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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK accused of prioritising ‘aid for trade’ in new development strategy

    Charities and aid bodies say London is prioritising geopolitics over long-term development goals

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Nato
    UK provides security assurances to Sweden and Finland

    Move to smooth Nordic countries’ path to Nato membership follows heightened concerns over Russia threat

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Taiwan
    ‘Resolute’ Ukraine response vital to deter China on Taiwan, Japan PM says

    Kishida warning echoed by UK counterpart Johnson at London meeting

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Truss warns China to ‘play by the rules’ or face consequences

    UK foreign secretary says Russia sanctions show west could use economic power against Beijing

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Liz Truss to warn of ‘misery across Europe’ if Russia wins in Ukraine

    UK foreign secretary set to call for new approach to aggressors in key policy speech

  • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Why it took the UK a long time to become a Russia hawk

    British politicians courted Putin for years, and London only declared Moscow a ‘direct threat’ in 2021

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Johnson concedes Russia could win war and proposes sending tanks to Poland

    British PM’s remarks on possible victory for Putin break with G7’s united front since Ukraine invasion began

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Rahul Roy-Chaudhury
    Rhetoric is far ahead of reality when it comes to UK-India ties

    As Boris Johnson visits India, there is a rare opportunity for a bilateral reset on trade and defence

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    Tom Keatinge
    The UK must urgently ratchet up its sanctions pressure on Russia

    The foreign secretary is running out of ideas — it’s time for a more creative approach to economic statecraft

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    Johnson to discuss security co-operation with Modi on India visit

    Talks come as New Delhi maintains neutral stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    The Big Read
    Putin, Ukraine and the revival of the west

    The strength and unity of the response to Russia’s invasion surprised the Kremlin but some have accused the west of hypocrisy

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    UK deportation plan puts Rwanda’s treatment of refugees back in focus

    East African nation has hosted similar offshore asylum programmes in the past

  • Friday, 15 April, 2022
    Robert Saunders
    Ditching a prime minister in time of war has well-founded precedents

    Democracy is ill-served by glossing over domestic political failures on grounds of a military emergency

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Ukraine has been a rare success for UK foreign policy

    Boris Johnson’s early decision to provide military aid to Kyiv has paid off

  • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Western powers oppose linking Ukraine peace talks to Russia sanctions relief

    US and European countries united in maintaining pressure on Putin after negotiators met in Istanbul

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Roman Abramovich
    Antigua calls on UK to verify owner of Abramovich-linked yachts

    Second vessel moored on Caribbean island has connections to sanctions-hit Russian oligarch

  • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
    Russian-owned superyacht seized in London is owned by Motiv Telecom founder

    Vitaly Vasilievich Kochetkov owns small mobile network in Urals region but is not an individual on UK sanctions list

  • Saturday, 26 March, 2022
    Brexit
    Boris Johnson hopes Czech presidency will herald better relations with EU

    UK prime minister hopes new leadership could open door for ‘pragmatic’ discussion of NI protocol

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    UK whistleblower alleges Boris Johnson personally authorised Afghan animal charity airlift

    Senior civil servant claims the prime minister’s decision went against the judgment of officials

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
    Zaghari-Ratcliffe criticises UK officials over delays to securing her release

    British-Iranian dual national says it should not have taken five foreign secretaries to free her from detention in Tehran

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    UK paid ‘blood money’ to secure release of Iran detainees

    Former US secretary of state says debt payment for cancelled tank deal smacks of ‘appeasement’

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrives back in UK after release by Iran

    British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori also freed as London pays debt related to undelivered tanks

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Abramovich and other oligarchs hit with new EU and UK sanctions

    More names added to Russian asset freeze and travel ban list as US targets 11 military leaders

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Britons to be paid £350 a month to house Ukrainian refugees

    New visa scheme for those fleeing the war comes after criticism of UK’s initial response

  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    Liz Truss
    While Putin plotted, Nato slumbered— we must never again drop our guard

    UK foreign secretary: allies should raise defence spending to meet biggest shift in security threat since 9/11

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