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‘We want a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible’, says Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell
We spoke to foreign office minister Andrew Mitchell.
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Family of Wirral teacher stuck in Gaza appeal for help from Foreign Office
The family of a teacher from the Wirral who is stuck in Gaza are appealing for help from the Foreign Office to help get her home safely. Islam Alashi is a Palestinian national with a visa to remain in the UK, while her husband and their twins are British citizens.
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‘When it comes to Syria, it is a much more complicated issue’, says Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell on quake rescue
The Foreign Office has said this evening that a plane carrying 77 UK search and rescue specialists, state-of-the-art equipment and four search dogs has landed her in southern Turkey.
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‘The foreign office has not been well led” during Afghan evacuation crisis, says Conservative MP
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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Britain will be driven by ‘our values’ when dealing with China says Foreign Office Minister
We spoke to the Foreign Office Minister responsible for the Middle East and North Africa, Conservative MP James Cleverly. We started by asking whether the reported foreign aid cuts to Syria would be reconsidered.
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Covid jab will be distributed ‘based on need rather than short-term diplomatic advantage’, says UK foreign office minister
We spoke to Foreign Office Minister James Cleverly and asked him whether the UK would start sending Covid-19 vaccines abroad before everyone in the UK had been vaccinated?
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Foreign Office to be merged with foreign aid department
Three former Prime Ministers have condemned Boris Johnson’s plans to merge the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development, describing it as a mistake.
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US diplomat wife involved in Harry Dunn crash does not have diplomatic immunity, says Foreign Office
The US diplomat’s wife, who was involved in a crash which killed a British teenager, has said she would like to meet his family to “express her deepest sympathies and apologies”.
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Foreign Office summons Iranian diplomat after ‘unacceptable’ British oil tanker seizure
Iran says the British flagged Stena Impero was violating international maritime law. Not true, says the UK government, with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt calling the seizure “totally and utterly unacceptable”. The oil tanker was captured by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, in retaliation for Britain’s role in capturing an Iranian ship in Gibraltar…
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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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Foreign office urges “urgent de-escalation” in US-Iran tensions
The Foreign office minister Andrew Murrison is heading for Iran tomorrow for talks with the government, calling for “urgent de-escalation” in the region.
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Foreign Office advises only essential travel to Sri Lanka amid fears of further attacks
Four days after a series of devastating bomb attacks, the Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka.
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Foreign Office advises all British tourists to leave Tunisia
Warning that a “further terrorist attack is highly likely”, the Foreign Office advises that tour operators will be laying on extra flights to bring tourists home.
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Foreign Office warns tourists to take cash to Greece
As Greeks prepare to vote on an international bailout of its ailing economy, visitors are warned to take plenty of cash as bank reserves reach critical levels.
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Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds resigns
Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds quits the government and is standing down as an MP at the next general election.