BP has announcedit will cut its renewable energy investments and instead focus on increasing oil and gas production. The energy giant revealed the shift in strategy on Wednesday following pressure…
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UK: Sites sought for Ukranian bombed door sculpture
An artist who has created a sculpture using the door of a bombed home in Ukraine is appealing for places display it. Robert Marshall from Wareham, Dorset, salvaged the door,…
UK: Trump accelerated British military boost- former defence chief
The decision to hike UK defence spending has been “accelerated” by President Donald Trump’s actions on Ukraine, a former defence chief of staff has said. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…
UK: Starmer upends Labour manifesto to confront Europe’s new reality
A big moment and a big decision, ahead of a big meeting. The government’s announcement that it will crank up defence spending and shrivel the international aid budget amounts to a big…
UK: Ten Church of England clergy face disciplinary action
Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey is among a number of clergy facing disciplinary action over safeguarding failures after a report into prolific abuser John Smyth, the Church of England…
UK: Starmer cuts aid to fund hike in defence spending
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has set out plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2027, as peace talks to end the war in Ukraine gather…
UK: We may have to leave human rights treaty- Badenoch
The UK must look again at international agreements, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said. In her first major speech on foreign policy, Badenoch said if the European Convention on Human…
Ukraine: Zelenskyy negotiating a minerals deal with the US
Kyiv and Washington are close to signing a deal over US access to Ukraine’s mineral deposits, a Ukrainian minister says. Olga Stefanishyna, deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, said…
France: Prisoner ‘The Fly’ arrested nine months after deadly van ambush
A French convict who went on the run after escaping a police van in a deadly ambush has been arrested in Romania, French authorities have said. Two prison officers were…
France: Ex-surgeon admits ‘despicable acts’ in French child abuse trial
A French former surgeon accused of abusing hundreds of patients, most of them children, has told a court that he admits to having “committed despicable acts” and “understands and shares…