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The gunmen, whom New Delhi has accused Islamabad of supporting, reportedly targeted Hindus, who make up the majority of the Indian population. Pakistan is a Muslim-majority country. India has since expelled Pakistani diplomats, suspended a crucial water treaty and canceled visas for Pakistani nationals, with Pakistan responding in kind, and minor skirmishes have erupted along the frontier. A Pakistani minister claimed this week that India was planning a military attack. The United States has urged both countries, which have nuclear arsenals and have warred with each other before — most recently in 1999 — to defuse tensions. European Commission President…
Reynolds and Goyal are hoping to sign an agreement in principle for the deal this weekend in expectation that Prime Ministers Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi would then finalize the deal later this year. The two nations are also negotiating a Bilateral Investment Treaty in parallel with the trade deal. Last month both sides overcame a significant hurdle in the talks when they closed the mobility chapter, which governs inter-company transfers. India conceded Britain will only offer minor changes to its visa regime. Goyal left the U.K. earlier this week for a trip to Oslo and then Brussels. The visits…
But none of this is guaranteed to work. Voters opted for “change” last year — it was Labour’s one-word election slogan. They have yet to feel it, as Starmer himself acknowledged. It’s not clear that they will be willing to wait, with cynicism apparently on the rise. As the British Election Study found, Labour’s 2024 landslide came amid high levels of political alienation with one in three voters saying they have “no trust” in politicians. That kind of attitude makes a fragmented electoral landscape even more volatile. In the space of five years, British voters veered wildly from giving a…
Chile has issued a tsunami warning after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off its southern coast on Friday. The epicentre was under the sea 219km south of the Argentinian border town of Ushuaia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).Chilean authorities issued an evacuation order for the entire coast in the Magallanes region, which lies in the south of the country. Chile’s National Service for Disaster Prevention and Response also requested that people abandon all beach areas in the Chilean Antarctic territory. Chilean President Gabriel Boric wrote on X that “all resources are available” to respond to potential emergencies.”We are…
The Trump Administration filed lawsuits against two US states on Wednesday, to stop them from taking legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change. On Thursday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued two more states over their climate laws.Officials in the four Democratic states – Hawaii and Michigan, New York and Vermont – are defiant in the face of these unprecedented lawsuits.It fits a strong pattern of anti-climate action measures that Trump has pursued during his first 100 days back in office. On the campaign trail last year, he pledged to “stop the wave of frivolous…
Looking both left and right Farage was once known for campaigning in Labour’s old discomfort zones like immigration. Now he also speaks of “industrializing Britain” in language once held firmly on the left. Union shop stewards are backing Reform; there is talk that some will even stand for Farage’s party. A survey conducted last week by pollsters Find Out Now, for the lobbying firm Apella Advisors, suggested two-thirds of Reform voters support public ownership of sectors such as rail, water and energy. Labour is nationalizing the first, but not the other two. One think tank official said: “There is a…
Vance’s comments came just a few hours after Washington signed a deal with Kyiv to share the profits of Ukraine’s mineral resources in exchange for reconstruction assistance from the U.S. Despite limited American success so far in halting hostilities more than three years after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion, Vance also praised U.S. President Donald Trump as the only person who could bring about a cooling of tensions between Moscow and Kyiv. “I don’t think anybody could have gotten this deal done, other than Donald J. Trump. And when I say this deal, I mean, getting these…
However, it also ruled that the U.K. had made a procedural error in bringing in the ban by not giving due regard to the rights of EU fishers during an adjustment period — as required under the Brexit trade deal. The fish are fed to livestock by farmers in countries like Denmark, but are also the favored food of baby seabirds. Conservationists have long pushed for the ban on fishing the stock in a bid to give the endangered birds a break — and a chance at arresting their falling numbers. A U.K. government spokesperson said the judgment “does not…
As congregations resume in the Vatican in the week leading up to the conclave, some cardinals actively avoid journalists’ microphones as they hurry towards St Peter’s Square.But others are willing to stop and talk to reporters. “Let’s hope the conclave doesn’t last too long,” Cardinal Philippe Barbarin said from the car taking him out of the Vatican. Asked about where the next pope will come from and whether he will be European, he shot back, “He will be a pope of the whole church.”Although not electors, cardinals over the age of 80, given their experience, still take part in these…
A common gripe about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, post-Endgame, is that it’s been convoluted quantity over streamlined quality.With their 36th adventure – and Phase Five closer – the MCU may have found a way of keeping the machine rolling smoother for a bit longer. Thunderbolts* shows that there are still compelling and entertaining stories to tell when you don’t bog yourself down with excessive world-building and avoid assigning catch-up homework for your audience before they head into the theatre… Thunderbolts* begins with Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), who shares that “there’s something wrong with me – an emptiness, a void… Or maybe I’m just bored.”Regardless of…