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Russia calls on Britain, France to join wider nuclear talks with US
Jul 30, 2021 09:46Russia has called on Britain and France to join wider nuclear arms control talks with the United States even as Washington wants China to be included in the negotiations.
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650,000 UK firms in ‘serious financial distress’ despite ending of lockdown: Experts
Jul 29, 2021 02:34The number of British businesses in immense financial distress has soared by a quarter to 650,000 during the past year, according to insolvency specialists.
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Doctors warn over increasing number of young people in UK with Covid in ICU
Jul 26, 2021 04:30Doctors are warning that increasing numbers of young people infected with the coronavirus are being admitted to hospital in the UK, including to intensive care wards.
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UK will be exposed to paying pandemic cost risks for decades: Reports
Jul 25, 2021 03:46The British government will be exposed to financial risks for decades over the estimated £372 billion it spent on pandemic-containing measures, according to two reports by UK parliament's Public Accounts Committee.
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UK PM: “Let the bodies pile high”
Jul 23, 2021 03:05Let the bodies pile on high in their thousands a sentence seared into the memories of Britain's allegedly uttered by the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as he reluctantly approved the second England wide lockdown late last year.
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Food supply chains in UK ‘on edge of failing’ amid ‘pingdemic’ fears
Jul 22, 2021 11:16UK food supply chains are “right on the edge of failing,” a meat industry agency has warned, as the UK's COVID app “pingdemic” has thrown British companies into chaos.
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Northern Ireland protocol clash risks ‘inevitable’ UK-EU trade war: Officials warn
Jul 22, 2021 06:27Officials are warning of a trade war between the United Kingdom and the European Union if the UK refuses to back down on its new demands for post-Brexit rules on Northern Ireland.
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UK refuses to return Venezuelan gold at start of Supreme Court hearing
Jul 20, 2021 01:36The battle for control of Venezuela’s gold reserves in the Bank of England (BOE) has reached the final stage where the Supreme Court will get to decide if the British government’s recognition of Venezuela’s self-styled opposition leader, Juan Guaidó, justifies freezing the reserves indefinitely.
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‘Freedom day’ in UK overshadowed by Johnson’s isolation U-turn
Jul 19, 2021 04:41British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Finance Minister Rishi Sunak will be self-isolating on England’s so-called Freedom Day on Monday, highlighting the spike in Covid-19 cases just as the UK throws off its last pandemic restrictions.
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Iran is ready to proceed with prisoner swap deal with US, UK: Khatibzadeh
Jul 18, 2021 08:46Iran has rejected the United States’ denial of an agreement on a humanitarian prisoner exchange, expressing Tehran’s preparedness to immediately proceed with the deal already agreed with Washington and London.