In a week of turmoil in UK politics after the departure of Liz Truss banks remain frustrated by U-turns by Government
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Video: Boris Johnson – boon or bane for the Middle East explained
So much has been happening in the UK with dicey Brexit negotiations, former Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation, the month-long battle between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to be the new Conservative Party leader, and finally Johnson being declared the new British Prime Minister.
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Gallery: Boris Johnson wins the race to become Britain’s next prime minister
Boris Johnson wins the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, heading straight into a confrontation over Brexit with Brussels and parliament, as well as a tense diplomatic stand-off with Iran.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson: A boon or disaster for the Middle East?
Boris Johnson is announced as the new Conservative leader and British prime minister on Tuesday
Arabian Gulf
Iran ignores calls to release British-flagged tanker
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says seizure showed ‘worrying signs Iran may be choosing a dangerous path’
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UK to send third Royal Navy warship to Gulf
Britain has already sent the HMS Duncan, an air defence destroyer, to cover for frigate HMS Montrose while it undergoes maintenance in nearby Bahrain
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Boris Johnson the candidate to beat as the race to replace UK’s Theresa May kicks off
Eleven Conservative MPs are vying to succeed Theresa May, who quit as the party’s leader on Friday over her failure to take Britain out of the European Union
Angela Merkel
UK foreign minister says EU willing to renegotiate Brexit deal
Brussels has said the declaration could be revisited if Britain makes a substantive change in its positions, for example on a customs union or access to the single market
Brexit
No-deal Brexit is ‘political suicide’: Hunt
Hunt said trying to take the UK out of the European Union without a deal would trigger a general election
Iran
Britain warns of conflict ‘by accident’ in Gulf
British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt issues stark warning as tensions between the United States and Iran soar
Brexit
Theresa May’s cabinet in open revolt, plotting overthrow
Senior cabinet ministers need to first make sure whether there will be a no-deal Brexit, amended deal or referendum, and only then replace the prime minister.
Angela Merkel
Germany under fire for Saudi arms export ban
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has sparred with both France and Britain over the issue, while trouble is also brewing within her coalition
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Germany holds firm on Saudi weapon exports ban
European powerhouse shrugs off British warnings that the embargo could hurt European credibility and efforts to bring peace in Yemen
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British foreign secretary to raise Saudi arms ban in Berlin talks
Jeremy Hunt to raise the question of weapons exports to Saudi Arabia with his German counterpart
Britain
Spy case Brit arrives home after UAE pardon
Matthew Hedges returns to the UK after being one of 700 prisoners pardoned by the UAE President
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Britain says ‘grateful’ to the UAE for pardoning academic
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt expresses gratitude after the UAE pardoned a British academic sentenced to life in prison on spying charges