Category: News
Keir Starmer to restart UK-India talks after previous negotiations stalled
Keir Starmer is to restart the aborted UK-India trade talks in the new year after an agreement stalled amid disagreements over whisky tariffs and migration. [more…]
Keir Starmer denies budget to blame for rise in mortgage rates
Keir Starmer has conceded he was disappointed in the UK growth figures last week, but denied that his government’s budget was responsible for a recent [more…]
UK expected to give Ukraine Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia
Britain is expected to supply Storm Shadow missiles for use by Ukraine on targets inside Russia, now that the US president, Joe Biden, has agreed [more…]
Unlicensed medicines may lead to more baby deaths in England, coroner warns
More babies in England could die from issues caused by unlicensed medicines if providers are not required to report problems, a coroner has warned. The [more…]
UK upheld some arms export licences to Israel to reassure US
The UK government did not fully suspend export licences to Israel as it would undermine US confidence in the UK and Nato and have a [more…]
Australian goldminer to pay Mali $160m to free detained CEO and executives
An Australian goldmining company has agreed to pay $160m ($A247m, £126m) to Mali’s government after the west African country’s junta detained its chief executive and [more…]
Ed Sheeran: I wish I wasn’t on 40th-anniversary version of Band Aid
Ed Sheeran has said he would rather not be on the forthcoming 40th-anniversary version of Band Aid charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas?, aligning [more…]
X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war
A series of X-rays showing a piece of shrapnel buried deep inside a 20-month-old girl’s head and a bullet embedded in an 18-month-old boy’s chest [more…]
Migrant rights advocate held in Tunisia under anti-terrorist investigation
Tunisian anti-terrorist investigators are handling the case of a leading advocate for migrants who has been taken into custody, in what the head of a [more…]
Nigeria celebrates victory over South African rivals with Miss Universe runner-up
Beauty queen Chidimma Adetshina’s second place in this year’s Miss Universe competition was not only an occasion for Nigerians to rejoice at their highest ever [more…]
