Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims

found 2025 › Feb › 09 (Sun) @ 19:48 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Ex-Foreign Office official says he saw conduct that ‘crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes’

Mark Smith: I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreig…

Show strength and offer a win: experts’ tips for Starmer on dealing with Trump

found 2025 › Feb › 08 (Sat) @ 13:57 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Veterans of May and Johnson governments share lessons from their experiences with unpredictable US president

It was just a few mangled sentences spoken in the darkness on an airport tarmac. But Donald…

UK expels Russian diplomat after spying row

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 17:15 UTC

a story from BBC › BBC News

The Foreign Office says the move is in response to Moscow expelling a UK diplomat last year.

Malaysia says forced resettlement of Palestinians would be ethnic cleansing

found 2025 › Feb › 06 (Thu) @ 07:20 UTC

a story from Al Jazeera › Al Jazeera English

Foreign Ministry says it 'strongly opposes' displacement of residents from Gaza after Trump floats redevelopment plan.

Netanyahu in Washington for ceasefire talks; Iran condemns Trump plan to relocate Palestinians – Middle East crisis live

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 09:28 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Israeli PM expected to begin discussions on second phase of ceasefire; Iran warns against ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Palestinian people

Iran has condemned Donald Trump’s widely criticised proposal to reloc…

'P****d off' Spurs fan sent Foreign Secretary David Lammy 'grossly offensive' emails after seeing him in an executive box with Labour colleagues

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 16:49 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Company director Matthew Rumsby, 43, also complained about the Foreign Secretary championing mass immigration into the capital and forcing him out of his home city of London.

China’s top diplomat to visit UK in February for talks with David Lammy

found 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 20:52 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Source says purpose of Wang Yi’s visit is to hold first UK-China strategic dialogue since 2018

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, is due to visit the UK next month for talks with the British foreign secre…

Barry Keoghan visits Bulgaria alongside Foreign Secretary David Lammy to launch Children's Care campaign across the globe as actor aims to 'improve the system'

found 2025 › Jan › 17 (Fri) @ 20:54 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The duo made childcare reform 'a priority' during their visit - as they are set to lead a campaign together that advocates for a family-based care, with Barry stressing 'no child should be left behin…

Alaa Abd el-Fattah: mother on hunger strike takes protest to Westminster

found 2024 › Dec › 16 (Mon) @ 07:39 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Laila Soueif to sit outside Foreign Office over Cairo’s extended detention of her British-Egyptian dissident son

A woman on hunger strike to secure the release of her son, the British-Egyptian disside…

DAN HODGES: From Blairite centrist to social justice warrior, how David Lammy has changed his political persona over the years - and now has a budding bromance with Trump's VP

found 2024 › Dec › 12 (Thu) @ 05:52 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

David Lammy is in the firing line again. On Monday the Foreign Secretary rose in the Commons to hail the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Or, as Lammy opted to describe him, 'the rat of Damascus'.