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The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »
Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary today announced the government’s climate change plans, including details on how these new measures will affect deer management in Scotland. The Scottish Government has stated they ‘will build on the current Cairngorms Deer Pilot to develop a national scheme which incentivises increased management and investment in the venison supply chain’. Peter… Read more »
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The chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, John Scarlett, yesterday contended that intelligence reports existed before the Iraq war stating Saddam Hussein could launch chemical or biological weapons within 20 minutes. The former MI6 chief’s report to Lord Hutton’s judicial inquiry would appear to leave Mr Blair and his aides in the clear. The BBC’s… Read more »
At the six-way diplomatic effort in Beijing, China, aimed at resolving the 10-month stand-off between North Korea and Washington over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme, the US will say it has no plans to invade the reclusive communist state, according to the Nihon Keizai newspaper. In October last year, the US announced that North Korea had… Read more »