UK halts trade talks with Israel over Gaza aid blockade

David Lammy is new UK Foreign Secretary

London: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Tuesday that Britain has suspended trade negotiations with Israel over its Gaza blockade. Lammy also said the Israeli ambassador had been summoned. Earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza on Tuesday, describing the ongoing civilian suffering as "utterly intolerable," and called for an immediate ceasefire. Addressing Parliament Tuesday, Starmer said, "The level of suffering, innocent children being bombed...

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Russia ready to work with Ukraine on peace deal

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Moscow: Moscow is ready to continue contacts with Kyiv and will propose to work on a memorandum about a potential peace deal, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Tuesday. Zakharova said Russia has "once again affirmed its desire to achieve a final, fair settlement of the crisis," adding that progress towards a resolution of the conflict cannot be achieved without tackling the root causes. She said it is necessary to...

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Murshidabad violence: HC-appointed panel says police were inactive at some places

Kolkata: A report by a committee set up by the Calcutta High Court for identification and rehabilitation of victims of anti-Waqf protests-related violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad district said that the local police were "inactive and absent" during the incidents at Dhulian April 11. It also mentioned that a local councillor directed the attacks at Dhulian town in Murshidabad. The report, submitted to the high court by the three-member committee, stated...

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BJP govt revamps BJD-era cabinet norms, ministers to now lead discussions

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has restructured the way cabinet meetings are held, empowering ministers to take a lead in the discussions and curtailing the role of bureaucrats, senior minister Suresh Pujari said Tuesday. The cabinet meetings will now see a more proactive participation of ministers, whose role was curtailed during the previous BJD government, he said. "Earlier,...

David Lammy is new UK Foreign Secretary

UK halts trade talks with Israel over Gaza aid blockade

London: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Tuesday that Britain has suspended trade negotiations with Israel over its Gaza blockade. Lammy also said the Israeli ambassador had been summoned. Earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza on Tuesday, describing the ongoing civilian suffering as "utterly intolerable," and called for an immediate...

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Russia ready to work with Ukraine on peace deal

Moscow: Moscow is ready to continue contacts with Kyiv and will propose to work on a memorandum about a potential peace deal, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Tuesday. Zakharova said Russia has "once again affirmed its desire to achieve a final, fair settlement of the crisis," adding that progress towards a resolution of the conflict...

Investors kidnap stock trader after losing money in market downturn, arrested

Bhubaneswar: A group of investors allegedly abducted a stock market trader from Odisha's Cuttack after he failed to repay them their money, police said. The stock market trader, identified as Soumya Ranjan Behera (31), was rescued from Kendrapara town Monday after a 12-hour-long operation. All seven kidnappers have also been arrested, they said. Police Commissioner S Dev...

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Professor from Ashoka University sent to 14-day judicial custody

New Delhi: Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad Tuesday was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Haryana court in connection with FIRs registered against him for his allegedly objectionable remarks on Operation Sindoor. The police had sought an extension of his remand by seven days, but on our objection, the court refused the plea and sent...

David Lammy is new UK Foreign Secretary

UK suspends Israel trade talks, announces West Bank settler sanctions

London: The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and has levelled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticises Israel's military actions in Gaza. Tuesday's actions came a day after the UK, France and Canada condemned Israel's handling of the war in Gaza and its actions in the occupied West Bank....

 

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