PM’s first major foreign policy speech warns of the creeping authoritarianism of Xi Jinping’s regime Rishi Sunak has signalled the end of the “golden era” of relations between Britain and China, using his first major foreign policy speech to warn of the creeping authoritarianism of Xi Jinping’s regime. As police […]
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Revised online safety bill proposes fines of 10% of revenue but drops harmful communications offence Social media platforms that breach pledges to block sexist and racist content face the threat of substantial fines under government changes to the online safety bill announced on Monday. Under the new approach, social media […]
The town of Bakhmut has been mostly abandoned as relentless shelling reduced buildings to rubble Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine town of Bakhmut has descended into a bloody morass with hundreds of dead and injured reported daily, as neither Russian or Ukrainian forces […]
Editors urge ministers to end ‘endemic’ use of Slapps – legal cases designed to hinder investigations A coalition of senior journalists and editors from across the political spectrum are calling on the justice secretary, Dominic Raab, to back a proposed law to tackle the global super-rich’s use of “abusive legal […]
Trusts may also have to suspend chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other key elements of healthcare Hospitals may not be able to provide key elements of healthcare such as urgent surgery, chemotherapy and kidney dialysis during the forthcoming strikes by nurses, NHS bosses have said. Trusts may also have to stop […]
Exclusive: More than 4,000 European medics have chosen not to work in NHS since Britain left EU, data reveals Brexit has worsened the UK’s acute shortage of doctors in key areas of care and led to more than 4,000 European doctors choosing not to work in the NHS, research reveals. […]
Prime minister to make first major foreign policy speech, favouring a long-term, pragmatic attitude to Moscow and Beijing Rishi Sunak will pledge an “evolutionary approach” to British foreign policy, arguing that states like Russia and China plan for the long term and the UK needs to follow suit as he […]
Beijing, Chengdu and Wuhan see demonstrations as anger over Xi Jinping’s strict Covid policies builds, in a test for the Communist party Hundreds of demonstrators and police have clashed in Shanghai as protests over China’s stringent Covid restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several cities, in the […]
It turned out Germany did have a No 9, after all. His name is Niclas Füllkrug, he plays for Werder Bremen, he is 29 years old, 11 days into his international career, and when it mattered most he was there for them: coming on to give his country hope of […]
Call for semiconductor industry plan to be published urgently to help keep Britain in global supply chain The UK is missing out on a wave of investment and falling behind other countries in the fast-growing semiconductor industry because of a lack of support from the government, MPs have warned. The […]