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Who Is Blaise Metreweli, First Woman To Head UK's Spy Agency MI6
MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service, is the UK's foreign intelligence agency, responsible for gathering overseas intelligence to protect national security and support foreign policy.
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Britain Appoints Blaise Metreweli As First Female Head Of MI6 Spy Agency
Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.
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Germany, France And UK Offer To Hold Talks With Iran About Nuclear Programme
Germany, France and Britain are ready to hold immediate talks with Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme in an effort to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
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UK Moves Jets To Mideast For Regional Security As Iran, Israel Trade Missiles
Britain is moving additional military assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East to provide support across the region, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters on Saturday as he was en route to a Group of Seven meeting in Canada.
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King Charles Remembers Ahmedabad Plane Crash Victims At Military Parade
Britain's King Charles and other senior royals wore black armbands at the "Trooping the Colour" military parade on Saturday as a mark of respect for the victims of the Air India plane crash.
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Nuclear States Spent $100 Billion On Weapons In 2024: Report
Nuclear-armed states spent more than $100 billion on their atomic arsenals last year, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said Friday, lamenting the lack of democratic oversight of such spending.
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Crisis Teams Set Up In Delhi, London: UK Parliament Told After Air India Plane Crash
Britain has set up crisis teams in Delhi and London to support the families of those aboard the Air India Flight 171, which crashed soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy informed Parliament.
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"Desperately Shocked": King Charles On Ahmedabad Plane Crash
Britain's King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed their shock and devastation on Thursday following a plane crash involving a London-bound Air India flight with 53 British nationals among 242 on board, shortly after takeoff from Ah
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"Heartbreaking": How World Leaders Reacted To Air India Plane Crash In Ahmedabad
There were 169 Indians, 53 British citizens on the flight. In light of the plane crash, an Operational Control Room has been activated at the Ministry of Civil Aviation to coordinate all details.
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UK, Allies Sanctions Israeli Ministers For 'Inciting Violence' Against Palestinians
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel's national security minister Ben-Gvir and finance minister Smotrich.
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Frederick Forsyth, UK Author Known For Spy Novels, Dies At 86
A pilot who turned to writing to clear his debts, British author Frederick Forsyth, who died Monday aged 86, penned some 20 spy novels, often drawing on real-life experiences and selling 70 million copies worldwide.
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Defence Or Environment? London Faces Spending Choices
Torn between growing geopolitical tensions and constrained public finances, Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is set to unveil feared trade-offs in a government spending review on Wednesday.
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Blog | The Story Of Filmmaker Roshaan Khattak, Hunted By Pakistan, Let Down By Cambridge
If one of Britain's most prestigious universities can't protect a postgraduate researcher, what hope is there for smaller institutions? What message does this send to academics investigating authoritarianism, state violence, or contested territories?
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Russia Bans British Council, Calls It 'Undesirable Organisation'
Russia on Thursday banned the British Council as an "undesirable organisation", as Moscow branded London the architect of global crisis and "instigator of wars".
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Britain's Prince Harry Explored Changing Surname To Spencer: Report
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan explored the idea of changing their family name to Spencer amid months of delays in their two children receiving British passports, the Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Who Is Blaise Metreweli, First Woman To Head UK's Spy Agency MI6
MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service, is the UK's foreign intelligence agency, responsible for gathering overseas intelligence to protect national security and support foreign policy.
-
Britain Appoints Blaise Metreweli As First Female Head Of MI6 Spy Agency
Britain on Sunday named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6.
-
Germany, France And UK Offer To Hold Talks With Iran About Nuclear Programme
Germany, France and Britain are ready to hold immediate talks with Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme in an effort to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said.
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UK Moves Jets To Mideast For Regional Security As Iran, Israel Trade Missiles
Britain is moving additional military assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East to provide support across the region, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters on Saturday as he was en route to a Group of Seven meeting in Canada.
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King Charles Remembers Ahmedabad Plane Crash Victims At Military Parade
Britain's King Charles and other senior royals wore black armbands at the "Trooping the Colour" military parade on Saturday as a mark of respect for the victims of the Air India plane crash.
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Nuclear States Spent $100 Billion On Weapons In 2024: Report
Nuclear-armed states spent more than $100 billion on their atomic arsenals last year, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons said Friday, lamenting the lack of democratic oversight of such spending.
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Crisis Teams Set Up In Delhi, London: UK Parliament Told After Air India Plane Crash
Britain has set up crisis teams in Delhi and London to support the families of those aboard the Air India Flight 171, which crashed soon after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport on Thursday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy informed Parliament.
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"Desperately Shocked": King Charles On Ahmedabad Plane Crash
Britain's King Charles III and Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed their shock and devastation on Thursday following a plane crash involving a London-bound Air India flight with 53 British nationals among 242 on board, shortly after takeoff from Ah
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"Heartbreaking": How World Leaders Reacted To Air India Plane Crash In Ahmedabad
There were 169 Indians, 53 British citizens on the flight. In light of the plane crash, an Operational Control Room has been activated at the Ministry of Civil Aviation to coordinate all details.
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UK, Allies Sanctions Israeli Ministers For 'Inciting Violence' Against Palestinians
Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway joined Britain in freezing the assets and imposing travel bans on Israel's national security minister Ben-Gvir and finance minister Smotrich.
-
Frederick Forsyth, UK Author Known For Spy Novels, Dies At 86
A pilot who turned to writing to clear his debts, British author Frederick Forsyth, who died Monday aged 86, penned some 20 spy novels, often drawing on real-life experiences and selling 70 million copies worldwide.
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Defence Or Environment? London Faces Spending Choices
Torn between growing geopolitical tensions and constrained public finances, Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves is set to unveil feared trade-offs in a government spending review on Wednesday.
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Blog | The Story Of Filmmaker Roshaan Khattak, Hunted By Pakistan, Let Down By Cambridge
If one of Britain's most prestigious universities can't protect a postgraduate researcher, what hope is there for smaller institutions? What message does this send to academics investigating authoritarianism, state violence, or contested territories?
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Russia Bans British Council, Calls It 'Undesirable Organisation'
Russia on Thursday banned the British Council as an "undesirable organisation", as Moscow branded London the architect of global crisis and "instigator of wars".
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Britain's Prince Harry Explored Changing Surname To Spencer: Report
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan explored the idea of changing their family name to Spencer amid months of delays in their two children receiving British passports, the Guardian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
