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Lord Peter Mandelson: Britain's unlikely US ambassador

Mandelson may find it awkward to work with Trump's administration after calling him "reckless" and "a bully". He will hope that his grovelling apology will win him forgiveness in the White House.

Con Coughlin 09 February 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a meeting with business leaders in central London on January 28, 2025. BENJAMIN CREMEL / POOL / AFP

Between Trump and the EU, Britain feels increasingly isolated

With its bonds with the EU severely weakened and a long way from repair, Britain will find it much harder to take any kind of stand against Trump for fear of being isolated

Christopher Phillips 06 February 2025
Michael Mainelli, Lord Mayor of London Getty

Lord Mayor of London: Trade can help reduce geopolitical tensions

In a wide-ranging interview with Al Majalla, Michael Mainelli discusses Saudi-UK ties, investments in AI and renewable energy and describes Saudi Vision 2030 as 'amazing and ambitious'

Khaled Kassar 27 April 2024
Demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and placards as they protest in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024, during an Opposition Day motion in the House of Commons calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. AFP

Parliament squabble over Gaza shows Britain's global decline

Where the UK was once able to direct EU foreign policy on major crises like Gaza, today it is a lone voice on the outside.

Christopher Phillips 29 February 2024
Rishi Sunak is attempting to legislate that Rwanda is a safe country Michelle Thompson

Britain’s asylum scheme endangers government’s survival

Rishi Sunak is attempting to legislate that Rwanda is a safe country

Bryn Haworth 19 December 2023
Andy Edwards

David Cameron returns to world stage

The appointment of Cameron certainly signals a shift towards the centre ground of British politics

Con Coughlin 10 December 2023
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary David Cameron walks outside 10 Downing Street

David Cameron: The veteran UK politician granted a new lease of life

Braverman got her wish and was duly sacked. But If the Conservatives lose the next election, she will be a shoo-in for the leadership of her defeated party.

Bryn Haworth 16 November 2023
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signs messages and prayers for Israel at a Jewish school in London, Britain October 16, 2023. Reuters

Israel-Hamas war creates challenges for Britain

The UK government has grown closer to Israel in recent years, but at the same time, Britain's ability to influence its ally and the wider conflict with the Palestinians has greatly diminished.

Christopher Phillips 19 October 2023
UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer (L) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) meet at the Global Progress Action Summit on September 16, 2023 in Montreal, Canada. Majalla/Agencies

Diplomatic tour gives glimpse of Starmer's foreign policy priorities

As Starmer visits Paris today to meet Macron and is being met with considerable goodwill from European capitals, the EU is wary of Starmer's pledge to seek "a much better" Brexit deal.

Christopher Phillips 19 September 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden and Britain's King Charles review an honorary guard at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Monday, July 10, 2023. Reuters/Majalla

20 years after Iraq war, is the US-UK relationship still special?

The 'special relationship' has ebbed and flowed over the years, as shifting geopolitical priorities have brought Washington and London closer or pushed them apart.

Christopher Phillips 31 July 2023
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Lebanon-Israel talks: diplomacy under bombs

20 May 2026

Beyond Israel's immediate security aims lies a much larger struggle over Lebanon's future—one that will unfold over years, in multiple stages, and cannot be reduced to a simple question of force.

Michael Horowitz
Lamine Yamal raises the Palestinian flag during Barcelona's celebrations of their Spanish League title in Barcelona, ​​2026. AP
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How Gaza pushed Israel out of Europe’s moral order

18 May 2026

Football star Lamine Yamal's hoisting of Palestine's flag, and the Eurovision audience's booing of Israel's contestant, show how Israel has lost its PR edge

Shadi Alaa Aldin
Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba

15 May 2026

Crippling US sanctions on Havana were designed to force regime change, but six decades of crippling embargo have only cemented it

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
A gas facility off the Suez Desert Road outside Cairo, Egypt, on 1 September 2020.
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Business & Economy

Egypt repays energy firms with an eye on self sufficiency

19 May 2026

Cairo hopes to gain the trust of partners through its regular payments to energy firms, so that they will be more inclined to invest in gas exploration activities

Sharif Mohammad
Mark Smith
Politics

The philosopher king of Palantir: Alex Karp says the quiet part out loud on X

18 May 2026

The tech CEO's manifesto, where he champions US military dominance and the use of AI weapons, has been described by some as the 'ramblings of a supervillain'

Bryn Haworth

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