World Affairs

Defence World Affairs

UK secures warship deal

£10bn Norwegian partnership Norway has chosen the UK’s Type 26 frigates in its largest ever defence procurement, a £10 billion deal expected to.

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People Transport World Affairs

Lisbon: “I could have been on that tram”

Eye-witness account from our reporter Jake Evans from the funicular tram crash site in Lisbon, Portugal. Portugal has declared a day of mourning.

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Europe Politics Tech Transport World Affairs

Von der Leyen flight disrupted

Suspected Russian GPS jamming A plane carrying European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land manually in Bulgaria after suspected.

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Europe World Affairs

Europe triggers Iran sanctions

UK, France and Germany act Britain, France and Germany have formally triggered the UN’s “snapback” mechanism to end sanctions relief for Iran, citing.

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Politics World Affairs

Stop China’s London base

Secrecy breeds suspicion When a foreign power wants to build the largest embassy in Europe – on a prime site opposite the Tower.

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Europe Justice World Affairs

Jack Straw is right

Time to reclaim control Jack Straw’s call to “decouple” Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights is not the ranting of a.

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Defence Politics World Affairs

Conscription could topple Netanyahu

Israel has sent out 54,000 call-up notices to ultra-Orthodox seminary students. Their long-standing exemption has evaporated and, with it, Netanyahu’s political solidity.  A.

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Politics World Affairs

Trump threatens global tech clash

Digital taxes in spotlight US President Donald Trump has warned he could retaliate against countries that impose digital taxes, rules or regulations that.

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Politics World Affairs

Farage’s migrant purge fury

Taliban’s bizarre ‘help’ offer Nigel Farage has vowed a “legal reset” to boot out small boat migrants and in a bizarre twist, the.

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Politics World Affairs

Trump move rattles treasuries

Bond market shaken Long-dated US government debt sold off sharply on Tuesday after Donald Trump’s attempted firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook.

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