Russian agents may again use the warfare poison agent Novichok on UK soil, British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has warned. Speaking to "The Sun on Sunday", he also stated that Vladimir Putin is one of the greatest threats to world peace since Adolf Hitler.more
A number of London newspapers are raising questions about whether British politics has begun to be driven by fear of Islamists and the radical left, and where further appeasement due to concerns about MPs' physical safety will lead.more
The West should be bolder in seizing Russian assets that were frozen after the invasion of Ukraine; this is necessary so that these assets can be used to rebuild Ukraine, wrote British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in The Sunday Times.more
The author of a heavily criticised review of Britain’s counter-terrorism strategy claims the public have been left “at risk” because many of his key recommendations have been ignored.more
Yesterday, King Charles III of Great Britain expressed his appreciation for the determination and strength of the Ukrainian people. In a statement issued on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Russian attack, he wrote that - despite the difficulties and pain inflicted on them - Ukrainians continue to demonstrate heroism.more
The UK yesterday reached an agreement with the EU border protection agency Frontex to work more closely together to combat illegal immigration. Among other things, the agreement allows for the presence of officers and drones from the UK Border Agency at the EU's external borders.more
By portraying the invasion of Ukraine as a conflict with the West in the official narrative, the Russian government is preparing its citizens for a prolonged war and a decline in living standards, the UK Ministry of Defence said yesterday.more
In the light of recent events, Vladimir Putin may seem indestructible, but this is an illusion; Unless the West leaves Ukraine, Russia's future in this war does not look bright, says Philip Wasielewski, a former Marine officer and analyst at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).more
A decision on whether lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be allowed to appeal the order for his extradition to the US will be made at a later date, no earlier than March 5, a London court said yesterday.more
The UK has frozen the assets of six Russian prison bosses in charge of the Arctic penal colony where opposition leader Alexei Navalny died. The sanctioned individuals will also be banned from travelling to the UK.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday announced a package of measures to help farmers, although they believe these are insufficient and there is not really any new money in it beyond what has already been promised before.more
The former Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, and leader of its government-in-exile, Akhmad Zakayev, during a visit to Gdansk yesterday, stressed that Russia has imperial ambitions. In his view, the potential occupation of Ukraine will result in Poland being drawn into Russia's sphere of influence.more
The Kremlin may release the body of oppositionist Alexei Navalny, who died in a penal colony, to his family only after the presidential elections scheduled for March 15-17, or not at all, reported the independent Russian website Moscow Times, citing government sources.more
Lawyers for Julian Assange have launched what could be his final bid to avoid extradition to the US to face trial over leaking military secrets. The two-day hearing at the High Court in London is hearing his team argue he should be allowed a full appeal.more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen yesterday expressed outrage at the death of Alexei Navalny and stressed the importance of holding those behind this in the Russian system to account, a Downing Street spokesperson reported.more
'I have no doubt that in another 25 years' time Northern Ireland will still be part of the UK, as there is no indication that support for Irish reunification is growing,' announced Jeffrey Donaldson, leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).more
Russia is a threat to every country in Europe, but the countries that border Russia are the first to be threatened, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo pointed out in an interview with the "Rzeczpospolita".more
Alexei Navalny's death is further evidence of what a brutal regime Russia has become under Vladimir Putin and must serve as a reminder that any negotiations with the Kremlin are pointless, British newspapers comment today.more
Poles are sceptical about Vladimir Putin's words that he will only send his troops to Poland if Poland attacks Russia, wrote 'Rzeczpospolita', citing an IBRiS poll.more
Every police force in England and Wales is being handed a share of £66 million to ramp up patrols in areas plagued by anti-social behaviour.
The Government funding is expected to allow each of the 43 forces to launch uniformed patrols for up to an estimated 20,000 hours a year in so-called “hotspot” areas where there are high levels of violence and disorder.more
The board of Russia's prison service announced today that Alexei Navalny, the leader of the anti-Kremlin opposition and considered the most important opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has died in a gulag.more
The UK's ruling Conservative Party suffered two successive heavy defeats in yesterday's House of Commons by-elections. The losses will intensify the pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and show that there are virtually no safe constituencies left for the Conservatives.more
The principle of "one for all, all for one" contained in the North Atlantic Treaty fully applies to us, assured the head of British diplomacy, former British Prime Minister David Cameron, who was in Poland yesterday in an interview for TVN24.more
Much to Brussels' disappointment regarding immigration, the new pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk does not intend to change much in relation to the policy pursued by the Law and Justice government - said the British newspaper "Daily Express" yesterday in a commentary.more
The Conservative Party, which has been ruling in Great Britain for 14 years, is in danger of falling into political irrelevance after this year's elections to the House of Commons. According to a poll published yesterday by the Daily Mirror, it would only have 80 of the 365 seats won in 2019.more