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UK announces £50m in humanitarian aid for Syrians after fall of Assad

The emergency support will be delivered through the UN and NGO agencies to people in the country, as well as to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan.

Evening Standard

Margaret Hodge named anti-corruption champion

The Government has appointed an anti-corruption champion as it seeks to make UK a ‘hostile environment for the corrupt and their ill-gotten gains’.

Evening Standard

Margaret Hodge appointed UK anti-corruption champion to tackle flow of ‘dirty money’

Labour peer says she will combat ‘corruption and the illicit finance that flows from it, both at home and abroad’

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Briton jailed in Dubai for past 16 years pleads with Starmer to end ‘nightmare’ on UAE visit

Exclusive: PM urged to fight for release of Ryan Cornelius, now 70, who has spent almost two decades imprisoned on a fraud charge the UN has said is unjust

The Independent UK

MPs call for tougher approach towards foreign governments holding UK citizens

MP John McDonnell said the Foreign Office should change the travel advice for Egypt on its website

Evening Standard

Family of British couple missing in Red Sea yacht sinking say they are in ‘disbelief’

Jenny Cawson and Tariq Sinada are believed to be among the seven people missing when the boat Sea Story sunk last week

The Independent UK

David Lammy to appoint envoy to support Britons detained abroad

After Guardian reporting, foreign secretary looks at cases of thousands who need consular help each year

The Guardian - UK

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Foreign Office to accelerate East Kilbride exit as 'delay' claim backtracked

THE Foreign Office will seek to accelerate its exit from a Scottish town.

The National (Scotland)

Watch: Liz Kendall questioned on Labour’s ‘Get Britain Working Again’ employment plans

Watch as Liz Kendall was questioned on Labour's "Get Britain Working Again" employment reform plans on Tuesday, 26 November.

The Independent UK

Egypt tourist boat: Everything we know about the incident in the Red Sea

Foreign Office warns that ‘overcrowding and poor safety standards have caused accidents on Red Sea ferries and Nile cruises’

The Independent UK

From Egypt to India, five jailed men who feel abandoned by Britain

A media mogul, a computer programmer, a developer, a trade unionist, and a Sikh activist – the prisoners arbitrarily detained abroad

The Guardian - UK

Reports of four missing Britons after yacht sinks off coast of Egypt

Consular support is being provided to ‘a number of British nationals and their families’, the Foreign Office said.

Evening Standard

Reports of two missing Britons after yacht sinks off coast of Egypt

Consular support is being provided to ‘a number of British nationals and their families’, the Foreign Office said.

The Independent UK

Britain Sanctions 30 Russian Ships In Shadow Fleet

Britain imposes sanctions on 30 Russian shadow fleet ships evading restrictions to transport petroleum, disrupting funding for Moscow's military actions in...

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The Guardian - UK

Alicia Kearns: the one-nation Tory taking on the Foreign Office

The former select committee chair is looking to change the way Britain deals with foreign hostage situations

The Guardian - UK

Former Taiwan leader was due to visit UK for two days in October, leak shows

Exclusive: letter reveals dates for visit that was planned by Tsai Ing-wen before Foreign Office intervened

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about political will’: is the Foreign Office failing Britons detained abroad?

Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage cases

The Guardian - UK

Lammy urged to keep promise of envoy to help free Britons held abroad

Exclusive: Families of people detained overseas fear diplomats are pushing back against foreign secretary’s plans

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UK imposes asset freezes and travel bans on three ‘kleptocrats’

Foreign secretary David Lammy says he is ending London’s role as a money laundering capital

Evening Standard

Nuclear shift is ‘latest irresponsibility from depraved Russian government’

The Kremlin updated its weapons doctrine so that any large conventional attack on Moscow could meet the criteria for a nuclear response.

The Guardian - UK

Diplomats and relatives accused of nine serious crimes in UK last year, MPs told

Alleged offences in 2023 include sexual assault, possession of indecent images of children, and indecent exposure

The Guardian - UK

UK momentum on Ukraine has dropped under Labour, Ben Wallace says

Former Tory defence minister says leadership of Sunak era is lacking and bureaucracy is holding up equipment

The Guardian - UK

UK will ask US ambassador Karen Pierce to stay in post for Trump transition

Experienced envoy is considered best person to help guide Labour government during potentially fraught period

Al Jazeera

UK blacklists mercenary groups in Africa in latest sanctions against Russia

‘Strikes at heart of Putin’s war machine’ also target people involved in Ukraine war and Salisbury nerve agent attack.

The Independent UK

British man missing on Tenerife for three days found as family share relief

Kris Finney had travelled to the Spanish island to meet a friend but failed to show up

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