4 h. ago Spain wildfires LIVE: Foreign Office's new advice amid 'very high' fire threat

Soldiers continue to help firefighters across Spain, including in and around the Galicia and Extremadura regions, following several major wildfires - and more are feared

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50 h. ago I used to run the Foreign Office. This is my advice for today’s extraordinary White House meeting

With so much at stake for Europe, the most important thing is to choose a lead speaker. I’d go with Starmer or RutteSimon McDonald was permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, 2015-2020, and is now a crossbench peerLast week’s extraordinary summit meeting in Alaska is being followed today by an even more extraordinary international conference in Washington. None of the participants knew they were going to take part two days ago. In recent decades, diplomacy has been increasingly conducted in ad hoc contact groups – but the group of seven countries (the US, Ukraine, the UK, Germany, Finland, Italy and France) and two international organisations (Nato and the EU) has never met in this way before.Officials will be preparing in the usual way, assembling briefing packs and writing talking points, aiming to please their bosses and, hopefully, allowing them to make the most effective intervention. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago I used to run the Foreign Office. This is my advice for today’s extraordinary White House meeting | Simon McDonald

With so much at stake for Europe, the most important thing is to choose a lead speaker. I’d go with Starmer or RutteSimon McDonald was permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, 2015-2020, and is now a crossbench peerLast week’s extraordinary summit meeting in Alaska is being followed today by an even more extraordinary international conference in Washington. None of the participants knew they were going to take part two days ago. In recent decades, diplomacy has been increasingly conducted in ad hoc contact groups – but the group of seven countries (the US, Ukraine, the UK, Germany, Finland, Italy and France) and two international organisations (Nato and the EU) has never met in this way before.Officials will be preparing in the usual way, assembling briefing packs and writing talking points, aiming to please their bosses and, hopefully, allowing them to make the most effective intervention. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Wildfires rage Europe: Where is it safe to travel and how to stay safe

The UK's Foreign Office updated its advice saying there is a 'high risk' of wildfires during the summer season from April to October

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2 w. ago Spain wildfires LIVE: Tourists evacuated after blaze near beach resorts

Multiple aircraft have been scrambled to tackle the latest Spanish wildfires, which have taken hold in Cadiz in Andalusia, and are now spreading in the hills of Torre de la Peña

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2 w. ago Cadiz LIVE: Tourists evacuated after fierce wildfire near beach resorts

Multiple aircraft have been scrambled to tackle the latest Spanish wildfires, which have taken hold in Cadiz in Andalusia, and are now spreading in the hills of Torre de la Peña

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2 w. ago Spain wildfires LIVE: Hotels and bars evacuated after wildfire near beach resorts

Multiple aircraft have been scrambled to tackle the latest Spanish wildfires, which have taken hold in Cadiz in Andalusia, and are now spreading in the hills of Torre de la Peña

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4 w. ago Foreign Office issues travel warning for Vietnam as tropical storm approaches

Storm Wipha is forecast to make landfall on Tuesday

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