All news on the topic: Foreign Office

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David Cameron's Foreign Office blows £70,000 on Clever Nelly app to help memory
David Cameron, who famously left his daughter at a pub, leads the Foreign Office where thousands of pounds of taxpayer cash is being spent on the Clever Nelly memory app
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New travel advice issued for Brits after second Iceland volcano erupts
EasyJet and Wizz Air have faced minor delays today after a volcano erupted in Iceland, destroying some homes in the village of Grindavik and leading to a mass evacuation
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Foreign office spends £200k on 'crisis media training' in £4m consultant splurge
It’s more than double the figure the department spent on outside advisors the previous year. It comes as the department’s spending on temporary agency staff also reached a record high of nearly £40 million
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Government spent £27,000 topping up wine cellar during pandemic, figures show
A long-delayed report on the Government's wine cellar shows the value of the collection has soared to £3.66million. It shows 130 bottles were consumed between 2020-2021
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Foreign Office issues new urgent travel warning for Brits in 18 countries
The warning has been issued by the Foreign Office covering Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, UAE, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, and Qatar.
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Foreign Office issues Spain travel warning as country enforces face mask rules
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued advice for Brits who are soon to head to Spain after a surge in flu and coronavirus cases led the Spanish government to reintroduce face mask rules
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British Airways pilot kidnapped after cruel trick at supermarket on stopover
The unnamed BA pilot was subjected to hours of torture after being kidnapped on a shopping trip during a stopover between flights in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Anne's down-to-earth move praised by fans as she gets huge royal tour welcome
Princess Anne kicked off the Royal Family's first tour of 2024 by arriving in Sri Lanka with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence - and royal fans spotted a relatable detail
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Fujitsu still gets contracts worth £100m-a-year despite Post Office scandal
Since 2012 – more than a decade after the Post Office accounting scandal began – the public sector has awarded Fujitsu almost 200 contracts worth £6.8billion in total, analyst says
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Sun soaked country with virtually no tourists among best places to visit in 2024
Angola, which sits west-central coast of Southern Africa, is one of the least visited countries in the world yet has plenty of fascinating sights to see and places to explore
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Brit woman found dead on Goa beach had no external injuries except one bruise
Emma Leaning, 46, was reportedly staying at a rented flat in Agonda with friends when her body was found slumped inside church grounds in Goa, one of India's most popular tourist destination
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Tony Blair plotted to send asylum seekers to Africa 20 years before Rwanda plan
A previously-secret report written while Tony Blair was Prime Minister suggested deporting refugees to Turkey, Kenya and South Africa in the early 2000s
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Students desperately built barricades to save themselves from Prague gunman
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Local officials said that David Kozak's massacre at Charles University in downtown Prague was the deadliest mass shooting the country has ever witnessed after 14 were killed and another 25 injured
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UK government issues new Iceland travel advice following volcanic eruption
Fagradalsfjall volcano near the evacuated town of Grindavik in the Southern Peninsula region of Iceland exploded last night, causing delays at Keflavik Airport in Iceland, a major North Atlantic aviation hub
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Five men go on trial after British tourist 'gang-raped in Cyprus hotel room'
Five Israeli men, aged 19 and 20, who are accused of raping a woman in a room of a hotel after a pool party in the party town of Ayia Napa in eastern Cyprus, have begun their trial
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Tory Tom Tugendhat takes brutal swipe at Cabinet colleague David Cameron
Security Minister Tom Tugendhat aimed a jibe at his Cabinet colleague David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary, eight years after the then PM predicted a "golden era" of relations with Beijing
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Charles travelling to Canada for first time as King - but faces huge opposition
Officials and royal aides have been working to plan a trip with as little opposition as possible for King Charles and Queen Camilla when they head to Canada in May
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Unelected Foreign Secretary David Cameron endures first House of Lords grilling
Lord David Cameron of Chipping Norton answered questions from peers as he made his debut at the House of Lords Despatch Box - completing his return to frontline politics
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Foreign Office issues stark Greece warning for Brits ahead of UEFA Europa League
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has issued a warning for travelling Brighton fans ahead of the football teams UEFA clash with AEK Athens tomorrow
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Egypt swimming pool tragedy boy, 5, was 'bright and happy' says devastated head
Kelan Logan-Derench, five, from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, died in a swimming pool tragedy while on holiday in Egypt with his family - during his first trip abroad
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Young boy aged five dies in swimming pool tragedy on his first holiday abroad
Kelan Logan-Derench, five, from Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, is understood to have died after falling into a swimming pool a day after arriving in Egypt with his mum
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Iceland volcano may erupt with just '30 minutes notice', warns hazard expert
Climate expert Bill McGuire has shared his thoughts on the Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano - he believes it could erupt and has shared how fewer earthquackes could be a contributing factor
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David Cameron takes swipe at Boris Johnson in his first House of Lords speech
New Foreign Secretary David Cameron mocked Boris Johnson's No10 farewell reference to Cincinnatus - a Roman leader who returned from his farm to lead for a second time
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Inside David Cameron's new life - name change, fake No10 and Cam Force One
The former Prime Minister who is no longer an MP dressed in ceremonial robes as he took his place in the House of Lords this afternoon, officially becoming Lord Cameron
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Tory guilty of racial offence announces he's quitting as an MP at next election
The MP Bob Stewart who surrendered the Conservative whip earlier this month was found guilty of a racially aggravated offence after telling an activist to 'go back to Bahrain'