60 h. ago Labour is ‘complicit’ in abuse towards Jewish community, says Priti Patel

The shadow foreign secretary told Conservative Party members on Sunday evening that Labour has lost ‘any moral purpose’.

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4 d. ago Police still questioning six as investigation continues into synagogue attack

Terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie was on bail for an alleged rape at the time of the fatal attack, police have confirmed.

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5 d. ago Russia targeting UK satellites on ‘weekly’ basis, UK Space Command boss says

The UK operates approximately six dedicated military satellites for communications and surveillance.

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8 d. ago UK imposes sanctions on Iranian firms linked to nuclear programme

UN-backed sanctions on Tehran are being revived 10 years after they were suspended in a deal agreed with western nations.

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9 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy urges west to cut off Russia’s energy revenues, saying decisive action ‘long overdue’

President’s plea comes after Russia bombards Kyiv and elsewhere in one of its most sustained attacks of the war. What we know on day 1,314See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageVolodymyr Zelenskyy has again urged the international community to act decisively to cut off Russia’s energy revenues that fund its Ukraine war after Moscow carried out one of its worst attacks on Kyiv of the war. “The time for decisive action is long overdue, and we count on a strong response from the United States, Europe, the G7 and the G20,” the Ukrainian president said on Telegram. While the United Nations was holding general assembly sessions, Russia had “literally used every day, every hour, to strike at Ukraine”, he said in his nightly video address. Ukraine has so far failed to convince US president Donald Trump to impose punitive sanctions on Moscow.The onslaught on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine killed at least four people in what Zelenskyy called a described as a “vile and cowardly” attack, Luke ...

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9 d. ago Peace deal with Gaza may be within reach, Foreign Secretary suggests

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who has recently returned from the UN General Assembly, said it has 'reached a moment where the world wants to end this war' in Gaza

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1 week ago International community ‘on brink’ of Gaza peace deal, says Yvette Cooper

UK foreign secretary said there is ‘a real consensus’ among the international community

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1 week ago Yvette Cooper suggests international community on brink of Gaza peace deal

Exclusive: Foreign secretary says world has ‘reached moment’ it wants to end war after Donald Trump signals plan within reachThe international community is on the brink of securing a peace deal for Gaza that could finally bring an end to two years of conflict and a humanitarian crisis that has claimed thousands of lives, Yvette Cooper has suggested.The new foreign secretary, who has just returned from a UN summit, said that they had “reached a moment where the world wants to end this war” after US president Donald Trump indicated a peace deal was within reach. Continue reading...

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1 week ago David Lammy says ‘indefensible’ conflict in Gaza must end now

The deputy Prime Minister told the UN that ‘concerted diplomatic action’ was needed to keep ‘the hope of peace alive’.

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2 w. ago Britain is 'ready to act' after Trump backed shooting down Russian planes that challenge Nato, Yvette Cooper warns

Yvette Cooper said the military alliance 'stands firm' following a series of 'provocative' violations of airspace by Vladimir Putin's forces.

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2 w. ago UK ‘ready to act’ after Trump tells NATO to down Russian planes

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says the UK is ‘ready to act’ after Donald Trump urged NATO countries to shoot down intruding Russian planes

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2 w. ago Cooper says UK ‘ready to act’ after Trump tells Nato to down Russian planes

Nato has said it will respond to Russian aerial incursions.

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2 w. ago ‘Pay no attention’: global health agencies dismiss false Trump claim on everyday painkillers

Medical experts and regulators say US president should not be questioning established scienceGlobal health agencies and regulators have dismissed unscientific advice from Donald Trump that made an unproven link between autism and the use of everyday painkillers and vaccines.In a sign of how worried foreign governments are about the US president’s comments, the health secretary of the UK, which is one the US’s closest allies, told the British public they should not “pay any attention whatsoever to what Donald Trump says about medicine”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Nato restates ‘ironclad’ commitment to mutual defence after Russian incursions

It came after a meeting of Nato’s North Atlantic Council.

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2 w. ago Yvette Cooper deepens rift with Israel by accusing PM Netanyahu of pandering to 'extremists'

Ms Cooper accused the leader of Britain's main ally in the Middle East of letting children starve in an 'unbearable humanitarian catastrophe' because he 'chooses to escalate war and hold back aid'.

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2 w. ago Cooper accuses Netanyahu of allowing children in Gaza to die of starvation

The foreign secretary also warned the prospect of a two-state solution may ‘disappear beneath the rubble’

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2 w. ago UK and US clash over Palestine state recognition as Trump to address UN General Assembly

US President Donald Trump is expected to address the UN General Assembly around 3pm UK time on Tuesday

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2 w. ago British jets are ready to 'confront' Russian planes in NATO airspace, foreign secretary warns after Poland declared it would 'shoot down flying objects without question'

Yvette Cooper condemned recent Russian incursions into NATO airspace as she addressed the UN Security Council for the first time as Foreign Secretary.

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2 w. ago We will confront Russian planes in Nato airspace, UK foreign secretary says, and warns Putin risks armed clash – Europe live

Yvette Cooper says Russia is undermining territorial integrity of sovereign nations with fighter jet incursions into European territoryin BerlinThe absence of Friedrich Merz this week from the UN general assembly at which recognising Palestine as a state is the central focus might not be headline news but both in Germany and beyond it is very much being commented on. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia risking ‘direct armed confrontation’ with Nato, warns Cooper

Yvette Cooper addressed the UN Security Council for the first time as Foreign Secretary.

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