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Green News

What to expect from Biden's Earth Day climate summit this week

Ahead of COP26 in November, the Leaders Summit on Climate is being held to discuss environmental solutions.

Green News

Will COP26 have to be postponed again?

Some sources say the international climate talks could be pushed back again or see radical changes.

Turkey

Protests in Turkey after Erdogan ditches treaty protecting women

President Erdogan's announcement of Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention has been brought outrage across Europe.

Turkey

Erdogan pulls Turkey out of treaty protecting women from violence

Women's rights groups have called for protests after the Turkish president issued a decree annulling the country’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention.

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World News

Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital

Official: Large car bomb kills 9 in Afghan capital

United Kingdom

Brexit: UK agrees to withdraw plan to breach international law

The British government has agreed in principle to withdraw contentious clauses from Brexit legislation that have caused a furore with the EU as both sides struggle to reach a trade deal.

World News

Brexit: Is there enough time left to ratify a UK-EU trade deal?

Even if the EU and UK succeed in striking a post-Brexit deal, a new race against time will begin to ratify it before the transition period expires.

World News

Brexit trade talks suspended after EU negotiator contracts COVID-19

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier announced the suspension on Twitter but said lower-ranking officials would continue discussions in the interim.

USA

UN treaty banning nuclear weapons made official after 50th signatory

The historic - though largely symbolic - treaty will apply from January 2021. Nuclear powers US, Russia, China, UK and France have not signed.

United Kingdom

Brexit: Johnson compromises with MPs to head off revolt over bill

The move may cut little ice with the EU, which wants the UK to ditch the plan to override the Brexit divorce deal, breaking international law.

USA

A new Mideast? Israel signs pacts with Arab states Bahrain and UAE

US President Donald Trump hailed the 'dawn of a new Middle East' as the historic diplomatic pacts were signed a White House ceremony.

USA

Trump to preside over historic Arab-Israel recognition agreements

The deals between Israel and Bahrain and the UAE could herald a dramatic shift in Middle East power dynamics, but they have been criticised for ignoring the Palestinians.

United Kingdom

Brexit: Is Boris Johnson justified in breaching international law?

The UK government says its internal market bill which would override part of the Brexit divorce agreement, breaching international law, is an "insurance policy".

United Kingdom

Brexit bill to override EU divorce deal passes first parliament hurdle

MPs backed Boris Johnson's controversial Internal Market Bill which breaches international law by a majority of 77 but a potential rebellion looms.

World News

'Historic' Afghan-Taliban peace talks begin after decades of war

The peace talks could see the exit of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan after 19 years of conflict.

Europe News

EU says new Brexit bill puts Northern Ireland peace deal at risk

The UK has until the end of the month to withdraw the controversial measures from its draft bill, the Commission said.

United Kingdom

'How can UK be trusted?': ex-PM May slams Brexit plan to break treaty

The former prime minister's intervention came as the UK government admitted a new bill on post-Brexit Northern Ireland arrangements contravene international law.

Europe News

'Pathetic': Poland's plan to quit domestic violence treaty slammed

Human rights experts are calling on Warsaw to change course – and on the European Union to toughen up.

World News

Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas

Australia ends Hong Kong extradition treaty, extends visas

United Kingdom

We won't accept supervision in post-Brexit deal, UK tells EU

"To think that we might accept EU supervision on so-called level playing field issues simply fails to see the point of what we are doing", the British negotiator David Frost said in a speech he gave on a visit to Brussels.