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UK PM Stays Quiet On Ukraine’s Use Of Long-Range Missiles Against Russia

November 19, 2024 admin

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said he would not “get into operational details” after US President Joe Biden gave Ukraine permission to use Western-supplied long-range missiles against Russia. Speaking to broadcasters at the G20 in Brazil, Starmer refused to be drawn “because the only winner, if we were to do that, is (Russian…

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Britain-India Free Trade Talks Will Launch In 2025: UK PM Keir Starmer

November 19, 2024 admin

Rio de Janeiro: Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced the relaunch of the stalled talks for a free trade agreement with India and said Britain will seek a “new strategic partnership”. After his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Monday, Mr Starmer said, “A new trade…

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UK PM’s Office Apologises After Outrage Over Non-Veg Food At Diwali Party

November 15, 2024 admin

London: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office on Friday apologised for a “mistake” in the organisation of its Diwali reception at 10 Downing Street after some British Hindus objected to non-vegetarian food and alcohol being served at the gathering. While the statement did not make a direct reference to the menu, a spokesperson for Starmer’s office…

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Donald Trump And UK’s Keir Starmer Set For Rocky Special Relationship

November 7, 2024 admin

Keir Starmer has insisted that the UK-US special relationship will “prosper” under Donald Trump but the British prime minister’s Labour government has multiple reasons to fear the Republican’s presidential comeback. Possible trade wars, Labour ministers’ unflattering comments about Trump, and any role for Starmer critic Elon Musk in Trump’s administration would make for a bumpy…

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Share Owners Don’t Count As “Working People”: UK PM Keir Starmer

October 25, 2024 admin

Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Britons who get additional income from stock holdings don’t count as ‘working people,’ suggesting he’s willing to raise taxes on investors. When asked by Sky News if someone who works but also gets income from shares or property is a working person, Starmer said “they wouldn’t come within my definition.”…

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U.K. PM’s Chief of Staff Sue Gray steps down, takes new role

October 6, 2024 admin

Downing Street Chief of Staff Sue Gray has resigned from her position and will take on a new Government role. File | Photo Credit: AFP British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff Sue Gray has resigned just over three months after the Labour Party won a parliamentary election, after rumours about in-fighting in Mr….

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Why Is UK PM Starmer So Upset With Elon Musk?

October 3, 2024 admin

Less than a year ago, tech billionaire Elon Musk was Britain’s star guest at a conference, with the then Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, playing the role of a fawning interviewer to the world’s richest man. A year on, things have changed in Britain. The Labour government, which came to power in July, has decided not…

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Major Boost To India’s Bid For Permanent Seat At UN Security Council

September 27, 2024 admin

New York: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday backed India’s bid for a permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), days after US President Joe Biden and France’s Emmanuel Macron made a similar pitch. Addressing the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s seventy-ninth session in New York, Mr Starmer said…

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Why Anti-Racism Protests And Riots Are Sweeping Across The UK

August 8, 2024 admin

London: A wave of riots, sparked by a deadly attack at a children’s dance event and further fueled by a torrent of misinformation, has gripped parts of the United Kingdom. What began as a community’s grief over the tragic loss of three young girls has spiralled into nationwide chaos, with far-right groups using the moment…

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News Analysis: U.K. riots bring racism, policing, disinformation, migration into focus

August 7, 2024 admin

Riots have spread across several U.K. towns and cities following the killing of three children, Alice Aguiar (9), Bebe King (6) and Elsie Stancombe (7) and the injury of several others during a knife attack in Southport on July 29. Disinformation and, presumably, misinformation that an undocumented migrant and Muslim was behind the attacks…

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