US-bound passengers travelling from about a dozen countries will be banned from carrying most electronic devices, officials have said.
Twelve carriers flying from about a dozen countries will be affected by the new rules, which could be announced later.
Some Middle Eastern airlines are affected, including airlines based in Jordan and Saudi Arabia, although the other countries were not named.
American carriers will not be affected.
Passengers will still be allowed to keep mobile phones and approved medical devices with them but anything larger, such as laptops, cameras and tablets, will only be permitted in checked luggage.
The ban has been under consideration since the US government learned of a terrorism threat several weeks ago.
Earlier on Monday, Royal Jordanian Airlines told its passengers that laptops, iPads, cameras and other electronics would not be allowed in carry-on luggage for US-bound flights from Tuesday.
In a tweet that now appears to have been deleted, the airline said mobile phones and medical devices were excluded from the ban but all other electronics had to be in checked luggage.
The airline tweeted on Monday evening that "further updates will be announced soon".
Al Riyadh, a newspaper close to the Saudi government, quoted a civil aviation authority source as saying that the measures were relayed from senior US officials to the Saudi interior ministry.
The White House would not comment and a US Department of Homeland Security spokesman said they had "no comment on potential security precautions, but will provide an update when appropriate".
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told congressional lawmakers about the plan during the weekend, according to aides.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Google boss apology as more firms suspend ads over hate videos
The European boss of Google has apologised for online adverts appearing next to extremist material as big firms, including M&S, pull ads from the internet giant.
Matt Brittin, head of the company for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said: "We are sorry to anybody that's been affected."
He made the comments at an industry conference after a number of well-known UK brands suspended advertising over concerns centred on content appearing on Google's YouTube platform.
M&S said: "In order to ensure brand safety, we are pausing activity across Google platforms whilst the matter is worked through."
Go Ape - the outdoors adventure firm - said it had suspended its advertising on YouTube after Sky News Business Correspondent Adam Parsons alerted the company to its ads being run alongside English Defence League videos.
The investment firm, Hargreaves Lansdown, also pulled its ads for the same reason.
Even the Government has done the same while global advertising giant Havas, which buys ad space for a number of big companies, suspended advertising last week.
:: What the firms are saying
Other big names to take similar action include McDonald's UK, Tesco and Sainsbury's, Audi UK, and L'Oreal in the UK and Ireland, plus high street banks Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds.
Meanwhile, some businesses, including Barclays, are considering what to do - though Barclays does not currently have any advertising on YouTube or Google.
Sky, the owner of Sky News, said: "It is clearly unacceptable for ads to be appearing alongside inappropriate content and we are talking with Google to understand what they are doing to stop this."
Mr Brittin said Google already spent millions of dollars and employed thousands of people to try to ensure "bad advertising doesn't get through" and that this worked well "in the vast majority of cases".
But he acknowledged it could improve and said a review which had been going on "for some time" was being accelerated.
He said Google was looking at better defining hate speech and inflammatory content, simplifying controls available to advertisers, and going further and faster in its efforts to remove "bad content" - in the context of 400 hours of content being uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Last week, media-buying agency GroupM, part of the world's largest ad agency WPP, told Google to apologise to customers and advertisers who saw inappropriate content on YouTube.
It has also written to clients explaining the potential risks to their brands and asking them how they want to respond.
MPs recently said Google was "still profiting from hatred" after it failed to remove videos from groups allegedly linked to terrorism.
Google was summoned to appear in front of Cabinet Office ministers on Friday.
Sky News understands the company apologised to senior civil servants representing the Government and pledged a review of their advertising systems.
Google was asked to return for another meeting this week to set out the action they plan to take.
Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has said Google's failure to remove the hate videos by was "frankly astonishing"
Last week the committee summoned bosses from Google, Facebook and Twitter, to question them about the action the web giants were taking to remove hate speech from their platforms.
Matt Brittin, head of the company for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said: "We are sorry to anybody that's been affected."
He made the comments at an industry conference after a number of well-known UK brands suspended advertising over concerns centred on content appearing on Google's YouTube platform.
M&S said: "In order to ensure brand safety, we are pausing activity across Google platforms whilst the matter is worked through."
Go Ape - the outdoors adventure firm - said it had suspended its advertising on YouTube after Sky News Business Correspondent Adam Parsons alerted the company to its ads being run alongside English Defence League videos.
The investment firm, Hargreaves Lansdown, also pulled its ads for the same reason.
Even the Government has done the same while global advertising giant Havas, which buys ad space for a number of big companies, suspended advertising last week.
:: What the firms are saying
Other big names to take similar action include McDonald's UK, Tesco and Sainsbury's, Audi UK, and L'Oreal in the UK and Ireland, plus high street banks Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds.
Meanwhile, some businesses, including Barclays, are considering what to do - though Barclays does not currently have any advertising on YouTube or Google.
Sky, the owner of Sky News, said: "It is clearly unacceptable for ads to be appearing alongside inappropriate content and we are talking with Google to understand what they are doing to stop this."
Mr Brittin said Google already spent millions of dollars and employed thousands of people to try to ensure "bad advertising doesn't get through" and that this worked well "in the vast majority of cases".
But he acknowledged it could improve and said a review which had been going on "for some time" was being accelerated.
He said Google was looking at better defining hate speech and inflammatory content, simplifying controls available to advertisers, and going further and faster in its efforts to remove "bad content" - in the context of 400 hours of content being uploaded to YouTube every minute.
Last week, media-buying agency GroupM, part of the world's largest ad agency WPP, told Google to apologise to customers and advertisers who saw inappropriate content on YouTube.
It has also written to clients explaining the potential risks to their brands and asking them how they want to respond.
MPs recently said Google was "still profiting from hatred" after it failed to remove videos from groups allegedly linked to terrorism.
Google was summoned to appear in front of Cabinet Office ministers on Friday.
Sky News understands the company apologised to senior civil servants representing the Government and pledged a review of their advertising systems.
Google was asked to return for another meeting this week to set out the action they plan to take.
Yvette Cooper MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, has said Google's failure to remove the hate videos by was "frankly astonishing"
Last week the committee summoned bosses from Google, Facebook and Twitter, to question them about the action the web giants were taking to remove hate speech from their platforms.
Monday, March 20, 2017
James Bond-style USB cufflink used by Islamic State terrorist
An Islamic State member who used a James Bond-style USB cufflink to store extremist data has admitted five charges of terrorism.
Samata Ullah pleaded guilty to being a member of the terror group as well as preparing terrorist acts, terrorist training, and possessing articles for terrorist purposes.
He denied one charge of directing terrorism at the Old Bailey in London.
The court heard that when he was arrested in September last year, the 34-year-old from Cardiff had a USB cufflink with a Linux operating system hiding extremist data, including a blog.
Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, said a hi-tech report showed Mr Ullah was trying to post the blog onto a platform in a "format that meant it could not be closed down or deleted by the authorities."
Jurors were told that between December 2015 and his arrest, he had provided instructional videos on how to secure sensitive data and use encryption software to stay anonymous online.
Commander Dean Haydon of Met Office Counter Terrorism said Ullah was "dangerous" despite operating in the "virtual world".
"He sat in his bedroom in Wales and created online content with the sole intention of aiding people who wanted to actively support ISIS and avoid getting caught by the authorities," he said.
"This is just the sort of information that may have helped people involved in planning devastating, low technical level attacks on crowded places as we have seen in other cities across the world.
Ullah, who has been diagnosed with autism since his arrest, also pleaded guilty to having a book entitled 'Guided Missiles Fundamentals AFM 52-31' and a PDF version of the book 'Advances In Missile Guidance, Control, and Estimation' for terrorist purposes.
He admitted the charges earlier this month but his pleas could not be reported until after the prosecution had decided whether to go to trial on the remaining charge.
Mr Altman explained that the attorney general had accepted the pleas but asked for the remaining charge of directing terrorism to lie on file.
In lifting reporting restrictions, Judge Gerald Gordon said the "issue of dangerousness" would have to be assessed before sentencing, which will take place on 28 April.
Samata Ullah pleaded guilty to being a member of the terror group as well as preparing terrorist acts, terrorist training, and possessing articles for terrorist purposes.
He denied one charge of directing terrorism at the Old Bailey in London.
The court heard that when he was arrested in September last year, the 34-year-old from Cardiff had a USB cufflink with a Linux operating system hiding extremist data, including a blog.
Brian Altman QC, prosecuting, said a hi-tech report showed Mr Ullah was trying to post the blog onto a platform in a "format that meant it could not be closed down or deleted by the authorities."
Jurors were told that between December 2015 and his arrest, he had provided instructional videos on how to secure sensitive data and use encryption software to stay anonymous online.
Commander Dean Haydon of Met Office Counter Terrorism said Ullah was "dangerous" despite operating in the "virtual world".
"He sat in his bedroom in Wales and created online content with the sole intention of aiding people who wanted to actively support ISIS and avoid getting caught by the authorities," he said.
"This is just the sort of information that may have helped people involved in planning devastating, low technical level attacks on crowded places as we have seen in other cities across the world.
Ullah, who has been diagnosed with autism since his arrest, also pleaded guilty to having a book entitled 'Guided Missiles Fundamentals AFM 52-31' and a PDF version of the book 'Advances In Missile Guidance, Control, and Estimation' for terrorist purposes.
He admitted the charges earlier this month but his pleas could not be reported until after the prosecution had decided whether to go to trial on the remaining charge.
Mr Altman explained that the attorney general had accepted the pleas but asked for the remaining charge of directing terrorism to lie on file.
In lifting reporting restrictions, Judge Gerald Gordon said the "issue of dangerousness" would have to be assessed before sentencing, which will take place on 28 April.
Labour PLP meeting erupts in fury with shouting at Jeremy Corbyn
Labour's civil war has erupted in furious clashes at a "brutal" meeting between leader Jeremy Corbyn and the party's MPs and peers.
As the Westminster meeting ended in a shouting match, angry Labour MPs rounded on Mr Corbyn, with one MP, ex-minister Ian Austin, telling him to "look in the mirror".
Corbyn ally, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, was heard shouting at another critic of the Labour boss, Wes Streeting, after he said the party was being "driven off a cliff".
Ex-minister Pat McFadden then told Mr Corbyn: "Our uselessness is emboldening the nationalist right wherever it exists."
And the former chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), Lord Watts, told Mr Corbyn's spin doctor Seumas Milne to his face that he was "a disgrace".
More than two hours after the showdown at the PLP, Mr Corbyn launched a fightback on Twitter, appearing to laugh off the earlier row and urging his critics to stop "navel-gazing".
"Today, spirits in the Labour Party have run high, so I want to send a message to all party members," he wrote, introducing a two-minute video.
In the video, appearing to chuckle, he begins: "Sometimes spirits in the Labour party can run high, today has been one of those days."
He then continues: "That's because we're a passionate party. So I'm going to send a message to all party members. I want to make it absolutely clear, members are an asset. As a party we must do more to involve and empower them. "
And in a swipe at his critics, he says: "May's local elections, to win we need unity, not naval gazing. My plea to all Labour party members, whether grassroots or in senior positions, is think of our people first. Think of our movement first. Think of the party first."
But another Labour MP critical of Mr Corbyn, Neil Coyle, immediately responded on Twitter: writing: "When 'navel-gazing' = 'uncomfortable Copeland Qs' & 'more member engagement' = absolutely no frontbench Brexit consultation with members..."
Earlier, the shouting and heckling inside committee room 14 in the Commons was so loud it could be heard clearly by journalists in a corridor outside the room.
After the meeting, Labour grandee Peter Mandelson told reporters the atmosphere in the party now was like that in 1985, when the Militant Tendency attempted to take over.
But when that was put to Lord Neil Kinnock, who as leader from 1983-92 fought bruising battles against the hard-left group, he told journalists: "No, it's worse than that."
After many Labour MPs left the meeting in a state of shock, a party official who was inside told Sky News: "It was brutal. It wasn't pretty."
And even Mr Milne, Mr Corbyn's director of communications, told journalists: "There was a robust and open debate."
On allegations of briefing against Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, Mr Milne said: "We did not encourage it."
But an angry Lord Watts told Sky News: "I have told Seumas Milne he is a disgrace. He said I was abusing a member of staff, but it's him who is abusing Labour Party members."
The feuding between Corbyn allies and critics was triggered by a row over claims left-wing Momentum is plotting with the Unite union to seize control of the party.
The bust-up, at the weekly meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, followed a shadow cabinet away-day which ended with accusations of hostile briefing against Mr Watson.
He came under attack from pro-Corbyn sources after he told Sky News earlier: "It looks like a secret plan to take over the Labour Party to me, and I think it needs to be called out.
"I regard this as a battle for the future existence of the Labour Party. This is high stakes."
The row at the PLP began when Mr Streeting, ex-minister John Spellar and veteran backbencher David Winnick asked Mr Corbyn who sanctioned the briefing against Mr Watson after the away-day.
The PLP chairman, left-wing Labour MP John Cryer, said the anti-Tom Watson briefing bore no relation to what happened.
Mr Watson looked visibly shaken as he left the PLP meeting. Asked if Labour was now in a state of civil war, a close ally told Sky News: "Not quite."
As the Westminster meeting ended in a shouting match, angry Labour MPs rounded on Mr Corbyn, with one MP, ex-minister Ian Austin, telling him to "look in the mirror".
Corbyn ally, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, was heard shouting at another critic of the Labour boss, Wes Streeting, after he said the party was being "driven off a cliff".
Ex-minister Pat McFadden then told Mr Corbyn: "Our uselessness is emboldening the nationalist right wherever it exists."
And the former chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP), Lord Watts, told Mr Corbyn's spin doctor Seumas Milne to his face that he was "a disgrace".
More than two hours after the showdown at the PLP, Mr Corbyn launched a fightback on Twitter, appearing to laugh off the earlier row and urging his critics to stop "navel-gazing".
"Today, spirits in the Labour Party have run high, so I want to send a message to all party members," he wrote, introducing a two-minute video.
In the video, appearing to chuckle, he begins: "Sometimes spirits in the Labour party can run high, today has been one of those days."
He then continues: "That's because we're a passionate party. So I'm going to send a message to all party members. I want to make it absolutely clear, members are an asset. As a party we must do more to involve and empower them. "
And in a swipe at his critics, he says: "May's local elections, to win we need unity, not naval gazing. My plea to all Labour party members, whether grassroots or in senior positions, is think of our people first. Think of our movement first. Think of the party first."
But another Labour MP critical of Mr Corbyn, Neil Coyle, immediately responded on Twitter: writing: "When 'navel-gazing' = 'uncomfortable Copeland Qs' & 'more member engagement' = absolutely no frontbench Brexit consultation with members..."
Earlier, the shouting and heckling inside committee room 14 in the Commons was so loud it could be heard clearly by journalists in a corridor outside the room.
After the meeting, Labour grandee Peter Mandelson told reporters the atmosphere in the party now was like that in 1985, when the Militant Tendency attempted to take over.
But when that was put to Lord Neil Kinnock, who as leader from 1983-92 fought bruising battles against the hard-left group, he told journalists: "No, it's worse than that."
After many Labour MPs left the meeting in a state of shock, a party official who was inside told Sky News: "It was brutal. It wasn't pretty."
And even Mr Milne, Mr Corbyn's director of communications, told journalists: "There was a robust and open debate."
On allegations of briefing against Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson, Mr Milne said: "We did not encourage it."
But an angry Lord Watts told Sky News: "I have told Seumas Milne he is a disgrace. He said I was abusing a member of staff, but it's him who is abusing Labour Party members."
The feuding between Corbyn allies and critics was triggered by a row over claims left-wing Momentum is plotting with the Unite union to seize control of the party.
The bust-up, at the weekly meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party, followed a shadow cabinet away-day which ended with accusations of hostile briefing against Mr Watson.
He came under attack from pro-Corbyn sources after he told Sky News earlier: "It looks like a secret plan to take over the Labour Party to me, and I think it needs to be called out.
"I regard this as a battle for the future existence of the Labour Party. This is high stakes."
The row at the PLP began when Mr Streeting, ex-minister John Spellar and veteran backbencher David Winnick asked Mr Corbyn who sanctioned the briefing against Mr Watson after the away-day.
The PLP chairman, left-wing Labour MP John Cryer, said the anti-Tom Watson briefing bore no relation to what happened.
Mr Watson looked visibly shaken as he left the PLP meeting. Asked if Labour was now in a state of civil war, a close ally told Sky News: "Not quite."
Passenger plane carrying 44 people crashes at South Sudan airport
A passenger plane has crashed at a South Sudan airport, reportedly injuring at least 14 people.
Some 44 people are thought to have been on board the South Supreme Airlines plane when it came down in the northwestern town of Wau.
State information minister Bona Gaudensio said: "Right now we have the ambulance which has just come out from the airport and we have received 14 patients being rushed to hospital in stable condition."
No information has been released on the condition of the other passengers.
An aid worker told Reuters news agency: "No one died but there are a number of injured people right now."
Photographs from the scene showed fire engines soaking the smouldering wreckage with water.
Paul Charles, an engineer at the airport, told AFP news agency that visibility was poor when the accident took place.
He said: "The weather is not good. Visibility was not good up to now and (the plane) was landing from the east to west then it just crashes (off) the runway."
Gabriel Ngang, manager of South Supreme Airlines, said the plane had taken off from the capital Juba.
Some 44 people are thought to have been on board the South Supreme Airlines plane when it came down in the northwestern town of Wau.
State information minister Bona Gaudensio said: "Right now we have the ambulance which has just come out from the airport and we have received 14 patients being rushed to hospital in stable condition."
No information has been released on the condition of the other passengers.
An aid worker told Reuters news agency: "No one died but there are a number of injured people right now."
Photographs from the scene showed fire engines soaking the smouldering wreckage with water.
Paul Charles, an engineer at the airport, told AFP news agency that visibility was poor when the accident took place.
He said: "The weather is not good. Visibility was not good up to now and (the plane) was landing from the east to west then it just crashes (off) the runway."
Gabriel Ngang, manager of South Supreme Airlines, said the plane had taken off from the capital Juba.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Hidden killer: Salt in food 'killing 14,000 people a year'
Too much salt in our diets is causing up to 14,000 preventable deaths every year according to health campaigners.
And food producers, they say, are not meeting voluntary reduction targets because it would drive down their profits.
It is called the hidden killer, causing strokes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Professor Graham MacGregor, chairman of Consensus on Salt and Health (CASH), said: "The easiest way to make bland, cheap food more palatable is to add salt - and salt is practically free.
"This is a national scandal. The UK was leading the world in salt reduction, but the Government is doing nothing to ensure that the 2017 salt targets are met."
Professor MacGregor is urging the Government to impose strict limits on the amount of salt used in processed foods.
So far only one out of 28 food categories is on track to meet 2017 salt reduction targets. That is bread rolls.
A product survey, which was conducted using the updated FoodSwitch UK app and its SaltSwitch filter, compared two shopping baskets, each containing similar everyday food items, but with different amounts of salt.
The difference in salt content between the unhealthy and healthy baskets of products was 57g of salt.
Findings revealed many products exceed the maximum salt reduction targets.
Galaxy Ultimate Marshmallow Hot Chocolate is saltier than seawater and has 16 times more salt (per 100g) than the maximum target - one serving is saltier than a bag of crisps, the study found.
Katharine Jenner, registered nutritionist and campaign director for CASH, said: "Salt is the forgotten killer.
"The findings from our FoodSwitch shopping basket survey are alarming and we are shocked to see that many food manufacturers and retailers are still failing to meet the salt reduction targets, despite having had years to work towards them.
"We congratulate the other, more responsible manufacturers, that have successfully achieved them, or are on track to meet them by the end of the year - which shows it is possible.
"With only nine months to go, action must be taken now."
The app was able to demonstrate in all 28 categories there were products with at least 30% less salt, which would meet the maximum salt reduction target.
CASH said the shopping basket analysis reaffirms the public health goal of consuming no more than 6g of salt per person per day is achievable, but said manufacturers are dragging their heels.
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said: "The food industry has reduced the amount of salt found in our foods by 11% in recent years, which is encouraging progress.
"We know there is more to do. This is why we're talking to retailers, manufacturers, and the eating out of home sector on how they go further and faster to reaching the 2017 salt reduction targets."
And food producers, they say, are not meeting voluntary reduction targets because it would drive down their profits.
It is called the hidden killer, causing strokes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Professor Graham MacGregor, chairman of Consensus on Salt and Health (CASH), said: "The easiest way to make bland, cheap food more palatable is to add salt - and salt is practically free.
"This is a national scandal. The UK was leading the world in salt reduction, but the Government is doing nothing to ensure that the 2017 salt targets are met."
Professor MacGregor is urging the Government to impose strict limits on the amount of salt used in processed foods.
So far only one out of 28 food categories is on track to meet 2017 salt reduction targets. That is bread rolls.
A product survey, which was conducted using the updated FoodSwitch UK app and its SaltSwitch filter, compared two shopping baskets, each containing similar everyday food items, but with different amounts of salt.
The difference in salt content between the unhealthy and healthy baskets of products was 57g of salt.
Findings revealed many products exceed the maximum salt reduction targets.
Galaxy Ultimate Marshmallow Hot Chocolate is saltier than seawater and has 16 times more salt (per 100g) than the maximum target - one serving is saltier than a bag of crisps, the study found.
Katharine Jenner, registered nutritionist and campaign director for CASH, said: "Salt is the forgotten killer.
"The findings from our FoodSwitch shopping basket survey are alarming and we are shocked to see that many food manufacturers and retailers are still failing to meet the salt reduction targets, despite having had years to work towards them.
"We congratulate the other, more responsible manufacturers, that have successfully achieved them, or are on track to meet them by the end of the year - which shows it is possible.
"With only nine months to go, action must be taken now."
The app was able to demonstrate in all 28 categories there were products with at least 30% less salt, which would meet the maximum salt reduction target.
CASH said the shopping basket analysis reaffirms the public health goal of consuming no more than 6g of salt per person per day is achievable, but said manufacturers are dragging their heels.
Dr Alison Tedstone, chief nutritionist at Public Health England, said: "The food industry has reduced the amount of salt found in our foods by 11% in recent years, which is encouraging progress.
"We know there is more to do. This is why we're talking to retailers, manufacturers, and the eating out of home sector on how they go further and faster to reaching the 2017 salt reduction targets."
PM begins Brexit tour amid battle to keep UK together
The Prime Minister will visit Wales today as the Government tries to convince the devolved nations that their input will help shape its Brexit negotiations.
Theresa May has faced criticism from the Scottish Nationalist Party that its compromise Brexit proposals were ignored, despite Number 10 launching the Joint Ministerial Committee as a forum to hear their concerns.
First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has used the Government's intransigence as one of the key reasons for seeking a Section 30 order to organise a second independence referendum.
:: Sturgeon says Scotland will keep the pound and apply for full EU membership
Ms Sturgeon said she is determined to hold the ballot and told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday that Scotland would seek to remain part of the European Union.
"There is no queue to join the European Union and we have had several voices over recent times saying that if Scotland wanted to be in the EU then there would be a very open warm reception for that," she said.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister said the trip to Swansea was part of an "ongoing engagement" with the nations, and that Mrs May will be "listening to people from right across the nation as we prepare to leave the EU".
The Government says it will trigger the Article 50 process, to begin the formal process of leaving the EU, before the end of the month.
It follows a torrid few days for Number 10, with a record fine for the Conservative party for election expenses irregularities and a bruising U-turn over increasing National Insurance contributions for the self-employed.
Mrs May will visit Swansea as it signs a £1.3bn City Deal to build research centres and a new "digital district" in the Bay area.
The investment is jointly funded by both the UK and Welsh Governments as well as local authorities and could deliver 9,000 new jobs.
The Prime Minister believes such a scheme is an example of what can be achieved when various bodies within the UK pull together for a single purpose.
"From my first day on the steps of Downing Street, I made clear my determination to strengthen and sustain the precious Union," Mrs May said.
"I have also been clear that as we leave the European Union I will work to deliver a deal that works for the whole of the UK.
"I want every part of the United Kingdom to be able to make the most of the opportunities ahead and for Welsh businesses to benefit from the freest possible trade as part of a global trading nation," she said in a statement.
Wales - together with England - voted in favour of leaving the EU, while Scotland and Northern Ireland opted to remain.
Theresa May has faced criticism from the Scottish Nationalist Party that its compromise Brexit proposals were ignored, despite Number 10 launching the Joint Ministerial Committee as a forum to hear their concerns.
First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has used the Government's intransigence as one of the key reasons for seeking a Section 30 order to organise a second independence referendum.
:: Sturgeon says Scotland will keep the pound and apply for full EU membership
Ms Sturgeon said she is determined to hold the ballot and told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday that Scotland would seek to remain part of the European Union.
"There is no queue to join the European Union and we have had several voices over recent times saying that if Scotland wanted to be in the EU then there would be a very open warm reception for that," she said.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister said the trip to Swansea was part of an "ongoing engagement" with the nations, and that Mrs May will be "listening to people from right across the nation as we prepare to leave the EU".
The Government says it will trigger the Article 50 process, to begin the formal process of leaving the EU, before the end of the month.
It follows a torrid few days for Number 10, with a record fine for the Conservative party for election expenses irregularities and a bruising U-turn over increasing National Insurance contributions for the self-employed.
Mrs May will visit Swansea as it signs a £1.3bn City Deal to build research centres and a new "digital district" in the Bay area.
The investment is jointly funded by both the UK and Welsh Governments as well as local authorities and could deliver 9,000 new jobs.
The Prime Minister believes such a scheme is an example of what can be achieved when various bodies within the UK pull together for a single purpose.
"From my first day on the steps of Downing Street, I made clear my determination to strengthen and sustain the precious Union," Mrs May said.
"I have also been clear that as we leave the European Union I will work to deliver a deal that works for the whole of the UK.
"I want every part of the United Kingdom to be able to make the most of the opportunities ahead and for Welsh businesses to benefit from the freest possible trade as part of a global trading nation," she said in a statement.
Wales - together with England - voted in favour of leaving the EU, while Scotland and Northern Ireland opted to remain.
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