Liz Truss’s Special Adviser Suspended And Faces Invest...
One of the prime minister's most senior advisers has been suspended, the BBC understands.
Jason Stein, a special adviser to Liz Truss, is to face a formal investigation by the Propriety and Ethics Team, which is responsible for standards across government.
It ... Read More
UK Summons Chinese Diplomat Over Manchester Consulate Violen...
Police say they had to intervene because they feared for the man's safety
The United Kingdom has summoned a top Chinese diplomat over violence at a Hong Kong pro-democracy protest outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester, where a man appeared ... Read More
Biden To Release 15 Million Barrels From Oil Reserve, More P...
President Joe Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden is to announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve on Wednesday, part of a response to recent production target cuts announced by OPEC+ nations. He is ... Read More
Blinken ‘Very Different China’ Emerging Under Xi...
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken talk about national security, diplomacy and the evolution and importance of technology to students at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony ... Read More
Liz Truss: This Is Not The Time To Change Conservative Leade...
This is not the time to be changing leader, Armed Forces Minister James Heappey has argued, as he defended the prime minister.
Suggestions that there is a candidate to replace Liz Truss who would unite the party is "for the birds", ... Read More
Ukraine Says 108 Women Freed In Swap With Russia
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian presidential chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, on Oct. 17, 2022 shows freed Ukrainian female prisoners posing for a picture after their exchange in an unknown location in Ukraine.
Ukraine announced Monday it had ... Read More
UN Condemns ‘Deeply Distressing’ Discovery of 92...
The United Nations' refugee agency has said it is "deeply distressed" by the discovery of almost 100 naked men at the border between Greece and Turkey.
The two countries have blamed each other for the plight of the 92 migrants.
Greece laid ... Read More
US President Biden Calls Truss’s Economic Policies ...
President Joe Biden
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has called Liz Truss's original economic policies "a mistake".
In an unusual intervention, he said the economic turmoil that followed the government's mini-budget had been "predictable".
Speaking at an ice cream ... Read More
UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng’s Resignation Lette...
Kwasi Kwarteng
Britain's finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday that he had resigned after Prime Minister Liz Truss asked him to stand aside as chancellor of the exchequer.
Below is the full text of his letter, which he posted on Twitter:
"You ... Read More
UN: Early Warning of Impending Disasters Saves Lives
A new report finds half of all countries globally lack early warning systems that could save lives by alerting communities of impending disasters, including typhoons, droughts, and heatwaves. The joint report by the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, or ... Read More