A total of 26 Indian-origin MPs were elected in the British Parliament in the recent elections as compared to 15 in 2019. Rishi Sunak led the Conservative charge of British Indians elected in a small victory amid the massive election defeat against Labour.
Sunak said the public has sent a clear signal that the government must change and apologised to Tory candidates for the defeat to Labour. Sunak's party suffered the worst drubbing in the modern history of the party, winning only 121 seats in the 650-member Parliament.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-nation visit starting July 8 from Russia. He will meet President Vladimir Putin. He will also visit Austria.
With only two seats left, the Labour Party won 412 seats in the 650-member Parliament in Thursday's election, close to the record 418 seats won in 1997. Sunak's Conservatives suffered the worst defeat in the party's two-century history, with 121 seats.
PM Modi will visit Russia and Australia from July 8 to 10, days after the SCO Summit in Kazakhstan concluded. This will be his first visit to Russia in nearly five years at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin.
Hardline candidate Saeed Jalili and moderate candidate Massoud Pezeshkian are competing in the run-off election to become the next President. The elections were called on June 28 after Ebrahim Raisi's death in a helicopter crash in late May.
With almost all the results in, Labour had won 410 seats in the 650-seat House of Commons while Rishi Sunak's Conservatives have won only 118. A record number of senior ministers and heavyweight leaders lost their parliamentary seats, including former PM Liz Truss.
Starmer, 61, has been credited for bringing Labour back to the centre of UK politics through a methodical and cautious approach following a disastrous defeat in 2019 under Jeremy Corbyn. He will now become the first Labour Prime Minister after 14 long years, succeeding Rishi Sunak.
The Rishi Sunak-led Conservative Party had a dismal night overall as it suffered heavy defeats in constituencies across the country. Commons leader Penny Mordaunt and Cabinet ministers Grant Shapps, Alex Chalk, Lucy Frazer and Johnny Mercer also lost their seats.
Starmer defeated independent candidate Andrew Feinstein in Holborn and St Pancras with a margin of 18,884 votes on Friday. He is expected to succeed Rishi Sunak as the next British PM as Labour is on course for a historic victory in the UK elections.
Exit polls had predicted a historic victory for the Keir Starmer-led Labour Party with 410 seats, while the Conservatives led by PM Rishi Sunak was expected to win only 131 seats. The Liberal Democrats are expected to win 61 seats and the far-right Reform UK is expected to take home 13 seats.
The night exit poll after the polling booths closed at 10 pm (2:30 am IST) predicted that Labour is set for a landslide victory, with 410 seats as compared to 131 seats by Rishi Sunak's Conservatives. This would mean that Labour leader Keir Starmer would become the next British PM.
UK Elections result: Britain has experienced a run of turbulent years — some of it of the Conservatives' own making and some of it not — that has left many voters pessimistic about their country's future. Now, it's time for voters to choose Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer.
Mount Etna, among Europe’s most active volcanoes, dazzled spectators at night amidst heightened volcanic activity. Eruptions illuminated one of its craters, while lava streamed down the 3,320-meter-high peak in Sicily.
According to Jean Robert Basiloko, a member of a local civil society group, Wednesday's attack focused on Gambala village and the adjacent "Camp Blanquette" gold mine in Ituri province. The militia identified as CODECO has acknowledged carrying out the attack.
According to a spokesperson from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the airport, medical personnel attended to 14 of the plane’s 277 passengers and 10 crew members upon landing.
SCO Summit: According to a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs, Prime Minister Modi highlighted that with 130,000 startups in India, including 100 unicorns, India's experience could be valuable to others.
Shehbaz Sharif highlighted terrorism as a significant concern among member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. However, the Indian leader present at the meeting has shown the mirror to Pakistan which has been involved in cross-border terrorism for the past seven decades.
The Israeli military reported that "multiple projectiles and suspicious aerial objects" had crossed into its territory from Lebanon, with many intercepted. No casualties were reported immediately.
Beryl intensified into a Category 5 hurricane on Monday, becoming one of the strongest storms in the Atlantic before weakening to Category 4. A state of emergency is in effect in Jamaica as the island was declared a disaster zone hours before Beryl made impact.
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