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Ravaged by austerity, chastened by Brexit: how can Britain have influence abroad when it’s broken at home?

Our shabby domestic reality is a far cry from the imperial grandeur of the Foreign Office. Politicians must recognise this, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK

Is it safe to travel to Dubai? Airport flooded by over one year's worth of rain

The state-run WAM news agency calls the rain ‘a historic weather event’ that surpasses ‘anything documented since the start of data collection in 1949’

Evening Standard

Let’s stop talking about ‘great’ Britain – and rebrand ourselves as a different sort of country

Any plans for ‘national renewal’ must focus on freeing the UK from its vice of wallowing in guilt or glory, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Lord Cameron in surprise US talks with Donald Trump amid push to free up billions for Ukraine

Foreign Secretary was en route to Washington also to discuss Israel’s war against Hamas

Evening Standard

Even its old boys are turning on the stuffy Foreign Office. They’re right to do so

This seat of Britain’s global power is elitist and stuck in the past. It needs to take into account the UK’s new, reduced status, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Post-Brexit new-look Foreign Office should ditch 'colonial-era pictures on the walls'

Brexit offers chance to look anew at UK foreign policy, Lord Sedwill and other experts say

Evening Standard

Foreign Office is ‘elitist and rooted in the past’, says new report

Department ‘all too often operates like a giant private office for the foreign secretary’, paper claims

The Guardian - UK

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David Cameron warns of Gaza famine as UK sends Royal Navy ship to boost aid effort

Move to join US-led maritime corridor follows international fury at last week’s killing of seven aid workers

The Guardian - UK

Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel

Countries including Canada, the Netherlands and Spain say they're suspending arms sales to Israel. After an Israeli strike killed British World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, will the U.K. too?

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UK’s arms export procedures give Israel benefit of the doubt

Government faces judicial review over its assessments of whether Israel is breaking international law in Gaza

The Guardian - UK

German lager was once my downfall. My advice to Brits going to Euro 2024 – don’t do as I once did

The Foreign Office has warned football fans that the beer may be stronger than they think. I say focus on quality, not quantity, says food and drink journalist Pete Brown

The Guardian - UK

Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

When the US allowed a ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN, the warning was clear – and concern is rising elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Long hours, fancy clothes and no annoying constituents: is David Cameron doing a good job as foreign secretary?

His wife says he is working harder than ever, but what is the foreign secretary after, other than a nice final section on his Wikipedia page? And will he ever be forgiven for Brexit?

Evening Standard

Foreign Office merger has diminished UK’s aid capability, finds watchdog

National Audit Office says merging DfID with Foreign Office has led to loss of dedicated senior roles

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David Cameron, the ‘prime minister for external affairs’, gets tough on Israel

Drawing on his years at No 10, the UK foreign secretary is happy to ruffle feathers on the international stage while setting the agenda

The Guardian - UK

Cameron urged to publish Foreign Office legal advice on Israel’s war in Gaza

Labour presses foreign secretary as human rights groups seek judicial review of government’s refusal to ban arms exports

Evening Standard

OPINION - Gambian women and girls urgently need our help as the spectre of FGM returns

With brutal timing, on International Women’s Day, the UN released data that showed that 30 million girls have been subject to female genital mutilation (FGM) between 2016 and 2023. That means globally now more than 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone this abhorrent practice.

The Guardian - UK

Broken Archangel by Roland Philipps review – Roger Casement’s unquiet ghost

The life and legacy of the British diplomat and Irish rebel executed for high treason

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Evening Standard

Thomas Kingston: the remarkable life of the royal who died by suicide after struggling with anti-depressants

The ‘exceptional’ financier, one-time hostage negotiator and husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor died by suicide last February. Maddy Mussen reports on his private but remarkable life

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UK imposes sanctions on heads of penal colony where Russia’s Navalny died

Cameron promises to hold those responsible accountable, as Navalny’s mother takes legal action to recover his body.

The Guardian - UK

David Cameron to have first meeting with Chinese foreign minister

Exclusive: Cameron urged to raise human rights and security concerns in first meeting with Wang Yi since Sunak made him foreign secretary

The Guardian - UK

UK places sanctions on Israeli settlers for ‘forcing’ Palestinians from their land

David Cameron says ‘extremist’ settlers responsible for human rights abuses against West Bank residents

Al Jazeera

UN, UK push Israel on role of two-state solution in ending Gaza war

PM Netanyahu’s rejection of Palestinian statehood is attracting pushback.

International Business Times UK

Travellers Receive Warning Amid Risks Of Possible Terror Attacks In Dubai

Dubai is one of the most popular winter sun destinations around the globe.

The Guardian - UK

Cameron to be asked to clarify claim he took no decision over Israel arms sales

Foreign secretary told MPs he had not made formal decision to continue, but papers reveal he recommended move

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