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Gulfs remain after climate talks
UN climate talks end in Bonn with talk of an improved mood but major gulfs remain between blocs. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Afghan peace talks in final day
Tribal leaders in Afghanistan are meeting on the final day of a national peace conference in the capital, Kabul. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
India sets terms for Maoist talks
India’s home minister sets out a “road map” to initiate peace talks with Maoist rebels. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Israel rejects nuclear talks plan
Israel says it will not take part in a conference aimed at achieving a nuclear-arms free Middle East, proposed at a UN meeting in New York. Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – including Iran – backed plans to meet in 2012. In a document agreed at the talks, Israel was singled out for criticism. Israel,... »
Talks set to reopen in BA dispute
British Airways and the Unite union are to resume talks later, with the latest cabin crew strike now in its third day. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Protests end BA and union talks
Talks between BA and union leaders are brought to an abrupt end after protesters storm the meeting. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
BA and Unite to hold fresh talks
British Airways and the Unite union are to hold fresh talks on Saturday, says conciliation service Acas. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Thailand rejects protester talks
Thai protesters have stood their ground in Bangkok, defying a vow from PM Abhisit Vejjajiva to use the military to stop them toppling his government. One protest leader said Thailand was close to "civil war" after clashes in Bangkok between protesters and soldiers that have left 24 people dead. The fighting flared as the army... »
Brazil’s Lula in key Iran talks
Brazil’s president is in Iran to hold talks with its leaders in what is seen as a last ditch attempt to find a compromise over the nuclear issue. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived from Moscow, where he met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. US officials have warned they are close to securing agreement on a... »
Thai PM talks tough on red-shirts
Thailand’s government tells red-shirt protesters it will clear their camp and cut services if they do not leave on Wednesday. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
‘Crunch time’ in UK government talks
The process of forming a new government may be resolved in the next 24 hours, according to a senior Liberal Democrat source who said it was "crunch time". The Lib Dems have held talks with the Tories and Labour in a bid to form an alliance which could run the country. Gordon Brown, whose presence... »
Union urges fresh BA strike talks
The Unite union urges British Airways to hold more talks in a bid to avoid 20 days of planned cabin crew strikes. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
More Tory and Lib Dem talks due
Senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are due to resume talks on forming a government. On Sunday negotiating teams spent six hours in "very positive and productive" talks and the party leaders had a 45-minute face-to-face discussion. The Tories said they and the Lib Dems were "discussing specific proposals" and both sides said economic stability would... »
Tory and Lib Dem talks ‘positive’
Senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are to hold more talks about the possibility of their parties forming a new government. Conservative and Lib Dem negotiators will meet at 1100 BST – after leaders David Cameron and Nick Clegg met on Saturday for private 70-minute talks. There will also be a meeting of Conservative MPs at... »
Mid-East indirect talks ‘begin’
Indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians have begun, the Palestinian chief negotiator says. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
PLO backs new ‘talks’ with Israel
Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organisation have given their backing to indirect peace talks with Israel. The decision was announced after a three-hour meeting of PLO officials in the West Bank. US President Barack Obama’s Middle East envoy George Mitchell has been attempting to broker such indirect "proximity" talks. The Palestinians broke off peace talks... »
Lib Dems back Clegg on Tory talks
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is set to hold talks with his MPs as he weighs up the offer of a power-sharing deal with the Conservatives. More than a day after the polls closed, it remains unclear who will lead the country after the general election delivered a hung Parliament. David Cameron approached the Lib... »
Tories and Lib Dems in deal talks
Talks between senior Conservatives and Liberal Democrats continued late into Friday as the parties tried to broker a deal to form the next government. A day after the polls closed, it remains unclear who will lead the country after the general election delivered a hung Parliament. David Cameron approached the Lib Dems after the Tories... »
Brown ‘respects’ Clegg-Tory talks
David Cameron is to set out within hours his plans to form a "stable" government, after the Tories won most votes but not an overall majority. With results still coming in, the Tories have 294 seats in a hung parliament. He will say he plans to govern "in the national interest". Nick Clegg, leader of... »
Honduras row endangers EU talks
South American leaders have threatened to pull out of a scheduled EU-Latin American summit in Spain if Honduras President Porfirio Lobo attends. Leaders of the 12-nation South American Unasur bloc, including Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, urged Spain to uninvite Mr Lobo. The Honduran leader was voted into power last... »
‘Attacks’ hit Darfur peace talks
Darfur rebels boycott peace talks, accusing Sudan’s government of new attacks despite February deal. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
Nuclear talks spark Iran-US clash
Iran’s nuclear ambitions are putting the world at risk, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says. She told delegates at a nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty conference at the UN that Iran should be held to account. Earlier, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran accused states with nuclear weapons of threatening those who want to develop peaceful nuclear... »
Iran row looms at UN nuclear talks
Delegates from nearly 200 nations were gathering at the UN to review efforts to check the spread of nuclear weapons. They meet every five years to try to strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. But this time the unresolved Iranian nuclear crisis threatens to overshadow the conference in New York. Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a... »
Mid-East talks ’set for launch’
Israeli-Palestinian proximity talks are set to start next week, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says. Mrs Clinton told reporters in Washington that US special envoy George Mitchell would be returning to the region next week. Plans to launch indirect negotiations failed last month over a row about Israeli plans to build 1,600 homes in... »
Greece rescue talks ‘nearing end’
Greece risks becoming “the Lehman Brothers of the sovereign debt crisis”, a senior former minister tells the BBC. This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. »
IMF upbeat on Greece’s loan talks
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it is impressed by Greece’s determination to solve its debt crisis. The IMF also said it had speeded up its loan talks with Greece, and would have the funds ready in time to meet the country’s needs. IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn met Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou on Sunday.... »
Greek crisis hangs over IMF talks
The debt crisis in Greece looks set to dominate a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington. Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou is due to hold talks with IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn and EU economy commissioner Olli Rehn. On Friday, Greece asked for an EU-IMF bailout of its debt-ridden economy. Ahead of the... »
US push to renew Mid-East talks
US Middle East envoy George Mitchell has begun meetings with Israeli and Palestinians leaders in the hope of ending a row over East Jerusalem. He arrived in the region on Thursday, on his first visit since a row over Israeli building in the city’s occupied east scuppered planned indirect talks. Reports suggested Israel could make... »
Thai protesters in new talks bid
Thailand’s red-shirt protesters are ready to hold talks with the government to end the political crisis if three conditions are met, a red leader said. The red-shirts said that parliament had to be dissolved in one month – a change from their previous call for immediate dissolution. They also called for an investigation into... »
EU emergency talks on air chaos
EU transport ministers are to hold emergency talks by video conference on easing the volcanic ash cloud chaos paralysing air travel across Europe. Sixty-three thousand flights have been cancelled in four days, with millions of passengers stranded worldwide. EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas said: "We cannot just wait until this ash cloud dissipates." Airports and... »
Kyrgyz president in talks offer
Kyrgyzstan’s President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has offered to hold talks with what he called the temporary government that has replaced his administration. But Mr Bakiyev, who was forced to flee the capital Bishkek amid a bloody uprising, insisted he will not resign. In a telephone interview with the BBC, Mr Bakiyev said he was in southern... »
Climate deal fear as talks resume
The first round of UN climate talks since December’s bitter Copenhagen summit opens in Bonn on Friday with the future of the process uncertain. Developing countries are adamant that the UN climate convention is the right forum for negotiating a global deal and want it done by the year’s end. But others, notably the US,... »
EMI ends talks to sell US rights
EMI has abandoned talks to license out the rights to its music catalogue in the US and Canada, a deal it hoped would raise vitally needed funds. The UK record company had been in separate talks with rivals Universal and Sony, seeking to raise £200m. The news means EMI’s owner, private equity group Terra Firma,... »
Abbas rules out talks with Israel
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ruled out attending indirect "proximity talks" with Israel unless it halts the construction of settlements. Mr Abbas told an Arab League summit he would not resume negotiations as long as Israel maintained the "status quo" in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. He was seeking support after Israel appeared... »
Talks due over rail strike threat
Talks between unions and employers in a bid to avert the threatened national rail strike will begin on Monday, the conciliation service Acas has said. The RMT and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) are planning four days of action from 6 April in a row over jobs and working practices. If it went ahead,... »
Israeli PM hopeful on peace talks
The US and Israel have been holding last-minute talks to try to agree on steps Israel should take to get peace talks with Palestinians back on track. The US admitted earlier differences remained between the two sides, following a row over Israel’s plans to build homes in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... »
‘No progress’ in US-Israeli talks
The US and Israel have been holding last-minute talks to try to agree on steps Israel should take to get peace talks with Palestinians back on track. The US admitted earlier differences remained between the two sides, following a row over Israel’s plans to build homes in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu... »
Netanyahu warns of peace talks delay
US President Barack Obama is to meet the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for the first time since a row over settlements in East Jerusalem. The afternoon talks at the White House will be closed to the media, a sign which correspondents say suggests the dispute may not be entirely resolved. Last week Mr Obama... »
BA crew to strike as talks fail
A strike by British Airways cabin crew will go ahead after talks between the airline and the Unite union collapsed. The first three-day strike begins on Saturday, with a second scheduled for 27 March. "BA does not want to negotiate and ultimately wants to go to war with this union," Unite’s joint general secretary Tony... »
BA strike talks into second day
British Airways’ chief executive and the joint leader of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, have held face-to-face talks to avert this weekend’s strike. Sources at the Unite union told the BBC that contact "had been made" on Thursday in an attempt to resolve the action by cabin crew. BA declined to comment on a Press... »
Moscow hosting Mid-East talks
A new bid is to be made in Moscow shortly to find ways of restarting stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The international Quartet – made up of the US, EU, UN and Russia – will meet amid tension over Israel’s announcement of new settler homes in Jerusalem. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu informed... »
BA strike talks to resume later
British Airways’ chief executive and the joint leader of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, have held face-to-face talks to avert this weekend’s strike. Sources at the Unite union told the BBC that contact "had been made" on Thursday in an attempt to resolve the action by cabin crew. BA declined to comment on a Press... »
BA talks continue into the night
British Airways’ chief executive and the joint leader of the Unite union, Tony Woodley, have held face-to-face talks to avert this weekend’s strike. Sources at the Unite union told the BBC that contact "had been made" on Thursday in an attempt to resolve the action by cabin crew. BA declined to comment on a Press... »
‘Arrogance’ undid climate talks
By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC News The "disappointing" outcome of December’s climate summit was largely down to "arrogance" on the part of rich countries, according to Lord Stern. The economist told BBC News that the US and EU nations had not understood well enough the concerns of poorer nations. But, he said, the summit had led... »
Ivory and tuna top wildlife talks
By Richard BlackEnvironment correspondent, BBC News Sales of ivory and a possible ban on trading bluefin tuna top the agenda for the two-week CITES meeting that opens this weekend in Doha, Qatar. CITES – the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species – will set a precedent if it votes to ban trading in a lucrative... »
BA strike talks deadline extended
A deadline to reach a deal to avert strike action by BA cabin crew has been put back until Wednesday lunchtime. The TUC, which is chairing the meetings, had set the deadline for the "close of play" on Tuesday 9 March for significant progress to be made. In February, BA crew members voted in favour... »