Mia Shem: Mother of woman seen in Hamas hostage video pleads for her safe return Mia Shem was taken hostage by Hamas after attending the Nova Festival near the border with Gaza Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2023
Academics challenge Starmer to accept Israel’s siege of Gaza is against international law – UK politics live Labour urged to clarify its position on collective punishment by 39 academics who say party must confirm it ‘opposes the commission of war crimes’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023
BBC’s Mishal Husain in new clash with Tory minister over Hamas International development minister Andrew Mitchell takes to airwaves The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023
British girl missing after Hamas attack confirmed dead, say family Yahel, 13, was killed when Hamas attacked Israel, while her 16-year-old sister Noiya is missing. The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023
Britain doing ‘everything’ to secure return of hostages held by Hamas – minister Two young British sisters are reported to be among the missing. The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2023
UK needs to rebuild global development reputation, admits Andrew Mitchell Development minister’s comments at World Bank summit in Marrakech acknowledge effect of aid budget cuts The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023
Monday briefing: What is the cause of Sweden’s ‘terrorist-like’ epidemic of violence? In today’s newsletter: Eleven people have died since the start of September in a spate of shootings and bombings – this is how the country is managing The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Tory MPs should ‘get behind’ Sunak, says Andrew Mitchell International development minister warns colleagues jostling for position not to be ‘self-indulgent’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023
Andrew Mitchell under no illusions over Hawick target The Mansfield Park club won the very first league championship back in 1973-74. The National (Scotland) · Sep 1, 2023
UK to launch new education partnerships with Rwanda Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell will visit Rwanda and also attend an annual gorilla naming ceremony. The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023
War crimes being committed in Darfur, says UK minister Andrew Mitchell Africa minister says civilian death toll horrific and UK is to send evidence to UN The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2023
Foreign aid cuts are a disaster for women Letters: Britain’s foreign aid cuts are having dire consequences for some of the world’s most vulnerable women and children, writes Prof Geeta Nargund. Plus, Lib Dem peer Malcolm Bruce on the transformational effect of aid spending The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023
The Guardian view on UK aid spending: slashed budgets, unethical compromises Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s government is cutting the cash it gives to the world’s poorest, and now it admits that the results are devastating The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2023
Niger’s ousted president hits back as UK slams coup The UK Government condemned the coup ‘in the strongest possible terms’ and said it was closely monitoring the situation Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2023
WEKU · Jul 24, 2023 Wildfires in Greece prompt massive evacuations, leaving tourists in limbo Tens of thousands of people, many of them British tourists, are scrambling to evacuate from Rhodes and Corfu as wildfires rage across the country. Temperatures are expected to climb again Tuesday.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023 Travel firms flying tourists to Rhodes are ‘profiteering’, senior Tory says Alicia Kearns backs calls for the government to advise against travel to the Greek island
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023 The RSF are out to finish the genocide in Darfur they began as the Janjaweed. We cannot stand by Peace between Hemedti’s RSF and Sudan’s army will not end war crimes. As UN security council president, Britain must act
The Week · Jul 24, 2023 Travel firms criticised as repatriation of British holidaymakers begins from Rhodes Some UK airlines are continuing to sell flights to Rhodes, even as travel companies struggle to repatriate thousands of evacuated tourists while flames ravage the Greek island.
Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2023 Rhodes inferno must be wake-up call on global warming, says minister Evacuation flights bring back terrified British tourists trapped on the Greek holiday island as fires rage
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023 Greece wildfires: climate crisis will ‘manifest itself everywhere with greater disasters’, says Greek PM – as it happened Latest news: Kyriakos Mitsotakis tells parliament ‘we are at war’ as nearly 2,500 people evacuated from Corfu
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023 Ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 will remain in place, says minister Some Tory MPs have called for a ‘rethink’ over the speed at which net-zero goals are pursued.
Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2023 2030 ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars is ‘immovable,’ says Michael Gove But he says the costs of net zero policies on households will be taken into account when deciding anti-global warming measures
The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023 Up to ‘10,000 Britons’ on Rhodes as repatriation flights land in UK People have told of being forced to sleep with hundreds of others in schools, airports and sports centres across the popular Greek island.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 24, 2023 Rhodes wildfires: up to 10,000 Britons stranded on Greek island No 10 says travel advice for the island may change, as Greece undertakes largest-ever evacuation effort
Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2023 New British medal to honour UK humanitarian disaster rescuers International Development Minister Andrew Mitchell said the medal will shine a spotlight on ‘unsung humanitarian heroes’