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Overseas territories should have representation in Parliament, ministers told

The 14 British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are self-governing, but the UK is responsible for defence and foreign policy.

The Independent UK

Tory war of words erupts as Liz Truss snaps back at 'Instagram diplomacy' jibe

The flash-in-a-pan Prime Minister - who served just 49 days in No10 - is just trying to keep herself relevant by jetting off to the hotspot to rant about China, Tory MP Alicia Kearns, who heads the foreign affairs select committee, said

Daily Mirror

Liz Truss’s plan to visit Taiwan called ‘worst kind of Instagram diplomacy’

Alicia Kearns, foreign affairs select committee chair, launches blistering attack on former prime minister

The Guardian - UK

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Sudanese army blocks Britons from boarding last rescue flights

Nearly 1,900 have been evacuated, says UK government, but final flight has yet to leave Khartoum

The Guardian - UK

Sudan crisis: UN urges both sides to stop targeting civilians; Turkey says evacuation plane shot at – as it happened

UN human rights commissioner intervenes; Turkey’s defence ministry says plane was shot at while landing at Wadi Seidna airstrip

The Guardian - UK

‘Too dangerous’ to use British forces to rescue UK citizens from Sudan

James Heappey insisted the situation in Khartoum is ‘very different’ from the 2021 Afghanistan evacuation.

The Independent UK

UK troops fly to Sudan as officials work on evacuation plan for Britons

Government still working out evacuation plan as pressure builds to help ‘abandoned’ UK citizens

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More emergency Sudan talks as calls mount for UK nationals to be rescued

Thousands of Britons remain trapped by the fighting.

The Independent UK

Emergency Cobra meeting on Sudan crisis as thousands of UK nationals remain trapped

Top ministers and officials will hold a meeting of the Government's emergencies committee as the security situation continues to worsen and fears grow for Britons stuck in the war-torn nation

Daily Mirror

Government urged to help Britons trapped in Sudan as war rages

A Foreign Office minister urged UK nationals in the war-torn nation to stay indoors.

The Independent UK

British families yet to be evacuated from Sudan ‘kill pets’ while waiting

It comes as more than 4,000 British nationals are waiting to be evacuated from Sudan, according to Alicia Kearns

The Independent UK

RAF plane lands in Sudan as UK assesses options for further evacuations

Armed forces minister says ‘job isn’t done’ in evacuating as many as 4,000 Britons and dual nationals trapped in war zone

The Guardian - UK

More than 100 MPs sign letter to Rishi Sunak backing Iranian activist’s hunger strike ahead of protests

Vahid Beheshti sat in a wheelchair on the 56th day of his hunger strike

Evening Standard

MPs urge Government to take action against ‘Chinese police stations’ in the UK

The House of Commons heard there are four sites of concern in the UK, with the Government saying the allegations are being investigated.

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Evening Standard

Liz Truss told family of Londoner Morad Tahbaz jailed in Iran ‘you’re not my problem’, MPs claim

Tory MP Alicia Kearns said ministers “deeply distressed” British citizens imprisoned abroad through poor communication, including “speaking offensively” to their families

The Independent UK

Government rejected chances to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say MPs

Ministers distressed Nazanin and others with ‘offensive’ comments – as evidence shows chances for release missed

The Independent UK

Ministers distressed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with ‘offensive’ comments – MPs

The treatment of some families of British nationals detained abroad has been insensitive and hurtful, the Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman said.

The Guardian - UK

British-Iranian’s hunger strike outside Foreign Office hits day 27

Vahid Beheshti is striking to persuade the UK government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

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The Independent UK

MP in call to shut down groups linked to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Conservative MP Alicia Kearns raised concerns over ‘cut-outs’ operating in the UK.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak risks row with Tory hawks over China balancing act

UK PM warns China plans to ‘reshape the world order’but stops short of reclassifying it as a threat to national security

The Independent UK

Public must recognise ‘collective responsibility’ for keeping UK safe, says MP

Alicia Kearns stressed the need to build resilience across government, businesses and citizens to protect the UK from autocracies such as Russia.

Daily Mirror

UK ministers urged to get off TikTok as EU bans staff from using it over security fears

Former Tory Party leader has described the government's response to TikTok security fears "pretty weak" after the European Commission banned staff from using it on work devices

The Independent UK

UK MPs call for arrest of visiting Chinese governor over Uighur ‘genocide’

MPs condemn foreign, commonwealth and development office for planning talks with Erkin Tuniyaz

The Independent UK

UK urged to arrest visiting Xinjiang governor over Uighur ‘genocide’

MPs also condemned the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office for planning talks with Erkin Tuniyaz.

The Independent UK

Row erupts over Chinese official’s visit to UK as senior Tories blast it as ‘propoganda coup’

Minister accused of approving of visit from ‘one of the masterminds’ of genocide

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