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news.yahoo.comICC prosecutor launches Ukraine war crimes investigation
The International Criminal Court prosecutor has launched an investigation that could target senior officials believed responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide amid a rising civilian death toll and widespread destruction of property during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
UK's Johnson cites 'a dangerous moment' in Ukraine crisis
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the Ukraine crisis has grown into “the most dangerous moment” for Europe in decades, while his top diplomat held icy talks with her Moscow counterpart who said the Kremlin won’t accept lectures from the West.
UK rebukes China for supporting Argentina's Falklands claim
Britain on Monday firmly rejected a statement from China that affirmed Beijing's support for Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands, as relations between London and Asia's leading power remain strained. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a tweet that the United Kingdom “completely" rejected "any questions over sovereignty of the Falklands.” Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Argentine counterpart Alberto Fernandez issued a joint statement on Sunday that said China “reaffirms its support for Argentina’s demand for the full exercise of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands,” using the Argentine name for the territory.
news.yahoo.comWhat Is Article 16 and Why Is It Reviving Brexit Wars?
The U.K. and the European Union are wrangling over Brexit arrangements covering trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland that are designed to avoid the return of a hard border with the Republic of Ireland. The current regime is stifling the flow of goods and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the EU’s proposals to improve the situation. Instead, his government wants to rewrite the arrangements painstakingly agreed to in years of negotiations. The tensions are a reminder th
washingtonpost.comWhy Northern Ireland Has Become the Flashpoint for Post-Brexit Trade Tensions
The U.K. and the European Union are wrangling over Brexit arrangements covering trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland that are designed to avoid the return of a hard border with the Republic of Ireland. The current regime is stifling the flow of goods and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected the EU’s proposals to improve the situation. Instead, his government wants to rewrite the arrangements painstakingly agreed to in years of negotiations. The tensions are a reminder th
washingtonpost.comUK's Johnson to urge climate action over 4-day trip to US
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is travelling to the United States with senior Cabinet officials to urge world leaders attending the U.N. General Assembly to take urgent action on climate change ahead of this fall's COP26 climate summit in Scotland.
Britain unlikely to strike trade deal with US before 2023, admits Liz Truss
Britain is unlikely to strike a trade deal with the US before 2023, the International Trade Secretary has conceded, ahead of a trip to the country to build “broader” support for an agreement. A source close to Liz Truss said she was now “playing the long game”, with this week's visit intended to court prominent Democrats, as well as Silicon Valley tech giants that could benefit from a free trade deal with the UK. Ms Truss is understood to believe that a deal is now unlikely until after the US mi
news.yahoo.comExodus over transgender advice continues as Government pulls out of Stonewall diversity training
The Government has pulled out of Stonewall diversity training, The Telegraph can reveal, as an exodus over its transgender advice continues. The Cabinet Office confirmed that it and the Government Equalities Office have ended membership of the controversial LGBT charity's Diversity Champions scheme. Officials quietly left last year over “value for money” concerns, but the move has only just emerged in the most high-profile blow for the charity so far. It comes as Liz Truss, the women and equalit
news.yahoo.comA month on, post-Brexit 'teething problems' hit UK-EU trade
The British government says the troubles are “teething problems,” but companies say they are causing serious pain. A post-Brexit U.K.-EU trade deal means goods can still move without tariffs or quotas, but businesses face new costs, paperwork and barriers. British, Irish and Northern Ireland politicians all expressed alarm at the plan, and the EU dropped the idea. Trade expert David Henig of the European Centre for International Political Economy said the British government was not levelling with people. “They are saying ‘teething problems’ when it is actually a permanent economic shift,” he said.