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Ukraine's security is our security: Rishi Sunak at G7
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Hailing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's presence at the summit, Prime Minister Sunak said: "To see President Zelensky standing shoulder to shoulder with his G7 allies, I think, sends a message to Russia and the world that we are united behind him and his people and will continue to support him for as long as it takes."
PM Modi shares hugs with Biden, Sunak
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The BJP from its official Twitter handle shared the video of Modi and Biden sharing the warm gesture with each other. In a tweet, the BJP said: "Visuals of PM Narendra Modi and the US President Joe Biden meeting and greeting each other as they meet in Hiroshima, Japan." Modi will visit the US on President Biden's invitation.
'My daughter made her husband PM', says Rishi Sunak's mother-in-law Sudha Murty
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A video of Sudha Murty has gone viral on social media in which she can be heard saying that her daughter made her husband Rishi Sunak the Prime Minister of the UK. "My son-in-law is a Punjabi. His ancestors have settled in England for 150 years. He is a religious person. After marriage, he observes fast on Thursdays. This is because of his wife's influence. See, how a wife can change her husband," she said in a lighter vein.
Rishi Sunak declares wife's link to childcare firm amid probe
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In a footnote to his entry on the register, Rishi Sunak declares that among "a number of direct shareholdings" owned by his wife, Akshata Murty, is a "minority shareholding" in Koru Kids, one of six companies involved in a pilot scheme to incentivise people to become childminders, The Guardian reported.
UK Parliament watchdog opens investigation into PM Rishi Sunak
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The Commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, opened an investigation into the Prime Minister on Thursday last week, an update on the Commissioner's website said, The Guardian reported. The entry says only that it relates to paragraph six of the updated code of conduct for MPs, which states they "must always be open and frank in declaring any relevant interest in any proceeding of the house or its committees".
Senior Conservatives hit out at Suella Braverman's 'racist rhetoric'
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Pressure was mounting on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to intervene to protect the party's reputation after the UK home secretary stoked renewed anger by criticising police for confiscating a set of racist dolls displayed in an Essex pub, The Guardian reported. A former senior minister from Boris Johnson's government told The Guardian they believed Braverman was a "real racist bigot".
Rishi Sunak questioned as wife's firm set to benefit from UK budget policy
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Koru Kids, which lists the PM's billionaire wife as a shareholder, is likely to benefit from a scheme announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, which offers 1,200 pounds to individuals who train to become child-minders through an agency, The Guardian reported. Appearing before the liaison committee this week, Sunak did not mention his wife's interest when speaking about the childcare changes.
Indian students ask Sunak to clear their names in English test scandal
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According to a Guardian report, the visas were revoked after a 2014 BBC documentary reported allegations of cheating at two of the UK's language testing centres for international students. Following a probe by Educational Testing Service (ETS), a company that ran the test at 96 exam centres, the UK Home Office abruptly terminated the visas of more than 34,000 overseas students, making their stay in the country illegal overnight.
Rishi Sunak government should make its position clear on Sikh activist: Oppn
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According to The Guardian, the Sunak government has refused invitations to echo assertions that India has arbitrarily detained Johal. Johal aka Jaggi Johal was arrested by Punjab Police on November 4, 2017, in Jalandhar over his alleged role in killings by the Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), a banned terrorist organisation.
UK PM to meet EU chief over post-Brexit deals
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Von der Leyen and Sunak "agreed to continue their work in person towards shared, practical solutions for the range of complex challenges around the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland", Xinhua news agency reported, citing the statement. A dispute over the Northern Ireland Protocol -- the rules governing post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland -- has strained Britain's relations with the European Union (EU).
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