Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has attacked EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell over a visit to Tehran aimed at relaunching negotiations on the Iran nuclear deal, which Israel has long rejected and tried to undermine in any way it could. As a courtesy, Borrell reached out to Lapid ahead of his visit to Tehran, … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a vote of no confidence today after many of his Conservative MPs expressed doubts about his leadership. The Prime Minister, who was just booed at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, faces another tough day on June 6. 10 Downing Street is presenting this as an opportunity to leave partygate and poll … Read more
Telegram: Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), determined this Friday (18) to block Telegram throughout the national territory. Because of this, the country’s internet providers must adopt measures to make it impossible for users to access the application. According to Globo, the minister responded to a request from the Federal Police … Read more
The Prime Minister is chairing a Cobra meeting this Tuesday morning to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, as he warned a Russian invasion could happen “in the coming hours and days”. The meeting, scheduled to take place at 6.30am, is being used to “coordinate the UK response”, including agreeing a “significant package of sanctions … Read more
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There should be a “high bar” to get rid of a sitting prime minister, a senior Tory said after Boris Johnson refused to say if he would quit if found to have broken coronavirus laws. Business Minister Paul Scully said he would need to “see the context” of any findings against Mr Johnson before making … Read more
The Armed Forces Minister James Heppey has said he fears that “we are closer than we’ve been on this continent” to war “for 70 years”. He told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme: “There’s 130,000 Russian troops around the borders of Ukraine, thousands more on amphibious shipping in the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. … Read more
Dame Cressida Dick’s reign as Commissioner of the Met police is over, after announcing her resignation on 10 February. Her tenure at the top of London’s police has coincided with the city’s bloodiest few years in the last decade, while also being laden with scandal. The news of her resignation came just hours after she … Read more
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has suggested new laws would hold to account streaming sites from airing jokes such as those made by Jimmy Carr about the traveling community and the Holocaust. Carr issued a “trigger warning” to the audience at the beginning of his one-hour Netflix special, His Dark Material, admitting his performance contained “terrible … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has tested positive for the coronavirus. Mr Shapps is the second Cabinet minister to test positive in five days after Secretary of State Liz Truss announced she was in isolation on Monday. Mr Shapps wrote on Twitter: “Tested positive for #COVID19 so I’m self-isolating and testing as needed.”
