UK Will Leverage for ‘Moderate’ and ‘Inclusive’ Taliban, Will Boost Afghanistan Aid Spending
The UK will send more aid cash to Afghanistan, but has promised this money won’t find its way into the hands of the Taliban.
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Afghan Asylum Seekers Will be Allowed into UK Without Passports
The British government will scrap border requirements for passports for Afghan asylum seekers attempting to flee to Britain, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday.
Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal a ‘Total Failure of His Presidency’, Says Brexit’s Farage
President Joe Biden’s withdrawal of American forces in Afghanistan has been branded a “total failure” by Brexit leader Nigel Farage.
UK Talking to Taliban, Blames Trump, Not Biden, for Afghanistan Chaos
The UK has been talking to the Taliban, the UK defence secretary has said, as he defended President Biden’s handling of the withdrawal.
British Govt Surges 600 Troops Back Into Afghanistan to Evacuate UK Citizens
The British government is surging hundreds of soldiers back into Afghanistan, ostensibly to help evacuate some 4,000 people with British citizenship who are still in the Islamic republic.
Now Commonwealth War Graves Commission Accuses Itself of ‘Pervasive Racism’
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has apologised after the Commonwealth War Graves Commission found itself guilty of “pervasive racism” with respect to the way some ethnic minority veterans were commemorated — or not — over 100 years ago.
Vax Wars: UK Will Have ‘No Choice’ But to Block Vaccine Exports if EU Halts Deliveries to Britain
The United Kingdom will have “no choice” but to block deliveries coronavirus vaccine raw materials to the European Union if the bloc follows through with its threats to ban the export of vaccines promised to Britain, a senior government official told a British newspaper.
Claim: Britain’s Withered Armed Forces Getting Biggest Budget Boost Since Cold War
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has given his backing to what is being touted as the biggest investment program in the country’s armed forces since the end of the Cold War three decades ago.
‘Send Them Back!’ — Migration Watch UK Calls For the Deportation of Suspected Nigerian Hijackers
Migration Watch UK called for the deportation of the suspected Nigerian illegal migrants — who allegedly seized control of an oil tanker off the coast of the Isle of White on Sunday — after two former British immigration chiefs warned
Islamic State Remains ‘Most Significant Terrorist Threat to UK’: Defence Minister
Britain’s defence minister has said that Islamic State remains “the most significant terrorist threat to the United Kingdom and our interests”.
UK Defence Minister: Space Will Be Next Battleground, Must Prepare for Satellite War with China, Russia
Britain’s defence minister has said that the UK must evolve its defence capabilities to respond to new threats from the skies from hostile actors like Russia and China.
Syrian Air Force Used Sarin and Chlorine Gas in 2017 Attacks, Probe Finds
Syria’s Assad regime used sarin and chlorine gas in three attacks on opposition forces in March 2017, a chemical weapons oversight group said in a report released Wednesday.
UK Defence Sec Accuses Corbyn of ‘Anti-Americanism’ in Soleimani Debate
Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace has accused Jeremy Corbyn of “anti-Americanism” during a parliamentary debate on President Donald Trump’s decision to eliminate Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander General Qasem Soleimani.
UK Warship Commander: Iran Is Keen to ‘Test’ Royal Navy’s Resolve
Iran is keen to test the Royal Navy’s resolve as it escorts UK-flagged commercial shipping through the contested waters of the Strait of Hormuz, the commander of a British warship said Wednesday.
UK Security Services Braces for Terrorist Chemical and Biological Weapon Attacks
The British security minister has acknowledged the threat of terror groups being able to use chemical or biological weapons in the UK, months after the government’s flawed response to the Salisbury chemical attack.
Security Minister: London Suspect a ‘British Citizen Who Came From Another Country Originally’ (An Immigrant)
Minister of State for Security Ben Wallace MP has admitted that the suspect in the car ramming British authorities are currently treating it as a terrorist incident is a “British citizen [who] came from another country originally” — or, in common parlance, “an immigrant”.
