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EU, UK plan ‘intensive’ Northern Ireland talks in coming days

11 Feb 2022

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic and British Foreign Minister Liz Truss said on Friday their officials would continue “intensive” discussions over Northern Ireland in the coming days after their third in-person meeting. “They agreed on the need for progress in their talks in the interest of people in Northern Ireland, to stay …

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UK’s Wallace says he hopes talks with Russia can resolve issues through diplomacy

11 Feb 2022

MOSCOW (Reuters) – British Defence minister Ben Wallace told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu he hoped they could use their meeting in Moscow to resolve a number of issues through diplomacy. “I hope that by speaking today and starting that relationship, that was at 0%, we can resolve a number of the issues that you’ve …

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Kremlin cites Truss error as evidence West doesn’t understand Ukraine conflict

11 Feb 2022

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Friday cited a geographical gaffe by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as an example of how poorly informed Western leaders were about the subject matter in the East-West standoff over Ukraine. “This is the reality in which we have to defend our position,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a …

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UK must do more to recoup billions of pounds of COVID fraud – lawmakers say

11 Feb 2022

By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is failing to put enough effort into finding fraud in some of its COVID-19 support programmes as taxpayers face losing at least 4 billion pounds ($5.43 billion) to criminals and mistakes, a parliamentary report said. The Public Accounts Committee, which scrutinises state spending, said the lenient approach …

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Russia holds drills in Belarus as West warns of ‘dangerous moment’

11 Feb 2022

By Robin Emmott, Tom Balmforth and Vladimir Soldatkin BRUSSELS/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Britain said on Thursday the “most dangerous moment” in the West’s standoff with Moscow appeared imminent, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine. Ukraine also staged war games and the United States urged …

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London Met Police chief Cressida Dick resigns after controversies

10 Feb 2022

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -London police chief Cressida Dick resigned on Thursday, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said, after he told her he was not satisfied she could root out the racism, sexism and other problems that still existed within the force. Confidence in the Metropolitan Police has been shaken by the abduction, rape …

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London police chief Dick expected to leave job, says BBC political editor

10 Feb 2022

LONDON (Reuters) – London police Chief Cressida Dick, who has been under pressure over her force’s handling of apparent breaches of lockdown rules in government, is expected to leave her job, the BBC’s political editor Laura Kuenssberg said on Twitter. (Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Chris Reese)

Russia says facts ‘bounce off’ Britain’s Truss in tense encounter

10 Feb 2022

By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister accused his British counterpart on Thursday of grandstanding and refusing to listen, at a rancorous encounter that highlighted the gulf between them over the Ukraine crisis. Sergei Lavrov told a joint news conference with Britain’s Liz Truss that their meeting had felt like a conversation between …

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