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US-India trade talks grind to a halt. What went wrong?

Hopes dim for long-awaited trade agreement as minister says negotiations at a point where additional give and take is ‘very, very difficult’ for both Delhi and Washington

The Independent UK · 1h ago

Russia is secretly helping Iran to develop supersonic cruise missiles, says report

The Trump administration has played down reports that Russia is providing material support to its ally in Tehran

The Independent UK · Sep 2

‘I survived the Taliban to go to school – now the UK has blocked me from studying at Oxford’

Aisha Khurram has not seen her family in five years after she fled Afghanistan – now she won’t be able to fulfil her dream of studying at Oxford University due to new Home Office rules

The Independent UK · Aug 29

Australian leader hails 'new start' in fractured ties with France

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a "new start" in relations with France as he met President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, following an acrimonious row between the countries over a submarine contract last year.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 1, 2022

Former Russian mercenary lifts lid on secretive Wagner Group

Marat Gabidullin is the first combatant from private Russian paramilitary company Wagner to break rank and talk publicly about the secretive organisation. He recounts his four years as a mercenary in eastern Ukraine and Syria in his memoir In the Same River Twice, now available in French.

Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2022