Ex-ambassadors warn of sharing intelligence with US
One former diplomat tells a parliamentary committee some in the Trump administration have “strange track records”....
Month : March 2025
Stop the Boats slogan was too stark, Rishi Sunak tells BBC
The former prime minister examines his time in Downing Street, with the BBC’s Nick Robinson for Political Thinking....
UK government to end North Sea windfall tax in 2030
The announcement comes with a number of measures aimed at transitioning from oil and gas to renewable energy....
Mahmood rejects sentencing changes after ‘two-tier’ claims
Proposed reforms issued by the independent Sentencing Council were labelled biased by the Conservatives....
Coldplay to pick 2026 World Cup final half-time acts
Coldplay will work alongside Fifa to decide a “set of artists” to perform a half-time show at the 2026 World Cup final....
Trump tariffs could be good for some countries, including the UK
Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China have turned back the clock 70 years, erasing decades of globalisation....
‘Cool head’ approach defines UK PM Starmer’s balancing act over Ukraine
“Cool heads” is the mantra of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as he tries to heal a rapidly growing rift between the US, Europe and...
Markets wrestle with Trump’s unconventional debt ideas
Investors are weighing whether Donald Trump might turn to unconventional ideas to try to bring the ballooning US debt under control, after the president insisted...
After 13 years, Malala returns to hometown
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai returned to her Pakistan home village yesterday, 13 years after surviving an assassination attempt by militants....
Greenlanders shrug off Trump’s takeover bid
Greenlanders yesterday shrugged off US President Donald Trump’s vow to take over the Arctic island, seeing it merely as an opportunity to advance their own...