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(From left to right) Putin, Modi and Xi Jinping at a meeting in 2019 — Brics' original members continue to offer benefits for India
India's balancing act with the West as Brics flexes new muscles
KAZAN — For years, Western critics have dismissed Brics as a relatively inconsequential entity.But this past week, at its annual summit in Russia, the group triumphantly showcased just how far it has come.Top leaders from 36 countries, as well as the UN Secretary General, attended the three-day event, and Brics formally welcomed four new members — Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. More membership expansions could soon follow. Brics had previously added only one new member — South Africa in 2010 — since its inception (as the Bric states) in 2006.There’s a growing buzz around Brics, which has long projected itself as an alternative to Western-led models of global governance. Today, it’s becoming more prominent and influential as it capitalizes on growing...
October 25, 2024

India's balancing act with the West as Brics flexes new muscles

Composite image of two men as filmed by the undercover reporter
‘Death trap’ Channel boats traded by smugglers in German city 
BERLIN — It costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole “package” of an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel, according to a BBC report.This is the “good price” offered by two small-boat smugglers to an undercover BBC journalist in Essen — a western German city where many migrants live or pass through.A five-month-long BBC investigation has exposed the significant German connection to the lethal human smuggling trade across the English Channel.As the new UK government promises to “smash the gangs”, Germany has become a central location for the storage of boats and engines eventually used in Channel crossings — confirmed to the BBC by Britain’s National Crime Agency.During covert filming, smugglers revealed to us...
October 25, 2024

‘Death trap’ Channel boats traded by smugglers in German city 

Lukashenko was given an honour by Vladimir Putin at a meeting earlier this month
North Korea troops in Ukraine would escalate conflict, Lukashenko says
By Steve RosenbergKAZAN — There aren’t many world leaders who’ve been in power for 30 years. Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has been accused of stealing elections, crushing dissent and dismantling democracy.The UK, the EU and the US do not recognize him as the legitimate president of Belarus.There’s something else you should know about him: if there’s any leader who knows Vladimir Putin inside out, it is Lukashenko. The two men have known each other for years and meet regularly.Alexander Lukashenko met me on the sidelines of the Brics summit of emerging economies. He wants Belarus to become a member.I asked him to comment on claims that North Korea had sent troops to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine.“Rubbish,” Lukashenko replied. “Knowing his character Putin would never...
October 24, 2024

North Korea troops in Ukraine would escalate conflict, Lukashenko says

Georgian Dream's founder Bidzina Ivanishvili is under pressure from four opposition groups
Georgia's ruling party holds mass rally ahead of crucial vote
TBILISI — Three days before Georgians vote in an election billed as a decisive moment in their country's future, the founder of the governing Georgian Dream party has told thousands of supporters "we choose peace, not war".After 12 years in government, Bidzina Ivanishvili's Georgian Dream faces a close race against four opposition groups to cling on to power in this Caucasus state.His party accuses the opposition of aiming to drag Georgia into involvement in the war in Ukraine, but the opposition argues the election is a choice between Russia under Georgian Dream, or Europe.Ivanishvili, seen as Georgia's most powerful figure, told the crowd in Liberty Square that they should have "a dignified European future based on equality".Georgians overwhelmingly back...
October 24, 2024

Georgia's ruling party holds mass rally ahead of crucial vote

Geoff Capes set a world record in truck pulling in August 1983 at the Crystal Palace Sports Centre, London
World's strongest man Geoff Capes dies
LONDON — Geoff Capes, the British shot put record holder and two-time world's strongest man, has died aged 75.Capes set the record for the longest shot put by a British man with a distance of 21.68m in 1980.In a statement, Capes' family said: "The family of Geoffrey Capes would like to announce his sad passing today, 23rd October."Britain's finest shot putter and twice world's strongest man."Capes had an illustrious career, twice winning gold in the shot at both the Commonwealth Games and the European Indoor Championships.He was a three-time Olympian and came closest to winning a medal with a fifth-place finish at the 1980 Games in Moscow.Capes, who was born in Lincolnshire, was also a six-time champion at the World Highland Games.His victories in the...
October 24, 2024

World's strongest man Geoff Capes dies

Vladimir Putin (left) meets China's Xi Jinping in 2022
Russia’s expanded BRICS meeting sends jitters around Europe
BRUSSELS — An expanded meeting of emerging economies taking place in Kazan, Russia, is sending jitters among EU policymakers.The club formed in 2009 now includes not just Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa – original members whose acronym gave it the name BRICS, and whose leaders Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin are set to meet over the coming days.As of 1 January, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates also joined the club – creating a bloc worth over 37% of global GDP – and one potentially at odds with other institutions such as the G7 and NATO.But the threat to the existing US-led hegemony isn’t immediate, the Carnegie Endowment’s Stewart Patrick has argued."It's an informal club, they're mostly united in the sense of what...
October 23, 2024

Russia’s expanded BRICS meeting sends jitters around Europe

The total loss of the communications satellite has affected Intelsat customers around the world
Boeing-made satellite breaks up in space
LONDON — A communications satellite designed and built by embattled aerospace giant Boeing has broken up in orbit.The satellite's operator, Intelsat, has confirmed the "total loss" of iS-33e, which has affected customers in Europe, Africa and parts of the Asia-Pacific region.Intelsat also says it has taken steps to complete "a comprehensive analysis" of the incident.Boeing has been facing crises on multiple fronts, with a strike at its commercial plane business and issues with its Starliner spacecraft."We are coordinating with the satellite manufacturer, Boeing, and government agencies to analyse data and observations," Intelsat said.Boeing did not comment directly on the incident, referring BBC News to Intelsat's statements.The US Department of...
October 23, 2024

Boeing-made satellite breaks up in space

Andrey Perlov has been told his case will be frozen if he joins the army
Russians accused of crimes offered choice — go to war instead of court
LONDON — At about 06:45 on 28 March, police arrived at Andrey Perlov’s house near Novosibirsk in Siberia.They accused him of stealing about three million roubles ($32,000; £24,000) from a Novosibirsk football club where he was the managing director — he and his family deny this.Perlov, who is 62, is an Olympic gold medallist, having won the 50km race walk in 1992.He has been detained for more than six months and his family says he is being pressured to agree to fight in Ukraine. He’s been told that, in return, the embezzlement case against him would be frozen and potentially dropped when the war ends.It’s no secret that prisoners have been recruited to fight in Ukraine, but BBC analysis can reveal how the initial focus on convicted criminals has shifted to include people yet to...
October 23, 2024

Russians accused of crimes offered choice — go to war instead of court

The Kremlin says the summit is one of the largest-scale foreign policy events ever in Russia
Putin gathers allies to show West pressure isn’t working
MOSCOW — This week in the city of Kazan President Putin will greet more than 20 heads of state at the Brics summit of emerging economies. Among the leaders invited are China’s Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.The Kremlin has called it one of the "largest-scale foreign policy events ever" in Russia."The clear message is that attempts to isolate Russia have failed," thinks Chris Weafer, founding partner of consultancy firm Macro-Advisory."It's a big part of the messaging from the Kremlin that Russia is withstanding sanctions. We know there are severe cracks beneath the surface. But at a geopolitical level Russia has all these friends and they’re all going to be Russia's partners."Brics stands...
October 22, 2024

Putin gathers allies to show West pressure isn’t working

Firefighters pump out water in Givors, central France, after torrential rains and flooding submerged roads and railways.
Italy and France hit by severe flooding after heavy rain
ROME — A wave of bad weather has ravaged parts of Italy and central France, with storms and heavy rainfall expected batter to Italy's south until Tuesday.The Italian region of Emilia Romagna has so far been the worst hit — with more than 160 millimeters of rain falling in the city of Bologna.One person has been killed after a car was swept away in a flood wave in the nearby town of Pianoro, and in Castel Maggiore the army was dispatched to support the Fire Department and Civil Protection in rescuing residents.More than 300 fire department interventions were carried out in Emilia Romagna, particularly in Bologna where the Ravone, Savena and Zena streams, as well as the Icice river, burst their banks.Residents were also evacuated in the municipality of Cadelbosco di Sopra after the...
October 21, 2024

Italy and France hit by severe flooding after heavy rain

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