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Rishi Sunak has arrived in Israel, commencing a two-day trip to the wider region amid growing concerns the conflict with Hamas could escalate. The prime minister will hold a meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog, before travelling to a number of other regional capitals in a diplomatic bid to prevent fighting from spiralling. Downing Street ...

LONDON, 18 OCTOBER : British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday that the government still expected inflation to “keep falling this year,” after September data showed annual consumer price inflation was unchanged from August’s 18-month low. “As we have seen across other G7 countries, inflation rarely falls in a straight line, but if we stick to our plan then ...

LONDON, Oct 18 : Climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged by British police on Wednesday after she and others were arrested at a protest outside a London hotel where an oil and gas conference was taking place. Thunberg was charged with a public order offence for failing to comply with conditions that police said had been imposed to prevent “serious ...

UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Anne-Marie Trevelyan speaks at a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) regional conference in Bangkok on the Rohingya crisis on Tuesday The UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, on Tuesday announced further UK funding of £4.5 million to provide vital humanitarian services to Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh. She made the announcement at a ...

Winners of the annual Black British Business Awards (BBBA) were announced at a glitzy central London ceremony. The awards, held at the InterContinental London Park Lane, saw winners including a Netflix marketing executive, an Extreme E-racing engineer and a leading fashion creative for ASOS. The BBBA’s celebrate black excellence in expansive industries including business, arts, media, STEM and finance, with ...

The Conservatives expect to lose half their vote share at two upcoming parliamentary by-elections this month, a leaked internal memo suggests. The document, written for the Tory Party chairman Greg Hands, cites canvassing data from canvassing in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire – which are selecting a new MP on 19 October. It predicts the Tories would win between 28 per ...

Rishi Sunak has revealed that six British citizens were killed and 10 remain missing following attacks on Israel by Hamas. The Prime Minister told the Commons: “The attacks in Israel last weekend shocked the world. Over 1,400 people murdered one by one, over 3,500 wounded, almost 200 taken hostage.” He went on: “We should call it by its name: it ...

London, 16 October : Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday visited a Jewish school here and reiterated his government’s commitment to protect Britain’s Jews from antisemitic attacks amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. Sunak also stressed that Israel’s operations must centre on the terrorist group Hamas to avoid an escalation of conflict in the region. He pointed to the spy planes ...

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has urged Israel to show “restraint” in Gaza ahead of an expected ground offensive in the region. The Foreign Secretary said it was in “Israel’s interest to avoid civilian casualties and Palestinian casualties” as he claimed Hamas hoped to turn the conflict into “ a war between the Muslim world and the wider world”. “None ...

A mum-of-four is anxious about the new visa fees hike proposed by the Government as she could face paying thousands for her family to stay in the UK. Favour, 40, has chosen to stay anonymous and protect her identity to avoid risking her status. After coming from Nigeria 13-years-ago as a student, she says she was unable to keep paying ...