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An open letter to the foreign secretary says proposed changes to Britain’s development strategy are shortsighted and dangerous

Exclusive: ‘Huge risks’ attached to visit during Russian invasion, says Foreign Office official

The United Kingdom announced Thursday a change in its travel advice for Egypt. “Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) no longer advises against all but essential travel to the southern part of South Sinai and Faiyum governorates and deems these areas safe for travel,” it said in a statement. Egypt’s…

UK prime minister says he will announce an energy supply strategy soon but adds that UK must go ‘step by step’

‘Chaos’ caused by failure to combine two computer systems after departments merged, sources claim

The FCDO has also warned against all but essential travel to Belarus and the Transnistria region of Moldova

Guidance comes a day after Joe Biden told US citizens in Ukraine ‘things could go crazy very quickly’

It is worth harking back to what Prime Minister Boris Johnson said when he was a foreign secretary: "We should have absolutely no shame or embarrassment in championing our ideals around the world and in this era of dithering and dubitation, this should be the message of Global Britain to…

Anoosheh Ashoori is being held at Evin prison on charges of spying for Israel, which he denies.