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Foreign Office is ‘elitist and rooted in the past’, says new report

Department ‘all too often operates like a giant private office for the foreign secretary’, paper claims

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2024

Legal assessment of Israel’s actions in Gaza risks being subsumed in Tory row

Conservative supporters of Israel want David Cameron to dial back criticism and accept defeat of Hamas is in UK’s interest

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024

Israel alone? Allies’ fears grow over conduct – and legality – of war in Gaza

When the US allowed a ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN, the warning was clear – and concern is rising elsewhere

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2024

UK pressing for ‘full explanation’ of alleged abuses after Gaza hospital raid

Andrew Mitchell responds to Labour question in Commons about reports of Israeli mistreatment of medical staff

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Palestinian aid agency funding will stay frozen until reports received, says UK

US, UK and Australia and others will decide on Unrwa support only after seeing reports on Israeli claims, says Foreign Office minister

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Foreign Office official floated idea of giving honour to fixer for Saudi royals

Salah Fustok alleged by UK prosecutors to have been a middleman for nearly £10m in payments to Saudi prince

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

First Thing: US returns to lunar surface for first time in more than 50 years

Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft Odysseus lands after a 73-minute descent, touching down near moon’s south pole. Plus, how Finland halved its suicide rate

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024

Huge cybersecurity leak lifts lid on world of China’s hackers for hire

Leaked files shows range of services offered and bought, with data harvested from targets worldwide

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2024

High court rejects legal challenge over UK arms sales to Israel

Campaigners to appeal after court declines to block export licences despite concerns about human rights breaches in Gaza war

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024

UK minister rules out swap for Briton Vladimir Kara-Murza jailed in Russia

Foreign Office says it will not trade Putin opponent for spies in jail in Britain, despite fears for his life after Navalny’s death

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024