India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is due to hold talks with security officials in the disputed region of Kashmir, as fears grow that an all-out war with Pakistan is imminent. Mr Vajpayee is on the last day of his visit to Indian-controlled Kashmir where on Wednesday he delivered a belligerent speech to frontline troops. Pakistan responded by saying it wanted negotiations but would fight back with "full force" if it came under attack. The European Union and the United States have both voiced fears that the two nuclear rivals are close to full-scale war and have sent envoys to the region to try to cool tensions.
According to POLITICO, the long-delayed Future Combat Air System (FCAS) being developed by France, Germany and Spain is now widely seen by officials in Paris and Berlin as nearing its end.
A Hong Kong court on Monday sentenced pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison over national security offences, a move rights groups condemned as “effectively a death sentence” and emblematic of the city’s shrinking press freedoms.
Keir Starmer is facing a critical moment in his leadership as he seeks to reassert authority over the Labour Party following the resignation of his closest political adviser, Morgan McSweeney.
Sinisa Karan has been confirmed as the new president of Republika Srpska following a repeat early election held to replace the banned Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, according to final results.
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