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UK PM Johnson says COP26 climate deal 'tinged with disappointment

Despite calling the deal reached at COP-26 a game-changing international pact, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson voiced some dismay over the result of the conference, reported The Hill

COP26: Must make bold compromises for climate deal, warns Johnson

The first week of the talks have seen much of the attention focus on the attendance by world leaders

Glasgow COP26: It's James Bond moment to save planet, says Boris Johnson

UK's Johnson warns of 'doomsday' as climate summit begins

PM Modi holds bilateral talks with British counterpart Boris Johnson

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met his British counterpart Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit here and the two leaders discussed cooperation in areas like green hydrogen, renewables and clean technology, economy and defence. This was the first in-person meeting between Modi and Johnson following the British Prime Minister's twice cancelled visit to India earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The interaction, soon after the opening ceremony of the World Leaders' Summit at COP26, was scheduled to focus on the UK-India climate partnership as well as a review of the 2030 Roadmap for stronger UK-India strategic ties signed by the two leaders during a virtual summit in May this year. "Marching ahead on Roadmap 2030. PM @narendramodi met UK PM @BorisJohnson in Glasgow today. Congratulated him for successfully organising @COP26. Discussed cooperation in areas like green hydrogen, renewables & clean tech. Also exchanged views on economy, defence, .

UK's Boris Johnson warns world leaders as climate summit begins

Johnson likened the Earth's position to that of fictional secret agent James Bond strapped to a bomb that will destroy the planet and trying to work out how to defuse it

PM Modi arrives in Glasgow for COP26 summit, bilateral talks with Johnson

India's focus at the COP26 Summit will be on the country's "ambitious" NDC goals for the post-2020 period under the Paris Agreement

Boris Johnson brushes off UK's woes, vows high-skill economy

This is an autumn of inconvenience in Britain, marked by empty gas pumps, worker shortages and gaps on store shelves

Won't pull immigration lever to fix fuel crisis, says Boris Johnson

British PM doesn't want to raise taxes again if possible

Johnson eyes post-coronavirus economy as UK Conservatives meet

British PM Boris Johnson said he was ready to take bold decisions to rebuild economy after the coronavirus pandemic as his Conservative Party meets Sunday for its first annual conference since 2019.

UK's Boris Johnson says Covid-19 bereaved will have role in inquiry

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will appoint a chair this year to the planned public inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic and that bereaved families will have a role in the proceedings

In Biden's Oval Office, Johnson's big Brexit promise slips away

US president makes clear trade deal with UK still far off

UK's Boris Johnson concedes post-Brexit US trade deal not in the offing

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson conceded Wednesday that a post-Brexit trade deal with the US was not imminent as he revealed that decades-long US ban on the import of British lamb would be lifted

President Joe Biden plays down chances of UK-US trade pact

Biden said he would discuss the issue "a little bit" with the UK prime minister, adding: "We're going to have to work that through."

Climate change focus for UK PM Boris Johnson at UN General Assembly

Johnson will call upon world leaders to take a "concrete action" on climate change, according to Downing Street on Sunday

Fresh pushback on China: Australia to get n-subs in new pact with US and UK

China calls the deal an 'irresponsible' threat to regional stability

Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel retain top jobs as UK PM Johnson shuffles Cabinet

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday undertook a reshuffle of his top team, keeping two of his senior Indian-origin Cabinet ministers Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel in their posts

British PM Johnson to set out lockdown-free winter Covid plan

Under the autumn-winter proposals, the government is set to repeal some powers of its emergency Coronavirus Act, brought in to tackle the pandemic last year.

Johnson expected to hold bilateral talks with Biden during UNGA

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to meet with US President Joe Biden at the end of this month, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).One senior diplomatic source told the newspaper that the meeting was expected to take place at the White House but this had not been "100 per cent confirmed," UK media reported.The 76th UN General Assembly (UNGA) is opening on September 14. The high-level week will start on September 21 and will last until the 27th.Johnson is expected to hold bilateral talks with Biden during his four-day trip to the US for the UNGA, The Times said, adding that the prime minister will try to mend relations with Washington. Downing Street had asked Biden's administration to have the meeting coincide with the UNGA trip, the newspaper specified.Sources told The Times that there is "a suspicion in Washington that Johnson doesn't want to be too tough on Beijing" and Biden will use the opportunity during talks with Johnson to get the prime minister to ...

Vaccine passports ditched in UK's new plan to manage Covid-19 pandemic

Health Minister Sajid Javid said he did not anticipate more lockdowns and that the vaccine passports would not be introduced in England, as the government depends instead on vaccines and testing

9/11 terrorists failed to shake belief in democracy, says UK PM Johnson

In a message on Twitter, Johnson said that while the terror threat may not have gone away, people have refused to live in permanent fear".