UK to start evacuating British nationals from Sudan, government says A three-day ceasefire has been agreed in the violence-stricken country Manchester Evening News · Apr 25, 2023
Britain begins large-scale evacuation of its nationals from Sudan Britain launched a large-scale evacuation of its citizens from Sudan on Tuesday, joining other nations racing to get their people out of the North African country after its warring factions agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire. Reuters · Apr 25, 2023
Military flights to evacuate British nationals from Sudan Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced the operation after a three-day ceasefire was agreed. The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2023
UK warns China secrecy over military expansion risks 'tragic miscalculation' British foreign minister James Cleverly urged China to be more open about what he called the biggest military build-up in peacetime history and said secrecy around its plans could lead to a "tragic miscalculation". Reuters · Apr 24, 2023
UK expected to stop funding Chinese state-linked Mandarin teaching schools Secretive visa scheme has been used to fast-track Chinese staff to promote Communist party values at Confucius Institutes The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2023
Isolating China is ‘a betrayal of national interest’, Cleverly to say At the Lord Mayor’s Easter Banquet the Foreign Secretary will say the UK must engage directly with the country in order to promote stability. The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
Britain Sanctions Iranian Revolutionary Guard Commanders Britain, in coordination with the United States and European Union, on Monday announced further sanctions on Iranian officials, including members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, it said were responsible for human rights violations. The British government said those sanctioned included four regional commanders of the IRGC. "The UK and… Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 24, 2023
British families yet to be evacuated from Sudan ‘kill pets’ while waiting It comes as more than 4,000 British nationals are waiting to be evacuated from Sudan, according to Alicia Kearns The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
British citizens trapped in Sudan feel ‘abandoned’ by UK Government Tobias Ellwood, Tory chairman of the Defence Committee, said a ‘few thousand UK passport holders’ remain stranded in the African nation. The Independent UK · Apr 24, 2023
British troops land in Sudan to ‘scope out evacuation options’, minister confirms Ministers under pressure to find safe route for 4,000 national stuck in escalating war Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023
Cleverly holds further emergency Sudan talks as trapped Britons call for rescue The Foreign Secretary has warned that the UK is ‘severely limited’ in how it can assist while the fighting continues. The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2023
James Cleverly on taking a new approach to foreign policy – and belting out the Beatles with Blinken The foreign secretary aims to navigate international relations with ‘patient diplomacy’ as he insists post-Brexit Britain is still admired The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
UK armed forces evacuate diplomats and families from Sudan following embassy threat The PM said the British military had undertaken a “difficult” operation to evacuate UK officials from Sudan following fears embassy staff could… The National (Scotland) · Apr 23, 2023
UK armed forces evacuate British diplomats from Sudan after threats Rishi Sunak says ‘complex and rapid’ operation carried out, amid fears for remaining UK nationals The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 22, 2023 Saudi, UK Foreign Ministers Discuss Violence in Sudan Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah received on Friday a phone call from UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the telephone call, the two sides discussed the developments in Sudan, with an emphasis on the importance of stopping the military…
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023 UK officials make contingency plan in violence-hit Sudan as allies prep airlift Reports have suggested that military forces are being put on standby should they be required to airlift Britons out of the African country.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023 US and UK troops moving close to Sudan for possible evacuation MoD engaged in ‘prudent planning’ as several hundred British citizens are estimated to be in country
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023 Five people sanctioned over imprisonment of British-Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years on Monday in a process the UK says breached his human rights.
Daily Mirror · Apr 21, 2023 Foreign Secretary rushes back to UK from Pacific tour after hundreds killed in Sudan James Cleverly cancelled a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart to return to the UK amid heightened alarm over the deteriorating situation in Sudan, where hundreds have died in fighting
Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2023 Foreign secretary James Cleverly cuts short Pacific trip to deal with Sudan crisis James Cleverly cancelled a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart to fly home early.
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023 Foreign Secretary cuts short Pacific trip to deal with Sudan crisis James Cleverly cancelled a meeting with his New Zealand counterpart to fly home early.
The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023 UK foreign secretary leaves Pacific early to focus on Sudan Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly is cutting a Pacific tour short to return to Britain and deal with the deteriorating situation in Sudan
The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2023 British foreign minister’s belated visit to the Pacific a welcome counter to Chinese influence James Cleverly’s trip won’t buy the west any semblance of strategic exclusivity in the Pacific, but it does show the UK’s renewed commitment to region
The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2023 Britain’s top diplomat James Cleverly skips part of Pacific tour to focus on Sudan Foreign secretary cancelled plans in Samoa and New Zealand due to crisis in Sudan, his office said
Reuters · Apr 21, 2023 Britain's Cleverly leaves New Zealand early to focus on Sudan response British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will leave New Zealand Friday and cut his Pacific tour short, his office said, as he focuses on coordinating Britain's response to the Sudan crisis.