Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram DoraiswamiPoll Do you agree with India's approach to maintaining energy imports from Russia despite global sanctions? Yes, it's necessary for the economy No, India should comply with sanctionsNEW DELHI: Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami schooled the Western journalist over criticising India's oil imports from Russia and said that the New Delhi is the third largest consumer of energy in the world and imports over 80% of its products. Second, we have an energy relationship today which is a result of everybody else buying energy from sources that we used to earlier buy from. So we've been displaced out of the energy market largely and the cost have gone up. These are we are the third largest consumer of energy in the world and we import over 80% of our product.

The closure of Next on Linthorpe Road has been described by some as another nail in the coffin of Middlesbrough town centre. People who stopped to chat were universally negative about the current state of the town centre and weren’t much more optimistic about its future prospects. She thought that a smaller town centre was needed, which is something that the council’s director of regeneration has previously spoken about. We recognise the challenges Middlesbrough faces, and this is why we’re taking action to improve not only Linthorpe Road, but the whole town centre and Middlehaven. “We’re working with our developers, businesses, the university and the council to do everything we can to adapt and ensure the town centre realises the potential it has.”

‘US likely moved N-arms to UK for first time since ’08’T he US has likely stationed nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time since 2008, in a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin that it remains committed to European security.On July 16, a US military aircraft flew with its transponder on - making its identification and location publicly visible - from a US nuclear weapons depot at Kirtland air force base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to an airbase in the UK city of Lakenheath, according to defence analysts and open-source data.The C-17 flight involved the US air force's Prime Nuclear Airlift Force, which transports nuclear weapons, and didn't fly over any other nation's territory, according to William Alberque, a Europe-based senior fellow at Pacific Forum. US and UK govts have longstanding policies of not commenting on status or location of their nuclear weapons.The weapons the aircraft most likely delivered were the new B61-12 thermonuclear bombs, increasing the number of US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe for the first time since the Cold War.Alberque said the decision to leave the flight transponders on indicates the US wants to show Russia that it is not reducing its nuclear capability in Europe. "Returning US nuclear weapons to the UK is no small feat. "The move also signals that the US is committing more flexible nuclear capabilities to Europe, creating a wider range of options for its forces, said Sidharth Kaushal, a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. "Capabilities such as the B61 can contribute to limiting the impact of Russia's large advantage in theater-level nonstrategic nuclear weapons," Kaushal said.

It will assure the public that they “do not need to take any action” and include a message in both English and Welsh. On Monday, the Cabinet Office said the text message will include both English and Welsh and be sent to mobile phones on 4G and 5G networks in the UK. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden (Ryan Jenkinson/PA)It will read: “This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby. In a real emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe. Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokeswoman Sarah Olney has suggested the Government follows Scandinavian examples where the public have been handed pamphlets about preparing for emergencies.

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“We made it,” Mr. Trump said. Like many preliminary agreements Mr. Trump has announced, this one had few details. But it is higher than the 10 percent tax that Europeans had been angling for, and that Mr. Trump applied to British goods. But after Mr. Trump sent the bloc a letter threatening stiff tariffs, they made more headway. Mr. Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on foreign cars and car parts in April.

Close How England's Lionesses Won The European Championship FinalThe Lionesses will kick their Euro 2025 title celebrations into a whole new gear as they prepare to take to The Mall for their trophy parade. England defeated Spain in dramatic fashion after Chloe Kelly’s winning penalty secured back-to-back European Championships for Sarina Wiegman’s side. Their third successive major final, the Lionesses rallied after an early setback to prevail in the shootout, leaning on goalkeeper Hannah Hampton’s heroics as Mariona Caldentey, Aitana Bonmati and Salma Paralluelo all missed. The players will now show off their trophy on Tuesday afternoon in an open-top bus procession, finishing with a staged ceremony at the Queen Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace. Follow below for live updates from England’s Euro 2025 trophy parade:

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President Trump will host Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain at his two golf courses in Scotland on Monday, the day after announcing a deal with the European Union designed to avoid a costly economic war with America’s biggest trading bloc. British officials said they expected the all-day agenda to include discussion of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the grinding war in Ukraine. Mr. Trump announced on Sunday that Europe had agreed to tariffs of 15 percent on automobiles and most other E.U. The tariffs are higher than the 10 percent duty on most British goods that Britain, which is not in the European Union, agreed to in a deal that Mr. Starmer and Mr. Trump struck in May. The 27-nation bloc also agreed to buy $750 billion worth of U.S. energy and invest $600 billion in the United States, Mr. Trump said.

Our wonder women have done it again. Football is called “the beautiful game” — but this tournament has, at times, been anything but that for our brave Lionesses. Whether it was a last-minute equaliser, an extra-time winner or heart-stopping penalty shootout. It’s been a campaign of resilience, ugly at times, and we’ve had to fight. It made me think: “They will always find a way.”Now they have brought football home yet again and the beauty is, this isn’t the end.

The Times has closed its Money Mentor section but says it is relaunching its personal finance offering instead. The Times launched Money Mentor in December 2019 as a free, in-front of the paywall site designed to “demystify finance” and make it “less complex and daunting” for readers. The section’s webpage now reads: “Times Money Mentor is no longer operational, but you can still access a wide range of personal finance content and tools through Times Money, at thetimes.com/business-money/money.”The Times has appointed Ben Wilkinson, formerly head of money at The Telegraph, to lead a revamped money section which is set to officially launch in the autumn. A Times spokesperson told Press Gazette: “The Times and The Sunday Times are the destination for the very best personal finance journalism, useful tools, helpful analysis and expert advice. Subscribers to the limited-run newsletters were moved onto the main weekly Times Money Mentor email after they ended to keep them engaged.

AdvertisementSadiq Khan responds to Trump’s ‘nasty’ commentSir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has responded to President Trump’s criticism of him. Sir Keir Starmer defended his government’s Online Safety Act while taking questions alongside President Trump this afternoon. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez, who has been a fierce critic of prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu throughout Israel’s war with Hamas, told a press conference on Monday the airdrops would take place from Jordan on Friday, using Spanish air force planes. Sisi called on President Trump to help ‘’put an end to’’ the ongoing war. François Bayrou, France’s prime minister, said it was a “dark day” when “an alliance of free peoples … resorts to submission”.

Former party chairman Zia Yusuf said the Act, intended to reduce online harm, did “absolutely nothing to protect children” but worked to “suppress freedom of speech” and “force social media companies to censor anti-government speech”. Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf said the Online Safety Act did not protect children, but pushed them to more dangerous parts of the internet (Lucy North/PA)This includes introducing age verification for websites and ensuring algorithms do not work to harm children by, for example, pushing such content towards them when online. Failing to comply with the new rules could incur fines of up to £18 million or 10% of a firm’s global turnover, whichever is greater. Former detective Colin Sutton has agreed to join Reform UK as a police and crime adviser (Lucy North/PA)A Labour Party spokesperson said repealing the Online Safety Act would “scrap vital protections for young people online and recklessly open the floodgates to kids being exposed to extreme digital content”. Farage would give children access to material on suicide, self-harm, eating disorders and pornography.

So this Disability Pride month, I ask you to join us in celebrating our achievements, inclusivity and help to promote equality for all. (Newsquest) (Image: Newsquest)What is Disability Pride Month? July is Disability Pride month. Welfare Reform Bill exposed the 'little understanding' of disability benefitsThe recent ‘Welfare Reform Bill’ showed us just how little understanding there is amongst lawmakers in this country. So this Disability Pride month, I ask you to join us in celebrating our achievements, inclusivity and help to promote equality for all.

When Mr Trump was asked about how he would deal with small boats, Sir Keir explained that it refers to people who are crossing the Channel. Mr Trump told reporters: “If you’re stopping immigration and stopping the wrong people, … my hats are off to you. If they don’t, you’re not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it, and you can’t do that. Mr Trump took questions from the press as the bagpipes continued to play. Asked about tariffs on whisky, he could be heard saying: “We’ll talk about that, I didn’t know whisky was a problem.