Officials are working to deliver essential raw materials to British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant, the government has said, as it races to keep its blast furnaces burning. An emergency law rushed through Parliament on Saturday gave the government control of the Lincolnshire site
The government has threatened to override the body advising judges in England and Wales in a row over how ethnic minority offenders should be sentenced, days before new rules are set to take effect. It comes after the Sentencing Council
King Charles, who is also king of Canada, meets Mark Carney at Buckingham Palace King Charles gave a warm welcome to the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney when he visited Buckingham Palace. It was another symbolic gesture of support
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he was “ready and willing” to put UK troops on the ground in Ukraine, as part of any postwar peacekeeping force, to ensure the security of Britain and Europe. Writing in the
While M23 rebels closed in on Goma, a major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the US, UK and France on Friday called on their nationals to leave the area. Clashes between the Congolese army and rebels have triggered
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US President Joe Biden and the leaders of France, Germany and the UK called for an end to the war in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in a joint statement after their meeting in Berlin. The leaders
UK Foreign Minister David Lammy will attend the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg, joining EU counterparts for the first time in two years. Talks will focus on the Middle East and Ukraine, following an invitation from Josep Borrell. This move
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