British Foreign Office

With the advice and backing of the Foreign Office, they snubbed the only UK application”. The article then mentions that Mr. Street is now going to the High Court in London to seek a judicial review of the decision he sees as a Government betrayal of a key British industry. Mr Street said he was stunned his ...

The UK's Foreign Office - under which sit both GCHQ and the NCSC - responded to the NotPetya attack by threatening that it would be "imposing costs on those who would seek to do us harm". As tensions rose following the Salisbury attack, Robert Hannigan, the former head of GCHQ, told Sky News that ...

An initial approach was made by the High Commissioner of St Kitts to the Foreign Office earlier this month – and was passed onto No.10 who said the PM ... DOZENS of Caribbean-born British citizens say they have been unable to prove they have a right to live in the UK - leading to lost jobs, huge medical ...

British police have said a nerve agent was found on Sergei Skripal's front door at his home in Salisbury, southern England. The letter, released by the UK Foreign Office, adds more detail in support of the British government's case against Russia, which it accuses of being behind the poisoning. The national ...

... Affairs Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM-2018) in London today, said a press release issued by UK's Foreign Office. The two ... The foreign secretary said the UK greatly valued its partnership with Pakistan and was keen to further augment it.

A Government guide given to Jamaican deportees advises them to fake a “local accent” to help them stay safe. “Try to be Jamaican,” it says. “Use local accents and dialects (overseas accents can attract unwanted attention).” The advice emerged after the Government admitted some people who had lived in ...

The drug is illegal in Egypt but not in the UK. Plummer's sister Jayne Synclair, 40, told The Sun: "It's so hard to see her like this." "She doesn't bear any resemblance to her. My mum is in bits and has complained to the Foreign Office,” Synclair added. The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is reportedly ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 7, 2018 file photo, police officers guard a cordon around a police tent covering the the spot where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill Sunday following exposure to an "unknown substance" in Salisbury, England. British officials said Tuesday ...

A British High Commission spokesperson told the Cyprus Mail: “The fact of the matter is we have not changed our travel advice for Cyprus and have no plans to do so. The tone of the articles in ... It comes as no surprise that the UK, foreign office has not issued any advice about travel to Cyprus. In fact, one ...

Russia has threatened to conduct similar searches of British Airways flights. Meanwhile, the British Foreign Office has said it is considering granting Russia's repeated requests for access to Yulia Skripal, daughter of former spy Sergei Skripal. Both were reported in critical condition after the March 4 attack.

Among the captives thought to have been killed by the cell were British aid workers David Haines and Alan Henning, who were beheaded. Last month, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said the two men should go on trial. In a statement on Saturday, the Foreign Office said: "We do not comment on individual ...

The Foreign Office has said it is considering Russia's request for consular access to Yulia Skripal as a fresh row develops over why British authorities searched a Russian aircraft travelling from Moscow to London on Friday. Russia's transport ministry said it would demand an official explanation from the UK ...

The British government described the search of the Aeroflot plane on Friday as "routine" after Russia suggested it was "illegal". Dozens of diplomats have ... A UK Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "The Russian response is regrettable but in light of Russia's previous behaviour, we anticipated a response. "However, this ...

Russia had already retaliated in kind by ejecting 23 British diplomats. On Friday, the Foreign Ministry summoned British Ambassador Laurie Bristow and told him London had one month to further cut its diplomatic contingent in Russia to the same size as the Russian mission in Britain. It also expelled 59 ...

Moscow has vehemently denied involvement in the March 4 nerve agent attack in the English city of Salisbury and announced the expulsion of the same ... Commenting on the Russian move to expel more U.K. diplomats, a spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said "it's regrettable but in light of ...

LONDON, March 30. /TASS/. The British Foreign Office has expressed regret over Moscow's decision to make London reduce the number of its diplomatic staff in Russia so that it matches the number of Russian diplomats in the UK. "It's regrettable but in light of Russia's previous behavior, we anticipated a ...

“Due to heightened political tensions between the UK and Russia, you should be aware of the possibility of anti-British sentiment or harassment at this time,” says the updated FCO advice. “You're advised to remain vigilant, avoid any protests or demonstrations and avoid commenting publically on political ...

However, in the wake of the Salisbury incident, the UK expelled 23 Russian diplomats and announced other restrictive measures against Moscow without presenting any evidence of its involvement in the incident. In retaliation to the UK's steps, Russia expelled 23 British diplomats, closed the British ...