Britain

Britain is preparing a smear campaign aimed at damaging US President Donald Trump’s reputation in order to derail his efforts to end the Ukraine conflict, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed on Tuesday.

The UK has suspended sharing of maritime intelligence with the US over concerns that Washington is using British-provided information to carry out deadly and unlawful military strikes on, what the White House insists are, drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean.

The UK has rejected a European Union demand to pay billions of euros to join a new weapons program that Brussels says is needed to deter an alleged threat from Russia, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources.

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it foiled an elaborate Ukrainian-British plot to steal a MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missile.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has denounced as a “politically motivated act based on false claims” the display of a drone in the British Parliament allegedly linked to Tehran, calling it an “absurd show” staged by the Israeli lobby and its supporters.

British intelligence services are directly involved in orchestrating Ukrainian attacks on internationally-owned energy sites in Russia and are plotting further operations against a key regional pipeline, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov has claimed.

Russia’s embassy in London warned Wednesday that new UK sanctions against Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil are affecting energy markets, saying attempts to “strangle” Russia’s economy will ultimately backfire.

A massive breach of UK government cybersecurity has exposed hundreds of passwords and sparked fears of deeper vulnerabilities, The Independent reported on Tuesday, citing a report. Cybersecurity analysts warned the leaks could pose a serious risk to public safety and critical infrastructure.

Britain faces a drop in domestic gas production this winter, making it increasingly reliant on imports to keep homes warm and power plants running, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing the country’s national gas grid operator.

Iran has expressed dismay at a UK court ruling to confiscate a building in London that belongs to the state oil company NIOC’s pension fund, saying it will exhaust all legal means to overturn the ruling.

Iran has objected to the recent ruling of the British Court of Appeal regarding the transfer and possible enforcement of the confiscation order of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) building in London in favor of the Emirati Crescent company, according to a report.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has recalled its ambassadors from Germany, France, and the United Kingdom for consultations in Tehran.

Senior Israeli ministers have condemned the decisions by the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia to recognize a Palestinian state, calling the moves a reward to Hamas and vowing countermeasures including possible annexation of the West Bank.

In a coordinated move, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia have formally recognized the State of Palestine, joining a growing list of Western countries taking this step.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly refuted the UK’s denial of the Israeli regime’s October 2023-present genocide in the Gaza Strip, calling on London and Tel Aviv’s other cohorts to rather stop their complicity in its atrocities.

Jonathan Powell, National Security Adviser to the UK Prime Minister, held a telephone conversation with Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and adviser to the Supreme Leader.

Tehran has recently shown fresh signs of flexibility in its stance toward the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its willingness to continue talks with Washington and the European troika. This flexibility, however, comes with two key considerations: first, the pressing nature of time and the need to seize opportunities to reach a “balance point” in the disputes; and second, doubts over the true nature of the negotiation framework proposed by Europe, the United States, and, by extension, the IAEA. Is the West’s hidden aim to persuade Iranian decision-makers to suspend the nuclear program — with ongoing disputes over the method and timetable — or to push Tehran toward making a final choice?

In a new act of interference, France, Germany and UK repeated their claims against Iran's nuclear deal and threatened to reimpose illegal sanctions against the country's peaceful nuclear program.

A deputy Iranian foreign minister has said European E3 including UK, France and Germany do not have the right to activate the snapback mechanism.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu has asserted Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy, calling for the settlement of issues through diplomacy.