Members of parliament have written a letter to Foreign Secretary David Lammy, warning of the potentially catastrophic dangers from the 'ticking time-bomb' vessels.

Figures shared by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) earlier that week, attributed to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, estimate that in November 2024 Russian casualties totalled 45,680. But this figure includes both troops who were killed and those who were wounded – it does not refer solely to deaths.

With Russia on the march and the end of post-Cold War peace, David Lammy has argued that Europe’s defence spending must rise. The foreign secretary said for the UK to be “taken seriously… we must put our money where our mouth is” in his first major speech of 2025.

“Russia lost 45,000 troops, dead, in November alone.” On BBC Radio 4’s Today programme [2:18:20] on Thursday (9 January), foreign secretary David Lammy MP claimed that Russia had “lost 45,000 troops, dead, in November alone” in the war with Ukrain

Former First Minister Humza Yousaf has accused Foreign Secretary David Lammy of racism over his diplomatic meeting with an Israeli Minister during Gaza ceasefire negotiations. Yousaf claimed the different diplomatic approaches taken towards Israel compared to Russia's invasion of Ukraine revealed racist double standards in British foreign policy.

The series of rooms, which act "as a memorial to a supposed diplomatic triumph promising an era of international cooperation", were supposed to be the perfect backdrop for Labour to set out its vision for a more "progressive reality".

Foreign secretary also hit back at Trump’s demands that the UK double its defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP

David Lammy addressed diplomats ... “It’s myopia to pretend otherwise with Russia on the march. So this Government will lay out a clear pathway to reaching 2.5% of our GDP on defence ...

Humza Yousaf has accused David Lammy of racism for meeting with an Israeli ... The former first minister compared Israeli military action to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but claimed the Foreign ...

Donald Trump's incoming counter-terrorism chief demanded the repatriation of British members of so-called IS being held in Syrian prison camps.

NATO's current target for members' defense spending is 2 percent of their country's GDP. Trump has repeatedly called on the alliance to increase this amount.

The UK on Friday urged Moscow to "release all political prisoners" after a Russian court jailed three lawyers who had defended late opposition leader Alexei Navalny.