International

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 04:17 UTC

  Influential Tory MP proposes BOTs elected representation in Westminster

  

  An influential Tory MP has said that increased devolution powers to the Home countries has made lack of Westminster representation for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories a great unfairness, and it is time to end the outdated system of treating them like Colonies.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 03:54 UTC

  Prince William tours Germany to reaffirm close links with UK despite Brexit

  

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been on tour in Germany with a very specific purpose: to reassure Germans that Brexit doesn't mean the break-up of a excellent relationship.

• Tuesday, July 25th 2017 - 03:40 UTC

  Repsol caught in the middle of the Hanoi/Beijing South China Sea powder keg

  

  Vietnam has ordered a Spanish private company conducting a gas-drilling expedition in a disputed area of the South China Sea to cease operations following military threats from China, according to reports.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 18:20 UTC

  Refuelling Hub for South Atlantic Airbridge confirmed as Cape Verde

  

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is pleased to announce that a final decision has been taken on the location of the refuelling hub for the South Atlantic Airbridge (SAA). The SAA will continue to transit through Sal, Cape Verde until 2020, when the Ascension Island runway resurfacing project is expected to be complete.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 09:29 UTC

  UK government tries to reassure Ulster farmers about post-Brexit subsidies

  

  British government has attempted to reassure Northern Ireland’s farmers about the level of subsidies they will receive after the UK leaves the European Union. Michael Gove, secretary for the environment, food and rural affairs, visited an agricultural show in Co Antrim at the weekend and also held meetings with the DUP and the Ulster Farmers’ Union.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 09:26 UTC

  Submarine HMS Ambush collision off Gibraltar cost at least £ 3.4m

  

  British taxpayers were left with a bill of over £3.4m following the collision off Gibraltar last year between a Royal Navy submarine and a merchant ship. HMS Ambush, one of Britain’s new Astute-class nuclear-powered submarines, sustained damage to its conning tower during a glancing collision with a chemical tanker while submerged in international waters 3.3 nautical miles off Gibraltar.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 09:03 UTC

  RAF tanker and US fighter jets nearly crashed as flight controller was distracted by cell phone call

  

  An RAF tanker aircraft and two F-15 fighters came within a split second of colliding over the North Sea after a flight controller was distracted by a phone call, an official report has revealed.The pilots of the RAF Voyager claimed that one of the United States Air Force jets was as near as 50 metres when it flew directly across their path as they were flying at 322mph.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 08:22 UTC

  Brenda Hale, named first woman president of the UK Supreme Court

  

  Brenda Hale was appointed as the UK Supreme Court's first female president on Friday, July 21st. The former deputy president of the court for four years will take on the role as the thirteenth President of the Supreme Court on October 2nd, following a line of twelve all-male predecessors.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 06:49 UTC

  First full-scale floating wind farm begins to take shape off Scotland

  

  The world's first full-scale floating wind farm has started to take shape off the north-east coast of Scotland. The revolutionary technology will allow wind power to be harvested in waters too deep for the current conventional bottom-standing turbines used.

• Monday, July 24th 2017 - 06:36 UTC

  Corbyn, “the greatest rebel ever”, invited to avoid de-selection of MPs

  

  A former Labour chief whip has urged Jeremy Corbyn to “reflect” on Tony Blair's approach when party leader by ruling out the de-selection of MPs. Baroness Hilary Armstrong told the BBC Mr Corbyn was “the greatest rebel ever” as a backbencher but Mr Blair was reluctant to discipline him. She said the then prime minister felt that Labour was “a broad church”.