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Who is in the running to replace Peter Mandelson as Britain’s US ambassador?

Keir Starmer may need to move quickly to appoint new envoy given Donald Trump’s imminent state visit

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2025

Europeans Tell Iran Offer On Table To Avoid Sanctions

European powers said Friday they were ready to drop a new sanctions push on Iran if it addresses concerns on its nuclear program over the next month, but Tehran denounced the offer as insincere.

International Business Times · Aug 29, 2025

UN Security Council meets to discuss Israel-Hamas war and Gaza hostage situation

Members of the UN Security Council offered their sympathy to Israeli hostages after a video showing an emaciated captive was released by Hamas, but called on Israel to end its self-created humanitarian catastrophe and allow more aid to enter the besieged territory.

Euronews · Aug 6, 2025

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OPINION - Battle of the spies: how Blaise Metreweli triumphed, and saw off her biggest rival, in the fight to lead MI6

Apart from the odd tiresome comment about being a “diversity hire” — the first female head of MI6, Blaise Metreweli, has had a smooth landing as the new “C” — Chief, replacing the affable Sir Richard Moore when he leaves the post in October.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

US vetoes resolution for unconditional Gaza ceasefire at UN security council

Russia, China, France and the UK all voted in favour of ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’

The Guardian - US · Jun 4, 2025

Dame Barbara Woodward: Civil servant could become first female MI6 chief

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The Independent UK · May 11, 2025

MI6 set to appoint first female boss

Dame Barbara Woodward’s critics say she was reluctant to criticise Beijing while ambassador between 2015 and 2020

The Independent UK · May 10, 2025

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Father of Israeli hostage says Netanyahu is ‘stalling’ ceasefire deal

Yehuda Cohen, father of 20-year-old Israeli hostage Nimrod Cohen, was speaking at the Israeli embassy in central London,

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025

Israel sets out case to UN security council for full assault on Yemen’s Houthis

Council tells Israeli ambassador it condemns air raids that have killed Yemeni civilians as well as Houthi attacks

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2024

Russia holds a UN meeting about global cooperation. US calls it 'hypocrisy' after Ukraine invasion

Russia’s foreign minister has accused the United States of holding the entire West “at gunpoint” and impeding international cooperation at a U.N. event

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2024

In a diplomatic quirk, Russia chairs a UN meeting decrying its strike on a Ukraine kids' hospital

U.N. Security Council members are confronting Russia over a missile strike that destroyed part of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2024

US Ambassador Criticizes Russia And China Over Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

US and UK ambassadors criticize Russia and China for vetoing Gaza ceasefire resolution at UNSC, highlighting challenges in achieving sustainable peace in t...

Top News · Feb 15, 2024

Rishi Sunak briefs ministers on military action against Houthi rebels over Red Sea attacks

Rishi Sunak called a Cabinet meeting on Thursday evening as the US confirmed another attack blamed on Houthi rebels

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2023

EU urges G20 to help persuade Putin to reopen Ukraine grain export route

Brussels’ foreign policy chief calls on nations to speak with a unified voice to help ‘people most in need’

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 518

These are the main developments as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its 518th day.

Bangkok Post · Jul 14, 2023

Syria opens key aid corridor to rebel-held areas

UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Syria will let humanitarian aid flow through its main border crossing into rebel-held areas, reopening a conduit that had closed after a Security Council stalemate, the country's UN ambassador said Thursday.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

UK accuses Russia of ‘cynical brinkmanship’ over Ukraine grain deal threat

Ambassador Dame Barbara Woodward said that, without an accord in place, ships carrying food to famine-risk countries could be attacked by Russia.

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2023

Russia accused of ‘cynical brinkmanship’ over delays to grain deal renewal

Fears over food price rises if Moscow fails to meet deadline for Black Sea export agreement

The Hindu · Jul 4, 2023

Want to see expansion of UNSC permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany, Japan: U.K.

The U.K. has called for the expansion of the UN Security Council’s permanent seats to include India, Brazil, Germany and Japan as well as African representation, underlining that it is high time the powerful UN body entered the 2020s.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

UN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that the 12-year conflict in Syria has pushed 90% of its population below the poverty line and millions face a 40% cut in emergency food aid in July because the $5.4 billion U.N. humanitarian appeal for Syria – the world’s largest – is only…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 20, 2023

Funding Shortage Threatens ‘FSO Safer’ Rescue Mission

In a joint effort with the UN, Britain and the Netherlands will host a conference in two weeks aimed at raising an extra $29.4 million to salvage the deteriorating oil tanker known as FSO “Safer,” moored off the coast of Hodeidah governorate in Yemen. The derelict supertanker has been stranded…

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

Activists urge UN Security Council to refer Myanmar to court

Human rights activists are urging the U.N. Security Council to refer Myanmar’s military rulers to the International Criminal Court and for neighboring Southeast Asian countries to support the opposition pro-democracy movement

Al Jazeera · Dec 23, 2022

N Korea denies arms supplied for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine

US claims North Korea sent ‘infantry rockets and missiles into Russia’ for use by Wagner Group mercenaries in Ukraine.

The News Lens · Dec 22, 2022

UN Council Adopts Resolution Urging End to Myanmar Violence

This is the first Security Council resolution on Myanmar since the country became a U.N. member in 1948.

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