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Global powers urge restraint after US strikes Iran; Tehran vows retaliation; PM Modi, Starmer, Erdogan respond to crisis

The United States launched targeted airstrikes on three key Iranian nuclear sites — Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan — early Sunday, intensifying its role in the Israel-Iran conflict. The attacks, confirmed by President Donald Trump, involved B-2 Spirit stealth bombers and bunker-busting GBU-57 bombs. Donald Trump hailed it as a “very successful attack,” while Iran condemned […]

Watch: Starmer scrambles to pick up Trump’s papers as UK-US trade deal signed at G7 Summit; ‘Had no choice,’ UK PM explains

In an unexpected moment of political choreography, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was seen crouching on the floor to retrieve documents spilled by US President Donald Trump during a joint announcement of a new UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit in Canada.The two leaders had just declared the official signing of the much-anticipated […]

Russia denies involvement in arson at properties linked to UK Prime Minister Starmer | World News

LONDON : A top Kremlin official on Monday scoffed at a report that Russia could be involved in recent arson attacks on the private home of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a building where he once lived and a car that he had owned. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was responding to a Financial Times report […]

Labour U-Turn: How UK PM Keir Starmer went hard right on immigration | World News

For the better part of a decade, the UK’s Labour Party had perfected the art of losing.Despite Brexit chaos, five Tory prime ministers, Boris Johnson’s Downing Street circus, Liz Truss’s lettuce-inflicted collapse, a pandemic, and a brutal cost-of-living crisis, Labour remained stuck in opposition—haunted by its own ideological baggage and public mistrust.Voters flirted with them, […]

UK’s Starmer condemns ‘attack on our democracy’ after fires at homes linked to him | World News

UK’s Starmer condemns ‘attack on our democracy’ after fires at homes linked to him (Photo: AP) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told lawmakers Wednesday that recent arson attacks on properties linked to him represent “an attack on all of us, on democracy and the values that we stand for.” The remarks by Starmer during weekly […]

‘Island of strangers’: What UK PM Starmer said on immigration

UK PM Keir Starmer drew backlash for his immigration speech. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Monday that his administration would tighten every area of the country’s broken immigration system to stop the country from becoming an “island of strangers”.The comment drew a huge backlash as it was seen as unnecessary fear-mongering.Starmer was speaking […]

‘Pragmatic’ approach could reap ‘ambitious’ UK-EU deal: Starmer | World News

LONDON: A “pragmatic” approach to talks on food standards, youth mobility and European courts could yield an “ambitious” post-Brexit deal between the EU and UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in an interview published Saturday by The Guardian newspaper.London and Brussels are hopeful of signing a deal at the first UK-EU summit since Brexit, which […]

Trump keeps 10% baseline tariff, eases auto and metal duties in trade deal with UK

US president Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed a trade framework with the United Kingdom that reduces tariffs on autos and metals while keeping the baseline 10% tariff as it is. The announcement followed a phone call with UK prime minister Keir Starmer. Under the plan, US tariffs on British cars will drop from 27.5% to […]

Britain Lost Out on Euro Disney. Now It’s Getting a Universal Theme Park.

Universal Studios will build its first European theme park in Bedfordshire, England, studio officials said Wednesday, previewing a sprawling resort that could combine iconic American brands like “Jurassic Park” with classic British characters like Paddington Bear, Dr. Who and Harry Potter. Set to open in 2031, British officials said the yet-to-be-named theme park would be […]

UK ‘stands ready’ to intervene as Trump’s US tariffs disrupt global trade order: PM Starmer

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday declared that the United Kingdom is prepared to deploy direct state intervention to protect British industries from the shockwaves of sweeping tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump.Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Starmer said the world had entered a new era where the “old assumptions can no longer […]