By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia warned Britain and the United States on Friday against “tempting fate” by sending warships to the Black Sea, and said it would defend its borders using all possible means including military force.
HMS Queen Elizabeth is on her first deployment and it is also the first time a UK aircraft carrier is supporting live military operations in more than two decades.
The government was on Saturday night accused of dealing a hammer blow to the struggling British steel industry in the name of Brexit and free trade, as a fresh political row blew up over plans to allow more cheap foreign imports into the UK.
Boris Johnson has agreed a free trade deal with Australia in the first major post-Brexit trading agreement.
Britain is unlikely to reopen overseas travel to the major European holiday destinations until the beginning of August, UK ambassadors have warned.
UK unemployment fell for the fourth month in a row in April as businesses took on more staff in response to the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions.
Britain’s steel industry is braced for a decision on the UK’s tariff protections as soon as this week – potentially opening the floodgates to a wave of cheap imports.
Britain is calling for the whole world to be vaccinated by the end of 2022 with Boris Johnson to urge the G7 to “rise to the greatest challenge of the post-war era” and “defeat Covid”.
Plans to make Covid-19 passports a legal requirement for large events are set to be dropped, The Telegraph understands.
The busy bank holiday is expected to bring the warmest weather of the year so far, with temperatures expected to hit 25C today. But as many people flock to beaches, parks and beer gardens, one of the country’s top scientists has warned that the next two weeks are critical for the way out of the […]
