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Downing Street has published three witness statements from UK’s deputy national security adviser in an effort to draw as line under the row over why spying charges against two Britons accused of spying for China were dropped last month.Charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry fell away because prosecutors could not obtain evidence from Matthew Collins that Beijing represented a “threat to the national security of the UK” over “many months”.The third and final statement supplied by Collins in August describes China’s intelligence services as “highly capable” and that they “conduct large scale espionage operations agains the UK to advance…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The White House lauded the State Department for imposing consequences on foreign nationals who posted controversial statements following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in September.The White House said the State Department’s decision to revoke visas for these foreign nationals is safeguarding Americans. “President Trump has long called attention to the spread of left-wing political violence, which is driven by Democrats’ vile rhetoric characterizing Republicans as Nazis, fascists, and more,” White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said in a statement Wednesday to Fox News Digital. “The Trump administration is ensuring that so-called ‘guests’…

New Delhi: India’s growth outlook remains resilient, supported by domestic drivers, despite weak external demand, and is likely to get further support from a favourable monsoon, lower inflation, monetary easing and the salubrious impact of recent GST reforms, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Wednesday.  Even though the growth projection for the financial year 2025-26 is being revised upwards, “the forward-looking projections for Q3 and beyond are expected to be slightly lower than projected earlier, primarily due to tariff-related developments, despite being partially offset by the impetus provided by the rationalisation of GST rates,” according to the minutes…

CAESAREA, Israel — Ten years ago this week, two Palestinian attackers boarded a bus in Jerusalem and shot, beat and stabbed Israeli American educator Richard Lakin to death along with two others before police killed one of the militants and injured and arrested the other.The surviving assailant, Bilal Abu Ghanem, was freed in February from his three consecutive life sentences for murder as part of the last Israeli ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas.That’s when his son, Micah Avni, had to watch his father’s murderer go free.“It feels like I’ve been betrayed by my country,” Avni, 56, said the…

Rachel Reeves has said higher taxes on the UK’s wealthy will form part of next month’s budget, as she shrugged off the “scaremongering” and “bleating” of her critics, and stressed her determination to repair the public finances.Speaking in Washington, where she is attending the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the chancellor told the Guardian there “won’t be a return to austerity” and hinted at tax increases for the most well-off.Reeves is expected to announce a package of tax rises on 26 November, in response to a downgrade in future growth forecasts from independent forecaster the Office for…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Louisiana’s attorney general is siding with the people who sued her, an unusual move that comes as part of a case that she hopes will reshape the Voting Rights Act, a decades-old law designed to prevent discrimination in the voting process.Liz Murrill, who was solicitor general of Louisiana before becoming attorney general last year, told Fox News Digital in an interview on Tuesday that she expected the lawsuit and was prepared to agree with the plaintiffs.Murrill, an elected Republican, had approved of a congressional map that appeared to favor Democrats, but in…

New Delhi: Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal highlighted on Wednesday the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent revision of India’s growth estimate, which increased from 6.4% to 6.6% for this year, stating that this upward revision is an indication to India’s strengthened economy, driven by increased consumer spending, accelerated investment in infrastructure, and a confident business atmosphere. He also attributed the growth to the government’s proactive measures, including reduced GST rates, which have led to increased consumer spending and GST collection. Goyal futher showed optimism, stating that with a 7.8% GDP growth in the first quarter, India is set…

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The equalities watchdog has taken the unusual step of publicly urging ministers to “act with speed” in implementing guidance on how institutions should respond to the landmark supreme court ruling on transgender people’s rights.The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it had written to Bridget Phillipson, the equalities minister, pointing out it had sent the guidance six weeks ago, warning that as things stand, there is no legally accurate advice available.The intervention places renewed focus on a hugely contentious subject, with ministers aware that implementing the guidance will be logistically complex and anger some rights groups and a number…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump decried left-wing violence on Tuesday while speaking at the ceremony to posthumously honor conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”We’ve watched legions of far-left radicals resort to desperate acts of violence and terror because they know that their ideas and arguments are persuading no one. They know that they’re failing. They have the Devil’s ideology,” he asserted.CHARLIE KIRK POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED MEDAL OF FREEDOM ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 32ND BIRTHDAY President Donald Trump posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to late conservative activist Charlie…