British forces could be sent to stop countries cutting down rainforests and drilling for oil, William Hague says Focus of the Armed Forces could switch to guarding the natural environment William Hague says it could include stopping counties cutting down rainforests He says Britain ‘cannot get away with talking the talk without walking the walk’ … Read more
HENRY DEEDES: Raab talking to the IDC about the DCO and NGOs? It’s a bit light on the LOLs By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 22 April 2021 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 22 April 2021 Bamboozled by Line Of Duty? All that AFO, ARU and UCO gobbledegook? Try sitting thought the … Read more
We’ll still give China millions despite aid cut: Whitehall ministries will NOT be covered by new clampdown on cash flowing to Beijing Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Wednesday that his department will cut funding for programmes in China by 95 per cent However other Whitehall ministries, including the business department, are not covered by … Read more
Dominic Raab clashed with MPs today as he defended the UK’s decision to slash aid for the world’s poorest by £4billion because of the pandemic. The Foreign Secretary was told that delays to signing off cash for aid agencies – which should have been done almost a month ago – had left them in a … Read more
Britain blames Putin’s spies for massive SolarWinds cyber attack that targeted Pentagon, FBI, US Treasury, Nato and European Parliament The FCDO said it had been assessed it was ‘highly likely’ that SVR was behind it It came as President Joe Biden said that he was expelling 10 Russian diplomats It was over the Kremlin’s targeting … Read more
Boris Johnson’s Cabinet was rocked last night by an explosive political memoir revealing vicious Tory infighting. The Prime Minister is one of the targets for a series of astonishing personal attacks from Alan Duncan, his deputy when he was foreign secretary. Sir Alan describes Mr Johnson as a ‘buffoon’ and says they had a blazing … Read more
US ‘deliberately let China eavesdrop on a call to Dominic Raab to send a message to the Communist Party in Beijing’ Call was used to suggest coronavirus leaked from Wuhan Institute of Virology Washington source said Mr Raab had been ‘very supportive’ during phone call Source said: ‘We did it on an open phone to … Read more
UK will hold trade talks with countries that have poor record on human rights, says Dominic Raab Raab warned ready to strike deals with countries not meeting Western standards Will say Britain show cement is role as ‘force for good in the world’ this decade Comes as PM claims Britain would use trade policy to … Read more
The EU has conceded the UK did not ban vaccine exports after Boris Johnson slapped down the European Council’s president in a fresh row over Covid jabs. The Prime Minister spoke out after Charles Michel on Tuesday made the astonishing claim that the UK had ‘imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines.’ ‘Let … Read more
Boris Johnson has slapped down the EU’s president in a fresh row over Covid jabs, saying the UK ‘has not blocked export of a single vaccine or vaccine component’. The Prime Minister spoke out after Charles Michel made the astonishing claim that the UK had ‘imposed an outright ban on the export of vaccines.’ ‘Let … Read more