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Daniel Khalife came to an end on Saturday morning after the London Metropolitan Police arrested him with the help of the Territorial Support Group. The undercover cops swooped on the fugitive when he was near a canal bridge in Chiswick. The sleuths of the law-enforcing agencies were on tenterhooks since Wednesday morning when the former soldier escaped HMP Wandsworth after hiding under a food delivery van. In the photographs taken from the scene of the arrest, Khalife is seen being held by cops near a bike and a sleeping bag. He is also seen with a cool bag of groceries. In a statement issued on social media site X, the London Metropolitan Police said, “Metropolitan Police officers have arrested Daniel Khalife who escaped from HMP Wandsworth on 6 Sep Officers apprehended him just before 11 am today in the #Chiswick area, and he is currently in police custody We thank the public and media for their support with info and appeals.” Reacting to the arrest of the fugitive, UK Prime Miniter Rishi Sunak told journalists in the Indian capital of New Delhi, “I’m very pleased with the news and my thanks to the police officers for their fantastic work over the past couple of days, but also to the public who came forward with an enormous number of leads to help the police in their inquiries.” Home Minister Chris Philp congratulated the Metropolitan Police for their “rapid and effective” work. Earlier, the London Police announced a reward of GBP 20,000 for information leading to the arrest of Daniel Khalife.

G20 Declaration has welcomed the 'G20 Framework for Systems of Digital Public Infrastructure', recognising the role of DPI in the delivery of services at a societal scale, and underlined the commitment to work together to promote cooperation on international governance for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar described the Declaration as a «tremendous achievement». «India's #G20 Presidency is going to leave an indelible impression on the world order as we move forward,» Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for IT and Electronics, said in a post on X (earlier Twitter).

Leadership Declaration that called upon for peace in Ukraine. While the adoption of the declaration was hailed as something with ‘100% consensus', and ‘historic’, it also earned criticism for being silent on Russia, and for talking about war ‘in Ukraine’ instead of war ‘against Ukraine’.

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globalisation." Kant also commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership in steering India's G20 Presidency towards this shared vision. Also Read: G20 Summit: Rajghat visit, tree planting ceremony- events scheduled for Day 2 The G20 Declaration is being hailed as both historic and groundbreaking.

World Trade Organization's dispute settlement system, which has been dysfunctional since 2019, leading to protectionism in global trade by 2024, as per a joint declaration released on Saturday. “We reiterate the need to pursue WTO reform to improve all its functions through an inclusive member-driven process, and remain committed to conducting discussions with a view to having a fully and well-functioning dispute settlement system accessible to all members by 2024," the G20 New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration said.

G20 Summit in national capital Delhi. The G20 leaders saw a productive day 1 on Saturday, 9 September. The important decisions taken on the first day of the G20 Summit included adoption of the New Delhi Leadership Declaration, announcement of a mega India-Middle East-Europe economic corridor and induction of the African Union (AU) as permanent member of the Group of 20.

ALSO READ: G20 Summit 2023 LIVE Updates Adding more, the statement said, "As the G20’s current and next three Presidencies, we will build on the historic progress of India’s G20 Presidency to address global challenges. In this spirit, together with the World Bank President, we welcome the G20’s commitment to build better, bigger, and more effective multilateral development banks.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has met with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the G20 summit

greenhouse gas emission by 43% by 2030, and doubling provision of adapting finance by 2025, besides the global biofuel alliance. External affairs minister S Jaishankar noted the push by emerging markets’ towards reaching a consensus on Russia-Ukraine after several rounds of discussions and negotiations, but said that all countries had agreed on the issue that was leading to consequences for the global economy.

G20 leaders on Saturday asked the financial institutions to leverage private capital through innovative financing models and new partnerships to make maximum development impact.It also endorsed the roadmap for implementing the recommendations of the G20 Independent Review of MDBs Capital Adequacy Frameworks (CAFs) and called for its ambitious implementation, within MDBs' own governance frameworks while safeguarding their long-term financial sustainability, robust credit ratings and preferred creditor status.. «We also call for a regular review of the progress of implementation on a rolling basis including through engaging with MDBs, subject experts and shareholders. We commend the MDBs for their progress in implementing the CAF recommendations, especially with respect to adapting definitions of risk appetite and financial innovation,» the G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration said.Also Read: G20 Summit News Updates: India announces mega rail, port connectivity deal with US, UAE, Saudi Arabia Committing to pursue reforms for better, bigger and more effective MDBs to address global challenges to maximise developmental impact, G20 leaders urged these institutions to undertake comprehensive efforts to evolve their vision, incentive structures, operational approaches and financial capacities so that they are better equipped to maximize their impact in addressing a wide range of global challenges.

G20 Summit on Saturday reiterated their commitment towards reform of the World Trade Organization (WTO), dispute settlement and that trade and environment policies should be mutually supportive consistent with global trade rules and multilateral environmental agreements. In the New Delhi Leaders’ Declaration, the grouping- which added the African Union as its new permanent member- emphasised on avoiding discriminatory green economic policies. “We renew our commitment to ensure a level-playing field and fair competition by discouraging protectionism and market distorting practices, to foster a favourable trade and investment environment for all,” the bloc said, highlighting its commitment to 'positive outcomes at the WTO’s Thirteenth Ministerial Conference (MC13).' The 37-page declaration has the trade and investment agenda in a subhead titled 'Unlocking Trade for Growth.' “We affirm that a rules-based, non-discriminatory, fair, open, inclusive, equitable, sustainable and transparent multilateral trading system, with WTO at its core, is indispensable,” they said.

G20 leaders on Saturday called for a strong, sustainable, and inclusive growth as an answer to the uneven recovery the world has seen from the pandemic-infused plunder, and flagged trillions of dollar that countries would need to meet their climate goals and clean energy technologies. The New Delhi Declaration adopted at the Summit of leaders of the world's top 20 economies held under India's presidency also called for reforming of international financial institutions, managing debt vulnerabilities of low and middle-income countries and the start of exchange of tax-relevant information on crypto assets by 2027. The declaration called for accelerating efforts to phase down unabated coal power, phase-out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies and low-cost financing for energy transition of developing countries. While developing countries need USD 5.8-5.9 trillion in the pre-2030 period for their climate goals, the world would need another USD 4 trillion per annum investment by 2030 to help reach net-zero carbon emission goal by 2050. Stating that cascading crises have posed challenges to long-term growth, the declaration called for well calibrated macroeconomic and structural policies to counter the challenge of an uneven recovery, and boost long-term growth.

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the future of our people and our planet. It is with the philosophy of living in harmony with our surrounding ecosystem that we commit to concrete actions to address global challenges. 3.

AFP. Referencing the 'war in Ukraine', the New Delhi Leaders Summit Declaration said that 'all states' should 'refrain from the threat or use of force to seek territorial acquisition against the territorial integrity and sovereignty or political independence of any state'. Unlike in a G20 statement in Bali last year, there was no explicit reference to Russia in the Delhi Declaration. In 2022, a UN resolution condemned in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine.

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Today the G20 summit in New Delhi kicked off with ... moreToday the G20 summit in New Delhi kicked off with great fanfare. In the morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi world leaders at the Bharat Mandapam. Watch.

New Delhi: Spain's vice-president Nadia Calvino on Saturday underscored the paramount importance of multilateralism and global collaboration in addressing climate change during the G20 Leaders’ Summit on Saturday. “There has been a very strong call for multilateralism and confidence in our joint ability to co-operate and to work together to face global challenges such as climate change during the discussion this morning," Calvino said on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders’ Summit after the first session on One Earth.

Narendra Modi announced that consensus had been reached among member states, marking a major breakthourgh in the meet of the most powerful nations in the world. "Have just got the good news that due to the hard work of our teams and your cooperation, a consensus has been reached on New Delhi G20 Leaders Summit Declaration," Modi told the leaders while addressing the second session of the Summit at the Bharat Mandapam here. "It is my proposal that this G20 Declaration be adopted," the prime minister said.