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Britain sanctions Sudan commanders over war crimes and rape

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The Independent UK · Feb 5

UK sanctions paramilitary group leaders over atrocities in Sudan

The foreign secretary says the government wants to ‘dismantle the war machine’

The Independent UK · Feb 5

Jimmy Lai’s son says UK government did not do enough to help him on China visit

Sebastien Lai criticises ministers for not putting conditions on his father’s release during Beijing trip

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3

Along comes Trump and our emperors have no clothes

There’s no shame in not knowing what he’ll say next: neither does he. But that didn’t stop many claiming to make sense of it

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

Why are some countries – including UK – reluctant to join Trump’s Gaza board of peace?

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the US president said that once the group is formed ‘we can do pretty much whatever we want to do’, days after his threats to Greenland

The Independent UK · Jan 22

UK not ready to sign up to Donald Trump’s ‘board of peace’, says Yvette Cooper

Foreign secretary says Britain supports president’s Gaza plan but there are concerns around involvement of Putin

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

Labour’s Andrew Gwynne resigns paving the way for return of Andy Burnham as an MP– as it happened

PM declines to say whether he supports Burnham standing as Gwynne steps down

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

Starmer snubs Trump’s signing ceremony for Gaza board of peace over Putin involvement

Trump insists war in Gaza ‘is really coming to an end’ despite ‘little fires that we'll put out’

The Independent UK · Jan 22

UK will not join Board of Peace signing amid concerns over Putin

Britain will not sign Donald Trump’s Board of Peace treaty on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper confirmed. The UK strongly supports the US president’s 20-point Middle East peace plan, which is being spotlighted at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Yvette Cooper stated that the UK will not be a…

The Independent UK · Jan 22

Britain snubs Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza signing ceremony over Putin invite

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said there were concerns about potential Russian involvement given Putin’s war in Ukraine

Evening Standard · Jan 22