“Yellow Vest” protesters are demonstrating for the eighth week in a row in Paris on 5 January. The wave of so-called yellow vest protests — named after the obligatory attribute of French drivers — started in France in mid-November. The French government has scrapped its planned hike in diesel taxes ...
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned Russia on Friday against playing “diplomatic chess games” following the arrest of Paul Whelan, an ex-Marine with dual UK and US citizenship, on charges of espionage. “We don’t agree with individuals being used in diplomatic chess games… We are all extremely worried about him ...