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...British opera director Katie Mitchell is at the helm....
...tom.mitchell@ft.com...
...Former Tory defence minister Tobias Ellwood said on Thursday he was “cautiously confident” that up to 45 Tory rebels could oppose the move, potentially enough to defeat the government in a vote next Monday...
...Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee, warned that the foreign aid cut could undermine the UK’s reputation and create a “vacuum” of leadership on the global stage....
...Several prominent Conservative backbenchers have also urged the government to reconsider, including Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee, former health secretary Jeremy Hunt and Andrew Mitchell...
...Tobias Ellwood, chair of the defence select committee, argued that the decision would dent efforts to promote a global Britain post Brexit....
...Andrew Mitchell, the UK’s former international development secretary, said: “There should not be a deal at any price. We are a proud independent nation....
...Here's our Berlin correspondent Tobias Buck explaining Ms. Merkel's enduring appeal in Germany. Angela Merkel has been chancellor of Germany since 2005....
...Gagosian has a house on St Barths, as do “many, many top collectors”, he adds, singling out Mitchell Rales, the billionaire co-founder of Danaher Corporation and owner of the Glenstone museum in Potomac,...
...Additional reporting by David Pilling, Joe Leahy, Tobias Buck and Jeevan Vasagar...
...The state department is now assessing whether George Mitchell, the US envoy on the Middle East peace process, should go ahead with his next planned trip to the region....
...Mr Mitchell said the US administration was “determined more than ever” to achieve a breakthrough in the peace talks, which were launched in Washington this month....
...“Today, the parties have begun a serious discussion on core issues,” said George Mitchell, the US Middle East envoy....
...Mr Netanyahu and Mr Abbas would meet for direct talks every two weeks from now on, said Mr Mitchell. The US would play an “active and sustained role”, he said....
...George Mitchell, US envoy to the Middle East, struck a defiant note on Friday: “Past efforts at peace that did not succeed cannot deter us from trying again because the cause is noble and just.”...
...Instead, they will rely on George Mitchell, the US Middle East envoy, as a go-between....
...Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, was due to see Mr Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Israeli defence minister, George Mitchell, US special envoy, and Tony Blair, representative for the quartet for the Middle...
...Instead, they will conduct their talks through Mr Mitchell as US mediator....
...Officials from both countries said efforts to bridge the gap were continuing, with George Mitchell, Mr Obama’s special envoy, meeting Mr Netanyahu in Washington on Wednesday ahead of a trip to the Middle...
...He said he had a newcomer bidding on the phone for Joan Mitchell’s abstract “Vera Cruz”, which sold for $4m....
...This is destroying our efforts to work with Mr Mitchell,” he told the Associated Press....
...“We want to hear from [US Middle East envoy George] Mitchell that Israel has cancelled the decision to build housing units before we start the negotiations,” he said....
...That response will, in turn, affect the timing of the return to the region of George Mitchell, the US special envoy....
...As George Mitchell, Washington’s Middle East envoy, prepares to return to the region, US officials are considering eventually issuing outlines of their own for an Israeli-Palestinian deal – a turn of events...
...Additional reporting by Tobias Buck Opinion: Obama’s damaging silence on Israel...
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