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President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that Moscow would regard any move by Britain to deploy a military contingent to Ukraine as a declaration of war against Russia. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, made the comments in response to a visit by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Kyiv to announce an increase in military funding to help Ukraine purchase new military drones. «I hope that our eternal enemies — the arrogant British — understand that deploying an official military contingent to Ukraine would be a declaration of war against our country,» Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Medvedev, whose frequent and harsh public statements diplomats say give an indication of hawkish thinking at the top of the Kremlin, also asked how the Western public would feel if Sunak's delegation came under fire from cluster munitions in the centre of Kyiv, something he said had recently happened to Russian civilians in the city of Belgorod. Belgorod, in southern Russia, is located close to the Ukrainian border and has been targeted by Ukrainian rockets and drones in recent months. In the incident referred to by Medvedev on Dec.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that the country's joint air strikes with the US against Houthi military targets in Yemen overnight was a «necessary and proportionate action in self-defence.» The US-led strikes are the first against the Houthi militia since it started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea from November 2023. Sunak accused the Iranian-backed group of threatening UK ships as the US Air Force said more than 60 targets at 16 locations used by Houthis in Yemen were struck.

In a statement, Russia's Permanent Mission to the UN said, «Russia has requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting on January 12 in connection with US and UK strikes on Yemen.» In a statement to TASS, the mission said the meeting was scheduled for 10 am (local time) (3 pm GMT) Russia's decision comes after US military forces, along with the United Kingdom and with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, carried out strikes against a number of targets used by Houthi rebels in Yemen in the early hours of January 12. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that the Royal Air Force has conducted targeted strikes against military facilities used by Houthi rebels in Yemen, calling it «limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defence.» Rishi Sunak said the UK will always stand up for «freedom of navigation and the free flow of trade.» He stated that the Houthis, despite the repeated warnings from the international community, continue to conduct attacks in the Red Sea, including against UK and US warships just this week. In a statement, Rishi Sunak said, «Despite the repeated warnings from the international community, the Houthis have continued to carry out attacks in the Red Sea, including against UK and US warships just this week.» «This cannot stand.

By David Milliken and William Schomberg

Yemen over recent attacks on Red Sea shipping were «necessary and proportionate», UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. «Despite the repeated warnings from the international community, the Houthis have continued to carry out attacks in the Red Sea,» Sunak said in a statement. «We have therefore taken limited, necessary and proportionate action in self-defence, alongside the United States… to degrade Houthi military capabilities and protect global shipping,» he said. Sunak's statement followed comments by US President Joe Biden about the strikes carried out against the Houthis, who control wide areas of Yemen. Biden described the joint strikes as «defensive» and warned of further measures if the Iran-backed rebels kept attacking Red Sea shipping. He said Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands had also provided non-operational support. The Houthis have stepped up attacks in recent weeks on shipping in the Red Sea, a vital waterway through which 12 percent of world trade flows. Houthi television channel Al-Massirah said the air strikes hit the capital Sanaa as well as the cities of Hodeida and Saada. US and British forces this week shot down 18 drones and three missiles fired by Houthi rebels in the Red Sea in what Washington called a «complex Iranian-designed» attack. UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said on social media platform X that four Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets had taken part in Friday's strikes against Houthi targets alongside US forces. Sunak described the Houthis' actions as «irresponsible» and «destabilising» and said their attacks were «driving up commodity prices». «This cannot stand.

Houthi rebels in Yemen amid growing crisis in oil-rich West Asia, thereby escalating a conflict in response to a string of attacks that have disrupted commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Notably, the spill over from the war between Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel and Hamas fighters in Gaza had been flagged repeatedly by US when Tel Aviv began a relentless airstrike campaign in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

A public inquiry into a British Post Office scandal that led to the wrongful convictions of more than 900 branch managers has resumed

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to overturn the convictions of more than 900 post office branch managers who were wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system

Sudha Murty's published biography 'An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy' has been the source of many an anecdotes of the billionaire businessman. From being made to sleep on a box in a storeroom, to the ‘big regret’ the book has offered a plethora of narratives of Narayana Murthy.

The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office is handing back a royal honor in response to fury over her role in a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of theft

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was on Tuesday given full ceremony Guard of Honour at the Horse Guards Parade grounds in London. There was a special parade by the British Army's Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards and the Band of the Irish Guards. The regiments represented on parade are among the most historic in the British Army. Ceremonial welcomes of this nature are considered special and memorable moments of high honour from one nation to another. Following the ceremony, Rajnath Singh and his UK counterpart, Secretary of State for Defence, Grant Shapps, retired to the Ministry of Defence to discuss shared future military commitments and joint training opportunities Singh on Tuesday also paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at his statue in Tavistock, London. Later on Tuesday, the Defence Minister will depart for the Ambedkar Museum.

Fujitsu software between 1999 and 2015. Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, indicated that Justice Secretary Alex Chalk might consider stripping the Post Office of its prosecution powers after more than 700 branch managers received unjust criminal convictions. A national outcry over the scandal has intensified, with over 700 branch managers facing legal consequences for apparent financial discrepancies caused by the defective software. The ITV drama, «Mr Bates vs the Post Office,» has further fueled demands for government intervention.

A major incident has been declared in Nottinghamshire along the banks of the River Trent, where more than 100 homes have been flooded, with the potential for the numbers to rise throughout the day. Neil Clarke, leader of Rushcliffe Council in Nottinghamshire, emphasized on BBC Radio 4's Today program that while water levels on the River Trent were starting to recede slightly, the situation remained grave.

America’s president, in one of his many public statements about the nearly month-long war in Gaza. Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister, has made similar comments; so has Emmanuel Macron, the French president. An emergency meeting of the Arab League last month ended with a call for “serious negotiations" towards a two-state solution.

Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party

Labour scrutinizes the closure of Catamaran Ventures UK, a start-up investment firm owned by Akshata Murty, wife of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The decision to wind up the company was officially filed in December, with a spokesperson for Ms. Murty confirming that the company's holdings would be transferred to the charity ShareGift. Labour's national campaign co-ordinator, Pat McFadden, has written to Deputy PM Oliver Dowden, seeking clarity on the implications of this closure. Labour's concerns and queries

Britain will likely go to the polls in the last six months of this year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak indicated Thursday, as speculation mounts about the date of the vote. Sunak, whose Conservative party has been in power since 2010, has until the end of January 2025 to call a much-anticipated general election.

LONDON (Reuters) — Britain's services firms grew more strongly in December than initially thought and optimism hit a seven-month high, according to a survey that will be welcome news for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who is expected to hold an election later this year.

appreciating Sunak's efforts, said, “Absolutely brilliant Rishi, you’ve made many of us laugh our Christmas socks off." Sunak is married to Akshata Murty, the daughter of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy and author Sudha Murty. The family spent Christmas in their constituency home in Richmond, North Yorkshire.

Akshata Murty has been named in the list of best dressed men and women in UK for 2023 by The Telegraph’s fashion editors. The list also features British Vogue’s new head of editorial content Chioma Nnadi, Princess of Wales Catherine Middleton, Pamela Anderson, King Charles III, Daniel Craig among others.

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