Estelle Shirbon
Recent Stories By Estelle Shirbon:
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'Our business is truth' - China editor tells BBC to open up on women's payJanuary 31, 2018
LONDON (Reuters) - The BBC is failing to live up to its own editorial mission to report the truth by denying it has a problem with gender discrimination on pay, its former China editor Carrie Gracie...
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Too late, Theresa: Brexit offer to EU citizens leaves many coldDecember 20, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Back from Brussels with a hard-fought Brexit deal, Prime Minister Theresa May wrote an open letter to the three million citizens of other European Union states living in Britain."I...
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Fighting deportation from UK, convicted ex-trader Adoboli wins reprieveDecember 7, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Kweku Adoboli, a former UBS trader jailed for Britain's biggest fraud over unauthorized trades that cost the Swiss bank $2.3 billion, averted the immediate threat of deportation at...
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India's case against Mallya politically motivated, UK court hearsDecember 5, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - The Indian government’s fraud case against tycoon Vijay Mallya is baseless and politically motivated, his defense lawyer told a London court on Tuesday as she battled to prevent...
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UK PM May is focused on tackling extremism, spokesman says in response to TrumpNovember 30, 2017
Asked if May was focused on tackling extremism: her spokesman said: "Yes." "The overwhelming majority of Muslims in this country are law-abiding people who abhor extremism in all its forms. The prime...
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British minister hopes condemnation of Trump tweet has impactNovember 30, 2017
"I think we all listen more carefully, perhaps, to criticism from our friends than from people who we don't have a relationship with. So, I hope that the prime minister's comments will have some...
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Trump sparks outrage in UK with tweet to May after sharing far-right videosNovember 30, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, in an unprecedented public attack on America's closest security ally, sharply rebuked British Prime Theresa May on Twitter after Britain criticized him...
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Higher UK borrowing underscores budget headache for HammondNovember 21, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - British government borrowing unexpectedly grew last month, underscoring finance minister Philip Hammond's challenge as he weighs calls for more spending in his budget on Wednesday...
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Billionaire Branson targeted in $5 million scam 'straight out of le Carre'October 18, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Richard Branson, billionaire founder of the Virgin group, has revealed he was targeted by a fraudster posing as Britain's defense minister who tried to get him to contribute $5...
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Dove faces PR disaster over ad that showed black woman turning whiteOctober 9, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - A social media outcry over an advertisement for Dove body wash which showed a black woman removing her top to reveal a white woman has escalated into a public relations disaster...
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UK top court seeks clarity on how to handle EU rulings after BrexitOctober 5, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Supreme Court would like clearer guidance from parliament on how it should deal with European Union court judgments after Brexit, its new president said on Thursday.The...
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Northern Ireland's DUP says will fight to keep Bombardier Belfast openSeptember 27, 2017
"It is critical for Belfast," Jeffrey Donaldson, a senior lawmaker in the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), told BBC Radio on Wednesday. "This would have devastating consequences on our economy if the...