Source link Katharine Hamnett received the official distinction in 2010 for her eye-catching anti-establishment designs British artist Katharine Hamnett publicly renounced her Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) honor as a statement against the government’s ongoing support for Israel’s war in Gaza, in a video posted to social media on Monday. Wearing […]
Source link The Belize-flagged merchant vessel Rubymar has suffered “catastrophic” damage and its crew has abandoned ship, a spokesman for the Yemeni military announced on Monday. According to Yahya Saree, the Houthi forces also downed a US Reaper drone over a Red Sea port. The Houthis, which control the Yemeni capital, have been interdicting shipping […]
Source link The departure of the HMS Prince of Wales for NATO drills has been delayed, the UK Defense Ministry has said The HMS Prince of Wales has been unable to depart for the largest NATO exercise since the Cold War, the British Defense Ministry has said. This marks the second blunder involving a Royal […]
Source link Rishi Sunak told Piers Morgan that he’s willing to wager that the controversial plan will go ahead British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is under fire after betting £1,000 ($1,250) during a TV interview with Piers Morgan that the government would start deporting immigrants to Rwanda before the next election. Appearing on Talk TV […]
Source link HMS Queen Elizabeth will be replaced by its sister ship during the exercise, the UK military has announced The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is set to skip the upcoming major NATO exercise it was supposed to lead, after suffering an unexpected “issue” in one of its propeller shafts shortly before […]
Source link FT’s fake Hungary claims are another example of London using its media outlets to smear opponents By Timofey Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club When you read in Financial Times (or FT to its friends) that the EU wants to destroy Hungary’s economy because of its “recalcitrance,” you should always bear in mind […]
Source link Confiscating Moscow’s frozen central-bank reserves must be “legally watertight,” Dominic Johnson has urged Any step towards confiscating frozen Russian assets must be done in strict accordance with international law, Britain’s investment minister, Dominic Johnson, said on Tuesday in an interview with Reuters. Earlier this week, the EU Council reported that the bloc’s envoys […]
Source link A UK general said earlier this week that “citizen armies” should be prepared to take up arms against Moscow Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has rejected a claim by the chief of the British Army, Gen. Patrick Sanders, who said this week that citizens should be prepared to take up arms against Russia […]
Source link British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been questioned over an ITV News video which shows a civilian being shot dead while waving a white flag in Gaza. The shocking images have sparked war crime accusations, and Sunak was challenged to give his reaction on Wednesday. The video taken the previous day by Mohammed […]
Source link France has refused to call an emergency session over Ukraine shooting down a plane with its own POWs Paris is copying London and abusing its powers at the UN to protect Kiev, Moscow’s deputy envoy to the world body said on Wednesday, after the French ambassador refused Russia’s request for an urgent session […]
Source link The smash-up inflicted significant damage on one ship, with a large hole seen punched into its hull Two UK Royal Navy minesweeper vessels collided while docking in Bahrain, with one ship caught on video as it backed into the other. A British military spokesperson has confirmed the embarrassing mishap, saying the cause of […]
Source link With ministers relying on artificial intelligence to read reports, the government may as well “let the robots run the country,” opposition lawmaker Sarah Olney has declared Members of the British government have outsourced their traditional job of reading policy papers and reports to an experimental artificial intelligence, Conservative minister Alex Burghart told a […]
Source link Activists in Athens objected to The Tiger Lillies’ support for Kiev, calling it “problematic” British musical trio The Tiger Lillies’ concert in Athens was called off this week, following a dispute over their support for Ukraine. The dark cabaret band was due to play in the Greek capital on Thursday, but the organizers […]
Source link David Cameron, now Britain’s Foreign Minister, oversaw extensive UK airstrikes during wars in Libya, Iraq and Syria Former UK prime minister David Cameron played a central role in coordinating airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen on Thursday based on his extensive experience bombing Libya, Iraq and Syria during his tenure as head of […]
Source link The former Russian president was reacting to the imminent signing of a security agreement between London and Kiev Moscow would consider the open deployment of British troops to Ukraine as a “declaration of war,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said. He was responding to a visit to Kiev on Friday by UK […]