Starmer to pick new US ambassador as relations with Trump tested Exclusive: a trio of candidates have been interviewed by the PM, but he could still decide to directly appoint someone else The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2025
Trump wants to destabilise European democracy. Where on earth is parliament? You’d think MPs would be lining up to decry the US president’s support for far-right nationalists. Instead, only backbenchers and a few junior ministers bothered to turn up The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025
Yvette Cooper issues sanctions against Russia amid accusations of ‘information warfare’ The Foreign Secretary said Russian agencies are responsible for "vast malign online networks" disseminating disinformation across Europe The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2025
Davey claims ‘historic victory’ for Lib Dems after tokenistic vote in favour of customs union with EU – as it happened The vote will have no practical impact, despite Davey’s ‘historic’ claim The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2025
Starmer: Novichok poisoning inquiry shows UK must be vigilant to Russian threats The Prime Minister said the inquiry’s report ‘is clear: moral responsibility lies with Putin’. Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025
Vladimir Putin ordered Skripal novichok poisonings in show of ‘Russian power’, Dawn Sturgess inquiry finds The foreign secretary has warned in the wake of the report that the Russian president represents ‘an active threat’ to British citizens The Independent UK · Dec 4, 2025
Family of two women stranded in Sri Lanka ‘hugely relieved’ after rescue Melanie Watters, 54, and her friend Janine Reid, 55, from London, were stranded by floods in Pussellawa for nearly a week Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025
UK sanctions GRU after Putin found ‘morally responsible’ for Novichok death Russian President Vladimir Putin bears ‘moral responsibility’ for the nerve agent death of Dawn Sturgess, an inquiry found. Evening Standard · Dec 4, 2025
Foreign Office lost ‘opportunities to influence’ US after Harry Dunn death, review finds Anne Owers highlights delays in escalation after crash in August 2019, after which Anne Sacoolas flew to US The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2025
Officials lost opportunities to influence US on Dunn suspect’s immunity – review A review into the government’s handling of the Harry Dunn case was launched in July. Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025
Two London women stranded in cyclone-hit Sri Lanka 'running out of food and water' The Foreign Office has said there is currently no plan to evacuate the British nationals following the cyclone which has already claimed hundreds of lives Evening Standard · Dec 3, 2025
British women stranded by landslides in Sri Lankan mountains running out of food and water, daughter says Friends Melanie Watters and Janine Reid have been trapped in Pussellawa since Thursday The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025
Artist caught up in row over Foreign Office queen portrait speaks out Larry Achiampong, whose ‘pan-African colours’ replaced picture of former monarch, calls angle of some media coverage deeply problematic The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2025
UK slams Gaza aid delays as tents for displaced take months to arrive The Foreign Office said 1,100 UK-funded tents will finally be delivered to Gazans displaced by the war The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2025
Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2025 Keir Starmer 'set to approve' Chinese super embassy in east London Neither the Home Office or the Foreign Office will raise any formal objections to the plan, according to reports
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Eleven countries added to methanol poisoning warning list Six tourists died of methanol poisoning after drinking shots in Laos in 2024
Euronews · Nov 13, 2025 In the Taliban's shadow: Why Germany failed to help all local hires Halima worked for the German Air Force in Afghanistan. Today, she lives in fear of the Taliban and has received no response from Berlin.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025 Men with family stuck in Gaza say lack of action from UK government is breach of human rights Two fathers in Britain enlist law firm to get government to follow through on evacuation promises made months ago
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025 Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him, say civil servants PM had been given ‘summary of reputational risks’ but did not know about contents of emails before PMQs, MPs told
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025 UK politics: MPs spar over response to Cambridgeshire train attack – as it happened Lib Dem spokesperson says Reform ‘trying to exploit incident for political gain’ and shadow home secretary’s remarks are ‘beneath contempt’
Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2025 William donating to relief efforts to help people affected by Hurricane Melissa Jamaica was left devastated this week by Melissa, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the island in its history.
The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025 Britons caught up in Hurricane Melissa to fly home from Jamaica today The Foreign Office confirmed the flight would leave Kingston on Saturday
Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2025 First charter flight for Britons leaving Jamaica to take off on Saturday The Foreign Office confirmed the flight would leave Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport carrying Britons unable to fly home commercially.
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025 Cooper to visit Middle East as UK pledges demining help for Gaza The UK on Thursday pledged £4 million to help a UN peacekeeping body clear land mines in the enclave.
The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025 Tourists on hotel lockdown among thousands of Britons at risk as Storm Melissa batters Jamaica All of Caribbean islands airports shut as world’s strongest storm of year so far set to make landfall