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UK foreign policy

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    UK politics
    UK gives Chagos Islands to Mauritius to secure military base

    Deal comes after 50 years of wrangling over the remote but strategically important archipelago

    Demonstrators from the Chagos Islands hold up flags in Port Louis, Mauritius, in 2019
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Brexit
    UK and EU pledge to hold regular leaders’ summits from 2025

    Von der Leyen and Starmer agree closer co-operation between London and Brussels

    UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at her headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Starmer looks for post-Brexit ‘reset’ in meeting with EU leaders

    UK prime minister travels to Brussels for talks on improving ties with bloc amid warnings not to expect an easy ride

    Keir Starmer speaks to media
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Red lines remain as Starmer and von der Leyen attempt to reset UK-EU relations

    Old arguments over energy trading and fishing rights are a potential stumbling block in the talks

    Ursula von der Leyen and Keir Starmer
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Reeves set to attend meeting of EU finance ministers

    Chancellor expected to participate in event involving Eurozone countries

    UK chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Starmer must set clear goals for UK-EU reset, warn diplomats

    UK prime minister will meet European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels on Wednesday

    Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) speaks with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Keir Starmer plays down significance of Storm Shadow decision for Ukraine

    UK prime minister says country’s ‘victory plan’ will not be about sole issue of long-range missiles

    An RAF Tornado with Storm Shadow missiles under its fuselage
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Starmer will promise to ‘recommit’ Britain to internationalism at UN

    PM to seek meetings with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump while in New York for gathering of world leaders

    Keir Starmer
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Lammy accused of diplomatic blunder in Substack blog post

    UK foreign secretary suggested Azerbaijan had ‘liberated’ the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh

    David Lammy
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Lammy seeks emergency boost to aid cash to offset cost of migrant hotels

    Foreign secretary fears domestic drain on development funding will hinder efforts to project UK on global stage

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Lammy vows to put climate action at centre of UK foreign policy

    Foreign secretary says government will build global clean power alliance for sharing knowledge and technology

    David Lammy speaks in Kew Gardens surrounded by palm trees
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Shein
    Shein faces greater political scrutiny ahead of planned London IPO

    Labour MP calls for UK government to ban imported products made by forced labour in Chinese region of Xinjiang

    Clothes at the Shein pop-up store in New York
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Russia expels 6 UK diplomats over spying allegations

    Moscow’s move comes ahead of talks between Keir Starmer and Joe Biden on war in Ukraine

    Moscow skyline featuring the Saint Basil's Cathedral with its colorful onion domes, the Spasskaya Tower with its clock, and other historic buildings with spires and domes.
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    UK defence spending
    UK sent Kyiv large supplies of old military equipment, watchdog finds

    Defence ministry dispatched kit ‘due to be scrapped or replaced’, according to National Audit Office

    Royal Anglian troops sort and prepare ballistic helmets for shipping to Ukraine in March 2022
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    West imposes fresh sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with weapons

    US, UK, Germany and France accuse Tehran of sending ballistic missiles for war against Ukraine

    Antony Blinken speaks as David Lammy listens to him during a joint press conference
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    US-UK relations
    Bill Burns and Richard Moore: Intelligence partnership helps the US and UK stay ahead in an uncertain world

    Technological advantage is key to ensuring the special relationship maintains its lead

    Bill Burns and Richard Moore
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Starmer to visit White House next week

    UK prime minister to hold second meeting with Joe Biden at time two allies’ approach to Israel at variance

    Keir Starmer during a visit to the National Crime Agency
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Government law officer raises ‘concern’ with Lammy over Israel arm sales suspension

    Labour solicitor-general Sarah Sackman writes of constituent anger in letter to UK foreign secretary

    Foreign secretary David Lammy announced the suspension of some arms export licenses to Israel in the House of Commons on 2 September
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Cameron decided not to suspend arms exports to Israel despite legal advice

    Ex-foreign secretary was told Jewish state had breached international law

    David Cameron and Benjamin Netanyahu
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    News in-depth
    Labour stands on the law to defend UK policy shift on Israel

    But Keir Starmer faces accusations that actions on arms exports go too far or not far enough

    Montage shows Sir Keir Starmer, Benjamin Netanyahu and an F-35 fighter
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Netanyahu attacks UK decision on arms to Israel as ‘shameful’

    Criticism from Israeli prime minister follows decision to block about 30 licences for items including military aircraft parts

    A large crowd of people gathers in Tel Aviv holding Israeli flags and placards. The scene is filled with numerous flags and signs, with people densely packed in the street.
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    UK to halt exports of some arms to Israel citing possible law breaches

    Decision adds to pressure on Israel over the war in Gaza

    A Palestinian woman in a black dress and pink headscarf carries salvaged items, including a large brown sack and a white bucket, while walking through rubble and debris of destroyed buildings in eastern Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. The scene depicts the aftermath of conflict, with extensive destruction visible in the background.
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Starmer warned he cannot sidestep Brussels in bid to reset UK-EU relations

    British prime minister’s trips to Berlin and Paris are the latest in a flurry of European diplomacy since entering Number 10

    French President Emmanuel Macron, left, gives a thumbs up as he stands next to Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside the Elysee Palace in Paris on August 29 2024. A guard in ceremonial uniform stands in the background.
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Starmer launches UK-German treaty bid in meeting with Scholz

    Germany highlights focus on defence talks and the call for greater youth mobility

    Keir Starmer with Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    ExplainerWar in Ukraine
    Why Ukraine’s allies are divided over deep strikes into Russia

    UK has pressed US to back Kyiv’s use of Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory

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