Ministers should be banned from political lobbying for five years after they leave office, and not for two years as it is today, the UK Public Living Standards Committee has recommended in a report published today.more
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have met the Queen at Windsor Castle. The visit included a Guard of Honour and afternoon tea with the monarch.more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year hold on power is set to end on Sunday when the parliament votes on a new government, ushering in an administration that has pledged to heal a nation bitterly divided over the departure of the country’s longest-serving leader.more
Growing tensions between Britain and the European Union threatened to overshadow the Group of Seven summit's conclusion on Sunday, with London accusing France of "offensive" remarks that Northern Ireland was not part of the United Kingdom.more
About 3,000 soldiers and policemen will watch over security during the meeting of US and Russian presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin on June 16 in Geneva. The authorities in Bern also decided, inter alia, about temporary restrictions in the airspace.more
Boris Johnson thinks there will be "some pragmatic solutions" to post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, he has told the BBC. The prime minister held talks with EU leaders at the G7 summit on Saturday.more
The global mobilization seen during the coronavirus pandemic must be used to fight climate change, said Prince Charles yesterday in a speech to G7 leaders.more
A reset in Franco-British relations is possible, but only if the British Prime Minister keeps his word to Europeans and fulfills his Brexit commitments, said French President Emmanuel Macron in a conversation with Boris Johnson.more
British Queen Elizabeth II, heir to the throne Prince Charles and Princess Camilla, and Prince William and Princess Kate arrived late afternoon yesterday afternoon at the Cornwall Botanical Gardens to attend the reception of the leaders at the G7 Summit.more
The alliance between the US and the UK should be called an "indestructible relationship", said British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in an interview with the BBC yesterday after his first meeting with US President Joe Biden.more
The coronavirus pandemic and its recovery, preventing climate change and promoting free trade are the main themes of the three-day G7 leaders' summit, which begins today in the small town of Carbis Bay, Cornwall.more
More than 40 government-funded charities have written to Boris Johnson urging him to lift the 30 June deadline for EU citizens to apply to retain their rights to remain in the UK following Brexit.more
US President Joe Biden flew to RAF Mildenhall airbase in eastern England yesterday evening, thus embarking on his first overseas trip since his swearing-in to office in January.more
The British government acted illegally, awarding a contract worth PLN 560,000. pounds to a market research and PR company run by friends of Dominic Cummings, then chief advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a London court ruled.more
In June, my theaters will resume work without restrictions in the audience, even if the restrictions are not eased and I would be arrested for breaking them - said the British composer and musical producer Andrew Lloyd Webber in an interview published today in The Daily Telegraph.more
England could gain 10 additional seats in the House of Commons at the expense of Wales and Scotland, which would lose eight and two seats respectively, according to proposals for changing constituency boundaries presented yesterday.more
French President Emmanuel Macron has been slapped in the face on an official visit to the south-east of France. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Macron is seen walking up to a barrier on a trip to Tain-l'Hermitage outside the city of Valence.more
After Brexit, we will continue to be very close trade partners and allies within NATO - assured the British ambassador to Poland Anna Clunes in the Sejm today. She emphasized that science, technology and investments are the key areas of Polish-British cooperation.more
Lagan Valley assembly member Paul Givan has been announced as Northern Ireland's new first minister. Mr Givan will on Monday take over from Arlene Foster, who was ousted as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader in April after an internal revolt.more
Britain ignored scientific advice and instead took a political decision when it failed to put Malta on its list of safe travel destinations, Malta Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo said on Tuesday.more
The Prime Minister of Catalonia, Pere Aragones, appealed yesterday to the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, for permission to hold another independence referendum in the region.more
Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Central America this week on a delicate diplomatic mission: Offer a message of hope to the people of Guatemala and other countries in the region. But discourage them from trying to cross the U.S.’ southern border because they won’t be welcomed on the other side.more
