Treaty

Swedish filmmaker cleared of breaching international grave treaty

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A Swedish filmmaker has been cleared of breaching an international grave treaty while filming the wreckage of the doomed ferry MS Estonia. Henrik Evertsson used a drone camera to film the vessel, which sank off the coast of the Finnish island Uto in 1994, killing 852 passengers, for a Discovery+ documentary about the disaster. The … Read more

Joe Biden offers Vladimir Putin a five-year extension on last-remaining nuclear weapons treaty

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Joe Biden offers Vladimir Putin a five-year extension on last-remaining treaty limiting nuclear weapons  NEW Start treaty limits Russia and U.S. nuclear weapons to 1,550 deployed warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers It expires on February 5 and Trump opposed extending it, saying he wanted China in a three-way limitation treaty But Russia opposed move  … Read more

Tory civil war explodes back into life after admission that new bill breaches international treaty 

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The Tory civil war over Europe exploded back into life last night after ministers admitted that planned changes to the Brexit deal would break international law. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis stunned MPs by confirming that proposals to ‘clarify’ Boris Johnson’s deal would breach the international treaty he signed. Downing Street had sought to play … Read more

Ex-Border Force chief: Migrant arrivals will hit crisis levels without joint patrol treaty

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Migrant arrivals will hit crisis levels if UK and France fail to agree joint Channel patrols, warns former head of Border Force More than 200 migrants managed to cross to Britain on Thursday alone in surge Ex-Border Force chief Tony Smith urged Britain to agree new joint patrol treaty  He claimed that the current approach  … Read more

Dominic Raab announces extradition treaty with Hong Kong is being suspended

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Dominic Raab today announced the UK’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong is being ‘immediately and indefinitely’ suspended after Beijing imposed a controversial national security law.  The Foreign Secretary said the UK wants a ‘positive relationship’ with China but ‘we will be clear where we disagree’.  He said: ‘I have consulted with the Home Secretary, the … Read more

Britain ‘will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong’

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MPs have warned the UK is ‘sliding towards a cold war’ with China and it must ‘work with its allies’ to tell Beijing ‘enough is enough’ as Dominic Raab prepares to announce Britain’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong is being suspended.  The Foreign Secretary is due to deliver a statement to MPs in the House … Read more

Donald Trump pulls out of ‘open skies’ treaty which lets Russia fly over U.S. military sites

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President Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian violations make it untenable for the U.S. to stay in a treaty that permits 30-plus nations to conduct observation flights over each other’s territory, but he hinted it’s possible the U.S. will reconsider the decision. The Open Skies Treaty that governs the unarmed overflights was initially set up … Read more

Sending Julian Assange to US for ‘political offences would be illegal’ and break Extradition Treaty

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot legally be handed to the US for ‘political offences’ because of a 2003 extradition treaty, his lawyers have claimed.  The 48-year-old is wanted in the US for allegedly conspiring with army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to expose military secrets between January and May 2010. A US grand jury has indicted … Read more