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Brexit Party chairman: UK ambassador to US ‘should have offered his resignation’
The chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, and the chair of the Brexit Party, MEP Richard Tice, discuss the leak of Sir Kim Darroch’s emails.
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Chinese ambassador summoned to Foreign Office amid tension over Hong Kong
This evening China’s ambassador to London was summoned to the Foreign Office over what the UK described as “unacceptable and inaccurate” comments from Beijing in the escalating dispute over the protests in Hong Kong.
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Iranian Ambassador on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: ‘There are certain provisions for clemency’
The Iranian Ambassador to the UK tells me that ‘there are certain provisions for clemency’ for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who’s been in prison in Iran since April 2016.
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UK Ambassador to France, Edward Llewellyn, on Notre-Dame: ‘Huge outpouring of solidarity and sympathy for France’
The UK’s Ambassador to France, Edward Llewellyn, discusses the Notre-Dame fire.
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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…
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Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul: ‘These are violations of international law and we need to push back’
Michael McFaul, former US Ambassador to Russia, discusses the fallout from the Salisbury poisonings.
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Former UK ambassador to Moscow says Russian people ‘will not wish to believe’ Salisbury accusations
Sir Andrew Wood, former UK ambassador to Russia, and Dr Sally Leivesley, a security analyst with expertise in dealing with biological and chemical threats, discuss the Salisbury poisonings.
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Last rebel stronghold in Syria fears Assad onslaught
It is the last battlefield in Syria’s seven-year war: Idlib province, where almost three million people fear an onslaught by regime forces backed by Russian bombers. Today Britain promised new emergency aid, including health clinics and new technology to warn of impending airstrikes. But the US has withdrawn $200m worth of funding for projects in Syria.
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“Evidence lies there like a time bomb”: Paddy Ashdown on how Assad may one day be brought to justice
To discuss this new evidence from inside the Syrian regime is Kirsty Brimelow QC and Paddy Ashdown.
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French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Jouyet on winning World Cup
French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Jouyet talks about her country winning the World Cup.
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Israel’s UK Ambassador Mark Regev: ‘We use live rounds when it is necessary to protect our people’
Israel’s UK Ambassador Mark Regev discusses Gaza.
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Ambassador Danny Danon on Gaza deaths: ‘Hamas orchestrated this act of violence’
Israel’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Danny Danon, discusses the Gaza protests.
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Former US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul: pulling out of Iran nuclear deal ‘a tragic mistake’
Michael McFaul served as the US Ambassador to Russia under President Obama and is the author of From Cold War to Hot Peace.