Bernard Jenkin tells committee he ‘can’t believe’ Boris Johnson nominated the son of a KGB officer for a peerage A senior Conservative MP has raised concerns about the lack of checks on wealthy Russians donating money to the party, and expressed disbelief at Boris Johnson nominating the son of a […]
Year: 2022
Scores rescued from theatre in Mariupol as Biden plans to warn Chinese president against providing military support for Russia Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Continue reading…
Plane carrying mother-of-one and fellow British-Iranian detainee Anoosheh Ashoori lands at RAF Brize Norton Debt, sanctions and a cold tent: how the hostages were freed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has touched down on British soil for the first time since she was detained in Iran six years ago. Wearing a blue dress […]
News that Zaghari-Ratcliffe is finally on her way home to her family in the UK after six years in prison in Iran fills the front pages with joy The beaming smile of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe features on the front pages of the national papers on Thursday after she was freed following […]
The charity worker and fellow detainee Anoosheh Ashoori were treated cruelly by Iran. But the UK is far from blameless She’s free! In a world overwhelmed by woeful tidings, the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after six years of hell in Tehran provides a rare moment of joy. Yet when the […]
Release of Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori mixed serpentine statecraft, brutal realpolitik and occasional stubborn idealism ‘A long time coming’: Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori’s families joyful at release The long, necessarily cloak-and-dagger struggle to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori is a story that started in New York and – […]
Russian forces ‘purposefully and cynically destroyed’ theatre, say local officials; Nato countries stand firm on decision not to impose no-fly zone over Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 22 of the invasion Zelenskiy invokes Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in plea for US help Biden calls Putin a war […]
The UN says it expects the number of Ukrainian refugees to reach at least four million, while Poland’s PM announced he and his counterparts from the Czech Republic and Slovenia are now in Kyiv At a glance: developments on day 21 of the invasion Kyiv facing ‘dangerous moment’ amid signs […]
Three European leaders visit Kyiv amid reports Russian forces have taken patients and staff hostage in a Mariupol hospital Russia-Ukraine war: live updates Continue reading…
Leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia express ‘unequivocal support’ for Ukraine after making perilous journey by train to meet Zelenskiy Russia-Ukraine war: latest updates Volodymyr Zelenskiy told reporters “with allies like this we will win this war” after the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia […]