China has threatened stern action against the Royal Navy’s carrier strike group (CSG) if it does not “remain restrained and obey the rules” as it sails through the South China Sea.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace set the scene earlier this month for a confrontation with Beijing when he said the deployment led by the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth would sail on any route defined as legitimate under international law.
China claims the South China Sea despite an international court ruling in 2016 that it did not belong to the nation, which has grown increasingly assertive as it builds military bases and airport runways on constructed islands in the disputed waters.
Obey the rules Beijing warns UK as Royal Navy enters disputed South China Sea
China claims parts of the disputed waters as its own despite an international court ruling to the contrary
30 July 2021 • 2:24pm
The Royal Navy s carrier strike group is led by the flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth
Credit: LPhot Unaisi Luke/Ministry of Defence/Crown Copyright
Beijing has blasted Britain for sending the HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group into the South China Sea, threatening action if it does not remain restrained and obey the rules .
In a terse warning, an editorial in state newspaper the Global Times made clear that Beijing wouldn’t hesitate to make an example out of Britain – “to execute one as a warning to a hundred”.
Decision on jab status for varsity students in Sept
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LONDON: Decisions on whether university students need to be vaccinated to return to campus will be taken in September, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said.
Raab said the government would make sure students, most of whom will be starting their new terms that month, have “advanced warning”. Earlier this week education minister Vicky Ford repeatedly refused to rule out that students could be required to be fully vaccinated in order to attend lectures in person and live in halls of residence.
Asked on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme whether vaccination will be advisory or compulsory for students returning to halls of residence in September, Raab said: “When we come to the crunch, these decisions will be taken in September.”
China threatens UK over Royal Navy warships in South China Sea
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HMS Queen Elizabeth and her supporting ships (Image: PA)
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