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NEW DELHI: Amid escalating calls for a thorough investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein abuse scandal, Prince Andrew was urged to testify under oath about his involvement, potentially facing legal consequences if he fails to tell the truth.According to reports in the Guardian, Spencer Kuvin, a Florida-based attorney representing several of Epstein’s victims, insisted that the
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LONDON: 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
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LONDON: Britain’s economy grew slightly more strongly than expected in November but remains at risk of slipping into a mild recession, a potential blow for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before an election expected in 2024.Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 0.3% after a fall of 0.3% in October, slightly beating economists’ forecasts for 0.2% growth
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday said that the government is reviewing the compensation process in an accounting scandal that wrongly accused hundreds of sub-postmasters of fraud, many of them of Indian heritage. During an interview with the BBC, Sunak was asked about the historic scandal involving a faulty IT system named Horizon
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LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Kyiv on Friday to launch “a major new package of support” for Ukraine and increase military funding for this financial year to 2.5 billion euros ($3.2 billion), his office said.The figure is an increase of £200 million over the last two years and will ensure the “largest
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NEW DELHI: India and the UK propose to further consolidate their strategic ties during defence minister Rajnath Singh‘s visit to London this week, with enhancing security cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and defence-industrial collaboration proposals in fighter jet engines and electric propulsion for warships figuring high on the bilateral agenda.Singh, who will leave
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WASHINGTON, DC: Houthi rebels from Yemen launched 18 drones over the southern Red Sea, according to US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM), marking the armed group’s 26th attack on international trade channels in the previous seven weeks, reported Al Jazeera.CENTCOM said that two anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile were also downed.CENTCOM was working
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LONDON: US and British air strikes were carried out in Yemen against Huthi targets in response to recent attacks on Red Sea shipping, according to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.In a statement, Sunak referred to the Huthis using alternative spelling and stated that despite repeated warnings from the international community, they have continued to carry
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LONDON: A motion to add India to the UK’s “safe states list” was cleared by a parliamentary committee on Wednesday despite objections from some opposition MPs who said India was “not safe”.The fifth delegated legislation committee voted 9 to 2 that it had considered the statutory instrument to add India and Georgia to the UK’s
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LONDON: Britain said on Wednesday it would send warships to the Indian Ocean later this year and an aircraft carrier to the region in 2025 for joint training and operations with Indian forces as the two countries strengthen their security ties. British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said the Royal Navy’s Littoral Response Group would visit
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