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In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the U.K. Parliamentary Recording Unit via the Parliament TV website on November 29, 2024, tellers announce that MPs have approved the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill on second reading by 330 votes to 275, a majority of 55, in the House of Commons. Photo: […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a press conference on migration at 10 Downing Street, London on November 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Conservative governments before him of conducting an experiment with open borders and allowing record high migration intentionally, after official migration data released on Thursday (November […]
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Louise Haigh. File | Photo Credit: AP British Transport Secretary Louise Haigh resigned on Friday (November 29, 2024) over a decade-old fraud conviction for claiming her cellphone had been stolen. In a letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ms. Haigh said “I remain totally committed to our political project, but I now believe it will […]
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A protester holds a machete and a saw near burning barricades during a “national shutdown” against the election outcome, at Luis Cabral township in Maputo, Mozambique, November 7, 2024. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The governments of the United States, U.K., Canada, Norway, and Switzerland on Wednesday (November 27, 2024) jointly condemned the escalating violence […]
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A handout photograph, released by the UK Parliament, shows Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer standing and speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, in central London on November 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP/Handout/UK Parliament The U.K. House of Commons, on Friday (November 29, 2024), will vote on a bill […]
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Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks on stage during the Confederation of British Industry annual conference, in London, on November 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves sought to assure British industry on Monday (November 25, 2024), saying she would not increase taxes for the remainder of the current Parliament, […]
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U.K. Foreign Office Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West. Photo: gov.uk More than four months after the U.K.’s Labour government came to power, it has declared that the U.K.’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific is long term. The U.K.’s Indo-Pacific Minister Catherine West outlined the position of the U.K. government at the second Indo-Pacific Conference organized […]
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in power since July and a supporter of dialogue with Western countries, has said he wants to remove “doubts and ambiguities” about his country’s nuclear programme. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iran said on Sunday (November 24, 2024) that it would hold nuclear talks in the coming days with the three […]
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his statement on COP29 and G20 Summits at the House of Commons in London on November 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Free Trade Agreement negotiations with India — expected to significantly boost the estimated GBP 42 billion a year bilateral trade partnership — will be relaunched early […]
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Britain’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attends a bilateral meeting with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G20 summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | Photo Credit: Reuters India and the U.K. have decided to re-launch discussions to conclude a ‘free trade’ deal in the […]
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