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The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who helped the SAS save the lives of 19 hostages during the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 has died. Chief Superintendent Max Vernon was part of a six-man team charged with negotiating with six armed terrorists who besieged the diplomatic building in South Kensington, West London and took 26 people … Read more
Chief negotiator during 1980 Iranian Embassy siege dies: Tributes are paid to Met Police superintendent Max Vernon who was hailed a ‘true hero’ for helping SAS save lives of 19 hostages By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 14:47 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 14:51 GMT, 14 February 2021 The Metropolitan Police’s head negotiator who … Read more
A top aide to Boris Johnson is today caught up in a conflict of interest row over claims he helped broker a deal for China’s new embassy on behalf of the Government while being paid by two of the companies involved. Lord Udny-Lister helped the Foreign Office lead talks with China over its £255million deal … Read more
Foreign Office were not told that Anne Sacoolas was a spy in official notes sent by the US Embassy in the wake of Harry Dunn’s death, court documents have today revealed. Officials labelled the US intelligence worker as a spouse of an embassy employee when they sent the Foreign Office a note asserting her diplomatic … Read more
Britain’s US Embassy attempts to play down fears that Biden’s removal of Churchill bust signals a souring of Special Relationship with video about Anglo-American friendship US Embassy in London uploaded video defining the ‘Special Relationship’ Video is in response to criticism of removal of Churchill bust from Oval office The video shows how the Special … Read more
‘I miss them too much’: Peter Andre reveals he begged the Australian embassy to let him visit his elderly parents during the pandemic By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 15:51 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 15:51 GMT, 5 January 2021 Peter Andre has revealed he begged the Australian embassy to let him visit his … Read more
China’s plans to build a huge embassy at a historic site in central London has sparked fears it could unearth thousands of bodies of bubonic plague victims. The People’s Republic of China wants to use the former Royal Mint, which sits opposite the Tower of London, as its new embassy – making it the Communist … Read more
Shots are fired at Saudi Arabia embassy in The Hague – a day after bomb attack at remembrance service in Jeddah Dutch officers were alerted at around 6am to shots being fired at the building Nobody was injured by the gunman who had fled before police arrived Building was hit by up to 20 bullets … Read more
Shots are fired at Saudi Arabia embassy in The Hague Nobody was injured and detectives were investigating the incident on Thursday Dutch officers were alerted at around 6am to shots being fired at the building Several bullet casings were scattered around and bullet holes left in windows It comes just hours after an attack on … Read more
Police clashed with Muslim protesters demanding ‘respect for the Prophet’ in London today outside the French Embassy over Emmanuel Macron’s stance on Charlie Hebdo cartoons. Demonstrators gathered in the capital holding signs that bore the words ‘We will not tolerate disrespect of our beloved prophet’, ‘The Earth’s biggest terrorist is Macron’ and ‘Insult is not freedom of speech’ as the … Read more