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LONDON, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguang has encouraged the business communities of China and Britain to contribute their insight and strength to stronger practical cooperation between the two countries.

"Your contribution will go a long way to create more highlights of bilateral cooperation," said Zheng when addressing the Fifth China-UK Economic and Trade Forum on Wednesday in London.

03 Nov 2022; MEMO: Nobel laureates have called upon the government in Egypt to release prisoners of conscience in advance of the COP27 climate change summit in Sharm El Sheikh. The laureates mentioned specifically a British-Egyptian prisoner on hunger strike, Alaa Abdel Fattah, saying that he may die in his cell.

03 Nov 2022; MEMO: On the 105th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration the Palestinian Forum in Britain (PFB) has called on the British government to apologise "and take the necessary steps to correct this grave injustice."

03 Nov 2022; MEMO: Britain's new government led by Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on Thursday ruled out moving the UK Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The idea of ​​such a move was voiced during former Prime Minister Liz Truss's Tory leadership contest and a review into the matter was ordered by her after becoming premier.

04 Nov 2022; MEMO: The Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Ibrahim Munir, passed away today in London aged 85.

Munir became the caretaker supreme guide of the Brotherhood after the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Ezzat the first deputy supreme guide of the group in August 2020.

Munir, who lived in London, was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Guidance Council and spokesman for the movement in Europe.

02 Nov 2022; MEMO: Britain's ruling Conservative Party has reportedly quietly dropped moving towards accepting an official definition of Islamophobia, as it remains heavily criticised over its lack of action to tackle the issue and combat Islamophobic attitudes within the Party and government.

LONDON (AP) — A group of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature urged world leaders on Wednesday to raise human rights issues as they visit Egypt for the COP27 climate change conference.

In a letter sent to various heads of state, the group of 15 Nobel Laureates asked the visiting diplomats and politicians to “devote part of your agenda to the many thousands of political prisoners held in Egypt’s prisons.” In particular, they asked for the case of prominent imprisoned activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah to be raised, as he escalates his hunger strike on the conference’s first day.

LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who led Britain’s response to COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic, was suspended by the Conservative Party on Tuesday after signing up to a reality TV show.

Hancock, who is no longer in government but remains a member of Parliament, is to compete on “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here.” The show sends a group of famous people, often C-list celebrities, to the Australian rainforest, subjects them to trials involving spiders and snakes, and allows the public to vote them out one by one.

LONDON, Oct 31 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, congratulated president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on his victory in Brazil’s election against incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro, saying he looked forward to coordinating on issues including protecting the planet’s natural resources.

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Britain on Monday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of severe consequences if Moscow uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine, saying such a step would change the nature of the conflict.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly also urged Russia not to impede grain exports, and said that "increasingly desperate statements" from the Kremlin were designed to distract from its faltering war effort.

Putin has said that Russia hasn't talked about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, saying instead that Kyiv could create and detonate a "dirty bomb".