This is Beirut, 12/05 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United Kingdom Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah
Since Saturday, the names of Hussein Harake and Zeinab Basma have been at the center of a growing controversy in the United Kingdom. The pair—Harake, a former British Airways security employee at Heathrow Airport, and Basma, an NHS doctor—are accused of raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for Lebanon through a group alleged to have ties to ...
This is Beirut, 12/05 09:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The UK will on Monday host European ministers for "critical" talks on "repelling Russian aggression", two days after Ukraine's allies demanded that Moscow accept a ceasefire. Representatives from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the EU will join Foreign Secretary David Lammy in London for a meeting of the so-called "Weimar+" group. The ...
This is Beirut, 11/05 13:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Here is a list of the titles vying for the Palme d'Or, which will be awarded by this year's jury president, Juliette Binoche, and her seven fellow judges, including Oscar-winner Halle Berry and Succession star Jeremy Strong. 'A Simple Accident' by Jafar Panahi (Iran) The repeatedly detained Iranian director, who has been banned from making ...
This is Beirut, 10/05 15:43 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The leaders of France, Britain, Germany and Poland agreed Saturday to call on Russia to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday, Kyiv said. The proposal came after the four leaders, part of an alliance Britain and France call "the coalition of the willing," met President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital, ...
This is Beirut, 08/05 19:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Thursday it was a “really fantastic, historic day," after he agreed a US-UK trade deal with President Donald Trump. The agreement lifts tariffs on UK steel and aluminum products and slashes levies on British car exports from 27.5 percent to 10 percent, Downing Street said. "This is a really fantastic, ...
This is Beirut, 08/05 14:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Keir Starmer United Kingdom
US President Donald Trump announced Thursday an agreement with Britain on trade, which would be the first such deal since he launched his global tariffs blitz. Trump provided no details about the scope of the agreement, which comes a month after he imposed sweeping tariffs on US trading partners on his April 2 "Liberation Day." "The agreement ...
This is Beirut, 08/05 13:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected on Thursday allegations his government was involved in a plot to target the Israeli embassy in London, following the arrest of seven Iranian nationals. British police said seven Iranian nationals were arrested on suspicion of "terrorism offenses" in separate operations -- three on Saturday and four ...
This is Beirut, 07/05 20:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Lebanon continues to rank among the costliest countries for receiving money transfers, with recent data highlighting the financial strain on expatriates sending money home. In the third quarter of 2024, the average cost of transferring $500 from the United States to Lebanon rose to $31.23, representing 6.25% of the amount sent. This marks an ...
Ali A. Hamadé, 06/05 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United Kingdom Prince Harry King Charles III Royal Family
In a somber interview with the BBC, Prince Harry expressed his desire for “reconciliation” with the British royal family, while acknowledging the depth of the rifts between them. His statement comes shortly after the rejection of his legal appeal against the removal of his police protection in the UK—an issue he claims makes contact with his ...
This is Beirut, 04/05 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
British police on Sunday said eight people, including seven Iranian nationals, were arrested in two separate counterterrorism probes. In one operation, five men -- four of them Iranian -- were arrested on suspicion of "preparation of a terrorist act", London's Metropolitan police said in a statement. The arrests were carried out in London, ...
This is Beirut, 02/05 21:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Four Druze fighters were killed on Friday in a drone strike targeting Syria’s southern province of Sweida, a stronghold of the Druze minority, according to a rights group, which did not specify who carried out the attack. “Four Druze fighters were killed on a farm in Kanaker in an explosion that coincided with the overflight of a drone,” ...
This is Beirut, 01/05 10:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Polls opened in local elections Thursday tipped to inflict losses on the UK's two main parties and confirm the rise of hard-right populists, portending the splintering of a century-long political duopoly. The polls in England are the first since Keir Starmer became Labour prime minister and Kemi Badenoch took over at the helm of the struggling ...