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Maldives challenges UK-Mauritius plan with Chagos Islands sovereignty claim
The Maldives has formally demanded talks with Prime Minister Andy Burnham over the future of the Chagos Islands, reasserting its own sovereignty interest in the archipelago at a moment when Labour’s planned handover of the territory to Mauritius has stalled. President Mohamed Muizzu wrote to Burnham citing the Maldives’ historical and cultural ties to Chagos,…
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President Trump’s move just before the midterms looks to defy historic trend and more top headlines
Fox News’ morning newsletter rounds up its top stories, led by a piece on Donald Trump making a pre-midterm move that reportedly bucks the usual historical pattern for a sitting president’s party. Other headline stories include an ongoing National Transportation Safety Board investigation into a fatal Amazon cargo plane crash and a powerful hurricane making…
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More than 100,000 people add names to complaint against Gianni Infantino
More than 100,000 people have added their names to a complaint against Fifa president Gianni Infantino, accusing him of abusing his power, breaching his duty of political neutrality and failing in his duty of loyalty through his dealings with Donald Trump. The complaint, organised by campaign group Fair Square under its Reboot Fifa initiative, was…
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‘Everything is against us’: Jaguar Land Rover suppliers voice fears amid carmaker’s cutbacks
Jaguar Land Rover’s plan to cut 4,000 jobs over two years has alarmed businesses in its UK supply chain, who warn the industry faces mounting pressure from Chinese competition, US tariffs and the aftermath of a major cyber-attack. The cuts, announced this week as Britain’s biggest carmaker, matter beyond JLR itself because tens of thousands…
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UK politics live: Israel condemns Britain’s ‘grave miscalculation’ over West Bank sanctions
Britain and Israel have become locked in a diplomatic dispute after the UK imposed sanctions on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, prompting Israel to retaliate by closing its Jerusalem consulate and banning 12 British officials, including Jeremy Corbyn and Diane Abbott, from entering the country. The row marks a significant deterioration…
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Whitehall’s latest plan to get things done: Less Whitehall
The UK government has told ministers to cut back on formal consultations, tolerate greater legal risk, and curb judicial reviews in a bid to speed up decision-making. In a letter sent on Monday, Chancellor John Healey, First Secretary of State Louise Haigh, and Attorney General Ellie Reeves said “consultation culture” had become an “industry of…
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Highest paid world leader to get salary increase of $1 million
Singapore’s government is raising the salaries of its prime minister and other ministers, cementing Lawrence Wong’s position as the world’s highest-paid political leader. Wong’s pay package will rise by S$1.4 million (roughly $1.1m; £818,000) to S$3.6 million a year, an increase of more than 60%, though he has pledged to donate the additional amount to…
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Even Labour admits Starmer let human rights lawyers cripple the Government as ‘risk-averse’ guidance created by ally Lord Hermer is scrapped
Labour’s new attorney general, Ellie Reeves, has scrapped legal guidance introduced by her predecessor Lord Hermer, which critics blamed for giving human rights lawyers an effective veto over government policy and hampering ministers’ ability to act decisively. Hermer, a close friend of Sir Keir Starmer and fellow former human rights barrister, had faced criticism for…
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Argentina launches criminal charges against energy company operating in the Falkland Islands
Argentina’s government has filed criminal charges against Navitas Petroleum, the Tel Aviv-listed firm operating the Sea Lion oilfield off the Falkland Islands, along with the company’s subsidiaries, partners and corporate directors. The move follows President Javier Milei’s pledge, made in a televised address, to deploy “diplomatic, economic, judicial and legal” measures against firms drilling in…