UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that Vladimir Putin should be responsible for Alexei Navalny’s death. He did not say what consequences the Kremlin should face.
During the Munich Security Conference, Cameron said that Navalny is very brave for fighting against corruption. He gave up everything for what he believed in.
Cameron thinks there should be no question about how bad Putin’s government is in Russia after what just happened.
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David Cameron is going to talk with Palestinian leaders today during his visit to the Middle East.
The UK’s top diplomat said that the country would give an extra £30m to help with the increasing humanitarian problems in Gaza.
The money will help the United Nations and other agencies provide vital aid like shelter and medical care.
He said Britain was quickly exploring all options to send help to Gaza, including by land, air, and sea.
Lord Cameron stressed that the hostage deal was important because it would bring back some captives and also allow more aid to be sent to Gaza during a break in the fighting.
Lord Cameron will talk to Palestinian leaders about finding a way to solve the crisis for the long term.
In the past, when politicians visited Israel, they used to go to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem to show their respect for the Holocaust.
Nowadays, they are going to visit a kibbutz close to Gaza where many Israelis were killed by Hamas on 7 October. This morning, David Cameron visited kibbutz Be’eri, which was his first trip to Israel as the new UK foreign secretary.
Cameron and his Israeli friend Eli Cohen walked through the farm area where about 100 people were killed, not far from Gaza.
He went over the broken rocks and entered the destroyed homes that still smelled of burnt materials. Then he said that he had seen and heard things that he will always remember.
Cameron asked everyone in the stopped hostage deal to make it happen. He said it was important to take a break to help people in Gaza and let the hostages go.
But Cohen said that even after setting the hostages free, Israel would keep fighting to reach its aim – which is to get rid of Hamas control in Gaza.
The new Foreign Secretary David Cameron went to Ukraine for the first time to meet President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
Lord Cameron repeated that the UK is backing Ukraine and will give them moral, diplomatic, and most importantly, military support. No matter how much time it takes.
Mr Zelensky said congrats to Mr Cameron for his new job and thanked him for the UK’s support.
Lord Cameron got a new job as the foreign secretary on Monday when the cabinet got changed.
The Ukrainian president said it’s really important now for everyone to focus on what’s happening in Ukraine, instead of getting distracted by other things, like what’s happening in the Middle East.
“We are thankful for Ukraine’s strong support from the UK. ” We are happy for the friendly greeting from people from Ukraine in the UK. “We’re happy you visited Ukraine,” he said.
Mr Zelensky put a short video of the meeting on social media. In the video, Lord Cameron said, “I wanted this to be my first visit. ”
Lord Cameron said that he wants to let everyone know that they will keep helping with moral support, diplomatic support, economic support, and military support for as long as it’s needed, not just for a year or two, but for as long as it takes.
The old leader of the UK said, “I’ve had some arguments with Boris Johnson, we’ve known each other for 40 years, but his support for you was the best thing he and his government did. ”
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said the two people talked about weapons, making weapons, and keeping the Black Sea safe.
Lord Cameron said: “As the cold season comes, we support the people of Ukraine as they fight against Putin’s invasion. ” In the past three months, they made Russia move away from the Black Sea and are helping Ukraine’s economy and global food trade routes.
The UK has given Ukraine lots of money for weapons since Russia attacked in February 2022.
The British military has given Ukraine tanks, missiles, and trained many soldiers on British land.
Lord Cameron is going to visit Ukraine after their army made progress by getting across the Dnipro river in the south. This is an important move for them. Officials in the area controlled by Russia said on Wednesday that Ukrainian soldiers were in the village of Krynky, on the side of the river that Russia took over.
The river has kept Ukrainian and Russian forces apart since Moscow’s soldiers left Kherson a year ago.
The news has given hope to Ukrainians, who have been trying for four months to win back land from Russia but have not been successful.
Cameron is coming back.
Lord Cameron is back in the cabinet after more than seven years.
He took over from James Cleverly, who is now the home secretary, in a big change to Rishi Sunak’s cabinet on Monday.
Lord Cameron was the leader of the UK from 2010 to 2016. He quit his job after the UK voted to leave the EU because he had supported staying in the EU.
Since then, Lord Cameron has been keeping busy with different business projects, charity work, teaching, and public speaking.
There is some disagreement about Lord Cameron joining the cabinet because he is not an elected Member of Parliament anymore and will serve as a peer in the House of Lords instead of the House of Commons.
Opposition parties and Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle are worried about how MPs will be able to question Lord Cameron since he won’t be in the Commons chamber for the regular scrutiny sessions.
Instead, other government officials at the Foreign Office, like Andrew Mitchell and Anne-Marie Trevelyan, will answer those questions instead of him. Deputies often fill in for the department’s leader when they are away on diplomatic trips.
George Osborne, who was chancellor during the David Cameron years, doesn’t have much expectation of Penny Mordaunt persuading 100 backers and taking this to a vote of Tory members…
Rishi Sunak will be Prime Minister by the end of the day. Some think,like me, he’s a solution to our problems;others think he’s part of the problem.But whatever your politics,let’s all celebrate the first British Asian becoming PM and be proud of our country where this can happen
— George Osborne (@George_Osborne) October 24, 2022
Further, Mr Osborne thinks Ms Mordaunt should stand aside this morning.
He said: “Penny Mordaunt should drop out this AM.
“She can’t command the support of a majority of MPs.
“An uncontested election of Rishi Sunak today would reinforce the return of market credibility and show the Tories have rediscovered a will to win.
“She should then be part of his top team.”
Mr Osborne said that Mr Johnson’s decision to not run in the campaign was a “very welcome and sensible judgment”.