India-UK trade deal: From 99% duty-free access to benefits for Indian professionals – Here’s the FTA in 10 big numbers

[ad_1] Key labour-intensive sectors—marine, textiles, chemicals, base metals—will now enjoy zero duties, down from rates as high as 20%. (AI image) India-UK trade deal: The India-UK trade deal is being seen as a historic milestone in the trade relations between the two countries. The most significant number that jumps out is – 99% of India’s […]

King Charles to host Donald Trump at Windsor Castle: First US president to get second invite; September state visit confirmed

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump will make an unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom from September 17 to 19, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will host Trump and his wife Melania at Windsor Castle during the three-day visit, marking the first time a US president has been […]

Review finds UK police and councils covered up ethnicity of grooming gangs for fear of being called racist

[ad_1] LONDON: A rapid national audit of grooming gangs ordered by UK PM Keir Starmer in February 2025, following pressure from Elon Musk and published late Monday, has found that UK police and councils deliberately concealed the Asian ethnicity of the perpetrators to avoid “appearing racist” and to avoid “raising community tensions”.In two-thirds of cases […]

Middle East crisis: Donald Trump to leave G7 summit early over Iran-Israel conflict; warns Tehran to evacuate ‘immediately’

[ad_1] Donald Trump will leave theG7 summit a day early, White House confirms US President Donald Trump will cut short his visit to the Group of Seven summit in Canada and leave on Monday night due to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, the White House announced.“Because of what’s going on in the Middle […]

UK moves warplanes to Middle East

[ad_1] File photo: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Britain is deploying fighter jets and other “assets” to the Middle East amid an escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Saturday. “We are moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support,” Starmer told reporters travelling with […]

UK to build attack subs as part of major defence review

[ad_1] UK prime minister Keir Starmer (Image credit: AP) LONDON: Britain announced it will build 12 new attack submarines as it was set to unveil Monday a major defence review to deal with “growing” Russian aggression and the changing nature of warfare.Prime Minister Keir Starmer told BBC radio that “there is greater instability on defence […]

Nearly 200 migrants in small boats rescued in Channel

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) Nearly 200 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain in small boats were rescued between late Friday and late Saturday, French coastal authorities said.A total 184 people were picked up in four different rescue operations, the maritime prefecture for France’s Channel and northern region said in a statement […]

UK renationalises first train operator under Labour reforms

[ad_1] Representative Image (AI-generated) A private train operator servicing parts of southern England, including London, on Sunday became the first to be returned to public ownership under a government plan to renationalise Britain’s much-maligned railways.All UK rail operators are due to be renationalised within the next two years in a key policy launched by Prime […]

Germany eyes strongest EU army by 2031

[ad_1] Johann Wadephul (Deutscher Bundestag) US President Donald Trump can feel vindicated: Germany‘s new foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, said this week that the government had accepted the president’s demand to invest 5% of GDP in defense. Speaking at a meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Antalya, Turkey, on Thursday, Wadephul also said Germany would support […]