How will responses to the confrontation between Israel, its allies and Iran redefine the line that divides Donald Trump and Joe Biden? Host Anne McElvoy talks to Kim Darroch, the former British ambassador to Washington and former U.K. national security adviser, about the scenarios facing President Biden and what Trump might do if he returns … Read more
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Israel’s allies for their support and advice, but stressed that Israel would be making its own decisions, after meeting with UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday. During the meeting with Cameron and Baerbock, Netanyahu insisted on Israel’s right to self defense. Netanyahu … Read more
“I am sure that Ukraine will raise an argument that if one non-NATO country has been provided with air defense when attacked by a hostile adversary, why should Ukraine be treated differently? Given the dire and urgent situation that Ukraine now faces, that argument is rather convincing,” he added. Asked why Britain couldn’t offer the same … Read more
A CAFE owner once friendly with Foreign Secretary David Cameron has been found guilty of sexual assaults. Hugh “Andy” Anderson, 74, runs the Hi-Lo Jamaican Eating House — a regular haunt of Lord Cameron while he was at nearby Oxford University. 1 Hugh ‘Andy’ Anderson, the owner of cafe visited by David Cameron, has been … Read more
Westminster is likely to treat Greenway’s comments with a pinch of salt. One of the key sticking points in talks has been agricultural imports, and British resistance to opening its market to hormone-treated beef and chlorinated chicken — an issue that also scuttled the U.K.’s trade talks with Canada in January. “I hope that the … Read more
“This is consistent with the advice that I and other ministers have received, and as ever we will keep the position under review,” Cameron said. Continuing to allow arms exports puts the U.K. in line with other “like-minded countries.” Cameron — who was in the U.S. as part of efforts to lobby senior Republicans including … Read more
“We expect such a proud and successful democracy to abide by international humanitarian law, even when challenged in this way,” Cameron said. The article was published on the six-month anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by the Hamas militant group on Israel, in which around 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 taken hostage. … Read more
“If you want evidence of government madness, it appears that Foreign Office lawyers are busily canvassing the idea — which has not yet, as far as I can tell, been rejected by the foreign secretary himself,” Johnson added. Johnson’s swipe at Cameron comes amid a heated debate in the U.K. about whether to continue to … Read more
In a statement issued after his call with Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, Cameron said: “Israel must urgently explain how this happened and make major changes to ensure safety of aid workers on the ground.” Mitchell meanwhile added in a punchy statement issued by the Foreign Office that he had “set out the government’s unequivocal condemnation of the … Read more
In response, two individuals and one company linked to APT31 have been hit with asset freezes and travel bans. The US said the attacks are “directly endangering US national security”. A statement from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) named the company as Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company Limited. The … Read more
