South Africa has hit out at the UK after the British government rushed to impose a travel ban on multiple African nations over concerns about a mutated strain of the Covid virus, which has been detected in a small number of cases. On Thursday evening, the UK moved several African countries to its ‘red list,’ […]
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France withdraws invitation to UK minister over Johnson letter
France has withdrawn UK Home Secretary Priti Patel’s invitation to a meeting in Calais, following the publication of a letter by PM Boris Johnson to his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, regarding migrant crossings. In a message seen by the news agency AFP on Friday, France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said he was “disappointed” by a […]
US & UK to share classified submarine data with Australia under AUKUS
Washington, London, and Canberra have signed an agreement on the sharing of sensitive, classified submarine data as part of the AUKUS pact to arm Australia with nuclear-powered subs, reached by the sides in September. The newly-signed deal will allow the US and the UK to share nuclear propulsion information with Australia “which they cannot with […]
Iran blasts UK over Palestinian move despite Instagram block
The Iranian foreign ministry has doubled down on its criticism of the UK for designating Hamas a terrorist organization, claiming the British move is just a tool to criminalize support for the Palestinian cause. According to Iranian media, an Instagram post shared on Saturday by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has been removed by the […]
UK outlaws Hamas as terrorist organization
Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has acted to proscribe the Palestinian group Hamas “in its entirety,” stating that it has significant capacity to carry out terrorist acts and has facilities to train attackers. In a tweet on Friday, Patel stated that she had banned the Palestinian group Hamas and labelled it a terrorist organization, as […]
UK tabloid cheers US hypersonic nukes in Germany, shows mushroom cloud over Moscow
UK papers are hyping the revival of a Cold War-era US artillery unit in Germany, supposed to be armed with ‘Dark Eagle’ hypersonic missiles that will be able reach Moscow in mere minutes, once they are developed. ‘Dark Eagle has landed’ proclaimed The Sun, originally reporting that the new US missiles could “blitz Russia” in […]
‘Only UK journo’ going to cover Nicaragua election on ground says he was detained
A reporter from a left British newspaper says he was detained without explanation in Mexico as he was traveling to Nicaragua to cover the Sunday election. The US threatened the country with new sanctions ahead of the poll. Steve Sweeney, international editor for the UK socialist daily Morning Star, said he had been placed in […]
Bill Gates wants US & UK to spend billions on ‘germ games’
Activist-philanthropist Bill Gates has raised alarms with critics by suggesting that billions of dollars be invested into a global pandemic task force running “germ games” to prepare for future outbreaks or biological attacks. Gates made his comments during a discussion with the chair of the Health Select Committee and former UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt […]
BREAKING NEWS. Prima pastilă pentru tratarea COVID-19 acasă, aprobată în UK. Decizia este o premieră mondială
Prima pastilă concepută pentru a trata formele simptomatice de COVID-19 a fost aprobată de autoritatea de reglementare a medicamentelor din Marea Britanie, scrie BBC. Comprimatul – molnupiravir – va fi administrat de două ori pe zi pacienților vulnerabili aflați la debutul bolii. În studiile clinice, pilula, dezvoltată inițial pentru a trata gripa, a redus riscul […]
Erdogan to skip COP26 at the last minute, blames UK
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced he will not be attending the COP26 climate conference, after the UK failed to meet the “security protocol standards” that were requested by the Turkish government. Speaking on Monday, Erdogan stated that he would no longer be travelling from the G20 Summit in Rome to the COP26 climate summit […]
Global elites flying private jets to COP26 climate conference emit more CO2 than hundreds of citizens would in a year – UK media
The bigwigs heading to Scotland for the COP26 climate summit – where they ostensibly aim to help save the planet from greenhouse gases – will generate outsized emissions themselves by employing private jets for the trip. More than 400 private jets carrying politicians and business executives to this week’s conference will belch out 13,000 tons […]
If Assange dies in UK prison it would mean he’d been ‘tortured to death,’ UN special rapporteur on torture tells RT
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange isn’t mentally ill and his psychological problems are solely the result of the abuse he suffers in isolation, Nils Melzer, the UN special rapporteur on torture, has told RT’s Going Underground. It would be a “tragedy” if Assange died in London’s Belmarsh maximum security prison due to his poor health, Melzer […]
Covid vaccinations ‘not sufficient’ in preventing Delta variant spread, almost equal to unvaccinated – UK study
A new study has found that though Covid-19 vaccinations lower the chance of hospitalization and death in the case of infections, those inoculated can spread the Delta variant as easily as those not. Researchers looked at over 600 people in the UK over the course of a year for the study, done by Imperial College […]
US, UK, France, Germany say they’re concerned about Iran’s ‘provocative nuclear steps’ in G20 statement, urge ‘full compliance’
The United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany issued a joint statement on Saturday expressing “grave and growing concern” over Iran’s nuclear program and urging President Ebrahim Raisi to return to “full compliance.” In the statement signed by US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Angela […]
‘If they destroy the free press, they destroy the world,’ Roger Waters says after UK court adjourns to rule on Assange extradition
Julian Assange’s extradition case could deal a fatal blow to free press worldwide, Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters told RT as a British court weighed final arguments on whether to transfer the WikiLeaks co-founder to US custody. Though the UK High Court did not hand down a ruling after Thursday’s appeal hearing and is now […]














