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Yvette Cooper to tour Arctic as Trump threatens to annex Greenland

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The Independent UK · Jan 14

Britain is ‘stepping up on Arctic security’, Yvette Cooper says amid Trump Greenland threats

The US has repeatedly threatened to annex Greenland

The Independent UK · Jan 14

France summons Iran envoy over 'unrestrained' protest crackdown

France’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that he had summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest against what he described as the “unrestrained use of state violence against peaceful demonstrators” in Iran. Similar démarches have been made by several European governments as the death toll rises, while the United States has warned…

Radio France Internationale · Jan 13

UK wants ‘peaceful transition’ in Iran as violent crackdown continues

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the UK’s priority was to ‘stem the violence’.

Evening Standard · Jan 11

Trump warns Tehran that US ‘stands ready to help’ Iranian protesters as regime crackdown intensifies

US president issued statement after Iran claimed to have arrested 100 ‘armed rioters’

The Independent UK · Jan 10

Cooper praises courage of protesters in Iran in the face of violent crackdown

The Foreign Secretary said exercising the right to free speech and assembly ‘should never come with the threat of violence or reprisals’.

Evening Standard · Jan 10

Voices: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sudan - we must not look away

COMMENT: As the conflict in Sudan passes the grim milestone of 1,000 days, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper writes that the same diplomatic energy that helped end the war in Gaza is needed to end the crisis

The Independent UK · Jan 9

Is Keir Starmer’s silence on Venezuela a mistake? What history tells us

It is unlikely that within the first few days of a great global event – one moreover triggered by its closest ally launching a coup and kidnapping a head of state – a British government has said so little. It took 16 hours for it to say anything at all,…

The Conversation · Jan 6

'Cowardly, craven approach': Labour infighting erupts as MPs attack ministers over Venezuela response

Labour backbenchers have rounded on Sir Keir Starmer and his cabinet after their refusals to criticise President Donald Trump for his military intervention in Venezuela

Evening Standard · Jan 6

Why won’t Yvette Cooper criticise Trump over Venezuela? Look no further than Ukraine

The foreign secretary faces a tight balancing act between keeping the US involved in peace talks, and trying to maintain international order

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6