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British Sikh MP gets threatening email saying 'watch your back'
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"It was very direct. It's a worry because I'm with my daughters in the constituency all the time. My family live there. It really puts into context the kind of job that you do. It's tough enough as it is, but then when you're faced with that, there's very little support. This latest direct threat has really worried and concerned me," Gill told GB News on Saturday.
UK security services missed chance to stop 2017 Manchester bombing: Inquiry
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"The reasons for this significant missed opportunity included a failure by a Security Service officer to act swiftly enough," said inquiry chairman John Saunders. Although it is impossible to definitively prove that the attack could have been stopped, "there was a realistic possibility that actionable intelligence could have been obtained which might have led to actions preventing the attack", Xinhua news agency quoted the report as saying.
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 household energy bills to rise despite price cap to fall in April
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Falling from the current 4,279 pounds per year, the drop reflects recent falls in wholesale energy prices, the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) said in a statement. The cap, reviewed quarterly by the Ofgem, sets the maximum price that suppliers can charge per unit of energy, reports Xinhua news agency.
UK, EU reach new post-Brexit deal for N. Ireland
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The agreement - dubbed the 'Windsor Framework' - was struck over the Northern Ireland Protocol, aiming to ease the trading issues created by the Protocol. After months of negotiations, the deal was announced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after their meeting in Windsor near London on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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).
Ex-Brexit leader, GB News slammed for targeting Sikh community
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The Indian Council of Scotland and the UK has sought a public apology from GB News for running the story with the headline "WTF...Sikh-ing Asylum" on the screen. "We have written to GB News and look forward to a public apology. If no public apology is given then we shall go to the regulator," the Council said.
'IS Bride' loses appeal over loss of British citizenship
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Begum and two other east London schoolgirls left Britain for Syria in early 2015 to join the IS. They married jihadi fighters and lived under IS rule, Xinhua news agency reported. She was stripped of her British citizenship on national security grounds in 2019, shortly after she was found in a displacement camp in Syria. Begum, now 23, is living in a refugee camp controlled by armed guards in northern Syria.
British Sikh, who wanted to 'kill' Queen Elizabeth, pleads guilty
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Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, pleaded guilty to three charges, including an offence under the Treason Act, during a hearing at the Old Bailey on Friday. Chail, who appeared at the Old Bailey via video uplink from Broadmoor Hospital where he is presently held, will be sentenced by the court on March 31.
UK defends BBC independence, says investing heavily in relationship with India
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The spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addressed reporters at Downing Street and echoed the statement made by Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in Parliament earlier this week, emphasizing that the government continues to invest in its relationship with India and views the country as an "incredibly important international partner."
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