Foreign policy
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Tory party ‘acted swiftly’ to block would-be MPs after MI5 warnings
Party removed two people from candidates list after MI5 warned in 2021 they could be Chinese spiesThe Conserva…
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Rishi who? Sunak slips down pecking order in G20 scramble to court India
The British PM did eventually meet his counterpart at the Delhi summit – but after a day’s wait, and without a…
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Rishi Sunak ready to discuss corporate visas deal with India, No 10 suggests
PM travels to Delhi for G20 summit this weekend and is likely to discuss trade agreement with Narendra ModiRis…
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Rishi Sunak rules out quick-fix trade deal with India
Exclusive: Sources believe deal will not be struck before meeting with Narendra Modi at G20 summitRishi Sunak …
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The UK’s trade negotiations are appallingly opaque | Letters
Discussions with India are into their 12th round and neither the public nor parliament has seen a word of the …
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Thursday briefing: What we learned from the foreign secretary’s trip to China
In today’s newsletter: James Cleverly met senior Chinese officials for talks in Beijing – was there anything t…
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Western politicians face tough balancing act on visits to Beijing
UK’s James Cleverly is latest to travel to Beijing hoping to improve ties and change Chinese foreign policyThe…
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Isolating China would be a mistake, says UK foreign secretary
On trip to Beijing, James Cleverly says Britain is ‘clear-eyed’ about its disagreements with world’s second la…
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Gordon Brown calls for Taliban to face crimes against humanity charges
Ex-PM urges UK and allies to impose sanctions on Afghan regime over its ‘brutalisation’ of women and girlsUK p…
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UK aid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children
Save the Children and Oxfam urge government to restore aid budget back to 0.7% of national incomeUK aid cuts a…
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Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers toldH…
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Sunak urged to rethink visit by Chinese official linked to forcible removal of dissidents
Liu Jianchao accused of directing fugitive recovery operations targeting regime’s opponentsA cross-party group…
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Britain to remove Chinese surveillance gear from government sites
Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and D…
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Zelenskiy uses G7 summit to reach beyond the west for support
Ukraine’s leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pres…
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China poses biggest threat to global security, says Sunak
UK prime minister goes further than G7 summit statement in outlining challenge posed by BeijingChina poses the…