Britain

UK PM hopefuls slam Trump tweets, but refuse to call them racist

2:34 pm July 16, 2019

London: The two candidates vying to become Britain’s next prime minister both condemned on Monday US President Donald Trump’s xenophobic tweets about progressive Democrat congresswomen as “totally offensive” and “totally unacceptable”. But front-runner Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt refused to call the tweets racist when pressed to do so during their last debate […]

Iran Revolutionary Guards deny impeding British tanker

6:46 pm July 11, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards denied on Thursday that they had impeded a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the force’s Sepah news agency said. “There has been no confrontation in the last 24 hours with any foreign vessels, including British ones,” the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement. Britain said Thursday three Iranian […]

British ambassador to US resigns amid email leak row with Trump

10:31 pm July 10, 2019

London: Britain’s ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, resigned on Wednesday amid an escalating diplomatic row over leaked emails critical of US President Donald Trump’s administration. Darroch, who was the target of personal Twitter attacks as a “very stupid guy” from Trump, said he wanted to put an end to speculation and step down […]

UK Opposition Labour commits to anti-Brexit campaign

10:33 pm July 9, 2019

London: Britain’s Opposition Labour Party on Tuesday called on the next British Prime Minister to call another referendum before taking the UK out of the European Union (EU) as it committed to campaign for the remaining in the 28-member economic bloc in such a vote. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said his party has decided to […]

Britain extends Mali mission by six months

8:57 pm July 9, 2019

London: Britain will extend its involvement in France’s security mission in Mali and neighbouring countries by at least six more months, until June 2020, the defence ministry said Tuesday. Britain has been supporting French forces with three Chinook heavy-lift helicopters and 100 security personnel since July 2018. Since French troops helped force out jihadists in […]