Biden hits Putin with sanctions in retaliation for election interference, cyber attacks and Ukraine 

President Joe Biden has cancelled the deployment of two US warships from the Black Sea despite warning Vladimir Putin there would be ‘repercussions’ for the troop build-up in Ukraine. Last week, Turkey said Washington was sending two warships to the Black Sea, in a decision Russia called an unfriendly provocation.   But the Biden administration has … Read more

Biden hits Putin with sanctions in retaliation for election interference, cyber attacks and Ukraine 

President Joe Biden has cancelled the deployment of two US warships from the Black Sea despite warning Vladimir Putin there would be ‘repercussions’ for the troop build-up in Ukraine. Last week, Turkey said Washington was sending two warships to the Black Sea, in a decision Russia called an unfriendly provocation.   But the Biden administration appears … Read more

Putin to ‘pay a price’ for election interference Biden says labeling Russian leader as a ‘killer’

Joe Biden lashed out at Russia in an interview that aired Wednesday morning as he warned Vladimir Putin would ‘pay a price’ for interfering in U.S. elections – even though the president’s own intelligence director concluded the Kremlin did not interfere in the election process. ‘He will pay a price,’ Biden told ABC News host … Read more

Lord Advocate says claims of interference in Salmond probe ‘wholly without foundation’

MSPs voice fury today after it emerged Nicola Sturgeon could ‘dodge’ questions about crucial legal advice at her crunch committee hearing on the Alex Salmond row. The First Minister is finally set to be grilled by the inquiry tomorrow, but her deputy John Swinney has been accused of treating Holyrood with ‘contempt’ by dragging his … Read more

Record number of endangered sea turtles hatched in Mexico after COVID-19 limited human interference

A record number of endangered sea turtles have recently hatched in Mexico, aided by the absence of human activity during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 2,250 baby Olive Ridley sea turtles were released into the Sea of Cortez from Mancha Blanca beach in El Desemboque, a small town in Sonora, Mexico.  Typically only 500 to … Read more

Congressman demands UK government strip Meghan and Harry of titles for election interference

A Republican lawmaker is demanding the British government ask the Queen to strip Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of their royal titles for ‘interfering’ in the upcoming American election, claiming they are using them to influence voters.  Congressman Jason Smith of Missouri will send a letter making the request to British Ambassador to the United States … Read more

Congressman demands UK government strip Meghan and Harry of titles for election interference

A Republican lawmaker is demanding the British government ask the Queen to strip Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of their royal titles for ‘interfering’ in the upcoming American election, claiming they are using them to influence voters.  Congressman Jason Smith of Missouri will send a letter making the request to British Ambassador to the United States … Read more

Barbados’s moves to drop the Queen as Head of State ‘are being driven by Chinese interference’

The Sugar Revolution, the introduction of sugar cane from Dutch Brazil, in the 1640s was highly lucrative but came at great social cost  Barbados was one of the oldest English settlements in the West Indies, being surpassed only by Saint Kitts. The countries’ historical ties date back to the 17th century and involve settlement, post-colonialism and … Read more

Christopher Steele criticises the UK’s ‘inadequate’ response to Russian political interference

‘Dirty dossier’ ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele criticises the UK’s ‘inadequate’ response to Russian political interference designed to push parties to ‘extremes’ Mr Steele said UK had been too slow in countering threat of Russian disruption Said lax regulation of Russian money in British politics was particularly worrying Former spy’s intelligence consultancy was behind 2016 report … Read more

China accuses UK of ‘gross interference’ over Hong Kong

Beijing’s ambassador to the UK has accused the British Government of a ‘gross interference in China’s internal affairs’ after Boris Johnson offered up to three million Hong Kongers a route to citizenship.  Mr Johnson announced the move last week after China pressed ahead with imposing a controversial national security law on Hong Kong.  But Liu … Read more