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Alicia Kearns: the one-nation Tory taking on the Foreign Office

The former select committee chair is looking to change the way Britain deals with foreign hostage situations

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy encourages ‘winner’ Donald Trump to continue Ukraine support

The Foreign Secretary said the UK Government’s approach is ‘one American president at a time’.

Evening Standard

100 politicians around world demand release of jailed pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai

Call for unconditional freedom for media mogul facing life sentence on charges decried as a sham comes after prime minister raises his case with China’s president

The Independent UK

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MPs call for Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai’s immediate release from prison

Mr Lai’s health is ‘deteriorating’ in prison, politicians and campaigners have warned, as they called for his release.

Evening Standard

Calls to recognise service of sacked pregnant servicewomen

Conservative MP Alicia Kearns raised the issue in the House of Commons.

Evening Standard

Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi

Prime minister wants bilateral at G20 to lead to closer ties with China, which he sees as key to faster growth

The Guardian - UK

Ministers accused of ‘preposterous’ error over winter fuel payment cuts

Row erupted over controversial cuts to payments for pensioners

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UK urged to rule out allowing wind turbines ‘controlled by hostile states’

Mingyang Smart Energy Group has received priority status from the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council for a proposed manufacturing plant.

Evening Standard

RAF chief lied to ministers about recruitment policy, senior MP claims in PMQs

Sir Keir Starmer has promised the RAF’s former head of recruitment a meeting after it was alleged she was forced to quit for refusing to implement ‘an illegal recruitment policy’

The Independent UK

Calls for special envoy to help release Britons held for years without fair trial

The families of Britons imprisoned abroad accuse the Foreign Office of caring more about ‘not upsetting’ relations with key trade partners than calling for the release of their loved ones.

The Independent UK

The early release of prisoners was unavoidable, but too many women in the UK are now living in fear

Despite government assurances on the release of prisoners across England and Wales, the coming days will be filled with a familiar dread for some survivors of domestic violence, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

'Security risk': Sanctioned Russian oligarchs buy stake in Scotland-based oil giant

THE UK Government is facing criticism after two sanctioned Russian oligarchs became part-owners of a Scotland-based oil company.

The National (Scotland)

Will the UK’s new Labour government halt arms sales to Israel?

Since 2008, the UK has licensed arms exports to Israel worth at least 576 million pounds ($740m).

Al Jazeera

China's ambassador summoned to Foreign Office to be warned against Beijing interfering in British democracy

The move came after a former parliamentary researcher and a second man were charged with spying for China after a probe by counter-terrorism police

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

There are Tory splits over Gaza, but the party is only really going in one direction – towards Israel

The criticism of David Cameron among Tory MPs shows how far the party has moved from its long-held Arabist tradition, writes the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson criticises David Cameron over silence on Israel arms sales debate

Mr Johnson said Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron had “gone into a kind of purdah” on the debate on whether the UK should continue arms sales to Israel.

Evening Standard

Cameron demands Israel allows independent review into aid worker deaths following sacking of IDF officers

Three Britons were among the World Central Kitchen aid workers who died in airstrikes by the IDF

The Guardian - UK

William Wragg resignation calls ‘a question for the Conservatives’, Rachel Reeves says – as it happened

Labour’s shadow chancellor says she is concerned about William Wragg incident and says it is right there is proper investigation

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The Guardian - UK

Devastating it took aid worker deaths for Israel to change approach, says senior Tory

Alicia Kearns also expresses frustration that Joe Biden only now calling for immediate ceasefire and says UK must suspend arms sales

WEKU

Why a majority of Britons want the U.K. to halt arms exports to Israel

Countries including Canada, the Netherlands and Spain say they're suspending arms sales to Israel. After an Israeli strike killed British World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza, will the U.K. too?

Al Jazeera

Western allies face genocide complicity if support for Israel continues

Experts say Western allies are risking sanction from the ICJ if they continue to ship arms to Israel.

The Guardian - UK

Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

When the US allowed a ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN, the warning was clear – and concern is rising elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording

Ex-Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence official Alicia Kearns said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay

France 24

UK counterterrorism police investigate attack on Iranian journalist outside his London home

British counterterrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an Iranian television presenter outside his home in London as concern grows over threats to a Farsi-language satellite news channel long critical of Iran’s theocratic government.

Evening Standard

Gaza: Russia and China block US call for immediate ceasefire at UN

It was the first time the US has supported calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region, having previously blocked such demands

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