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UK

Starmer under pressure as Streeting quits and Burnham eyes return to parliament

Streeting became the first senior minister to quit the government, saying in a resignation letter that “it is now clear you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election”.

Xi-Trump
Editorial

Taiwan, Iran and Boeing orders dominate Trump-Xi summit in Beijing

Trump said Xi had told him that China would not provide military equipment to Iran. Xi warned Trump that mishandling the Taiwan issue could damage relations between the two countries and even lead to conflict.

BRICS
Editorial

BRICS meet in Delhi focuses on Iran conflict and oil supply concerns

The war in Iran and the related fuel crisis dominated discussions at the two-day meeting. Foreign ministers attending the meeting included Iran’s Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov.

UK business district
Business

Economy grows 0.6 per cent in first quarter in boost to Starmer

Gross domestic product rose 0.6 per cent in the January-March quarter, compared with a revised 0.2 per cent expansion in the final three months of last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Air India crash
Editorial

Air India under pressure before final report on Ahmedabad crash

Air India chief executive Campbell Wilson resigned last month as the airline’s losses for the year ending March 2026 reportedly reached $2.4 billion.

Starmer
UK

Starmer fights to survive as King’s Speech outlines government plans

Starmer, facing growing pressure after Labour’s losses in local and regional elections, said his government would continue with plans to reform Britain and warned against a return to “chaos and instability”.

Vodafone
Business

Vodafone expects higher earnings after reshaping business

The British mobile and broadband company reported a 3.8 per cent rise in core earnings to 11.4 billion euros for the year ending March.

Starmer
UK

Labour MPs push for leadership change as pressure mounts on Starmer

More than 70 of Labour’s 403 MPs are reported to have asked Starmer to step down, despite his pledge to make the party “bolder and better” after the election setback.