Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubt Donald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover...
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British tourist missing after boat catches fire off Thai island
Alexandra Clarke, 26, was on a diving excursion near Koh Tao when blaze broke out A British tourist is missing in Thailand after the tour...
British-Egyptian dissident mulls giving up citizenship over failure to be released
Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s family reveal letters showing his despair after initial hopes David Lammy could get him freed from Cairo jail Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the...
UK ‘tried to suppress criticism’ of alleged UAE role in arming Sudan’s RSF militia
Exclusive UK accused of trying to head off condemnation of Gulf ally over alleged aid to forces accused of genocide in Darfur UK government officials...
British ambassador to Mexico sacked after pointing gun at embassy employee
Clip on social media showed Jon Benjamin aiming assault rifle at colleague in region rife with drug gangs The British ambassador to Mexico was quietly...
Kenya begins public hearings into alleged abuses by UK troops
British soldiers stationed in Kenya have been accused of rights violations and offences including murder Kenya has launched public hearings into allegations of human rights...
UK officials under fire for congratulating ‘repressive’ new chief of Uganda’s army
Activists call move ‘absurd’, as Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of President Museveni, is accused of torture and abusing critics Senior British government officials have congratulated...
UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group
Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimes Inside South Sudan’s worsening refugee crisis – in pictures...
Palestinians desperate to flee Gaza pay thousands in bribes to ‘brokers’
Fixers with alleged links to Egyptian intelligence are making a fortune in ‘fees’ from people hoping to exit through the Rafah crossing Israel-Gaza war –...
UK inaction let Wagner group flourish and grow, say MPs
Foreign affairs select committee condemns government’s ‘dismal lack of understanding’ about group’s hold in Africa A decade-long failure by the British government has allowed the...
