Donald Trump has directly challenged Andy Burnham over the Chagos Islands agreement, branding it a ‘terrible deal’ during the leaders’ first face-to-face meeting in New York.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min readPrime Minister Andy Burnham has pledged to work with Mauritius and the United States on a way forward for Diego Garcia after legislation implementing the Chagos Islands treaty stalled.
Charlotte Mercer · 4 min readPrime Minister Andy Burnham has approved a time-limited RAF operation providing defensive air-to-air refuelling support for Saudi aircraft responding to Houthi attacks.
Charlotte Mercer · 4 min readIndependent MP Ayoub Khan says he supports UN forces entering Gaza and the West Bank and would have sent British troops after three British World Central Kitchen workers were killed in an Israeli strike.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min readLabour MP Tahir Ali has apologised after asking in Parliament whether military action should be taken against Israel, saying his words gave the wrong impression.
Charlotte Mercer · 5 min readThe UK is upgrading diplomatic relations with Venezuela and intends to restore ambassador-level representation while maintaining its existing assessment of disputed Venezuelan elections.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min readReform UK and France’s National Rally have signed a memorandum of understanding setting out how they would work together to stop Channel small-boat crossings if both parties enter government.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min readBritain has vowed to uphold the Falkland Islanders' right to self-determination after Javier Milei renewed Argentina's sovereignty claim and announced measures targeting offshore oil development.
Charlotte Mercer · 4 min readAndy Burnham and Emmanuel Macron have discussed next steps towards establishing local SCALP missile assembly lines in Ukraine after Britain cleared the release of classified information on UK components.
Charlotte Mercer · 3 min readForeign Secretary Ed Miliband says the Burnham Government is preparing a comprehensive package of measures over Israeli settlement expansion, including possible restrictions on British companies involved in new West Bank settlements.
Charlotte Mercer · 4 min readDame Priti Patel will become International Secretary of the Conservative Party after leaving the Shadow Cabinet, with Kemi Badenoch asking her to strengthen links with conservative and centre-right parties around the world.
Charlotte Mercer · 4 min read