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Doubtless you are familiar with those disaster movies in which a doomed jet plane, engines aflame, spirals towards an unforgiving ocean. Cut to the cockpit where we find our pilot pawing helplessly at the controls. His teeth clenched, his eyes bulging. Sweat cascading down both cheeks. This is the face Downing Street handlers pull whenever … Read more
Harry Dunn’s parents have today lost their High Court battle against the Foreign Office over whether their son’s alleged killer had diplomatic immunity. Mr Dunn, 19, died when his motorbike collided with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road by American Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton, Northamptonshire, on August 27 last … Read more
The Foreign Office was today accused in the High Court of keeping police investigating the crash that killed Harry Dunn in the dark for two weeks over whether the driver had diplomatic immunity. Mr Dunn, 19, was killed when his motorbike hit a car being driven on the wrong side of the road by American … Read more
Civil servant arrested over leak of US ambassador Kim Darroch’s diplomatic cables calling Donald Trump ‘inept’ is released on bail Civil servant was arrested on suspicion of leaking explosive diplomatic cables Counter terrorist officers from the Met swooped on the official’s flat on Tuesday The civil servant is believed to work at the Department for … Read more
A joint American-Israeli delegation landed in Bahrain Sunday, where officials will be signing a number of bilateral agreements following an announcement last month to normalize relations. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, led the delegation that flew out of Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on … Read more
The US Government has maintained its position on the diplomatic immunity granted to Harry Dunn’s alleged killer. The teenager’s parents Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn wrote to them urging them to change their minds. Downing Street backed Harry Dunn’s parents in their plea to US President Donald Trump to review the decision to block an … Read more
Pictured: Hu Xijin, the editor of the state-run Global Times The editor of a Chinese state media publication has described Australia as ‘gum stuck to the bottom of our shoe’ as the relationship between the once-friendly nations wanes during the coronavirus crisis. Australia is standing firm in its calls for an independent probe into the origins … Read more
The Foreign Office has waived diplomatic immunity for 13 British citizens accused of crimes in the US since 1999 – despite Washington refusing to extradite ex-CIA spy Anna Sacoolas for hitting and killing Harry Dunn The Foreign Office has waived the immunity of Brits accused of crimes as a goodwill gesture to the United States … Read more