カテゴリー: Foreign policy
Defence minister says Chinese jet came within five meters of Canadian surveillance plane on UN operation over international watersCanada’s defence minister has accused China fighter jets of carrying out a “dangerous and reckless” interception of a Cana…
Party removed two people from candidates list after MI5 warned in 2021 they could be Chinese spiesThe Conservative party “acted swiftly” to block two potential parliamentary candidates from standing, after warnings from MI5 that they could be spying fo…
The British PM did eventually meet his counterpart at the Delhi summit – but after a day’s wait, and without an impressive photo opRead more: Sunak tells G20: UK will resist ‘hair shirt’ policies on net zero pledge When Rishi Sunak finally got to meet …
PM travels to Delhi for G20 summit this weekend and is likely to discuss trade agreement with Narendra ModiRishi Sunak is willing to discuss corporate visas as part of a trade negotiation with India, Downing Street officials have indicated, as he flies…
Exclusive: Sources believe deal will not be struck before meeting with Narendra Modi at G20 summitRishi Sunak has ruled out a quick-fix trade deal with India, making it impossible to get an agreement over the line in time for this week’s G20 summit in …
Discussions with India are into their 12th round and neither the public nor parliament has seen a word of the conclusionsIt is welcome to see attention being drawn to the appalling lack of transparency surrounding the UK’s programme of post-Brexit free…
In today’s newsletter: James Cleverly met senior Chinese officials for talks in Beijing – was there anything to gain?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning, or perhaps 你好 (nǐ hǎo). Hopefully James Cleverly got at least that …
UK’s James Cleverly is latest to travel to Beijing hoping to improve ties and change Chinese foreign policyThe UK foreign secretary, James Cleverly, on Wednesday described his government’s relationship with Beijing as “complicated and sophisticated”. H…
On trip to Beijing, James Cleverly says Britain is ‘clear-eyed’ about its disagreements with world’s second largest economy James Cleverly has defended his meetings with senior Chinese government members, saying it would be a mistake to try to isolate …
Ex-PM urges UK and allies to impose sanctions on Afghan regime over its ‘brutalisation’ of women and girlsUK politics live – latest updatesGordon Brown has called for the Taliban to be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, as he urged the UK governme…
Save the Children and Oxfam urge government to restore aid budget back to 0.7% of national incomeUK aid cuts are a “death sentence” for children in the world’s most dangerous places, aid charities have warned after an internal government report reveale…
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers toldHundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe abortions and thousands will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a result of UK aid cuts in 20…
Liu Jianchao accused of directing fugitive recovery operations targeting regime’s opponentsA cross-party group of British MPs and peers has written to the prime minister urging him to reconsider a decision to allow a visit this week by a senior Chinese…
Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and Dahua among those flagged by MPsBritain has announced the removal of Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive government sites as par…
Ukraine’s leader knows he needs to win over nonaligned countries such as Brazil and India to increase the pressure on RussiaNormally G7 summits are about battling for the free world comma by comma, as diplomats parse lengthy communiques of ephemeral si…