Britain FINALLY agrees to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador in London after fears the post-Brexit row would poison the UK’s relations with Brussels UK and EU agreed Brussels’ ambassador in London will get full diplomatic status Agreement made during meeting between Dominic Raab and EU’s Josep Borrell Agreement should resolve long-running Brexit … Read more
Britain FINALLY agrees to grant full diplomatic status to the EU’s ambassador in London after fears the post-Brexit row would poison the UK’s relations with Brussels UK and EU agreed Brussels’ ambassador in London will get full diplomatic status Agreement made during meeting between Dominic Raab and EU’s Josep Borrell Agreement should resolve long-running Brexit … Read more
Britain is set to grant full diplomatic status to the European Union’s first ambassador to the UK, it emerged today. João Vale de Almeida took up the role in February last year after Brexit was confirmed, but he was not given the same status as other ambassadors. Foreign Office sources now say the move had … Read more
F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton admits he might have been wrong to ’embarrass people’ by calling out the sport’s big names in his fight against racism – and now realises he needs to be more ‘diplomatic’ Lewis Hamilton admits he was wrong to ’embarrass people’ in his racism fight The F1 world champion now knows … Read more
F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton admits he might have been wrong to ’embarrass people’ by calling out the sport’s big names in his fight against racism – and now realises he needs to be more ‘diplomatic’ Lewis Hamilton admits he was wrong to ’embarrass people’ in his racism fight The F1 world champion now knows … Read more
Harry Dunn’s parents have today lost their High Court battle against the Foreign Office over whether their son’s alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. Mr Dunn, 19, died when his motorbike collided with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road by American Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, on August 27 last … Read more
Harry Dunn’s alleged killer Anne Sacoolas was never entitled to diplomatic immunity while her husband was working at an RAF airbase, the High Court has heard. Lawyers representing Mr Dunn’s family say a 1995 waiver agreed between the US and UK meant administrative and technical staff at RAF Croughton did not have diplomatic immunity beyond … Read more
A joint American-Israeli delegation landed in Bahrain Sunday, where officials will be signing a number of bilateral agreements following an announcement last month to normalize relations. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, led the delegation that flew out of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on … Read more
A joint American-Israeli delegation landed in Bahrain Sunday, where officials will be signing a number of bilateral agreements following an announcement last month to normalize relations. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, led the delegation that flew out of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on … Read more
Pictured: Hu Xijin, the editor of the state-run Global Times The editor of a Chinese state media publication has described Australia as ‘gum stuck to the bottom of our shoe’ as the relationship between the once-friendly nations wanes during the coronavirus crisis. Australia is standing firm on its calls for an independent probe into the origins … Read more