Timothy Johnston

Berlin (27/08 – 25) Alisher Usmanov is one of Uzbekistan’s leading businessman and the Central Asian country’s main philanthropist. Despite Usmanov’s many proactive activities in the West and in Uzbekistan,…

Barclays data shows almost nine out of 10 purchase scams start on social media. A major UK bank is calling on tech companies to reimburse victims of scams, as it…

Britain’s bill for housing asylum seekers will climb to more than £5bn a year by the end of the next parliament as the government’s approach to illegal migration leaves thousands more waiting…

The UK is nearly “flying blind” when it comes to Covid this autumn, experts have said, amid an increase in cases. While the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) continues to track some…

The government is ignoring its post-Brexit green watchdog over the removal of air quality regulations, in a move that has been described by experts as “a clear example of deregulation”.…

MI6 has recruited a number of Russians disaffected by the Ukraine war, its chief has revealed, as he appealed for more to defect and work with them. In a speech…

The government’s emergency alert should be tested every two years, a senior official has suggested. A test alert was sent to every mobile phone in the UK, an estimated 60 million…

Controversial plans to house asylum seekers on redundant cruise ships have been thrown into disarray after two vessels were unable to find somewhere to dock. There had been tentative reported…

American citizen and Yale professor Fiona Scott Morton decided not to take up a key job in the heart of the European Union after facing significant backlash from politicians in…

Families of jailed Tunisian opposition politicians have dismissed an aid package offered to Tunis by the European Union, warning the money would not help the north African country stop migrant…