to work, locals say

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7 d. ago White House says Canadian PM ‘caved’ to Trump demand to scrap tech tax

Trump officials hail U-turn as Mark Carney says decision to rescind digital services tax means revival of trade talksThe United States has said that Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney “caved” to demands from the White House after his government abruptly scrapped their digital services tax on US technology companies, which was set to go into effect on Monday.“It’s very simple. Prime minister Carney and Canada caved to president [Donald] Trump and the United States of America,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Israel launches waves of Gaza airstrikes after new displacement orders

Scores of Palestinians reported killed as senior Netanyahu adviser due to arrive in Washington for ceasefire talks Middle East crisis – live updatesIsrael ramped up its offensive in Gaza on Monday, with new displacement orders sending tens of thousands of people fleeing the north of the devastated territory and waves of airstrikes killing about 60 Palestinians, according to local officials and medical staff.The violence in Gaza came as a senior adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, was due to arrive in Washington for talks on a new ceasefire, a day after Donald Trump called in a social media post for a deal to end the 20-month war and free 50 hostages held by Hamas. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump says he is ‘not offering Iran anything’ as country says US must rule out airstrikes before talks resume – Middle East crisis live

Iranian deputy foreign minister says it has been told US wants to talk but president says he is not speaking to them and repeats claim that its nuclear facilities have been ‘obliterated’France, Germany and the UK have condemned “threats” against the head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, after Iran rejected its request to visit nuclear facilities bombed by Israel and the US.Tehran has accused Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), of “betrayal of his duties” for not condemning the attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites, and Iranian lawmakers this week voted to suspend cooperation with the agency.France, Germany and the United Kingdom condemn threats against the director general of the IAEA Rafael Grossi and reiterate our full support to the agency.We call on Iranian authorities to refrain from any steps to cease cooperation with the IAEA. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Wes Streeting slams Sky News host's 'mischief' after he asks 'rubbish' question

Health Secretary Wes Streeting launched a passionate defence of Keir Starmer as he branded 'mischief making' talk about the Prime Minister's position a 'load of old rubbish'

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1 week ago China’s Commerce Ministry: London talks served to further confirm details on framework

China’s Commerce Ministry: London talks served to further confirm details on framework  FXStreet

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1 week ago Photos from Venice ahead of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding

As a starry guest list of celebrities descend on Venice for the weekend wedding of of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, activists have united under the banner “No Space for Bezos” to protest the nuptials. Protesters were drawing attention to overtourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding in the lagoon city.

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1 week ago Ministers in talks over welfare concessions as Labour rebellion grows

Six more Labour MPs have added their names to an amendment that would halt the legislation in its tracks.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer to meet Volodymyr Zelensky in UK after leader's dire Putin warning

Volodymyr Zelensky is set to hold talks with the Prime Minister in the UK, hours after at least seven people were killed in Russian air and drone strikes in Kyiv

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2 w. ago Trump sensationally calls for Iranian regime change as he holds crisis talks with UK prime minister: Live updates

President Donald Trump called for an Iranian regime change, less than one day after the US bombed the country's nuclear sites - triggering an array of reaction from world leaders.

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2 w. ago Trump sensationally calls for Iranian regime change as he holds crisis talks with UK prime minister Keir Starmer amid Tehran threats to unleash revenge

President Donald Trump held crisis talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as world leaders plan for Iran's revenge after its nuclear sites were severely damaged overnight.

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2 w. ago European ministers urge Iran to resume talks with Trump administration

France, Germany and UK warn Tehran it may have to drop red line of refusing to talk to the US while under Israeli attack

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2 w. ago Israel warns of ‘prolonged campaign’ against Iran as Europeans push for truce

Foreign ministers hold Geneva talks in bid to end war and keep US out of conflict

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2 w. ago Middle East crisis live: Ministers from Europe and Iran to hold talks; UN warns of ‘man

Ministers from UK, France and Germany will meet Abbas Araqchi after White House says Trump will ‘make a decision on whether to attack Iran within two weeks’Trump sets deadline of two weeks to decide if US will join Israel’s war on IranLiving in Iran: how have you been affected by the recent conflict?Living in Israel: how have you been affected by the recent conflict?The French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot has spoken to the US secretary of state Marco Rubio ahead of a meeting in Geneva between foreign ministers from the UK, France and Germany and their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi.The Geneva meeting is aimed at creating a pathway back to diplomacy over Iran’s nuclear programme. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New Zealand Prime Minister Luxon talks trade in meeting with China's Xi

The prime minister of New Zealand has stressed the importance of his country’s trade ties with China in a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping

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2 w. ago Labour government reveals talks with SNP ministers over 'trans

Ministers at Holyrood and Westminster have held talks over plans to ban conversion therapy.

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3 w. ago Minister talks of 'Dartmouth Tunnel' as £590m pledged for Lower Thames Crossing

Minister talks of 'Dartmouth Tunnel' as £590m pledged for Lower Thames Crossing  London Evening Standard

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