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Foreign Office confirms death of British volunteer in Ukraine

Samuel Newey, 22, was ‘killed in action’ on Wednesday in eastern Ukraine, according to his brother, Daniel Newey.

The Independent UK

UK to launch new education partnerships with Rwanda

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell will visit Rwanda and also attend an annual gorilla naming ceremony.

The Independent UK

UK spends £13m on private schooling for diplomats’ children

Foreign Office staff subsidies bill for boarding school education rises by nearly a third in a year

The Guardian - UK

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British academic asks Foreign Office for formal apology over failure to spot torture during his detention in UAE

Foreign Office failed to notice signs of torture and provide help to UK academic, watchdog finds

The Independent UK

Academic urges Foreign Office apology over failure to spot signs of torture

A watchdog concluded the UK Government failed to follow its own guidance on detecting potential torture and mistreatment of British nationals.

The Independent UK

Prince Andrew biographer blasts government’s ‘attempts to block’ research

‘I think it is a matter for MPs to raise in Parliament,’ said Andrew Lownie

Evening Standard

UK aid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children

Save the Children and Oxfam urge government to restore aid budget back to 0.7% of national income

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on UK aid spending: slashed budgets, unethical compromises

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s government is cutting the cash it gives to the world’s poorest, and now it admits that the results are devastating

The Guardian - UK

Ministers warned overseas aid cuts ‘would risk thousands of preventable deaths’

Cuts follow government’s decision to trim overseas development aid spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of Gross National Income

The Independent UK

UK foreign aid cuts will lead to thousands of deaths, ministers warned

The consequences will be particularly dire for women’s health and wellbeing, leading to unsafe abortions and maternal deaths, assessments show.

The Independent UK

UK formally decides that IS attacks on Yazidis in Iraq were genocide

A UN report found an IS offensive in August 2014 ‘sought to destroy the Yazidis’ through killing, slavery, torture and forcible transfer.

The Independent UK

Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Latest Foreign Office advice as wildfires spread across Europe

Blazes have been seen in different parts of the country

The Independent UK

Is it safe to travel to Turkey? Latest Foreign Office advice as wildfires spread across Europe

Blazes have been seen in different parts of the country

The Independent UK

Wildfires ‘will clearly happen again’ and travel industry plans ‘need overhaul’

Paul Charles, CEO of travel PR firm PC Agency, called for an overhaul of the Foreign Office travel advice system which left holidaymakers ‘confused’.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

UK adds voice to international concerns over Israel judicial overhaul

The Foreign Office on Tuesday urged Israel’s leadership to ‘build consensus and avoid division’.

The Week

Your rights if your summer holiday is cancelled

From wildfires in Rhodes and Corfu to airport staff strikes, families are facing plenty of disruption to their summer holidays this year.

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove to holiday on Greek island as he says travel to region is safe

Gove says people should follow Foreign Office advice about travel to Rhodes as he reveals he is going to island of Evia next week

The Independent UK

More Britons returning from fire-ravaged Rhodes on repatriation flights

Hundreds of people have already landed at UK airports after parts of the Greek island went up in flames.

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Wildfires in Greece prompt massive evacuations, leaving tourists in limbo

Tens of thousands of people, many of them British tourists, are scrambling to evacuate from Rhodes and Corfu as wildfires rage across the country. Temperatures are expected to climb again Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Travel firms flying tourists to Rhodes are ‘profiteering’, senior Tory says

Alicia Kearns backs calls for the government to advise against travel to the Greek island

Evening Standard

2030 ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars is ‘immovable,’ says Michael Gove

But he says the costs of net zero policies on households will be taken into account when deciding anti-global warming measures

The Independent UK

Up to ‘10,000 Britons’ on Rhodes as repatriation flights land in UK

People have told of being forced to sleep with hundreds of others in schools, airports and sports centres across the popular Greek island.

The Guardian - UK

Travel operators urged to refund UK holidaymakers who call off trips to Rhodes

‘Unconscionable’ to penalise travellers, says Which?, as firms cancel holidays to wildfire hit Greek island

The Independent UK

UK sanctions ‘despicable’ Wagner leaders linked to African killings and torture

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell said the mercenary unit was ‘acting with impunity’ in countries such as Mali and Sudan.

Evening Standard

Tory MP Bob Stewart pleads not guilty to racist abuse of human rights campaigner

The Beckenham MP insisted he is a ‘friend of the Bahraini people’ as he denied racist abuse charge

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