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Officials under fire as UK faces biggest drop in living standards in decades
Mar 25, 2022 00:46British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak faced broad criticism on Thursday for not giving enough help to poorer households as the country heads for its biggest drop in living standards since at least the 1950s.
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Russia warns Britain after Johnson said Putin 'crossed the red line into barbarism'
Mar 24, 2022 11:52Russia has warned Britain's foreign policy approach would lead to a dead-end after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russian President Vladimir Putin has “crossed the red line into barbarism,” ratcheting up the US-led propaganda offensive against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.
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Germany to send 2000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, UK to supply 6000 missiles
Mar 24, 2022 03:58Germany will send 2,000 additional anti-tank weapons to Ukraine to replenish the country’s depleting arsenal and bolster its defenses against the Russian military operation.
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UK inflation hits 30-year high of 6.2% as Sunak readies response
Mar 23, 2022 10:26British inflation shot up faster than expected last month to hit a new 30-year high, worsening a historic squeeze on household finances that finance minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure to ease in a budget update later on Wednesday.
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Distinguished UK academics call on universities worldwide to divest from Israel for Palestine
Mar 23, 2022 07:41More than two dozen prominent academics from university student societies across the United Kingdom have called upon universities and educational institutions worldwide to stand up against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and divest for Palestine.
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Minority people face ‘ethnicity penalty’ on car insurance in UK
Mar 22, 2022 06:31Some British motorists living in areas where there are a higher proportion of colored people have paid more than white people for their car insurance, a charity organization has found.
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UK’s Johnson says West must not ‘normalize’ ties with Russia
Mar 20, 2022 02:40Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned the West against “renormalizing” ties with Russia, which he accuses of attacking civilians in Ukraine.
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UK's Truss ready to trigger Article 16 over stalled UK-EU talks: Times
Mar 18, 2022 03:38British foreign minister Liz Truss has told officials to be ready to trigger a suspension of parts of the Brexit trade deal to force the European Union into a deal on arrangements governing Northern Ireland, the Times reported on Thursday.
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Spokesman: Iran’s debt received with dignity from UK, had nothing to do with other issues
Mar 17, 2022 12:39Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh says Iran collected its overdue debt from the UK in a dignified manner, and the repayment of the debt was not in any way related to other issues between the two countries.
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FM: Iran ready for final agreement if all of its red lines observed
Mar 17, 2022 02:28Iran’s foreign minister tells his British counterpart that the country is prepared for conclusion of a final agreement in Vienna if all of its red lines are observed.