UK government, keen for better relations with China, has given go-ahead for sprawling new embassy despite security concerns

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Nervousness in Westminster over US president’s change of tone towards Downing Street

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Broadcaster says controversy over his understated pay left him ‘down’ and ‘on the ground’ following exit from station

Former would-be Tory leader is now Nigel Farage’s problem, says Conservative Party’s Kemi Badenoch

AI controversy has dragged the British prime minister back into a war of words with the world’s richest person

Keir Starmer’s political critics may try to blame him for being ‘on the outside looking in’ but the world has changed for Britain

Seizure of tanker, with UK operational support, after it slipped through a US ‘blockade’ could stoke tensions with Russia

UK prime minister’s decision to never criticise the US president comes at a price

From shrimp skin in Beijing to chicken livers in Syria and cherry schnapps in Berlin, the quality and value available in other countries are striking

UK Labour peer says home secretary is ‘unnecessarily hardline’ on asylum seekers and he doesn’t ‘denigrate’ Reform voters

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