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Exclusive: Thames Valley police requested Carmen Lau ‘avoid public gatherings’ after neighbours received bounty lettersA former Hong Kong politician and prominent democracy campaigner has accused British police of asking her to “self-censor” and “retre…
Family members waiting for repatriation of remains say government response has been ‘painfully slow’Grieving family members of three British citizens who were killed in the Air India plane crash have accused the UK government of a “disjointed, inadequa…
Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two monthsAn elderly British couple taken captive by the Taliban have been interrogated 29 times since they were imprisoned more than two months a…
Alexandra Clarke, 26, was on a diving excursion near Koh Tao when blaze broke outA British tourist is missing in Thailand after the tour boat she was travelling on caught fire off the island of Koh Tao.Alexandra Clarke, 26, from Lambeth, south London, …
Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds says government must do ‘everything in their power’ to secure their releaseThe family of a British couple arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan have called on the government to do “everything in their power” to se…
Emails released as part of employment tribunal lift lid on questionable decisions made amid Afghanistan evacuationKabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK governmentThe desperation on the faces of tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan w…
Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failures‘Pursue this urgently’: whistleblower case reveals Whitehall focus on Kabul animal airliftA civil servant who blew the whistle about the chaoti…
In today’s newsletter: As a judge finds the government unlawfully detained Tamils on Diego Garcia, we look at the geopolitcs that led to them being trapped in ‘hell on earth’ for three yearsGood morning. In October 2021, a boat carrying dozens of Tami…
Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage casesGurpreet Singh Johal is sitting in a London hotel lobby the night before he is due to meet David Lammy.He recalls in his soft Scottish burr that this will…
Exclusive: Party drops plan for formal recognition laid out last year by David Lammy, who will visit Beijing on FridayUK politics live – latest updatesLabour has backtracked on plans to push for formal recognition of China’s treatment of the Uyghurs as…
Workers for US defence contractor KBR concerned after colleagues die on island with no hospital-grade health facilityMigrant workers employed by the US defence contractor KBR on the British-owned island of Diego Garcia have expressed concerns for their…
People who worked for or were affiliated with the British Council may lose babies as government delays relocation to UKPregnant Afghan women who are eligible for resettlement in the UK have been told their babies may not survive unless they are urgentl…
Security minister, Tom Tugendhat, said an investigation of the sites did not reveal any illegal activityThe UK security minister, Tom Tugendhat, has said China has closed its reported “police service stations” at sites across Britain, and that an inves…
Josie Stewart, who highlighted failures in Afghan evacuation, is concerned by attempt to keep her legal challenge privateA whistleblower who was sacked for highlighting Britain’s chaotic response to the fall of Kabul has expressed frustration at govern…
Two people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical attention in RwandaPolitics live – latest updatesTwo Tamil asylum seekers receiving medical treatment in Rwanda after being rescued from the India…