About James Landale
James Landale is a BBC journalist who is the Diplomatic correspondent of BBC News.
Allow more aid into Gaza, Lord Cameron urges Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel
...By James Landale in Israel & Chas Geiger BBC News Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has urged Israel to allow more aid into Gaza to show the Palestinian people and the world that the West wants to help...
UK government plans radical shake-up of foreign aid for climate change disasters
...By James Landale, diplomatic correspondentBBC NewsThe UK government is to spend millions of pounds helping countries prepare for future humanitarian disasters in a radical shake-up of its development policy, the BBC has learned...
Britons to leave Gaza 'in stages' - Foreign Office
...By James Gregory & James Landale, diplomatic correspondentBBC NewsThe departure of British nationals from Gaza will likely take place " in stages over the coming days" the UK Foreign Office (FCDO) has said...
Israel-Gaza: Will other countries get dragged in? We answer your questions
... Why is the UN not intervening on air strikes? Sadul Hoque from London asks: If everyone has agreed that Israel has been killing civilians and will kill a lot more in these new strikes, why are the UN and other countries not intervening? James Landale, our diplomatic correspondent gives this answer: The main reason why many countries are not urging Israel to stop its airstrikes is because they accept the country has been attacked by Hamas and has a right to defend itself...
UK, France and Germany to keep nuclear sanctions on Iran
...By James Landale & Aoife WalshBBC NewsThe UK, France and Germany have announced they will retain sanctions on Iran in an attempt to deter the country from selling drones and missiles to Russia...
Nato: Warm words but a diplomatic reality check for Ukraine
...By James Landale, Diplomatic CorrespondentBBC News, VilniusVolodymyr Zelensky may or may not be a Rolling Stones fan - but after this Nato summit, he is probably familiar with their song entitled You Can t Always Get What You Want...
G7 to announce long-term Ukraine security package at Nato summit
...By James Landale & Oliver SlowBBC News, Vilnius and LondonG7 members are expected to ratify a long-term security arrangement with Ukraine at the Nato summit on Wednesday...
Nathan Law: Hong Kong activist in UK fears for safety over bounty
...By James Landale, diplomatic correspondent, & Alys DaviesBBC NewsA pro-democracy campaigner who fled Hong Kong has told the BBC his life has become more dangerous because of a bounty offered for his arrest...
Iran executions: UK summons top diplomat in protest at killings
By Rachel RussellBBC News
The Foreign Secretary has summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK after The Regime executed two more protesters at the weekend.
James Cleverly condemned the deaths and urged an end to " brutal repression".
The diplomat - Mehdi Hosseini Matin - was also summoned in November over alleged threats to journalists in the UK.
The executions of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini have been condemned around The World .
The two men over killing a member of the security forces during protests against the government Last Year .
The UN said the executions followed " unfair trials based on forced confessions".
Other countries including Germany and France have also summoned their Iranian ambassadors.
Mr Cleverly said on Monday: " The Iranian regime must end its campaign of brutal repression and start listening to the concerns of its people. "
Bbc News understands that Mr Cleverly has not directly spoken to Iran's charge d'affaires, Mehdi Hosseini Matin, despite instructing The Foreign Office to summon him four times.
The Foreign Office first summoned Mr Hosseini Matin on 3 October in response to The Regime 's crackdown on nationwide protests prompted by.
A few weeks later, on 11 November, he was summoned again
The Metropolitan Police warned at least two journalists working at Iran International , a Persian-language news channel, of a threat to their lives after an Iranian reconnaissance unit was reportedly seen outside their homes and offices.
The Foreign Office then sent another summons on 8 December when another prisoner was executed.
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale says summonses such as this are unlikely to change The Way the Iranian authorities behave towards anti-government protesters.
But, he adds, it is a way of sending a signal to Tehran that its actions are not going unnoticed and that they come at a cost.
Widespread protests began in Iran Last Year following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini .
She was arrested by morality police in Tehran for allegedly breaking the country's strict dress Code - She collapsed at a detention centre and died Three Days later in hospital.
Since her death, The Foreign Office says it has imposed on political, judicial and security officials in Iran over their role in serious Human Rights violations.
Source of news: bbc.com
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