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UK PM to arrive in Ahmedabad on April 21, hold 'in-depth' talks with Modi

Boris Johnson will become the first British Prime Minister to visit Gujarat when he lands in Ahmedabad next week for a two-day visit to India

Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK's Johnson, Truss, Wallace

The Kremlin has described Johnson, who has been one of Ukraine's staunchest backers, as "the most active participant in the race to be anti-Russian"

UK says one-way flights to Rwanda for asylum-seekers to start within weeks

Critics of the Conservative government accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of using the headline-grabbing policy to distract attention from his political troubles

UK PM Boris Johnson rejects calls to resign amid 'partygate' fine

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused to resign after being fined for breaking his government's pandemic lockdown rules

UK consumer price inflation rises at fastest clip in 30 years

The annual inflation rate climbed to 7.0 per cent in March from 6.2 per cent in February, its highest since March 1992

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak offers unreserved apology, pays 'partygate' fine

The Indian-origin finance minister offered the apology in a statement issued on Tuesday evening, after Johnson's own apology and confirmation that he too had paid up his fine

UK PM Johnson, minister Rishi Sunak to be fined over 'partygate' scandal

Downing Street confirmed that the two senior-most UK government officials had received notification from the Metropolitan Police that they would be given "fixed penalty notices"

Boris Johnson visits Ukraine to pledge UK's unwavering support

Ukraine has defied the odds and pushed back Russian forces from the gates of Kyiv, achieving the greatest feat of arms of the 21st century, said Johnson

UK PM Johnson meets Ukrainian President Zelensky to discuss aid package

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday.Johnson said that he has travelled to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy in person and show solidarity with the Ukrainian people."Today I met my friend President @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv as a show of our unwavering support for the people of Ukraine. We're setting out a new package of financial & military aid which is a testament of our commitment to his country's struggle against Russia's barbaric campaign," Johnson tweeted.The Embassy of Ukraine to the United Kingdom tweeted a picture of Boris Johnson sitting alongside Zelenskyy in an office. This visit comes as the Johnson government has announced defensive aid to Ukraine with a new £100m package.The new support will include: more NLAW anti-tank missiles, additional Javelin anti-tank systems, additional loitering munitions, additional Starstreak air defence systems, and additional non-lethal aid including ballistic helmets, body ..

Britain will send Ukraine a further $130 mn of military support: Johnson

The British prime minister also condemned a reported Russian attack on a train station in eastern Ukraine packed with women, children and elderly people fleeing the conflict

UK PM Boris Johnson expected to visit India towards April end

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is planning a visit to India towards the end of this month with a focus on strengthening bilateral ties

UK PM Johnson congratulates Ukrainian President over Kyiv pushback

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for successfully pushing back Russian forces from key regions in the country, including capital city of Kyiv

Same language subtitling as a driver of literacy

The BIRD initiative aims to ensure daily and lifelong reading practice for a billion people in India, with a strong focus on reaching girls and women

UK PM Johnson in 'candid' call with Chinese President Xi Jinping

The leaders discussed a range of issues of mutual interest including the situation in the Ukraine, a Downing Street spokesperson said, in a readout of the phone call.

Biden, Western allies open 1st of 3 summits on Russia-Ukraine war

Brussels is hosting an emergency NATO summit as well as a gathering of the Group of Seven industrialised nations and a summit of the 27 members of the European Union

UK to send thousands more missiles to Ukraine, says PM Boris Johnson

Britain will send thousands more missiles to Ukraine's government as Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Western allies to boost the supply of military aid to Ukraine.

Britain announces tax cuts as inflation hits 30-yr high in February

Britain has announced tax cuts as the latest official statistics showed its inflation rose to a 30-year high in February

LIVE: Zelensky urges French firms to to cease business in Russia

Renault, Auchan, Leroy Merlin must stop being sponsors of the Russian war machine, stop financing the murder of children and women, of rape, says Ukraine's President

UK PM Boris Johnson says ferry firm's mass firings likely broke law

The British government said Wednesday that a Dubai government-owned ferry operator at the centre of a bitter UK labour dispute likely broke the law when it fired 786 crew members without notice to replace them with cheaper contract staff. Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned the callous behaviour of P&O Ferries and said the company appeared to have broken British labor laws. We will be taking action, Johnson said, adding that the company could "face fines running into millions of pounds if it is found guilty. P&O Ferries claimed the move was legal because the staff worked on ships registered outside the U.K. The ferry operator acknowledged that the way the dismissals were carried out caused distress for workers and said it had offered generous compensation to those involved. But the company also said it couldn't have survived without fundamentally changed crewing arrangements and that it took the action to save 2,200 other jobs. The dismissed seafarers are being replaced by .