Relations

• President Trump has met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, signaling a potential strategic reset in U.S.-India relations. • The meeting occurs as India seeks to regain diplomatic momentum while attempting to isolate Pakistan on the global stage. • This shift is driven by evolving geopolitics that have recently elevated Islamabad's diplomatic profile and regional influence.

• The Trump 2.0 administration is tracking key developments in US-China relations, focusing specifically on trade and business engagement. • Recent diplomatic activity includes a phone call between the two leaders in November following a high-level meeting in Busan, South Korea. • The Busan summit is noted for producing major breakthroughs in trade agreements between the two superpowers.

• The Pentagon has renamed the Indo-Pacific Command shortly before the G7 Summit, sparking concerns regarding the stability of India-US relations and future trade ties. • Pentagon officials claim the renaming is a primarily administrative move designed to restore historical military traditions rather than a strategic shift. • Geopolitical observers are questioning if the timing sends a specific message ahead of critical discussions between Prime Minister Modi and Donald Trump.

Ivan Rogers, Britain’s EU ambassador from 2013 to 2017, says party’s ideas did not ‘remotely measure up’ to challengeUK politics live – latest updatesLabour arrived in power with no big idea on the future relationship with the EU, a former British ambassador to Brussels has said.Ivan Rogers, Britain’s EU ambassador from 2013 to 2017, said Labour presented “a ragbag of issues” on the EU in its manifesto, which didn’t “remotely measure up to the challenge of the times” and would “make no measurable difference to the UK macroeconomy”. Continue reading...

Prime minister faces prospect of going it alone against Iran as strategic interests of US and Israel are divergingIt took more than a day after news of Donald Trump’s deal with Iran went public for Benjamin Netanyahu to speak out.When he finally appeared at a press conference on Monday evening, the Israeli prime minister skirted a cornerstone of his past public appearances: his excellent relationship with the US president. Continue reading...

The meeting has been delayed due to resistance over details of the youth mobility scheme allowing under-30s freedom to work and study in EuropeThe EU and the UK have announced they will hold their next summit to discuss the “reset” in relations between London and Brussels on 22 July.The summit, which will be held in Brussels, has been delayed several times, with talks over a youth mobility scheme allowing under-30s to work, travel or study in each other’s country deadlocked in recent weeks, fuelling speculation the summit would be postponed until the autumn. Continue reading...

Justice secretary’s plans likely to increase black people’s suspicion of court system, committee suggestsDavid Lammy’s planned changes to the criminal courts in England and Wales could have a “far-reaching” impact on race relations, a cross-party committee of MPs has concluded.The deputy prime minister’s plan to remove the right to elect for a crown court trial “has the potential to increase mistrust in the criminal justice system among the black community”, the justice select committee said, because black defendants are more likely to elect for trial. Continue reading...