Prime Ministers @narendramodi and @chrisluxonmp held productive talks in Auckland. The two leaders decided to elevate India-New Zealand ties to a Strategic Partnership. They discussed expanding cooperation in sectors such as trade, investment, technology, agriculture, dairy, food processing, healthcare, defence and security. The leaders also emphasised the importance of people-to-people ties and agreed to strengthen cooperation in education, sports, culture and more.

UK ministers are discussing a major change to the TV licence that could require people with Netflix or Amazon Prime Video to pay the £180 yearly fee. The plan aims to fund the BBC after the current agreement ends in 2027, as government sources want to retain the licence fee instead of switching to ads or full subscriptions. Currently, no TV licence is needed for on-demand streaming like Netflix, only for live TV or BBC iPlayer. The BBC says the old rules no longer reflect how people watch shows today, and the idea remains under discussion and is not yet law.

BREAKING: The prime ministers of 22 out of 27 EU member states have written a joint letter to the EU, demanding an emergency summit over the invasion of illegal migrants in Ceuta. They are outraged by the recent ruling of the Spanish Supreme Court: 🇮🇹 Italy 🇩🇪 Germany 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇮 Finland 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇨🇾 Cyprus 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇿 Czechia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇫🇮 Finland 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇵🇱 Poland 🇷🇴 Romania France, Ireland and Portugal were the only larger EU states that didn’t sign the letter.

UK Prime Ministers since 1997, time in power 🇬🇧 1. Tony Blair: 10 years (1997–2007) 2. Gordon Brown: 2 years, 10 months (2007–2010) 3. David Cameron: 6 years, 2 months (2010–2016) 4. Theresa May: 3 years (2016–2019) 5. Boris Johnson: 3 years, 1 month (2019–2022) 6. Liz Truss: 49 days (2022) 7. Rishi Sunak: 1 year, 8 months (2022–2024) 8. Keir Starmer:2 years (2024–2026) 9. Andy Burnham: in office since July 20, 2026