Here is a timeline of the key events since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Iran in 2016.
– April 3 2016: The mother-of-one is detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard at Imam Khomeini airport after a holiday visit to Iran where she introduced her daughter Gabriella to her parents.
– July 12 2016: Richard Ratcliffe, her husband, delivers letters to Downing Street for outgoing prime minister David Cameron and his replacement Theresa May on his wife’s 100th day in custody. He says it is “astonishing” no British minister has publicly criticised Tehran for arresting Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
– August 9 2016: New prime minister Mrs May “raised concerns” about Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a phone call with president of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.
No breakthrough in Cyprus settlement talks at UN
By AFP - Apr 29,2021 - Last updated at Apr 29,2021
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives to press conference on Thursday at the end of a 5+1 Meeting on Cyprus in Geneva (AFP photo)
GENEVA Talks with rival Cypriot leaders failed to find common ground that could pave the way towards resolving the decades-old division of Cyprus, the UN chief concluded on Thursday.
The United Nations is trying to mediate a deal for the eastern Mediterranean island, nearly six decades since it first deployed peacekeepers. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres travelled from New York to Geneva to oversee the three days of informal talks in various formats, but said they had not managed to overcome the differences between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot positions.
Scottish Tory leader says Johnson should quit if he broke rules
By Alex Morales Bloomberg,Updated May 2, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Boris Johnson, UK prime minister, departs from number 10 Downing Street on his way to Parliament in London, UK, on Wednesday.Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Scottish Conservative Party Leader Douglas Ross said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson should quit if heâs found to have broken rules over the funding of refurbishments to his official residence.
Johnson is under investigation over who paid for the works to his apartment and when, and whether those payments were declared properly. Heâs insisted thereâs been no wrongdoing and that he met the costs himself. Asked whether the premier should quit if heâs found to have broken the Ministerial Code, Ross told BBC News, âOf course.â
Britain is rushing to dispatch a further 1,000 ventilators to India to help its struggling healthcare system deal with a surge in coronavirus infections which is killing thousands every day.
Boris Johnson promised the UK will always be there for India as he committed fresh assistance including advice from NHS staff and Professor Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance.
India has recorded more than 390,000 new infections and 3,600 deaths over the past 24-hour period, raising the overall death toll to more than 215,500.
The country has reported more than 300,000 daily cases for more than 10 days straight, leaving hospitals, morgues and crematoriums overwhelmed.
Britain will dispatch a further 1,000 ventilators to India to help its struggling healthcare system deal with a surge in coronavirus infections which sees more than 300,000 infected and thousands die every day (pictured: A banquet hall temporarily converted into a Covid-19 coronavirus ward in New Delhi)
By Syndicated Content
May 1, 2021 | 6:29 PM
LONDON (Reuters) â Targets for climate finance and girlsâ education will top the agenda at a meeting this week of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies, this yearâs chair Britain said on Sunday.
The London summit will be the first attended in person by G7 foreign ministers for two years. Britain has also invited representatives from Australia, India, South Korea and South Africa as guests for some of the meetings.
âWeâll be taking action to ensure fair access to vaccines around the world, setting global girlsâ education targets, agreeing ambitious action on climate change and developing new measures to prevent famine,â British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a statement.