Sweden refuses to launch research satellite on Russian Soyuz rocket March 16, 2022 Sweden has cancelled the launch of a research satellite via a Russian rocket, following the Kremlin-backed attack on neighbouring Ukraine. The launch was scheduled for the end of this year, after its initial scheduled launch in 2019 was delayed. “Preparing for a launch from Russia is unthinkable under the current circumstances,” a spokesperson for the [...]
Free at last: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to return to UK March 16, 2022 Talks to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe have made a breakthrough with the British-Iranian national on her way home to the UK.
Met officers deny offensive WhatsApp messages with murderer Wayne Couzens March 16, 2022 Two serving Met police constables and an ex-officer have denied sharing grossly offensive WhatsApp messages with Sarah Everard's murderer Wayne Couzens.
Long way to go: Hong Kong Covid-19 spiral appears to have peaked, says Lam March 16, 2022 Hong Kong’s Covid-19 spiral appears to have peaked, but there remains a long way to go for the finance hub as it ushers in extra medics from the mainland. The city of 7.4m people reported 29,272 new infections on Wednesday, and recorded 217deaths, compared with 228 in the previous 24 hours. Hong Kong leader [...]
Met police apologise over ‘traumatic’ strip search of Hackney schoolgirl March 16, 2022 The Metropolitan police have apologised after two officers strip searched a black schoolgirl who was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis.
UK and US to have ‘transatlantic dialogues’ in bid to boost trade March 16, 2022 The UK and US will next week hold the first of a series of “transatlantic dialogues” in a bid to boost bilateral trade between the two countries post-Brexit. The Department for International Trade (DIT) said the dialogues “will bring together government ministers, senior officials, trade unions, businesses and civil society from both sides to discuss [...]
Parker Review: Almost all FTSE 100 boards now meet ambitious diversity target of at least one director from minority background March 16, 2022 Almost 90 per cent of Britain’s top companies have met ambitious goals to have more ethnically diverse boards. The secretary of state for business heralded “great strides” made in British firms, following a report by the Parker Review Committee, revealing 89 FTSE 100 firms are now more representative than five years ago. This comes after [...]
Nigel Farage hits back at claims he accepted more than half a million pounds from Russia: ‘Nonsense’ March 16, 2022 Former UKIP and Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has called suggestions that he received hundreds of thousands of pounds from the Russian state “nonsense”. Labour MP Chris Bryant told a parliamentary debate that he wanted to “point out” payments for Mr Farage amounting to almost £550,000, which he said came from the Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT [...]
Johnson says he will push Saudi Arabia on human rights as he lands in Middle East March 16, 2022 Boris Johnson has defended his decision to meet with the Crown Princes of Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi today, vowing to bring up their human rights records. Johnson arrived in the United Arab Emirates this morning and will hold a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, before travelling to Riyadh to meet [...]
Government accused of wasting £120m on ‘festival of Brexit’ as MPs call event ‘recipe for failure’ March 16, 2022 MPs are saying the Government is wasting tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on a so-called “festival of Brexit” without any clear idea of what it is meant to be. The Unboxed: Creativity in the UK event – due to take place later this year – is supposed to showcase the best of [...]