Emmanuel Macron has delivered an humiliating mea culpa on the EU’s vaccine bungling as leaders gather for a crunch summit today. The French president admitted that the bloc did not go ‘fast enough or strong enough’ on the drive for jabs, saying it thought they would take longer to develop. But Mr Macron seemingly could … Read more
A Cornish eco-hotel where world leaders will meet for a G7 summit has felled trees and dug up shurbs to build new meeting rooms ahead of the event. Carbis Bay Hotel in St Ives has faced fury from campaigners after mature trees were removed before planning permission was sought to create three rooms. An application … Read more
Troubled steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta to hold crisis talks with unions as fears grow that his empire is teetering on the brink of collapse Thousands of jobs in Britain’s steel industry are thought to be at risk The biggest lender to Gupta’s GFG Alliance, Greensill Capital, was thrown into turmoil and is now expected to … Read more
NATO leaders are set to discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan this week as they meet for their first talks since Joe Biden took office. The US is currently committed to withdrawing its remaining 2,500 troops by May under a peace deal signed by President Trump, with NATO unlikely to leave its 9,600 soldiers in the country … Read more
Making the impossible possible is somewhat of an addiction for former British Special Forces soldier Nirmal ‘Nims’ Purja. In 2019, he smashed the world record for climbing the 14 highest mountains in just six months and six days and this January, he accomplished one of the greatest mountaineering feats by returning to K2 on the … Read more
Boris Johnson’s grandmother – Granny Butter – as a young woman at Carbis Bay, above When Boris Johnson announced details of this summer’s G7 summit, he admitted his choice of venue was partly inspired by ‘pride in being probably the first half-Cornish Prime Minister’. Yet that, it seems, isn’t the full story. The Mail on Sunday can … Read more
The Beast can’t go to Bodmin! Joe Biden’s £1.1million presidential limo ‘won’t fit down Cornwall’s lanes’ for the G7 summit in June Joe Biden’s presidential limo set to stay in US for his first overseas trip in office He is attending the G7 summit to be hosted at Carbis Bay, Cornwall, in June Expected to … Read more
A tiny Cornish seaside village is to host world leaders in the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. For Boris Johnson’s first major summit in the UK, he has picked Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county for the gathering, where he hopes to unite leaders on a message of … Read more
End of the blockade: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman embraces Qatar’s Emir as the countries agree to open their air space and end the diplomatic crisis which began three years ago Saudi Arabia is hosting a Gulf summit in the ancient desert city of Al-Ula On Monday, it was announced the kingdom’s embargo of … Read more
What are the sticking points in Brexit talks? FISHING The UK has insisted that it will take back control of its coastal waters from the end of the transition period. But the EU was demanding its fleets maintain previous levels of access – with Emmanuel Macron under particular pressure from the French fishing industry. … Read more