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Labour MPs hit out after minister U-turns on Labour pledge to proscribe Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Business secretary Peter Kyle said that the UK government has ‘already used the sanctions against Iran to the full extent we can’ despite Yvette Cooper promising that Labour would proscribe the IRGC in opposition

The Independent UK

UK wants ‘peaceful transition’ in Iran as violent crackdown continues

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the UK’s priority was to ‘stem the violence’.

Evening Standard

Trump warns Tehran that US ‘stands ready to help’ Iranian protesters as regime crackdown intensifies

US president issued statement after Iran claimed to have arrested 100 ‘armed rioters’

The Independent UK

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Cooper praises courage of protesters in Iran in the face of violent crackdown

The Foreign Secretary said exercising the right to free speech and assembly ‘should never come with the threat of violence or reprisals’.

Evening Standard

Voices: The world’s worst humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Sudan - we must not look away

COMMENT: As the conflict in Sudan passes the grim milestone of 1,000 days, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper writes that the same diplomatic energy that helped end the war in Gaza is needed to end the crisis

The Independent UK

Is Keir Starmer’s silence on Venezuela a mistake? What history tells us

It is unlikely that within the first few days of a great global event – one moreover triggered by its closest ally launching a coup and kidnapping a head of state – a British government has said so little. It took 16 hours for it to say anything at all,…

The Conversation

'Cowardly, craven approach': Labour infighting erupts as MPs attack ministers over Venezuela response

Labour backbenchers have rounded on Sir Keir Starmer and his cabinet after their refusals to criticise President Donald Trump for his military intervention in Venezuela

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Why won’t Yvette Cooper criticise Trump over Venezuela? Look no further than Ukraine

The foreign secretary faces a tight balancing act between keeping the US involved in peace talks, and trying to maintain international order

The Guardian - UK

Deep in the vaults: the Bank of England’s £1.4bn Venezuelan gold conundrum

Nicolás Maduro’s seizure by US reopens question of who controls country’s reserves held in the UK

The Guardian - UK

PM choosing words ‘wisely’ on Venezuela, says Cabinet minister

Sir Keir Starmer has been reluctant to criticise the US action directly.

Evening Standard

MPs across UK parties criticise ministers over cautious stance on Venezuela attack

Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper challenged over cautious response to Nicolás Maduro’s capture despite widespread doubts about legality

The Guardian - UK

MPs join protesters calling for release of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro

Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Burgon were among those gathered outside Downing Street.

Evening Standard

Cooper says she raised international law with US over Venezuela

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper addressed the Commons after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro entered a not guilty plea in court in New York.

Evening Standard

Cooper refuses to condemn US action in Venezuela as criticism among Labour MPs grows

Government facing mounting criticism from its own MPs urging Sir Keir Starmer to criticise the US intervention

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Evening Standard

‘Vast majority’ of Labour MPs want to see democracy in Venezuela, says Starmer

The Prime Minister has resisted demands from MPs on Labour’s left to condemn the US military action.

Evening Standard

Foreign Secretary expected to address MPs on US operation in Venezuela

Yvette Cooper is expected to update the Commons on the US removal of Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela.

The Guardian - UK

UK ministers accused of ‘embarrassing failures’ in Abd el-Fattah case

Ministers should have appointed an envoy to carry out checks on activist in citizenship row, says Emily Thornberry

The Independent UK

Yvette Cooper orders Foreign Office to review ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case

The activist, recently released from years of Egyptian detention, had appeared to call for violence against Zionists and police in online comments

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Cooper orders Foreign Office review of ‘serious failures’ in El-Fattah case

The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.

The Independent UK

Angola and Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants after visa ban threat

Shabana Mahmood earlier warned she could stop issuing visas to foreign nationals from certain countries

The Independent UK

Yvette Cooper leads push to free Aung San Suu Kyi as Myanmar elections begin

The UN has warned the military-controlled election is unfolding amid violence, intimidation and arrests. The country’s former leader has not been heard from in two years

The Guardian - UK

Grassroots group’s bank account frozen due to ‘Palestine Action investigation’

Greater Manchester Friends of Palestine, which has no affiliation to direct action group, informed by deputy mayor

The Guardian - UK

‘You sneak in and hope you make it back’: the Sudanese volunteers risking it all to bring care to millions

Members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms network tell Guardian they didn’t mind missing out on the Nobel peace prize because ‘we only want to help’

Evening Standard

How many migrants crossed the Channel yesterday? Hundreds make journey as UK agrees migration pact with Greece

In the last five days, 1,360 people have made the dangerous journey from France to the UK in small boats

Evening Standard

Chinese ambassador summoned by Foreign Office over Jimmy Lai verdict

Yvette Cooper says the Foreign Office had summoned China’s top diplomatic representative to the UK to express unhappiness over the guilty verdict

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