British Prime Minister Tony Blair has come out strongly in favour of India's candidature for a permanent seat in an expanded United Nations Security Council, but the US appeared to be lukewarm to the idea "at this point".
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on Saturday, left London for home after a three-day visit to Britain during which he participated in the G8 Summit.
Over 200 world leaders, including former presidents, prime ministers and ministers have backed a campaign urging the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to help vaccinate the world's poorest from low-income economies against COVID-19 by paying two-thirds of an estimated $66 billion required.
Blair is due to make an announcement in the House of Commons in which he is expected to clarify the details, the BBC reported.
The Muslim Association of Britain urges members not to vote Labour at next week's European elections.
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In the weeks before the United States-led invasion of Iraq, President George W Bush had made clear to British Prime Minister Tony Blair that he was determined to attack the country without a United Nations resolution.
A Royal Air Force plane left Kabul airport on Saturday night and arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, including with British ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Laurie Bristow who had been assisting the evacuation process.
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The British prime minster on the Kashmir issue, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Middle East.
"I have tried to do anything I can to help this situation in the past. In the end it is going to be resolved by India and Pakistan. There was a hopeful side," he said.
British police have foiled a plot to abduct Prime Minister Tony Blair's five-year-old son Leo, security sources said in London Wednesday.
Britain's The Sun newspaper says the Lord Hutton Commission of Inquiry -- investigating British arms inspector Dr David Kelly's suicide last July -- has cleared Prime Minister Tony Blair of 'dishonourable or underhand' conduct.
The envoy will have an 'informal confidential exchange' of views with National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra.
Musharraf said he was optimistic about solving the Kashmir issue with India.
Addressing students at England's prestigious Oxford University in London the former Pakistan fast bowler accused the US president of 'lacking leadership' on the Iraq issue.
Issues like tackling terrorism and strengthening bilateral ties are expected to figure in the talks.
'The team can be proud of their performance, their spirit, and above all their character,' the British prime minister said in a statement.\n\n
"We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms. It is a cowardly act of violence and we hope that the perpetrators are swiftly identified and brought to justice," a senior State Department official told PTI in Washington.
The notes do not provide any indication of what Bush meant by including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan on the list of concern over so-called weapons of mass destruction.
In an open letter to Blair, they charged that current foreign policy of the government fans the flames of extremism and may put British citizens at risk of attack, both in the UK and abroad.
Dr Punit Ramakhra, who treated the Prime Minister last year, described the problem as a 'sort of short circuit' in the heart, which makes it beat faster or irregularly.
However, this applies only to Gurkhas discharged after July 1, 1997, when the Gurkha brigade headquarters was moved to the UK.
India and the European Union today issued a Joint Action Plan covering various areas of cooperation and signed the Framework Agreement on cooperation in Europe's Galileo navigation project
A flurry of opinion polls paint a mixed picture of Labour's popularity among British voters.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair wants India, along with four other developing countries, to be included in G8 for securing multilateral deals on climate change, trade and a common line on Iran.
'Our strong support is there to India becoming a Security Council member,' British High Commissioner to India Michael Arthur said.
Britain may soon consider granting citizenship to Nepalese Gurkhas who had served in British armed forces, ending a nearly three-year long battle being fought by the ex-soldiers
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