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British contact with banned Syrian rebel group risks legitimising them – Tories

Conservative shadow minister Wendy Morton told MPs British officials meeting with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) could help it solidify its position.

Evening Standard

Could Syria return as a tourism destination? What to consider after years of devastation under Assad

Exclusive: While Damascus airport is currently closed, daily flights connect the UK with Beirut, which is only 60 miles from the Syrian capital

The Independent UK

Tour operator to relaunch Syria trips ‘as soon as possible’ – despite Foreign Office warning

Exclusive: ‘As soon as it becomes apparent that things are stable, I could run trips immediately’ says Dylan Harris of Lupine Travel

The Independent UK

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Alaa Abd el-Fattah: mother on hunger strike takes protest to Westminster

Laila Soueif to sit outside Foreign Office over Cairo’s extended detention of her British-Egyptian dissident son

The Guardian - UK

MPs call for tougher approach towards foreign governments holding UK citizens

MP John McDonnell said the Foreign Office should change the travel advice for Egypt on its website

Evening Standard

Talk of ‘negotiations’ does not change Ukraine approach – minister

Shadow foreign secretary Dame Priti Patel had asked whether Sir Keir Starmer’s comments represented ‘a departure from the current approach’.

Evening Standard

UK calls on Iran and Russia to follow international law amid airstrikes in Syria

Foreign Office minister Hamish Falconer urged ‘all actors involved’ not to target civilians following recent airstrikes in Syria.

Evening Standard

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Putin may have wanted Skripal dead over what he knew, UK officials believe

Ex-spy had information about Russian president’s ‘embezzlement’ of profits from metals production, intelligence official says

The Guardian - UK

Russian veto on Sudan ceasefire leaves UK undeterred on peace efforts – minister

Nearly 25 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, according to development minister Anneliese Dodds.

Evening Standard

Foreign Office to accelerate East Kilbride exit as 'delay' claim backtracked

THE Foreign Office will seek to accelerate its exit from a Scottish town.

The National (Scotland)

From Egypt to India, five jailed men who feel abandoned by Britain

A media mogul, a computer programmer, a developer, a trade unionist, and a Sikh activist – the prisoners arbitrarily detained abroad

The Guardian - UK

Alicia Kearns: the one-nation Tory taking on the Foreign Office

The former select committee chair is looking to change the way Britain deals with foreign hostage situations

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s about political will’: is the Foreign Office failing Britons detained abroad?

Relatives and campaigners hope Labour will usher in a step-change in the handling of hostage cases

The Guardian - UK

Christmas travellers to Italy will face airport strikes and a surge in petty crime, warns Foreign Office

Exclusive: ‘Estimates are that 25 to 40 million people will come to Rome in one calendar year’

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‘Chummy’ UK-UAE links could stifle efforts to free detained Briton, warns family

Ryan Cornelius has been detained in the United Arab Emirates since 2008.

Evening Standard

MPs call for Hong Kong dissident Jimmy Lai’s immediate release from prison

Mr Lai’s health is ‘deteriorating’ in prison, politicians and campaigners have warned, as they called for his release.

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of hiding cost of retaining key airbase under Chagos Islands deal

Exclusive: Government accused of holding back information on cost to the taxpayer of maintaining UK-US Diego Garcia airbase

The Guardian - UK

Tory Foreign Office minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business

Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in the country

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The Independent UK

Streeting will ‘improve safety’ for Britons going abroad for cosmetic surgery

The Health Secretary said he wanted to ‘send a strong message to the British public to manage the risks, to do their homework’.

The Independent UK

Foreign Office details crimes allegedly committed by overseas diplomats

The Government said it ‘does not tolerate foreign diplomats or dependants breaking the law’.

Evening Standard

Overseas diplomats with immunity accused of sexual assault, indecent exposure and child cruelty

The Government said it ‘does not tolerate foreign diplomats or dependants breaking the law’.

Evening Standard

‘Outright hostility’ to UK-Chagos deal in incoming Trump cabinet, says Farage

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

The Guardian - UK

UK will allay Trump concerns over Chagos Islands, says minister, as Priti Patel says Tories opposed to deal– as it happened

Stephen Doughty, foreign office minister, says if UK had not negotiated a deal with Mauritius, ‘a legally binding decision against UK seemed inevitable’

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer must make Jaggi release 'a priority', say 15 Scottish MPs

KEIR Starmer must make securing the release of a Scottish man languishing in an Indian prison on “political charges” a priority, according to 15…

The Guardian - UK

UK says it voted against UN nuclear war panel because consequences already known

Foreign Office argues scientific study into modern effects of nuclear war not needed

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