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Holidaymakers and truck drivers are waiting in lines that stretch for kilometers at the port of Dover, because of Brexit there will be more controls. But the foreign minister blames France. A high volume of travel and the additional border controls required due to Brexit have led to traffic jams spanning several kilometers on the way across the English Channel to France. Unions, port authorities and French authorities agreed on Saturday that the main reason for this was Britain's exit from the EU. The ferry company P&O Ferries said that car and truck drivers sometimes had to calculate more than six hours for the way to the port and through the security checks. Russia And Ukraine Seal An Agreement To Unblock Grain Trade But British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss sees the blame elsewhere: The French border authorities are understaffed, said Truss, who is applying to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The government in Paris must do something "to solve the terrible situation ...

The pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mounting: he is fighting for office and sacks housing secretary Michael Gove. The Minister for Wales is also resigning. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is increasingly under pressure, has reportedly sacked his old colleague Michael Gove from the cabinet. "He fired Michael Gove," James Duddridge, a close associate of Johnson, told Sky News. According to British media reports, Gove, who was considered an influential member of the cabinet, had asked the head of government to resign. Michael Gove campaigned alongside Johnson during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign to leave the EU. However, the relationship between the two was always marked by competition. Gove has held various posts in government over the years. Most recently, the Conservative politician was responsible for Johnson's plan to equalize living conditions in Great Britain as Minister for Building and Housing. Attorney General Braverman is considering running...

The British Prime Minister reacts to reports of leadership failures and breaches of rules in Downing Street: new staff should silence the criticism. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to show his strength in the Partygate affair by appointing new advisers. Cabinet member Steve Barclay will be the Conservative head of government's most important collaborator as chief of staff at Downing Street. Guto Harri becomes the new communications director and is supposed to improve crisis management at the seat of government. Johnson had announced changes in his Downing Street environment. In doing so, he responded to demands from his Conservative Party to improve the "culture" in the seat of government. Mali, The 'Afghanistan' Of France? An internal report had found excessive alcohol consumption in Downing Street and criticized management failure and rule-breaking. A few days ago, several of Johnson's closest associates suddenly resigned. During the Corona lockdo...

Concerns about a troop deployment on the Ukrainian border continue to escalate. Russia completes a maneuver. Johnson, Blinken and Erdoğan are trying to talk. According to Russia, it has completed a military exercise involving more than 6,000 soldiers. The exercises took place in the south of the country, for example in the Rostov and Volgograd regions, and air force units from the southern military district were involved, as the Ministry of Defense in Moscow announced. In addition, 20 warships of the Black Sea Fleet have returned to naval bases in Novorossiysk and on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed in 2014. However, Poland sees signs that Russia will increase its future military presence in Belarus. The planned maneuvers by Russian and Belarusian troops there in February are known, said Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau during a visit to the Estonian capital Tallinn. But his ministry is even observing "tendencies that may indicate that we will be ...

Garden parties, birthday parties and late-night drinks in lockdown put the British prime minister under pressure. He ruled out a resignation in parliament for the time being. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not want to resign from office in the affair of lockdown parties. "We - and I in particular - get on with the work," Johnson said at a session of the House of Commons in London. He knew that many wanted him gone. But he wants to continue the business of government as normal. "We made the tough decisions and we got the important points right," he said. The prime minister is under massive pressure over allegations of having held parties at his official residence during the corona lockdown in Great Britain. If the allegations are correct, he and his guests would have violated state corona contact restrictions. An internal report by top official Sue Gray on the incidents is due to be released soon. The police in London are also investigating the alleged loc...