Rishi Sunak

Multiple sources close to the negotiations have told The Guardian the UK prime minister has rejected the idea of an "early harvest" deal, which could have lowered tariffs on goods such as whisky but would not have dealt with trickier subjects such as professional services.

MPs and trade experts say there are concerns at the highest levels of government over potential "transparency" issues relating to his wife Akshata Murty's shareholding - worth almost 500 m pounds - in the massive Bengaluru-based international IT services and consultancy company Infosys, The Guardian reported.

Appearing before the liaison committee, Sunak had not mentioned his wife's interest when speaking about the childcare changes.

On Thursday, the demonstrators from the Greenpeace environmental managed to climb onto the house located near Sunak's constituency of Richmond, reports CNN.

Taking to Twitter, Goldsmith, in a two-page resignation letter, posted: "It has been a privilege to have been able to make a difference to a cause I have been committed to for as long as I remember. But this govt's apathy in the face of the greatest challenge we face makes continuing in my role untenable. Reluctantly I am therefore stepping down."

The annual event which will continue through June 30, seeks to strengthen the partnership between the two nations by providing a platform to spotlight crucial areas, including politics, trade, business, among other sectors. Praising the event as a catalyst for forging new trade ties, the British-Indian Prime Minister said that the "India Global Forum's annual UK-India Week 2023 is a highly anticipated fixture in the bilateral calendar of our two great nations".

Sunak is 10 points being Labour's Keir Starmer in terms of who is seen as the better leader, after a brutal week in Westminster, Daily Mail reported. He was backed by just 33 per cent of those polled by Redfield and Wilton Strategies after Boris Johnson announced he was quitting Parliament and his controversial resignation honours list was published, Daily Mail reported.

Addressing the 'London Tech Week 2023' here, he said that he wants to make the UK not just the intellectual home but the geographical home of global AI safety regulation. "Just as we unite through the Conference of the Parties (COP) to tackle climate change, the UK will host the first ever Summit on global AI Safety later this year," the Prime Minister announced. "It's great to be back at London Tech Week at what I think is a moment of huge opportunity."

The partnership will also reduce vulnerabilities" across supply chains and "keep Russia out of global civil nuclear power market", reports the BBC. It also covers areas such artificial intelligence, information sharing in crises, 5G, 6G, and civil nuclear power. Addressing a press conference on Thursday after their meeting at the White House.

The summit, which will be hosted in the UK this autumn, will consider the risks of AI, including frontier systems, and discuss how they can be mitigated through internationally coordinated action. It will also provide a platform for countries to work together on further developing a shared approach to mitigate these risks, said a press release.