[ Sweden today (7 March) formally joined NATO and became the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance. The move ends decades of post-World War II neutrality for the Nordic nation amid a spike security concerns in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. US President Joe Biden congratulated Sweden on its admission and … Read more
[ Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron has used a closed G20 meeting to criticise Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the invasion of Ukraine. According to his office, he told a meeting of foreign ministers, which Lavrov was attending, that “Russia must be made to pay for its aggression” following its attacks on Ukraine, which … Read more
[ David Cameron’s plan to seize Russian central bank assets to pay for the rebuilding of Ukraine is facing resistance from bankers in the City of London, i has learnt. The proposal is part of the Foreign Secretary’s continued push for tougher and better enforced Russian sanctions at the G20 and UN this week ahead … Read more
[ Talk of more sanctions to punish and deter figures in Vladimir Putin’s regime who are linked to the persecution and death of democracy campaigner Alexei Navalny is just that, really: talk. Existing sanctions, the harshest and most extensive Western financial penalties ever ranged against a major country, have not contained the Kremlin’s violence and … Read more
[ A blaze on a British-linked oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden has been put out after firefighting efforts continued through the night following a strike by Houthi rebels. The UK and its allies “reserve the right to respond appropriately” following the latest attack claimed by the Iran-backed group, the Government has said. The … Read more
[ European countries will be forced to put their economies onto a war footing to support Ukraine if a Donald Trump administration pulls US support, Theresa May’s former chief of staff has warned. Lord Barwell, who served in No 10 at the height of the previous Trump government, said Europe must be prepared to shift … Read more
[ David Lammy will brand Vladimir Putin the “ringleader of a new fascism” as he vows to stand firm with Ukraine against Russian aggression. The shadow Foreign Secretary will set out Labour’s foreign policy vision for 2024 on Saturday, when he will frame the war in Ukraine as a “generational security challenge and a long-term … Read more
[ Boris Johnson has endorsed Donald Trump as the next US president, claiming a second term for the controversial Republican could be a “big win for the world”. The former prime minister said the growing prospect of a comeback by Mr Trump had caused the “global wokerati” to tremble “so violently that you could hear … Read more
[ The UK must be prepared to “defend our nation whenever the call comes” as we enter a new era of threats, the Defence Secretary will warn today. Some 20,000 British troops are being sent to join one of Nato’s largest military exercises in recent times, the Government has announced. And, in what will be … Read more
[ The UK gave “warning after warning” to Houthi rebels to stop attacks on ships in the Red Sea before carrying out airstrikes in Yemen, the Foreign Secretary said. David Cameron denied the UK’s strikes on the Houthis were an escalation and said “not acting […] was not working”. He argued the airstrikes would “degrade” … Read more
