投稿者: Patrick Wintour
Gurpreet Singh Johal wants to know if stops are linked to his efforts to find out whether UK intelligence played a role in sibling’s arrestThe brother of Jagtar Singh Johal, a British Sikh jailed in India, has written to the Home Office to ask why he i…
Slashing funding to the programme from a promised £7m to just £1m sends a ‘stark message to the world’, says Save the ChildrenThe UK government has cut almost £6m in funding to a programme in Afghanistan supporting vulnerable women and girls.Save the …
Head of humanitarian operations to fly to Kabul as programmes are ‘compromised’ by Taliban decisionMartin Griffiths, the head of UN humanitarian operations, is to fly to Kabul to try to resolve the crisis caused by the Taliban’s surprise decision to ba…
Sir Philip Barton castigated along with Dominic Raab in damning report by MPs into UK’s chaotic exitThe senior civil servant in charge of the Foreign Office should consider his position after presiding over a disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan that…
Sir Stephen Lovegrove tells MPs he cannot recall with whom he checked that Nowzad staff were eligible for helpThe UK national security adviser, Sir Stephen Lovegrove, has said he did not consult Downing Street before telling the Foreign Office it shoul…
They claim to be honest brokers, but is that just a fig leaf to cover their moral bankruptcy?Russia-Ukraine war: live updatesHow blessed are the peacemakers? After the first wave of intermediaries led by Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz, a new group hav…
Analysis: Beijing has held off from backing Russia, raising questions about the extent of any partnershipChina’s decision to abstain on Friday night at the end of the UN security council vote condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine may be a source o…
• Taliban officials, many now in government, named in sanctions• Foreign Office meets banks, financial institutions and NGOsThe UK Foreign Office is to hold urgent meetings with banks, financial institutions and NGOs to clarify how to provide humanitar…
Aid agencies write to Foreign Office minister as pressure grows on Boris Johnson ahead of Commons voteUK aid cuts of 42% will leave about 70,000 people without health services and 100,000 without water in Cox’s Bazar, the world’s largest refugee settle…
NGO demands more details on Boris Johnson’s ‘vague and imprecise’ commitmentHong Kong democracy campaigners are pressing the Foreign Office to spell out how Boris Johnson’s “vague and imprecise commitment” will give a path to British citizenship to mil…