Britain still holds a number of overseas territories - and one of them happens to be a small, beautiful island that’s also among the wealthiest places on Earth. These territories are parts of the...
UK signs £101m-a-year deal to hand over Chagos Islands1 hour agoSam Francis and Kate WhannelPolitical reportersAlice CuddyBBC NewsSir Keir Starmer has signed a deal to hand the Chagos Islands to...
Sir Keir Starmer is set to sign away the Chagos Islands on Thursday and give Mauritius billions of pounds, reports have suggested. The Prime Minister will attend a “virtual signing ceremony” with...
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall vowed to defy Labour critics and press ahead with benefit cuts of £5 billion as she warned they were needed to defeat Nigel Farage and Reform at the ballot...
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Melania Trump statue goes missing in Slovenia22 hours agoGuy De LauneyBalkans correspondentJURE MAKOVEC/AFP via Getty Images"Melania" appeared on the banks of the River Sava in July 2020, four months...
Often called the 'Venice of Africa', Ganvie is a stunning lake village in the south of Benin and the largest lakeside village in the entirety of Africa, housing around 30,000 people. Built in the...
Vladimir Putin is unlikely to travel to Istanbul to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan willing to guarantee the international...
Israel denying food to Gaza is 'weapon of war', UN Palestinian refugee agency head tells BBC12 hours agoJeremy BowenInternational editor, BBC NewsHow do you measure misery? For journalists the usual...
Gold is booming - but investors lured in by the hype could lose out, warn experts15 hours agoTheo LeggettInternational business correspondentBBCListen to Theo read this article"What you have there is...
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Gold is booming – but how safe is it for investors, really?33 minutes agoTheo LeggettInternational business correspondentBBCListen to Theo read this article"What you have there is about £250,000...
The President of an eastern European country has said that the issue of Russian energy supplies to the state is critical, and he wants to forge a closer relationship. Serbian President Aleksandar...
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Chinese companies have shown an interest in joining a huge £9.1billion Russian project off the coast of a NATO country. The Ust-Luga liquified natural gas (LNG) scheme is a large-scale export...