1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (513+ words) Former chancellor George Osborne has called for Britain to rejoin the European Union’s customs union, arguing that Brexit has damaged trade and left the UK economy “gone off a cliff”. Osborne, who resigned as David Cameron’s chancellor after the 2016 referendum,…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (593+ words) Former British prime minister Boris Johnson was evacuated from a train in western Ukraine after a Russian drone attack targeted a railway line close to the Polish border, highlighting the growing reach of Moscow’s campaign against Ukraine’s transport infrastructure. Johnson,…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (695+ words) US authorities secretly removed an American diplomat from Britain after he was accused of possessing indecent images of children, reportedly flying him from London to a US military base without notifying British police in advance. The diplomat is understood to…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (536+ words) Poland has warned that Russia’s latest drone strikes in western Ukraine are being treated with the “utmost seriousness”, after attacks hit targets just kilometres from the NATO member’s border and a passenger train travelling towards Warsaw. Polish Interior Minister Marcin…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (686+ words) Donald Trump’s questioning of Britain’s ability to defend the Falkland Islands against a renewed Argentine invasion is “completely incoherent”, senior Conservative Tom Tugendhat has said, as tensions over the South Atlantic territory intensify. Tugendhat criticised what he described as the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (628+ words) The US has approved the sale of four Black Hawk military helicopters to Argentina in a $140mn (£103mn) deal, sharpening the focus on Washington’s position in the long-running Falklands dispute with Britain. The State Department said the UH-60L helicopters would strengthen Argentina’s…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (808+ words) Kemi Badenoch is preparing to put the abolition of inheritance tax at the centre of the Conservatives’ next election platform, as the party seeks to challenge Labour on the economy while fending off the growing threat from Reform UK. The…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (786+ words) MI5 director general Sir Ken McCallum has warned that Britain faces a more complex national security threat than at any point since the September 11 attacks, urging the country to “build defences” against both radical Islamic extremism and hostile states. In an…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (646+ words) Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has defended the government’s decision to reprioritise Army training, insisting that military exercises have not been halted despite growing concern over pressure on the defence budget. Mark Francois, the Conservative MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, questioned…...