Prime Minister urged to consider City sanctions for Putin allies with extra checks on money going through London clearing houses March 27, 2018 The Prime Minister has been grilled by MPs over doing more to hurt Putin “and those who are suckling at the teat of the regime”. Giving her regular update to the Liaison Committee, which is formed from the heads of other Commons committees, Theresa May was praised for her success in securing an unprecedented show [...]
Hacker who made ATMs spit out €10m at a time to buy cryptocurrencies arrested in Spain March 26, 2018 The leader of a criminal gang which hacked into cash machines to make them spew out money as part of a €1bn (£870bn) swindle has been arrested. Europol today announced that Spanish police had apprehended the head of a cybercrime syndicate, which targeted over 100 financial institutions in 40 countries with two pieces of malware, [...]
US President Donald Trump reportedly mulling expulsions of Russian diplomats after EU backed UK March 25, 2018 US President Donald Trump may expel dozens of Russian diplomats tomorrow in response to the chemical weapons attack on a former Russian spy living in Britain, according to US media reports. The White House’s National Security Council recommended the expulsions after 10 European nations swung behind the UK in condemning the apparent attempted murder in [...]
Ambassador tells Salisbury nerve agent attack cop it “wasn’t Russia” as former classmate says Skripal regretted being a double agent March 24, 2018 Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko, has written to the policeman involved in a Salisbury nerve agent attack denying that Russia was involved. Yakovenko said he wished Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who attended to ex-Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia when they were found in Salisbury having been targeted with nerve [...]
How and why rising trade tensions have moved stock markets March 23, 2018 We explain all of the ins and outs of the turmoil in markets this week, focusing on at what might happen next with escalating trade tensions. How far have stock markets fallen this week? Global stock markets have come under pressure this week on fears over escalating trade tensions. The selling has been most marked [...]
Revealed: David Davis flies RAF class, defence minister gets £1,000 pearl necklace and Theresa May has to buy her own gift back March 23, 2018 Brexit secretary David Davis has been flying to Brussels and other European cities using RAF aircraft, costing thousands of pounds a go, while department colleagues use Eurostar. This was one of a number of details published in today’s transparency data, which has also revealed that a defence minister was handed a £1,000 pearl necklace, while [...]
Five allies mulling Russian expulsions as EU recalls Moscow ambassador March 23, 2018 The EU has kick-started the first of what is expected to be several retaliatory measures against Russia’s involvement in the attempted murder of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, recalling its ambassador from Moscow. Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said the EU ambassador to Russia was being recalled to consult with Brussels over the Salisbury attack, but [...]
Russian ambassador: UK is in breach of Vienna Convention for blocking access to Skripals March 22, 2018 The Russian ambassador to the UK has implied the British authorities may have been behind the attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, adding the country is in breach of the Vienna Convention for blocking access to “our compatriot”. Speaking from London this afternoon, Alexander Yakovenko claimed it was suspicious that the UK had [...]
Donald Trump defends congratulating Putin on election after it emerges he ignored aides’ demand not to; Jean-Claude Juncker defends own letter March 22, 2018 US President Donald Trump has defended his move to congratulate Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, after it emerged he ignored explicit instructions not to. In a series of late-night tweets, Trump insisted he was right to have offered his congratulations, concluding with the sign off “Peace through Strength”. He was responding to reports that claim he [...]
Britain may be left out in the cold over Russia row March 20, 2018 As Britain froze again over the weekend thanks to the mini Beast from the East, another chill wind blew across Europe from Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin was re-elected with more than 76 per cent of the vote and immediately ratcheted up the war of words between his country and Britain. Mr Putin’s victory in [...]