Tag: United Kingdom

Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Non-Ukranian fighters to face criminal charges, Russian Army warns

As the Ukrainian President has called for fighters from all over the world to join his country's version of the International Brigades, Russia's Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov Thursday announced those “mercenaries” would not be entitled to prisoner-of-war (POW) status, if caught.
Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 22:51 UTC
Queen Elizabeth back at work after defeating COVID-19

Queen Elizabeth II took part in two engagements Tuesday, proving she was back “on the mend” from COVID-19 and very much alive, despite fake news saying she had passed away.
Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Argentine Foreign Minister insists UK needs to explain what happened to 1982 nukes

Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday insisted the United Kingdom had sent nuclear weapons to the Falkland Islands in 1982 and claimed British authorities should come clean about the issue.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Kyiv to capitulate any time soon, according to western media

The United States military sources have warned Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, was about to capitulate any time as Russian forces marched onto the country for allegedly refusing to recognize the independence of the eastern rogue provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Boris Johnson at business roundtable to discuss limiting Russian access to UK financial services

The Prime Minister on Wednesday met with some of the UK’s leading city firms, regulators and trade associations, to discuss the first package of economic sanctions being implemented against Russia, due to their recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
UK Foreign Secretary: “Nothing is off the table in our response to Putin’s aggression towards Ukraine”

Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss wrote for The Times a column stating the UK stands with Ukraine in defense of its right to decide its future.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 23:59 UTC
Memorial events to mark Falklands 40th anniversary take shape

Four decades to the day that the fighting in the South Atlantic conflict came to an end, the National Memorial Arboretum near Lichfield will be the setting for a Falkland Islands ‘Liberation Day’ commemorative event, organized by the Royal British Legion on June 14.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 09:34 UTC
Joint Expeditionary Force led by UK, calls on Russia to de-escalate and engage in transparent dialogue

On Tuesday the ten Defense Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met at Belvoir Castle in England with UK Minister Ben Wallace as host, together with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden made a statement on the Ukraine situation.
Wednesday, February 23rd 2022 - 08:01 UTC
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced the initial tranche of sanctions on Russia

Following the Prime Minister-s announcement to the House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday 22 February designated the initial tranche of sanctions on Russia. The sanctions package targets oligarchs and banks associated with the Kremlin.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:39 UTC
The plight of the Ilois: Victims of the Cold War and the War on Terror

“The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours... There will be no indigenous population except seagulls,” wrote Sir Paul Gore-Booth, a senior official at the British Foreign Office, as the plan to expel the 2,000 Chagos Islanders from their homes was taking shape in 1966. “We must surely be very tough about this.”