Shorouk Express “The scenes in Liverpool are appalling — my thoughts are with all those injured or affected,” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. “I’m being kept updated on developments and ask that we give the police the space they need to investigate.” At a press conference late Monday evening a representative for the North…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world’s highest mountain by…
Shorouk Express In 2022, the British government opened a public inquiry into the activities of British special forces in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013. One anonymous account given at the inquiry said that special forces had been given “a golden pass allowing them to get away with murder.” The United Nations describes murder in the…
Shorouk Express UK nationals are the biggest foreign property buyers in Spain at a time when Spanish authorities are considering measures to restrict non-Spaniards from purchasing homes as a way of addressing the housing crisis. Spain faces a dilemma when it comes to its popularity among foreigners. For decades, they’ve boosted the Spanish service-based economy…
Shorouk Express Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email A 26-year-old British man whose family said he had been missing for over a month in Thailand was found “perfectly fine” on a popular holiday island. The family of…
Shorouk Express Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Government officials and British Steel staff are in a desperate race to save its blast furnaces after what ministers believe was a plot…
Shorouk Express The legislation now heads to the House of Lords, where it is expected to be voted through later Saturday. The proposals will give the government the power to purchase the raw materials needed to keep the U.K.’s last blast furnaces burning as it seeks a partner to co-invest in the site. Despite multiple…
Shorouk Express Nationalisation of British Steel should be long term outcome A Labour peer has said nationalising British Steel should be a long term outcome after MPs voted in an emergency bill to give the government control of the steelworks plant. Labour peer Lord Sikka said the Government was trying to avoid explicitly saying it…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer has warned the future of British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant “hangs in the balance” as he unveiled emergency plans to take control…
Shorouk Express British dual nationals in Europe have been describing their anger and stress over misleading, vague and constantly changing information from the UK government on the subject of the new ETA travel visa requirements. It’s more than a week since the UK’s new ETA travel visa waiver was rolled out to European nationals –…
