The 21-year-old was arrested early Tuesday over three fires that police say may be linked – a blaze early Monday that damaged the door of Starmer's private house in the Kentish Town neighbourhood, a nearby vehicle fire a day earlier, and a May 8 door fire at a property in another part of north London.
Besides the UK, the United States and European allies have called on Iran to "stand down", as fears mounted of an imminent attack on Israel that could spark an all-out war in the Middle East.
The aircraft and air-fuelling tankers are being deployed as part of the UK’s ongoing Operation Shader against the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in the region.
In a readout of the historic discussions between the British Indian and Irish Indian leaders, Downing Street said Sunak began by congratulating the Ireland rugby team for their emphatic win against France in the Six Nations contest on Friday.
Besides, Sunak also made a series of announcements across health and education sectors including plans to increase the smoking age.
The long wait for a more optimistic message will leave Sunak’s government vulnerable to attacks from his own backbenchers as well as the opposition Labour party as he leads the country through a winter of strikes, recession and soaring energy prices
It’s hard to overstate the symbolic significance of Rishi Sunak’s premiership. He is the first British prime minister of color; the first who is openly and proudly not a Christian; the first child of two immigrants.
As Britain's third prime minister this year, Sunak faces a daunting list of problems beyond the economic crisis, including how to unite and rebuild a fractured party whose reputation has been shredded by months of scandals and rows
Post-Brexit tensions, Ukraine and China among challenges facing a premier with little foreign policy experience
This was a big Diwali present for the diaspora. Rishi was already on the Indiaspora government leaders list and we welcome him and wish him well as he takes office! Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur and Indiaspora founder M R Rangaswami said.
A runoff between the two could have proved divisive for the Conservative Party because many of Johnson's supporters blame Sunak's resignation in July for sparking the downfall of his government.
Narendra Modi, Joe Biden, Anand Mahindra wish Rishi Sunak on becoming the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Sunak was the frontrunner to win the Tory party leadership earlier this year when he lost to Liz Truss. But just six weeks after her time at 10 Downing Street, Truss resigned amid mounting criticism of her economic policies. On 24th October, 2022, Sunak was elected as the leader of the Conservative Party and the prime minister of the UK. Watch how several world leaders along with known personalities around the world had to say about Sunak’s election.
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The former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country at a time of economic and political turbulence.
A majority in the cheering crowd were categorical that Sunak’s Indian heritage and ethnic minority background had no part to play in the contest to become British Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson and his former finance minister Rishi Sunak are leading the contenders to be the next prime minister following Liz Truss' resignation after just six weeks in office.
Getting 43 percent votes from the overwhelmingly white, male, middle-class Tory members is no mean feat. And the small margin of Liz Truss' victory should give Rishi Sunak and his supporters hope.
Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss made her first address to the British public outside No. 10 Downing Street Tuesday, after she was formally appointed as Boris Johnson's successor by Queen Elizabeth II.
Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson was among those who managed to mistakenly congratulate Trussell, who has been revelling in the confusion.
Truss travelled to the 96-year-old monarch's Balmoral Castle residence in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to meet the Queen who formally asked her to form a new government.
Liz Truss, Britains foreign secretary, was named winner Monday in the contest to replace the scandal-plagued Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and the country’s prime minister.
The 47-year-old senior Cabinet minister made visits to India and held virtual talks with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, during which she described the country as a big, major opportunity.
His two and a half years in Downing Street have exposed some of the vulnerabilities of British constitutional norms, demonstrating how the combination of a strong parliamentary majority, ambiguous ministerial and parliamentary rules and a national crisis can give prime ministers a seemingly free hand to dominate political life and avoid scrutiny.
Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman, Priti Patel and Shailesh Vara are all ‘twice migrants’ - their grandparents and parents moved from South Asia to East Africa and finally the UK.
UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab is one of the most high-profile members of the Boris Johnson cabinet to announce support for Rishi Sunak.