All posts tagged "Britain"

The United Kingdom is "desperate" to appease President Donald Trump, "shamelessly" giving him a made up ceremony and indulging in his "king fantasy" during his second state visit to Britain on Wednesday, according to media reports.

"Trump demands spectacle, and Britain provides it. He wants to be king, and, for a day, Britain is letting him," Tom Sykes, European Editor At Large for the Daily Beast wrote. "It made up the entire ceremony from scratch from the elements of other royal spectacles."

Trump attended an impressive military ceremony with multiple marching bands, horse-drawn carriages and plenty of royal pomp and circumstance during his second state visit to the United Kingdom. Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, greeted him and walked them to King Charles III and Queen Camilla amid a 41-gun salute....

A third world war could soon “technically” come to pass if Donald Trump’s presence in the White House encourages China to attack Taiwan, a former UK Foreign Secretary said.

“To me, there is a very dangerous scenario in which [Russian President Vladimir] Putin gets something he can describe as a win in Ukraine and China thinks that they will have a crack at Taiwan while Trump is still president, because they don't think in a month of Sundays he would actually send American troops to defend Taiwan,” Jeremy Hunt said.

“If that happened, it would potentially be technically a world war, because you could have conflict in Europe and in Asia at the same time, with a whole set of alliances behind Ukraine and Taiwan and another set of alliances behind China and Russia.”...

Washington (AFP) - The picture was meant to douse speculation about the whereabouts and health of Britain's Catherine, Princess of Wales, but instead her manipulated image unleashed a torrent of internet-breaking rumors and conspiracy theories. The storm in the royal tea pot erupted after Kate, 42, on Monday apologized and admitted to editing a palace-issued photograph of herself with her three children after the altered image was withdrawn by news agencies including AFP. The fiasco gave way to a fresh swirl of speculation about the British royal -- dubbed online as "Katespiracy" -- laying bar......

Washington (AFP) - The United States and Britain struck dozens of targets in Yemen on Saturday in response to repeated attacks on shipping by Iran-backed Huthi rebels that have disrupted global trade and put lives at risk. The joint air raids in Yemen come a day after a separate wave of unilateral American strikes against Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria that were carried out in response to the killing of three US soldiers in Jordan on January 28. It is the third time that British and American forces have jointly targeted the Huthis and the United States has also carried out a series of a......

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles called on people on Monday to help those less fortunate during a time of economic hardship and global conflict, using his Christmas Day message to emphasise the importance of kindness, compassion and care for the environment. In his second Christmas message since becoming king, Charles also paid tribute to volunteers, charity workers and people working over the holidays in roles caring for others. "This is all the more important at a time of real hardship for many, when we need to build on existing ways to support others less fortunate than ourselves,"......

London (AFP) - Buckingham Palace is considering its next move after a British TV host named two royals who allegedly raised concerns about the skin colour of Prince Harry's son, a royal source said Thursday. Speculation has swirled since Harry and his mixed-race wife Meghan made the claims in an explosive US television interview about their time in the royal family in March 2021. Harry's late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II responded afterwards that "some recollections may vary" about what was said. His older brother Prince William -- heir to their father King Charles III -- has also insisted t......