Ministers have been accused of choosing the “worst moment in history” to slash the foreign aid budget, as provisional figures showed that UK overseas humanitarian funding was cut by more than half last year. MPs and charity campaigners say the… Read More »Britain slashes humanitarian aid by 51% despite global food crisis
A Cambridge University astrophysicist studying the Milky Way and hoping to play a major part in the European Space Agency’s (Esa) next big project has been forced to hand over his coordinating role on the scheme after the row over… Read More »Cambridge University astrophysicist loses Esa project role over Brexit row
Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, has disclosed that the UK has begun discussions with its international allies about sending modern weaponry to Moldova to protect it from Russia. She said that she wants to see the country, which is to… Read More »UK and allies discuss arming Moldova with ‘Nato standard’ weapons
Ireland’s taoiseach has said it is unacceptable for one party in Northern Ireland to block others from taking power, as he visited Belfast to try to break the deadlock over the Brexit protocol and power-sharing at Stormont. After meetings with… Read More »Unacceptable for one party to block Stormont, says Irish PM
Brazil´s National Congress authorized the government to donate immunizations against COVID-19 to other countries affected by the pandemic, as part of humanitarian cooperation. The authorization is provided for in Law 14,343, published today (May 20) in the Official Gazette. According… Read More »COVID-19: donation of vaccines to other countries authorized
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro sanctioned the provisional measure turning allowance Auxílio Brasil (“Brazil Aid”) into a permanent monthly payment of BRL 400. The move was made official today (May 19). The government’s original bill stipulated the amount would be valid… Read More »Bolsonaro sanctions permanent BRL 400 monthly allowance
It took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of more than 5,000 miles to reach the UK after fleeing a massacre in his village in Sudan. Now, just over a week after arriving by kayak across the Channel,… Read More »‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda
The UK is saying it will have to take unilateral action to override part of the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol unless the EU shows the “requisite flexibility”. The EU has said it believes a deal can be done but only… Read More »Brexit protocol row: what are the issues dividing UK and EU?
Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, has suggested the UK extradite suspects wanted in the east African country for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide, after a controversial deal with the Home Office to process asylum seekers there. Speaking less… Read More »Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal
Russia may have lost a third of the invasion force it sent into Ukraine as its offensive continues to struggle in the face of stiff resistance, British military intelligence has said. In its latest assessment, the Ministry of Defence (MoD)… Read More »Russia likely to have lost third of its Ukraine invasion force, says UK