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UK MP under investigation over lobbying for Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus
The UK's parliament's standards watchdog has launched an investigation into a Northern Ireland MP over an alleged breach of lobbying rules in his support for the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus.
David Owen on Al Jazeera: Quick End to Russia-Ukraine War Possible with Trump’s Victory
In an interview with Al Jazeera, David Owen says that if elected, US presidential candidate Donald Trump would likely work to stop the war, which he predicts will end with Russia taking some of Ukraine's lands.
David Owen often describes the war in Ukraine as Russia's "second invasion", as a constant reminder of the 2014 Crimean conflict.
The UK elections and the Parthenon Sculptures
Ioannes Chountis, an adviser in the House of Lords and a council member of the Anglo-Hellenic League, joins Thanos Davelis to break down the recent UK election results, and look at what Keir Starmer taking over at Downing Street means for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures.
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Parthenon Sculptures should return to Athens, says Lord Frost
Britain should join a pan-European effort to return the Parthenon Sculptures back to Greece, David Frost, a former British diplomat and Brexit negotiator has said.
David Frost also told the House of Lords in London that the UK should make a grand gesture to create closer diplomatic and cultural relations between the two countries.
The return of David Cameron
David Cameron appointed Foreign Secretary, based in the House of Lords. David Cameron is the next Foreign Secretary and will take a seat in the House of Lords to allow him to take up the role, Patrick Wintour reports.
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Brnabic meets with Peach in London
LONDON - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met with UK special Western Balkans envoy Stuart Peach in London.
A post on Brnabic's Instagram account included a photo from the meeting with Peach in the House of Lords on Monday evening.
Brnabic is on a two-day visit to London, where she attended a panel on the future of digitalisation on Monday.
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Brnabic: Situation in Kosovo-Metohija to be main topic of House of Lords dinner
LONDON - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Monday she believed the current situation in Kosovo-Metohija would be the main topic of a dinner she would attend in the UK's House of Lords this evening.
Brnabic said this in a statement to Tanjug in London after attending a panel on the future of digitalisation.
When I get older: Paul McCartney going strong at 80
Paul McCartney turns 80 on June 18 and a week later becomes the oldest headliner to play at the Glastonbury Festival. There's even been talk of the ex-Beatle being made a lord before the year is out.
Not bad for a kid from a working-class family in Liverpool after almost 60 years topping the charts.
Diplomatic scandal in London
It was Beijing's response to the sanctions it imposed on British lawmakers who spoke about human rights violations in China's Xinjiang province.
Speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, and Speaker of the House of Lords, John McFall, prevented the Chinese Ambassador from speaking in the British Parliament today, Reuters reports.
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Bosnian Far-Right Movement Weds Bosniak Nationalism, Neo-Nazism
As a minor, Emir was drawn to the hardline Bosniak nationalism of the Bosnian Movement of National Pride, BPNP. But he hoped the anti-Semitism and fascism would not be too visible, not to draw the attention of the authorities.
"I knew there was Nazism," he said, claiming to have since left the group. "I hoped it would not be on display so much."