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Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel doubtful to be included in Liz Truss cabinet
The Guardian newspaper maintained Liz Truss will pack her cabinet with loyalists and there was unlikely to be any place in it for her defeated opponent in the 8-week race for the premiership Rishi Sunak, who is of Indian extraction. It reported that Kwasi Kwarteng could replace him as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Meanwhile, Sunak extended his 'full support' to Truss.
'India is our friend', says Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
After her welcome, Hasina said, "India is our friend. Whenever I come to India, it is a matter of happiness for me, especially because we always remember India's contribution during our liberation struggle. We have a friendly relationship, we are cooperating with each other." The leaders of the two countries are expected to hold extensive talks, after which the two sides are likely to unveil measures to boost cooperation in the areas of defence, trade and river-water sharing.
Boris Johnson bids farewell as UK PM
He began his televised addressed to the nation by saying "this is it folks", reports the BBC. Johnson said that in a couple of hours he will be in Balmoral to see the Queen and the torch will be passed to a new leader, in what he says was a relay race where they "changed the rules half way through". The outgoing leader added that the Conservative Party leadership contest was an unexpected relay race and the rules were changed halfway through, "but never mind that for now".
Huge global storm is starting, Russia warns
"Most likely, a huge global storm is starting," RT News quoted Peskov as saying in an interview. "In many ways, there are objective reasons for that, but there are also subjective reasons for this beginning storm, which are linked to absolutely illogical and often absurd decisions and actions of the authorities in the US, Europe, the EU and individual European countries," he said.
Russia cancels visa-free travel for Japanese to disputed islands
The agreement dating back to 1999 allowed former residents and their family members of the islands, known as the Southern Kurils in Russia and the Northern Territories in Japan, to visit the Russia-controlled islands without a visa, Xinhua news agency reported. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced its intention to end the visa-free trips in March in response to Japan's anti-Russian sanctions over the situation in Ukraine.
Russia bans 25 more US citizens from entry
The newly blacklisted are members of the US Congress, high-ranking officials, business people, experts and cultural figures, including Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Xinhua news agency reported. Moscow will resolutely respond to hostile actions of the American authorities, which continue a Russophobic course, destroy bilateral ties and escalate confrontation between the two countries, the ministry said in a statement.
Judge grants Trump's request for 'special master' to review materials seized from Mar-a-Lago
US District Judge Aileen Cannon wrote in a court order that it "authorises the appointment of a special master to review the seized property for personal items and documents and potentially privileged material subject to claims of attorney-client and/or executive privilBesides, Cannon blocked investigators from further reviewing or using the seized documents in their investigation until the special master completes their review.ege".
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant disconnected from backup power line: IAEA
The IAEA said in a statement on Monday that the backup power line, linking the Zaporizhzhia plant and a nearby thermal power station, was "deliberately disconnected" earlier in the day to "extinguish a fire, but the line itself was not damaged", Xinhua news agency reported. The reserve line had been used to deliver electricity from the Zaporizhzhia plant to the grid, as the plant had lost connection to all four main external power lines by Friday. The IAEA said it was informed by Ukraine that the backup line will be reconnected once the fire has been extinguished.
Pakistan Army expresses shock at Imran Khan's anti-military statement
The military's media wing, in its statement, shared that the institution is "aghast at the defamatory and uncalled for statements about the senior leadership of Pakistan Army" by Imran Khan. "Regrettably, an attempt has been made to discredit and undermine senior leadership of [the] Pakistan Army at a time when the institution is laying lives for the security and safety of the people of Pakistan every day," the statement read., The News reported.
Liz Truss gets frustrated at being compared to Margaret Thatcher
When asked whether she models herself on the former Tory prime minister, Liz Truss disagreed with the accusation, saying: "I don't accept that, I am my own person". Aged nine, she played Margaret Thatcher in a mock election at school, the BBC reported. She apparently got "zero votes -- I didn't even vote for myself".
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