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Olly Robbins ‘thrown under bus’ by No 10, says ex-Foreign Office chief – UK politics live

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:34:05+00:00

Sir Simon McDonald said No 10 ‘wanted a scalp’ but removal of Robbins from Foreign Office felt ‘wrong’Keir Starmer faces ‘judgment day’Five unanswered questionsSir Olly Robbins was “basically thrown under the bus” as a result of the “biggest diplomatic crisis” in over 40 years, according to Lord Simon McDonald.Appearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Saturday, Lord McDonald, an ex-permanent secretary in the Foreign Office, described Robbins as a “scalp” that the government needed after the Guardian revealed that Peter Mandelson had been appointed as ambassador to the US despite failing hi

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DR Congo accepts first set of deportees from the US

Fonte: BBC News - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:18:16+00:00

The Congolese government stresses those expelled from the US are only in the country temporarily.

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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:15:59+00:00

Sir Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels ‘wrong’The Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said.Sir Simon McDonald, who was the permanent under-secretary of the government department until 2020, has spoken out in defence of Sir Oliver Robbins, saying the civil servant was “thrown under a bus” by the prime minister, Keir Starmer, when he was dismissed from his role on Thursday. Continue reading...

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Yes Bank posts higher Q4 profit on loan growth

Fonte: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:08:49+00:00

The private lender's loans grew 10.7% year-on-year during the quarter.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : plus de 200 attaques de drones russes signalées par Kiev ; des installations portuaires endommagées dans l’oblast d’Odessa

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:08:46+00:00

Les défenses antiaériennes ukrainiennes affirment avoir abattu ou neutralisé 190 de ces appareils. De leur côté, les Russes ont déclaré avoir intercepté plus de 250 drones ukrainiens dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi.

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Who Is the New Leader of Hungary?

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:02:21+00:00

Our reporter Andrew Higgins describes why Hungary’s voters chose Peter Magyar over Viktor Orban in a landslide, ending Orban’s 16 years in power.

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Why China is taking a behind-the-scenes role in the Iran war

Fonte: Washington Post - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:20+00:00

As Trump pursued an unpopular war, Beijing positioned itself as a peacemaker, with little incentive to pressure Iran or annoy the U.S.

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Story of Black British music writ large in first exhibition at V&A East

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:10+00:00

Museum says The Music is Black is part of a push to reposition scene as central to UK’s cultural historyJacqueline Springer is standing in the middle of the V&A’s new exhibition space looking wistfully at a pair of drainpipe trousers, a tailored suit jacket and a porkpie hat, which create the unmistakable silhouette of Pauline Black, lead singer of the 2 Tone group the Selector.Springer is the curator of the V&A East’s inaugural exhibition, The Music is Black, a landmark survey of Black British music, which opens this weekend. It starts with the early drumbeats in Africa and takes us r

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Central bank bosses enlist for war game to gauge threat of Lehman-style bust

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:09+00:00

Finance chiefs to join exercise in Washington designed to assess how they would handle collapse of significant bankThe bosses of the central banks and treasuries of the UK, US and EU are to take part in a war game in Washington on Saturday to test how they would handle the collapse of a globally significant bank.Amid growing unease over the risks to global financial stability, the most senior officials from the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England – including its governor, Andrew Bailey – are expected to take part. Continue reading...

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Allemagne : la coalition de Friedrich Merz fracturée par un violent conflit interne

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T09:00:08+00:00

Longtemps larvée, l’hostilité entre le social-démocrate Lars Klingbeil (SPD) et la chrétienne-démocrate Katherina Reiche (CDU) a récemment éclaté au grand jour sur la question des prix du carburant, obligeant le chancelier à calmer le jeu.

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In Angola, Pope Leo XIV Faces the Legacy of Colonialism

Fonte: New York Times - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T08:54:09+00:00

His visit includes a trip to a shrine where enslaved Africans were baptized before being forced into the treacherous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Middle East crisis live: Iran says it has closed the strait of Hormuz again due to US blockade

Fonte: The Guardian - World · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T08:43:37+00:00

In a statement carried by Iranian media, the Iranian military’s operational command said the strait had ‘reverted to its previous state’Separate to the Pakistani army chief’s trip to Iran (see post at 07:53), the Pakistani prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and foreign minister Ishaq Dar also concluded a trip to the Middle East after visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey for talks.“We have just concluded the last leg of our engagements following productive and fruitful visits … where we held meaningful bilateral discussions aimed at strengthening cooperation across key areas,” Dar said on X. Co

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : le détroit d’Ormuz fermé de nouveau par l’armée iranienne en raison du blocus américain

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T08:34:55+00:00

Peu avant, samedi, Donald Trump a affirmé que « le blocus continuera » sur les ports iraniens si aucun accord de paix n’est conclu avec Téhéran et a menacé de ne pas prolonger le cessez-le-feu. Le détroit d’Ormuz avait été rouvert complètement vendredi pour les navires commerciaux.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : les Etats-Unis « ne peuvent imposer leur volonté de faire le siège de l’Iran », affirme la diplomatie iranienne ; le détroit d’Ormuz de nouveau fermé

Fonte: Le Monde - International · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T08:34:48+00:00

Peu avant, samedi, Donald Trump a affirmé que « le blocus continuera » sur les ports iraniens si aucun accord de paix n’est conclu avec Téhéran et a menacé de ne pas prolonger le cessez-le-feu. Le détroit d’Ormuz avait été rouvert complètement vendredi pour les navires commerciaux.

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Global Teacher Prize Ukraine та Наталія Мосейчук вдесяте відзначать педагога в номінації "Вибір серцем"

Fonte: UNIAN (General) · Pubblicato: 2026-04-18T08:32:54+00:00

Стартував ювілейний, 10-й сезон національної премії Global Teacher Prize Ukraine – провідної професійної відзнаки для видатних педагогів.

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