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PM avoids denying he attempted to get Carrie Johnson top Foreign Office job

MPs look at whether watchdogs could investigate the claims after Boris Johnson refused to comment during PMQs

The Guardian - UK

It’s time to get angry right enough – and not with striking rail workers...

Annie Brown says the villains here are the Tories who would gladly have workers tied to the tracks and run over, silent movie style.

Daily Record

Evidence exists that PM tried to get top job for Carrie Johnson, says source

Growing call for inquiry over claims that Boris Johnson tried to secure Foreign Office role for then girlfriend

The Guardian - UK

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Strikes? Labour’s fault. Immigration? Lawyers’ fault. Don’t blame Boris Johnson

If the prime minister tried to make his then-girlfriend chief of staff at the Foreign Office, it’s on him, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Lindsay Hoyle introduces new Westminster cat named after Clement Attlee

Attlee follows in the steps of other parliamentary moggies such as Palmerston, Gladstone and Larry

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson suggested TWO plum jobs for wife Carrie - including one with the royals

Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked to aides about getting wife Carrie two jobs, including one with Prince William and Kate Middleton's Earthshot Prize, but the plans were vetoed by his closest aides, sources tell the Mirror

Daily Mirror

Taliban release five British nationals held for six months

Foreign Office diplomats secured their freedom but sources say nothing was given in return except an apology

The Guardian - UK

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Tory MSP accused of 'hypocrisy' for praising UK Government aid record as ministers slash spending

The UK currently spends about £11.5 billion each year on foreign aid after cutting the budget by £3 billion last year.

Daily Record

No10 confirms it intervened over 'untrue' claim Johnson tried to hire Carrie for Foreign Office job

Early copies of The Times on Saturday included a claim that Boris Johnson sought to appoint Carrie as his chief of staff when he was Foreign Secretary - but the story later disappeared

Daily Mirror

Truss welcomes release of Britons held by Taliban

Five British nationals were released from detention, with the Foreign Office saying the UK Government ‘regrets this episode’.

The Independent UK

No 10 reiterates denials Boris Johnson tried to hire Carrie as his chief of staff in Foreign Office

Downing Street on Monday reiterated denials that the Prime Minister attempted to place his then girlfriend in a £100,000 a year Government job while he was Foreign Secretary, and suggestions No 10 suppressed the story when it appeared in the press.

Evening Standard

Daughter of Brit jailed in Iran says Father’s Day is ‘the hardest day of all’

Ahead of Father's Day, Ms Tahbaz voiced her anguish over the alleged failure to keep a dialogue open with her about measures being taken to secure her dad's release

Daily Mirror

Daughter of Briton jailed in Iran says Father’s Day is ‘hardest day of all’

Morad Tahbaz, 66, was returned to custody on the day Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and fellow dual national Anoosheh Ashoori were freed in March

Wales Online

Daughter of Briton jailed in Iran says Father’s Day is ‘the hardest day of all’

Distraught Roxanne Tahbaz has said attempts to get the bottom of her father’s case have been ‘incredibly dispiriting’ as he remains jailed in Iran.

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Daily Record

Germany lifts Covid entry rules for all UK travellers in Foreign Office update

Travellers from across the world no longer need to provide proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test upon arrival

The Guardian - UK

UK aims sanctions at Russians accused of abducting Ukrainian children

Maria Lvova-Belova accused by Ukraine of organising capture of vulnerable children in Luhansk and Donetsk

The Independent UK

Russian officials sanctioned after ‘barbaric’ treatment of Ukrainian children

The Foreign Office has announced fresh sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s allies.

The Independent UK

Journalist’s family are ‘heartbroken’ after murders confirmed in remote Amazon

Dom Phillips’ family said they were “informed that two bodies have been recovered from a remote location after a confession” from a man in custody.

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Nottingham Post

Moscow willing to listen to UK appeal over death sentence for Nottinghamshire man Aiden Aslin

There have been suggestions a prisoner swap could be negotiated

Evening Standard

Russia ‘invites’ UK death sentences appeal as Nato chief makes Ukraine artillery plea

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said she will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to secure the release of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner

The Independent UK

Nato chief calls for more artillery for Ukraine as Moscow ‘invites’ Aslin appeal

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she will do ‘whatever is necessary’ to secure the release of Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner.

The Independent UK

‘I can tell you it hurts’: Families of Britons detained abroad urge UK government to do more

UK government accused of ‘lacking compassion’ and ‘ignoring’ families

The Guardian - UK

‘Where is Liz Truss?’: sister of activist held in Cairo jail urges UK to act

Sanaa Seif says UK government is not standing up for her brother Alaa Abd El Fattah, on hunger strike and facing death

The Independent UK

Hollywood stars urge Truss to help free British-Egyptian writer on hunger strike

The appeal came at a press conference in Westminster of families wanting greater help from the Foreign Office to free detained UK nationals.

The National (Scotland)

Dozens of British journalists banned from entering Russia on new sanctions list

RUSSIA has sanctioned 28 UK journalists, including the BBC director-general Tim Davie, who they claim are involved in spreading "false and…

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