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Starmer ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if peace deal reached
Keir Starmer has said he is prepared to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, acknowledging it could put troops “in harm’s way” if Vladimir Putin launches another attack.
It is understood to be the first time the prime …
Weekend voting among changes needed to overhaul UK elections system, officials say
The UK’s elections system needs a fundamental overhaul including weekend voting and a cut in the number of polling stations, the group representing electoral officials has said.
Years of changes in everything from postal voting to mandatory ID, with more reforms planned, has involved “bolting 21st century voter expectations on …
Trump’s return means UK must swiftly find a way to increase defence spending | Peter Walker
It has been one of the few political constants in a turbulent period for British politics: an agreement that defence spending really should increase. But in the second era of Donald Trump, what was a consensual background hum has suddenly become an ear-splitting alarm.
European Nato members, the UK among …
UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard Ratcliffe
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has called on ministers to act “more promptly” than they did to help free his wife, after Iran detained a British couple on a motorcycle trip.
Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife was freed in 2022 after five years in a Tehran prison, expressed fears that the …
Zelenskyy says Russia will ‘wage war on Nato’ if US support for Ukraine wanes
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, was building up troops for a possible military invasion of another …John Major: Trump’s US isolationism threatens global democracy
Democracy across the globe is under threat from the retreat of Donald Trump’s US into isolationism, and its likely replacement by China on the world stage, John Major has said.
The former UK prime minister, who rarely offers direct opinion on contemporary politics, used an interview with BBC Radio 4 …
FBI assisting UK investigation into Southport killer Axel Rudakubana
The FBI and the US Department of Justice have joined the investigation into the Southport killer, Axel Rudakubana, and are reported to be helping UK police recover his deleted internet search history.
Rudakubana, 18, was jailed for a minimum of 52 years in January for murdering three young girls and …
Australia is going backwards on race but ‘social cohesion’ is not the answer, commissioner warns
The ABC is at risk of isolating its workforce and diverse communities, the race discrimination commissioner has warned, saying the broadcaster’s handling of the unlawful termination case brought by Antoinette Lattouf has not been a “positive step”.
Giridharan Sivaraman, who was appointed the race discrimination commissioner in 2024, also warns …
‘We can’t just be supine’: Ed Davey urges Starmer to stand up to ‘bully’ Trump
Keir Starmer’s approach to Donald Trump is like that of a child in a playground hoping “the bully doesn’t notice them” and he should be more brave in standing up to the US president, Ed Davey has said.
In a direct challenge to the prime minister, the Liberal Democrat leader …