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UK PM Boris Johnson wins confidence vote but suffers big rebellion

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins confidence vote with 59% share

UK to send first long-range missiles to Ukraine despite Russia's threat

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced that the UK will send its first long-range missiles to Ukraine despite a threat by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the West

Explained: What happens if British PM Johnson wins the confidence vote?

Even if Johnson is protected from a new vote of confidence, a significant mutiny could make his leadership untenable

UK PM Boris Johnson to face no-confidence vote over 'partygate' scandal

Johnson has been under growing pressure after he and staff held alcohol-fuelled parties at the heart of power when Britain was under strict lockdowns to tackle Covid

Queen Elizabeth II vows to keep serving people after 70-yr reign

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of the UK, has vowed to keep serving the people after celebrations for her 70 years of reign.

Russian air activity remains high over Donbas: UK military intelligence

Russian air activity remains high over Ukraine's Donbas region with Russian aircraft carrying out strikes using both guided and unguided munitions, UK said

Record 2 million people in UK have long Covid infection, shows survey

An estimated 2 million people in Britain have lingering Covid-19 symptoms more than four weeks after their initial coronavirus infection, a latest survey showed.

2 arrested after military parade for Queen Elizabeth is interrupted

Two men ran out from behind barriers where tens of thousands of people had gathered on the Mall boulevard, which leads to Buckingham Palace, and lay down in front of a marching band, footage showed

UK PM Boris Johnson forced to explain actions in fresh partygate row

UK PM Boris Johnson has been forced to explain, by his own ethics adviser, why he believed that the partygate fine issued to him by Scotland Yard did not breach the country's Ministerial Code

Johnson, Shehbaz Sharif discuss UK-Pakistan trade, Ukraine conflict

UK PM Boris Johnson spoke to his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif and discussed a range of issues including trade, the human rights situation in Afghanistan and the Ukraine conflict

UK health security agency detects 71 new cases of viral monkeypox

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected 71 new human cases of monkeypox in the country

Sunak's billionaire wife Akshata Murty builds ties to world's super-rich

Murty, 42, who was born in India and is still an Indian citizen, has a net worth of about $1.2 billion thanks to her stake in Infosys Ltd.

UK to offer work visas to graduates from world's top universities

The visas, meant to encourage graduates to start their careers in the UK, are among the latest measures designed to show the benefits of Brexit

FTA between India and UK could be ready by Diwali, says Piyush Goyal

The way things are progressing between the two negotiating teams, a free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the UK could be ready by Diwali, said Piyush Goyal during a visit to Britain

UK household support package to have 'minimal impact' on inflation: Sunak

Sunak said on Thursday high inflation was now causing "acute distress".

UK announces 25% levy on energy firms to ease cost-of-living crisis

The UK announced that it will impose a 25 per cent levy on the profits of oil and gas companies, to ease the financial burden on millions of households amid raging inflation

'Stop playing' with Russia, end war: Ukrainian Prez Zelenskyy tells West

"Ukraine will always be an independent state and it won't be broken," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said

UK imposes 25% energy windfall tax to help households as bills surge

It is the second emergency policy intervention to help with rising bills this year

Britain's regulator launches second probe into Google's ad practices

The Competition and Ma­rkets Authority's (CMA) latest probe follows its investigation into Google and Faceb­ook owner-Meta's "Jedi Blue" agreement earlier this year

UK elects first Dalit female mayor Mohinder K Midha in London council

An Indian-origin politician from the UK's Opposition Labour Party, Councillor Mohinder K Midha, has been elected mayor of Ealing Council in west London, becoming the first female mayor of a local London council belonging to the Dalit community. Midha was elected for the next year's term of 2022-23 at a council meeting on Tuesday. We are so proud that Cllr Mohinder Midha has been elected Mayor of Ealing for the next year, the Labour Party in Ealing said in a statement. The election is being celebrated by the British Dalit community as a proud moment. The first ever Dalit woman mayor in the UK. A proud moment for us, said Santosh Dass, chair of the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisation (FABO) UK, an umbrella group representing Dalit rights in the country. Midha, who was re-elected as a Labour councillor for the Dormers Wells ward in the Ealing Council in the May 5 local elections in London, had been serving as the Deputy Mayor for the council previously. Tackling the