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UK and EU sign new Gibraltar treaty to ease border delays with Spain

Negotiations over border regulations have continued for years since Britain’s departure from the EU

The Independent UK

Farage surge makes Starmer's EU push 'more important than ever,' UK minister tells Euronews

Crushing local election loss is piling pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as rising support for the anti-immigration Reform UK exposes growing public frustration over migration and the economy.

Euronews

Teen bedroom art installation shines spotlight on Ukraine’s stolen children

Since the start of the current conflict, more than 20,500 Ukrainian children have been taken by Russia

The Guardian - UK

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UK sanctions Russian networks suspected of trafficking migrants to fight in Ukraine

Others involved in Russia’s drone industry have also been sanctioned

The Independent UK

Iran-US war latest: President shares ‘Strait of Trump’ image after urging Tehran to ‘get smart’ and sign deal

Trump urged Tehran to ‘get smart soon’ and reach an agreement

The Independent UK

Middle East crisis: Iran’s foreign ministry condemns US seizure of Iranian-linked tankers as ‘piracy and armed robbery’ – as it happened

Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says actions of the United States ‘strike at the heart of international law’ as blockade continues in strait of Hormuz

The Guardian - AU

Minister laments ‘regrettable delay’ in Chagos Islands bill with final draft yet to be agreed

No 10 earlier said that handing sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius was “the best way to protect a vital” military base on Diego Garcia

The Independent UK

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Chagos Islands treaty is now ‘impossible to agree at political level’, UK minister says

Stephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliament

The Guardian - UK

Gibraltar to remain British as UK and EU hail post-Brexit treaty

A draft treaty published on Thursday would remove all checks for people and goods crossing the Spain-Gibraltar land border.

Evening Standard

Cabinet Office probes Labour group over journalists’ smear campaign as PM backs investigation

Labour Together, which helped the prime minister’s election to become party leader, reportedly paid £36,000 for the probe

The Independent UK

Tory bid to ‘wreck’ Chagos deal is ‘a simple political stunt’, minister says

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said it is ‘absolute nonsense’ to present a 1966 UK-US agreement as a ‘gotcha’.

Evening Standard

Labour MPs rebel over Chagos Islands deal following Trump criticism

The government has been urged to “pause” a deal which would hand Mauritius sovereignty of the Islands

The Independent UK

Children’s rights must be protected in any Ukraine peace plan, 130 MPs tell Foreign Office

Exclusive: Letter by cross-party group to Stephen Doughty warns of omission in US proposals involving Russia

The Guardian - UK

UN leaders condemn ‘horrifying’ mass killings in Sudan

Emergency security council session criticises killings of civilians in El Fasher and external supply of arms to RSF

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Evening Standard

Attack on maternity hospital must be ‘turning point’ in Sudan conflict – Dodds

The UK has called an emergency UN Security Council session on Sudan for later on Thursday.

Evening Standard

MPs support plans to hand over sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

The Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill follows a treaty signed by the UK Government in May to cede the territory.

Evening Standard

Doughty: ‘Nonsense’ that Mauritius in discussions with China over Chagos Islands

Foreign Office minister Stephen Doughty said foreign forces are prohibited from building bases in the archipelago as part of the treaty.

The Guardian - UK

MPs give Foreign Office fall guy a mauling over Mandelson

Hapless Stephen Doughty was given the hospital pass of defending the PM over the ex-US ambassador’s appointment

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The Guardian - UK

Mandelson not given in-depth vetting before appointment, says Foreign Office

Letter to MPs says former US ambassador went through process only after his new role was announced to public

The Guardian - UK

Starmer ‘defended Mandelson after No 10 had received Epstein emails’

PM understood not to have seen messages from former ambassador to sex offender when speaking in Commons

The Guardian - UK

Starmer and Cooper lead from the back as junior ministers take the Mandy flak

PM and foreign secretary were nowhere in sight as hapless Stephen Doughty faced the Commons over Peter Mandelson

The Independent UK

Mandelson’s sacking has left one big question – and it has nothing to do with Epstein

NEWS ANALYSIS: Lord Mandelson is part of a long list of key appointees that Sir Keir Starmer has been forced to sack for predictable problems, which poses big questions about his judgment, as David Maddox explains

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar defends Keir Starmer's handling of Peter Mandelson saga

ANAS Sarwar has defended Keir Starmer's handling of the row over Peter Mandelson's role.

Latin Times

UK Ambassador to U.S. Fired Over Jeffrey Epstein Links

The decision follows the release of emails this week in which Mandelson encouraged Epstein to "fight for early release" and tell the convicted sex offer "I think the world of you"

Evening Standard

Minister unveils UK crackdown on Kyrgyz finance to ‘keep pressure on’ Putin

Russian leaders are ‘sorely mistaken’ if they thought they could ‘hide’ their efforts to evade sanctions, Stephen Doughty said.

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