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Jersey Evening Post
January 18, 2018
MPs, lords and the US ambassador have all tried their hand at flying one of Britain's new multi-million pound stealth fighter jets by climbing into the cockpit ... He was guided through the process on Wednesday by Squadron Leader Andy Edgell and Lieutenant Commander Adam Hogg, two of the UK's F-35ÃÂ ...
WWF-UK
January 18, 2018
British photographer, Instagrammer and long time WWF supporter, Conor McDonnell has become a WWF UK ambassador, joining the likes of Sir David Attenborough, Anna Friel and Ben Fogle in WWF's council of influential people dedicated to solving the urgent issues facing our planet. Conor McDonnellÃÂ ...
BBC News
January 18, 2018
Lord Peter Ricketts, who was both national security adviser and then UK ambassador to Paris until 2016, says Anglo-French co-operation has improved dramatically since 2000. "From what I saw as ambassador in Paris, the two counter-terrorism communities and law enforcement communities are now finding they've gotÃÂ ...
Deutsche Welle
January 18, 2018
Israeli UK Ambassador: 'All inhabitants of Israel have equality'. What kind of place is Jerusalem, decades after the Arab eastern part of the city was annexed by Israel? And has the Israeli government stopped listening to the international community? Tim Sebastian meets Mark Regev.
Delano.lu
January 18, 2018
When asked whether the British government intended to take this any further, the British ambassador stated that “it is clear that we will be a third country”, but that the UK was a special case because it already had total regulatory convergence with EU norms, rules and regulations, and the country was “at theÃÂ ...
Rudaw
January 17, 2018
UK Ambassador to Iraq Jonathan Wilks (L) stressed the need to maintain talks between delegations from Erbil and Baghdad on different levels to ... According to a Kurdistan Regional Government statement, Barzani received Ambassador Jonathan Wilks in Erbil on Monday and the British diplomat said theÃÂ ...
ChronicleLive
January 16, 2018
Strong feelings whipped up by President Trump were given no vent in the North East yesterday as his representative in the UK, Ambassador Robert Wood Johnson, paid a quiet visit to Newcastle on Martin Luther King Day. The billionaire businessman, a member of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticalsÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 15, 2018
In order to counter this, the UK and France will have to work harder at the relationship, stepping up bilateral meetings, he says. Ricketts, who was ambassador from 2012 to 2016, issued the warning in a paper for the London-based defence thinktank the Royal United Services Institute, published on MondayÃÂ ...
The Daily Star
January 11, 2018
BEIRUT: A Lebanese prosecutor has begun questioning an Uber driver suspected in the murder of a British woman who worked at the U.K. Embassy in Beirut. Rebecca Dykes was found dead on Dec. 16 on the side of a road, strangled and reportedly showing signs of sexual assault. The suspect, TarekÃÂ ...
The Guardian
January 11, 2018
If awarded the status of a diplomat, it is thought, Assange could obtain certain rights to legal immunity and might be able to leave the embassy in ... attempt to resolve the impasse, said on Wednesday night: “The government of Ecuador recently requested diplomatic status for Mr Assange here in the UK.
RT
January 11, 2018
... Sir Kim Darroch, British ambassador to the US, earns ã180,000 - ã184,999 ($243,800 - $250,600). Hancock claimed that, while the BBC had started to act upon its gender pay gap, “more action is needed… especially when BBC foreign editors can earn more than her majesty's ambassadors in the sameà...
The Diplomat
January 10, 2018
Earlier this month, as uncertainty lingers over the exact nature of Brexit, U.K. Secretary of State Liam Fox announced that the United Kingdom could join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This announcement is a significant move, coming after the foreign secretary's comments that the U.K. is returningÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
January 10, 2018
The BBC must bring down the pay of its top journalists, the new Culture Secretary has said, arguing that it is unacceptable for the corporation's foreign editors to earn more than British ambassadors to the same countries. On his first day in the job, Matt Hancock waded into the BBC pay row and said theÃÂ ...
EURACTIV
January 10, 2018
The United Kingdom will remain one of the most important US allies in NATO and Brexit will have no impact on the alliance, US Ambassador to Athens ... people have made about their future in the European Union as detracting from the strength of our alliance relationship,” the top diplomat emphasised.
Sky News
December 17, 2017
The young, multi-lingual diplomat went to a top girls' boarding school and was less than a year into her new job in Lebanon. 11:39, UK, Monday 18 December 2017. Rebecca Dykes. Image: Rebecca Dykes studied in Manchester and London. Rebecca Dykes, who worked at the British embassy in Beirut, has been foundÃÂ ...
CNN International
December 12, 2017
There has been speculation in the British media that instead of a full-scale state occasion involving a banquet hosted by the Queen, Trump's first official trip to the UK could take the form of a lower-key "working visit." Any visit by Trump to the UK would likely be met with large-scale protests. The ambassadorÃÂ ...
The Independent
December 31, 1999
The United States and United Kingdom have enjoyed close ties that Winston Churchill called “the special relationship” — a camaraderie that transcends the Atlantic and the roots of America as Britain's breakaway colony. But that has strained into a special misunderstanding this week, after President TrumpÃÂ ...
The Hill (blog)
December 31, 1999
Purchased and built from the sale of our London properties, the new embassy did not cost the US taxpayer a cent," Ambassador Woody Johnson wrote in the Evening Standard. "Yet is one of the most advanced embassies we have ever built." Trump announced via Twitter on Thursday that he had cancelledÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
December 31, 1999
Second, the United Kingdom has clearly stated its intentions to deploy its newest aircraft carriers (and accompanying battle group) to East Asia. U.K. Foreign Minister Boris Johnson stated in Sydney on July 27, 2017 that “One of the first things we will do with the two new colossal aircraft carriers that we haveÃÂ ...
The Diplomat
November 29, 2017
“At the moment, Japan and the United Kingdom are conducting joint research on the feasibility of a new air-to-air missile before starting ...
Petra News Agency
November 29, 2017
Amman, Nov. 28 (Petra)-Newly-appointed Jordanian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Omar Al-Nahar, on Tuesday presented his ...
The Guardian
November 29, 2017
The UK has bowed to EU demands on the Brexit divorce bill in a ... EU diplomats are uncertain whether the Irish government could hold ... “There are lots of different signals coming about the possibility of an Irish veto,” said one diplomat. .... Following the dinner, there will be a meeting of ambassadors to the ...
The National
November 29, 2017
Britain's incoming Defence Senior Adviser on the Middle East has visited Lebanon as part of his pre-appointment tour of the region to reaffirm ...
Front Page Africa
November 29, 2017
... the expulsion of two Liberian diplomats from the United Kingdom. ... It's an extreme condemnation a country can apply to a foreign diplomat, who ... the Government of Liberia has taken note of the U.K government's decision.
TTG
November 28, 2017
Britain's ambassador to Portugal has urged that securing an open skies ... such as easyJet and Monarch, in recent years had helped to fuel UKÂ ...
The Guardian
November 28, 2017
Karen Pierce: 'The UK has long been a strong supporter of the UN and its role at the heart of the global rules-based international system, at a ...
Front Page Africa
November 27, 2017
Monrovia – The United Kingdom government has declared two Liberian ... disclosed but the two Liberian diplomats have been expelled from the country. ... a foreign diplomat who is protected by immunity from arrest or prosecution. ... President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf had earlier recalled Ambassador Sheriff ...
The Peninsula Qatar
October 18, 2017
“(This) represents a significant inroad into chipping away at the veil of immunity that has so far shielded diplomats who have trafficked their ...
Tubefilter
October 18, 2017
Daniel Howell Named Ambassador For U.K. Mental Health Charity ... He joins YoungMinds' existing roster of ambassadors, including news ...
The Guardian
October 18, 2017
Domestic workers win supreme court case against Saudi diplomat ... Diplomats bring an estimated 200-300 migrant domestic workers into the UK each year ... vulnerable” domestic workers are given entry clearance to the UK.
The Independent
October 18, 2017
An independent Catalan is in the UK's best interests, particularly during Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, a former British diplomat ...
The Guardian
October 18, 2017
Benedict Rogers, who was barred from entering Hong Kong, addressing a pro-democracy protest outside the Foreign Office in August.
CNET
October 16, 2017
Facebook offers every UK high school an anti-bullying ambassador ... "By offering trained digital safety ambassadors to every UK secondary ...
DutchNews.nl
October 16, 2017
The new British ambassador to the Netherlands Peter Wilson says trade ... According to Wilson the UK has made it 'abundantly clear' that it will ...
The Independent
October 15, 2017
Earlier this month, 15 Cuban diplomats were expelled from the ... US knowledge about what is harming diplomats in Cuba and the USÂ ...
POLITICO.eu
December 31, 1999
In a lecture on U.K.-EU relations, Ivan Rogers said that — like David Cameron before her — May would run up against the EU's attachment to ...
Telegraph.co.uk
December 31, 1999
Listen carefully and you can make out slight undulations in a high-pitched whine, like the output of of a swarm of electronic crickets, perhaps.
BBC News
September 30, 2017
Around November last year, US diplomats based in Havana started to ... Portocarero, the former European Union ambassador to Cuba. "By andÃÂ ...
The Independent
September 30, 2017
The British ambassador to Burma was forced to stop Boris Johnson mid-sentence as he recited a colonial poem in the country's most sacredÃÂ ...
The Guardian
September 30, 2017
The Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont, poses between an EU and a Catalan flag. Photograph: Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images.
Middle East Eye
September 29, 2017
The British broadcasting regulator has come under fire for giving "global credibility" to the Arabic-language version of Qatar's Al JazeeraÃÂ ...
The Guardian
September 28, 2017
The US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, has made a second ... Mahmoud Abbas, said: “Sometimes ambassadors can be ignorant andÃÂ ...
HuffPost UK
September 28, 2017
Donald Trump could harm the US/UK relationship with his chaotic administration ... These are the warnings from former British ambassadors to Washington, ... But ex-ambassador Sir Christopher Meyer warns the president is 'as unpredictable for .... He does seem well disposed towards the United Kingdom.
The Guardian
September 28, 2017
The UK diplomat who negotiated the Iran nuclear deal has said a military response to North Korea is “the worst possible option”, and wouldÃÂ ...
The Local France
September 28, 2017
Dozens of British citizens in France have aimed their anger and frustration at the UK ambassador in Paris after his attempt to reassure them thatÃÂ ...
Belfast Telegraph
September 23, 2017
Cuba's top diplomat has says his country has unearthed no ... series of health incidents that affected US and Canadian diplomats in Havana.
Global News Network
September 23, 2017
Left: Liberia's Ambassador to the UK, Dr. Mohammed Sheriff, tells BBC ... reportedly recalled as Liberia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom.
TASS
September 21, 2017
MOSCOW, September 20./TASS/. Russian president's special envoy for the Middle East and Africa Mikhail Bogdanov met on Wednesday withÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
September 21, 2017
The new US ambassador to Britain has described a conversation with Margaret Thatcher on a boat as "the best two hours I've ever spent withÃÂ ...
POLITICO.eu
September 13, 2017
Woody Johnson, the new U.S. ambassador to the U.K., used his first official speech Tuesday to reaffirm ties between the two countries despiteÃÂ ...
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