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Climate crisis and Covid to occupy UK and US at G7 talks, not Ireland or the EU says former US ambassador
We spoke to the Irish Minister for Europe, Thomas Byrne, and to Kim Darroch – the former UK ambassador to the US who also served as a permanent representative to the EU.
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Palestinian ambassador Husam Zomlot wants ‘clear commitment from UK to fix the mess created here’
On Wednesday, we spoke to the Israeli Ambassador, and now it was the turn of Palestinian Ambassador Husam Zomlot. We asked that given he works for the Palestinian government in the West Bank, does he support what Hamas has been doing in Gaza?
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Israel-Gaza: Israeli ambassador to UK on two-state solution and civilian casualties
We talk to Israel’s Ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely.
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‘The Russians do not want Navalny to die,’ says former UK ambassador to Russia
We speak to Maria Lipman, Moscow-based senior associate at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University, and Sir Tony Brenton, UK ambassador to Russia for four years until 2008.
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It will be ‘very uncomfortable’ for US to deal with Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi report, says former US ambassador
Senior research fellow at Chatham House Sanam Vakil and former US ambassador talks to us about the US report into Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
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EU ambassadors give ‘green light’ to Brexit trade deal
EU ambassadors say they have given a “green light” to Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal, due to come into force on Friday. Focus now switches to MPs here, who will vote on the new agreement at a special sitting of parliament on Wednesday. Some Labour MPs say they will vote against the deal, while fishermen’s leaders…
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‘There have been episodes of what I would describe as discrimination against Italians’ – Italian Ambassador to UK
Earlier I spoke to Italy’s Ambassador to the UK, Raffaele Trombetta. I started by asking him how things were in his country at this critical moment…
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‘Of course there is no Trump deal’ – Iranian Ambassador to UK
With me in the studio is the Iranian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hamid Baeidinejad.
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Raab accuses Iran of ‘flagrant violation of international law’ after British ambassador arrested in Tehran
‘Our enemy is right here’ is the chant from protesters in Iran tonight. Thousands of people are demonstrating for a second night, angry about the shooting down of a passenger plane. Authorities in Iran have admitted the Ukrainian plane was shot down in error killing all 176 people on board.
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‘No evidence at all’ of Syrian hospital bombings, says new Russian Ambassador to the UK
With its leaders trading insults, the NATO summit being held in London next week could be a prickly affair.
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Trump calls UK ambassador ‘very stupid’ and ‘pompous’
Donald Trump didn’t just attack the British Ambassador to the United States in his series of tweets this morning, he also laid into Theresa May.
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May has ‘full faith’ in UK ambassador who called Trump administration ‘inept’
Donald Trump himself said Sir Kim “has not served the UK well”.
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France recalls Italy ambassador amid diplomatic row over ‘yellow vests’ meeting
France withdraws its ambassador to Italy over a dispute ‘without precedent since World War Two’.
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Russian Ambassador Alexander Yakovenko on Arron Banks
One person who’s got to know Arron Banks reasonably well is Russia’s ambassador to the UK. Alexander Yakovenko has met the Brexit backer several times. So at one of his regular press conferences today I asked him why he was so keen to help Mr Banks.
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Nikki Haley resigns as US Ambassador to UN
The US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced her unexpected resignation after just two years in the job. In a cosy scene in the Oval Office, President Trump lavished praise on Haley, calling her a “fantastic person”. She gave no specific reason for leaving, The President said she had just asked to ” take…