Chris McKeon

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Helen Corbett |Chris McKeon |Nina Lloyd

UK hits Russia with new sanctions in effort to ‘starve war machine’The UK has hit 30 new Russian targets with sanctions in a bid to ramp up pressure on Vladimir Putin as he continues to resist calls for an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. A raft of new sanctions on Russia’s financial, military and energy sectors are a signal to Moscow and an effort to “keep tightening the screws” during the G7 summit in Canada.

2 months ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Rebecca Speare-Cole |Chris McKeon

‘Bring it on’: Miliband tells net zero critics Government is ‘not for bending’Energy Security Ed Miliband said the Government is ‘standing firm’ on net zero (Kin Cheung/PA)By Rebecca Speare-Cole and Chris McKeon, PA©Press AssociationToday at 17:10The Government “is not for bending” on net zero, Ed Miliband has said as he urged opponents of the policy to “bring on the fight”.

Mar 7, 2025 | msn.com | Caitlin Doherty |Helen Corbett |Chris McKeon

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Mar 7, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Caitlin Doherty |Helen Corbett |Chris McKeon

Sir Keir Starmer has hailed the EU’s “historic step forward” as he spoke to leaders after the bloc backed moves to free up hundreds of billions of euros for security. In a phone call with the president of the European Council, the president of the European Commission and the leaders of Canada, Turkey, Norway and Iceland on Friday, the Prime Minister also welcomed the prospect of talks next week in Saudi Arabia after they were confirmed by Volodymyr Zelensky.

Feb 20, 2025 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Caitlin Doherty |Will Durrant |Chris McKeon

UK takes a different view to Trump on Zelensky, says Cabinet ministerThe UK takes “a different view” to Donald Trump and does not consider Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator, a Cabinet minister has said after Sir Keir Starmer backed the Ukranian leader in a phone call.