The UK Foreign Office has eased its travel advice for Dubai, removing the "do not travel" warning. While this facilitates travel insurance and booking, it cautions that the regional situation remains unpredictable despite a US-Iran agreement.
Eighty-five Russia-linked people and entities have been sanctioned as part of a UK government crackdown on “pro-Kremlin narratives abroad”. The sanctions, imposed on Monday, were designed to target 29 individuals and organisations thought to have helped Russia forcibly deport and militarise Ukrainian children. More than 20,000 Ukrainian children have been taken to Russia and the territories which it has occupied, according to the UK Foreign Office. A further 56 individuals and organisations have...
The British Foreign Office has closed a unit tracking international law breaches by Israel in Gaza, cutting funding to a project maintaining a database of 26,000 verified violations. The IHL cell's closure follows UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper's April speech endorsing international law as a core British value. Critics say the move enables the government to obscure violations while sustaining arms sales, as data shows UK-made munitions imports to Israel doubled in 2025.
The UK Foreign Office has closed its International Humanitarian Law cell that tracked potential breaches by Israel in Gaza and Lebanon, following cuts linked to the overseas aid budget reduction to 0.3% of GNI. The closure ends funding for the Centre for Information Resilience's Conflict and Security Monitoring Project, which maintained a database of 26,000 verified incidents dating back to October 7, 2023. The decision comes just two weeks after Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper pledged respect for international law as a core British value in her Mansion House speech.
