Prime minister Theresa May was told in March 2018 to ‘butter up’ Ecuador’s president in order to get Assange out of Ecuadorian embassy in London
Later in the year, May’s government spent £20,000 to bring Ecuadorian officials and defence minister to UK
British foreign minister arranged
Daily Mail hit piece on WikiLeaks publisher days after his eviction from the embassy
Same minister gave Ecuador’s president a plate from Buckingham Palace gift shop to ‘say thank you’ for handing over Assange
National security adviser Richard Moore, now head of MI6, was in Ecuador two weeks before Assange was expelled from embassy
Climate risk and security risk: UK-backed natural gas project on hold after Islamic State attacks
Developer Total has withdrawn all staff from a gas project in Mozambique, backed by £1bn of UK Government funding, following violence from militant attackers.
Total is the majority stakeholder in the controversial LNG project
The Alfungi project, located in Palma, suspended work temporarily at the end of March after experiencing attacks linked to the militant extremist group Islamic State. Between 50 and 60 people were presumed dead, according to media reports.
Total has now postponed direct staff returning and contractors from the site indefinitely, stating that the security situation is too severe to continue.
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Free trade deal increasing Vietnamâs allure to Brits 09:00 | 25/04/2021
Kenneth Atkinson, executive chairman of Grant Thornton Vietnam
The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UVFTA) is one of the first signed and entered into by the UK after leaving the European Union on December 31 last year. The agreement reflects the importance both the UK and Vietnamese governments place on the strategic partnership developed over the last 10 years and the growing importance of the bilateral relationship between the pair.
A recent policy review submitted to the British parliament states âAs an independent trading nation, the UKâs aim is to increase prosperity in all parts of the UK with a values-driven trade policy to open up markets and update international trading rulesâ. It further elaborates that âin the decade ahead, the UK will deepen their engagement in the Indo-Pacific, establishing a greater and more persistent presence than any