Rishi Sunak avoiding UN summit after being warned about potential rejection Exclusive: PM risked embarrassment of downgraded status if UN deemed UK’s climate policies lacking ambition The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023
Former Boris Johnson aide Dominic Cummings ‘plots new party to end rotten Tory horror show’ Dominic Cummings comments described as ‘yet more mad ramblings from a narcissistic egomaniac’ The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023
Sue Gray quickly gets stuck in as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Former civil servant offers morale boost and promises Labour staff she ‘has their back’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023
The G20 has agreed to make the African Union a permanent member, Indian PM Modi says The announcement came at the opening of the G20 summit, one that comes as growing global rifts and the absence of key players threatened to make reaching consensus on the thorniest issues elusive. WEKU · Sep 9, 2023
G20 summit – live: World leaders arrive for start of talks as Sunak vows to ‘put pressure’ on Russia Sessions on ‘One Earth’ and ‘One Family’ to be held today as leaders hold key bilateral talks on sidelines The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023
G20 summit – live: Modi announces adoption of joint communique after Ukraine statement agreed World leaders earlier agreed to add the African Union as a permanent member of the G20 bloc The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023
Sunak hails ‘enormous’ UK-India trade deal progress ahead of Modi meeting The Prime Minister said he and his Indian counterpart both agreed that a ‘comprehensive and ambitious trade deal’ could be within reach. The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023
Sunak: No 10 is ‘fired up’ to deliver shock general election victory The Prime Minister said he was confident his revamped team in Downing Street could overturn Labour’s big lead in the polls. The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023
G20-bound Rishi Sunak defends ‘correct’ Raac school closures Prime minister says example set by schools will not necessarily have to be followed by other public buildings The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023
UN chief demands G20 leaders act to stop climate crisis ‘spinning out of control’ ‘Half measures will not prevent climate breakdown’, warns Antonio Guterres Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023
Tory row brews as Hunt considers squeezing benefits to fund tax cuts Truss allies dramatically accuse chancellor of wasting chance to raise £4 billion The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023
UK MPs press for wider Covid vaccine access amid concern over new variant Government faces calls to consider extending booster programme this autumn to include 50-64 age group The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023
The Guardian view on Brexit’s fantasy: waking to a nightmare foretold Editorial: As Britons grow unhappier with being outside the EU, the UK is having to admit it needs closer relations with Brussels The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023
Horizon deal shows UK and EU can resolve issues, says Rishi Sunak Prime minister hails deal as sign of restored trust and raises electric car tariffs as area for further agreement The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023
The Conversation · Sep 8, 2023 Why are those lost to COVID not formally memorialised? How politics shapes what we remember Every Friday, volunteers gather on the Albert Embankment at the River Thames in London to lovingly retouch thousands of red hearts inscribed on a Portland stone wall directly opposite the Houses of Parliament. Each heart is dedicated to a British victim of COVID. It is a deeply social space –…
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023 Kryvyi Rih: Russian missile strike kills policeman and injures more than 50 in Volodymyr Zelensky’s home town Missile strike on Kryvyi Rih was among several Russian attacks overnight
The Week · Sep 8, 2023 Quiz of The Week: 2 - 8 September The UK’s prison system is in the spotlight this week after a terror suspect managed a “jaw-dropping” escape from Wandsworth prison in south London.
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The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023 Sunak pledges to ‘put pressure’ on Moscow as he arrives in India for summit The Prime Minister received a colourful welcome as he arrived in India to attend the G20 leaders’ summit.
The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023 How India welcomed ‘son-in-law’ Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty: ‘Both are Desi!’ Sunak earlier spoke how ‘special’ it was to return to a country that is ‘very near and dear’ to him
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023 King’s prayers as nation unites in remembrance on anniversary of death of Queen Royals pay tribute a year after Queen Elizabeth II’s death
The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2023 Russia-Ukraine war: death of Prigozhin shows Putin is weak, says Zelenskiy – as it happened Ukrainian president said death of former mercenary leader was a window into the mind of his Russian counterpart
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023 Rishi Sunak lands in India for historic G20 summit where he will urge world leaders to stand against Putin Rishi Sunak will urge world leaders not to see the war in Ukraine as just a "European problem" at the G20 summit in India this weekend.
Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023 UK offshore wind auction fails to attract investors in blow to net zero No companies have bid for the UK’s latest round of offshore wind farms in a step seen as a serious setback for the Government’s climate change ambitions, after months of warnings from industry players.
The Times of India · Sep 8, 2023 G20 summit: China digs in on Ukraine, climate even in Xi Jinping's absence China is emerging as a block on negotiations in the run-up to a meeting of Group of 20 leaders, with the UK accusing Beijing of obstructing measures to tackle climate change and refusing to back language condemning Russia’s war on Ukraine.