49 h. ago The old US embassy is now one of London’s most luxurious hotels

The old US embassy is now one of London’s most luxurious hotels  The Telegraph

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3 d. ago Nexperia halts chip supplies to China in threat to global car production

Dutch-controlled company informs customers about suspension but is said to want to de-escalate trade warNexperia, the EU-based automotive chipmaker at the centre of a geopolitical dispute, has suspended supplies to its Chinese factory, stepping up a trade war that threatens to halt production at carmakers around the world.The company wrote to customers this week informing them all supplies to a Chinese plant had been suspended. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Donald Trump makes 'nuke' threat in bid to scare Russia and China as WW3 fears rise

Donald Trump appeared to announce that the U.S. would resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades, saying it would be on an "equal basis" with Russia and China.

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4 d. ago Trump calls China’s Xi Jinping ‘a tough negotiator’ ahead of meeting amid escalating trade tensions and fragile global markets

High-stakes sit-down follows months of tensions and tariff threats over China’s rare earth export controls

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5 d. ago Defence lawyers would have used Tories’ statements to dismiss China spy case, attorney general says

Richard Hermer says failure by Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly to describe China as a threat would have been seized on in trialDefence lawyers would have used Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly’s statements about China to dismiss a case against two men charged with spying for Beijing, the attorney general has argued.Richard Hermer told parliament that “there would have been plenty of reference” by Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry’s lawyers to Conservative ministers’ policy positions had the trial gone ahead. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Chinese embassy decision will consider ‘all relevant issues’, says minister

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy had urged Steve Reed to reject Beijing’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London.

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6 d. ago Starmer Says UK Won’t Cave to China Threats Over London Embassy

Starmer Says UK Won’t Cave to China Threats Over London Embassy  Bloomberg.com

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6 d. ago Refusal to dub China a threat was ‘total roadblock’ to spying case, says lead barrister

The director of public prosecutions said the failure to describe China as an active threat to national security was ‘fatal’ to the case

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7 d. ago 'Bomb hoaxer' sent US embassy into lockdown after placing 'device' outside he claimed was 'art'

The US Embassy in south west London went into lockdown in November last year after suspicious items were placed outside. Daniel Parmenter, 44, denies intending to cause alarm.

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7 d. ago Bag of wires sparked bomb alert at US Embassy in London, court told

Bag of wires sparked bomb alert at US Embassy in London, court told  Slough Observer

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9 d. ago Trump is pushing for a new ‘golden fleet’ of Navy ships to combat threat from China: report

Navy and senior Trump officials are reported to be in discussions for an ambitious new fleet fitted with powerful long-range missiles

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1 week ago Trump embarks on 'riskiest' foreign trip of his presidency to China as trade war threatens to explode

Donald Trump is jetting off for a trip through Asia on Friday just hours after reigniting a tariff fight with Canada and days after placing new sanctions against Russia.

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1 week ago 'See you at the High Court,' London residents' threat to Government in row over new China mega

Beijing is piling pressure on the Government to back the new super-embassy by threatening “consequences” if it does not do so.

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1 week ago London residents threaten High Court showdown with Government over 'redacted' plan for new China mega

Beijing is piling pressure on the Government to back the new super-embassy by threatening “consequences” if it does not do so.

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1 week ago Foreign Office and Home Office drop demand for security changes at new Chinese mega

EXCLUSIVE: Two Whitehall departments had been requesting that a planning condition be a new ‘hard perimeter’ for part of the controversial new diplomatic complex at Royal Mint Court in Tower Hamlets

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1 week ago Trump administration considering curbs on exports to China made with US software

Plan would include everything from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing’s latest round of rare earth export restrictionsUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration is considering a plan to curb a dizzying array of software-powered exports to China, from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing’s latest round of rare earth export restrictions, according to a US official and three people briefed by US authorities.While the plan is not the only option on the table, it would make good on Donald Trump’s threat earlier this month to bar “critical software” exports to China by restricting global shipments of items that contain US software or were produced using US software. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago China warns Britain will 'bear all the consequences' if its new London super embassy isn't approved without delay

China's foreign ministry has hit back in open fury at further delays to permission for its planned embassy in the heart of the City of London.

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2 w. ago UK risks trade war with China if London 'super embassy' is not approved

UK risks trade war with China if London 'super embassy' is not approved  The i Paper

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2 w. ago UK hits back after China warns of ‘consequences’ over London mega

UK hits back after China warns of ‘consequences’ over London mega-embassy delay  The Independent

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2 w. ago UK rejects claims of ‘commitments’ over proposed Chinese embassy

Beijing has threatened ‘consequences’ if ministers reject planning permission for the new embassy in London.

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