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UK ‘willing to engage’ with Taliban, says minister
Aug 31, 2021 01:17The UK is “willing to engage” with the Taliban “if [they] start acting like a government,” says the government minister, stressing that in spite of the withdrawal, Britain will continue to help people eligible for resettlement.
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Former UK commander in Afghanistan warns of ‘greatest danger’ from Daesh
Aug 30, 2021 10:00A former commander of the British forces in Afghanistan has warned that the UK faces the “greatest danger from terrorism” since the Daesh militant group is “at its height”.
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Boris Johnson regrets manner of UK withdrawal from Afghanistan
Aug 30, 2021 00:30UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed his regret of the way his government withdrew from Afghanistan, saying Britain “would not have wished to leave in this way.”
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Moscow warns London of consequences if it violates Russian territorial waters again
Aug 27, 2021 00:22Moscow has warned London that there will be consequences in the event of a repeat of the incident in June when a British ship crossed into Russian territorial waters near Crimea.
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Lebanese lawyers sue British firm over Beirut blast in 2020
Aug 26, 2021 02:29Lebanon’s lawyers have sued a British chemical firm linked to the devastating explosion of 2020 at Beirut’s port at the High Court in London.
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Home Office slammed over ‘chaotic’ handling of Afghan refugee crisis
Aug 24, 2021 02:29Thousands of Afghan asylum seekers who have already arrived in the UK are stuck in a “nightmarish limbo” amid mounting pressure to grant them the right to stay in Britain permanently.
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Climate change activists target City of London's Guildhall
Aug 23, 2021 07:51Climate change activists held a demonstration in the City of London on Sunday as they started two weeks of protests focused on the capital's financial district.
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UK to push for sanctions on Taliban at G7 meeting
Aug 23, 2021 07:45The United Kingdom is planning to urge leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries to consider new sanctions on the Taliban when they meet to discuss the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday, sources told Reuters.
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Pro-Palestine activists occupy Israeli arms factory in UK, halt its operations
Aug 23, 2021 07:35As part of their nationwide campaign against an Israeli arms manufacturer, pro-Palestine activists in the UK have staged a protest outside the company’s plant in the borough of Oldham.
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Scotland closer to second independence referendum as SNP, Greens confirm agreement
Aug 21, 2021 02:51The Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Scottish Greens have signed a power-sharing agreement after months of intense negotiations, giving the opportunity to the members of the Green Party to take leading positions in the Scottish government for the first time in the UK.