The king’s speech to Congress may have given a jolt to US Republicans, but also to us soft republicans here in the UK (How King Charles’s speech was written – and how to read it, 29 April). So the British monarchy has some purpose after all, when it speaks as an observer of current political…
While watching Olly Robbins give evidence at the Commons foreign affairs committee (Olly Robbins’ account of Mandelson vetting piles pressure on Keir Starmer, 21 April), what I heard was that Robbins – who boasted of his quarter century as a civil servant and who had been appointed to one of the highest positions in government…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 6. Tehran and Washington have not yet held talks after receiving a response to US President Donald Trump’s letter, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, Trend reports. Araghchi noted that Iran adheres to diplomacy and negotiations, but only through intermediaries. The Foreign Minister added that not a single stage of…
