The Notebook: Michael Martins on how UK PLC can prepare for a second Trump presidency November 14, 2023 Michael Martins, former US Embassy London political and economic specialist, talks Trump's America, AI's culture problem and his best book of the year.
Five pledges: How is Rishi Sunak doing after one year in No10? October 25, 2023 Just 12 months ago today, Rishi Sunak made history. Entering No10, on 25 October, 2022, he became the UK’s first British Asian and Hindu Prime Minister – and took over from his record-breaking predecessor after just 49 days. Since then, he’s lost five by-elections; visited Ukraine, the US and Israel, and seen his personal poll [...]
Macron proposes widening anti-Islamic State coalition to target Hamas October 24, 2023 Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Macron stressed that France and Israel shared terrorism as their "common enemy".
Israel-Gaza latest: Sunak warns of ‘contagion of conflict’ as UK terror risk could grow October 22, 2023 Rishi Sunak has warned that the international community needs to do everything possible to “stop a contagion of conflict” amid the Israel-Hamas war. The Prime Minister, who visited Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week, said: “The overwhelming view I got from everyone I spoke to this week was that we need to do everything [...]
Israel-Gaza latest: Rishi Sunak in Tel Aviv to show ‘solidarity’ over Hamas attacks October 19, 2023 Rishi Sunak has arrived in Israel to “express solidarity” with the country over Hamas’s attack as part of a two-day trip urging against any escalation of violence in the wider Middle East. The Prime Minister landed at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning ahead of holding talks with his counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, [...]
MI5 boss warns British businesses over Chinese spying risk October 18, 2023 British businesses need to be wary of the risk from Chinese spies, the boss of MI5 warned at an event in California.
Gaza war: Joe Biden lands in Israel and says hospital blast was ‘done by the other team’ October 18, 2023 US President Joe Biden began his visit to Israel and claimed the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital appears to have been carried out “by the other team” – not the Israeli military. Biden arrived in Tel Aviv on Wednesday vowing to show the world the US stands in solidarity with the Jewish people [...]
Israel-Gaza latest: Joe Biden to visit region on Wednesday October 17, 2023 US President Joe Biden will visit Israel and Jordan from Wednesday amid fears the war with Hamas could engulf the wider Middle East.
Trump wants to give evidence in London court over ‘Steele dossier’ October 16, 2023 Donald Trump wants to give evidence in a London court to attempt to prove claims Russia supported his 2016 election campaign are false, the former US president’s lawyers said on Monday as he tried to continue his case against a British private investigations firm. Trump, front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is suing Orbis [...]
US government shutdown imminent after Republicans reject own funding bill September 30, 2023 Hardline Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Friday rejected a bill proposed by their leader to temporarily fund the government, making it all but certain that federal agencies will partially shut down beginning on Sunday.