LONDON — The U.K. Foreign Office will review “serious information failures” that led to ministers being unaware of “abhorrent” social media posts by the British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Monday evening.
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LONDON — Christian Turner has been chosen as Britain’s new ambassador to the United States. The U.K. government on Thursday picked the career diplomat — who had been due to become Britain’s designated representative to the United Nations in the coming mon... See more
LONDON — Donald Trump has triggered turmoil at the BBC at exactly the time its upstart right-wing rival is feeling bullish. Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Britain’s public service broadcaster — finally filed late Monday after weeks of build-up — conti... See more
LONDON — The BBC should stand firm against Donald Trump’s multi-billion dollar defamation lawsuit, a U.K. minister said Tuesday, after the U.S. president filed his heavily-trailed legal action against the British public broadcaster. Stephen Kinnock said t... See more
LONDON — The U.K.’s top military brass are not pulling their punches with a flurry of interventions in recent weeks, warning just how stark the threat from Russia is for Europe, well beyond Ukraine’s borders. British military chiefs have been hammering ho... See more
