Author: Gulf News Week
US President Donald Trump is bringing a host of top business and technology industry executives on his trip to China this week. Among those joining the president on his official trip to Beijing are Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, Larry Fink of BlackRock, as well as other executives from Meta, Visa, JP Morgan, Boeing, Cargill and more. In total, 17 US executives will join Trump on the trip, a White House official with knowledge of the plans told the BBC.The trip is seen as important for the US, as Trump will meet with President Xi…
A new daily pill could help people coming off weight-loss jabs remain slim, latest research says.The drug is already available in the US and could soon launch in the UK.Trials found that patients given the tablet, called orforglipron, every day for a year avoided regaining much of the weight they had lost – a known risk when coming off GLP-1 injections.The study in the journal Nature Medicine was funded by the manufacturer Eli Lilly, which also makes the weight loss jab Mounjaro. Swallowing a pill might be more attractive to patients than having to inject themselves, says Dr Marie Spreckley,…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is to meet Health Secretary Wes Streeting, one of his potential leadership challengers, this morning, as his government faces an attempt by Labour MPs to oust him from the top job.The meeting comes after four ministers resigned, including prominent MP Jess Phillips who quit as safeguarding minister, and Streeting ally Zubir Ahmed.More than 80 Labour MPs also urged Sir Keir to stand down, exposing deep divisions over the prime minister’s future.Sir Keir vowed to get on with governing on Tuesday, while his cabinet allies and more than 100 MPs rallied behind the prime minister, warning…
US President Donald Trump’s futuristic “Golden Dome” missile defence system will cost about $1.2 tn (£882bn) to develop, deploy and operate over two decades, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates.That figure is significantly higher than the initial sum of $175bn (£129bn) that had been earmarked. And the system designed to shield the US against ballistic and cruise missiles might not even work. The new CBO report warned the Golden Dome could be vulnerable to a full-scale attack by Russia or China.Acquisition costs alone would be over $1tn, including for the interceptor layers and a space-based missile warning and tracking system,…
In under a month from now, India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is expected to release its final report on the crash of London-bound Air India flight AI‑171 that went down seconds after take‑off from Ahmedabad in western India on 12 June 2025.As the world awaits the findings on the devastating tragedy that claimed 260 lives, a cascade of formidable challenges has deepened the crisis at Air India.A leadership vacuum, mounting financial losses, airspace closures and a Middle Eastern fuel shock have put the carrier’s ambitious turnaround into question. A spate of recent incidents have also cast a shadow on…
An independent, Israeli investigation has published harrowing details of “systematic, widespread” sexual violence by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups during the attacks on 7 October 2023, and against hostages.The 300-page report concludes that rapes, sexual assault and sexual torture were intended “to maximize pain and suffering”.While the UN and others have published reports on sexual violence during the attacks – in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage – this is the most comprehensive.It draws on 430 filmed interviews with survivors and witnesses, more than 10,000 photographs and videos filmed by attackers, and official records and…
The UK has said it will contribute drones, fighter jets and a warship to a joint mission aimed at safeguarding shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Defence minister John Healey announced the package at a virtual summit of defence ministers on Tuesday. It includes autonomous systems to detect and clear naval mines, drone boats and Typhoon jets for air patrols.More than 40 other nations are involved in the mission, which Healey said would begin when conditions allow.For months Iran has been controlling the Strait of Hormuz – one of the world’s busiest oil shipping channels – in retaliation for US…
Sebastian Muñoz-Najar has only just finished primary school. The 13-year-old is still years away from learning how to drive. He cannot legally work. He’s too young to even have a social media account.But he’s already despairing about his future housing prospects.Amid near constant headlines about Australia’s deepening housing crisis, the Adelaide student began worrying about what the future might look like for his generation.Armed with Google and a calculator, Sebastian was shocked to find that, if the current trajectory of house prices and wage growth continues, by the time he graduates from university the average house in his city will…
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 13 people in southern Lebanon, state media say, where a ceasefire has failed to stop the war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.Overnight, six people were killed and seven others were injured when a house in Kfar Dounine was hit, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).On Tuesday afternoon, Lebanon’s health ministry said two paramedics from the state-run Lebanese Civil Defense emergency service were killed and a third was injured in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh, as they carried out a mission in response to an earlier attack that killed…
The prime minister’s political future hangs in the balance, with his home secretary, a handful of ministers and more than 80 MPs calling on him to go, if not immediately then in the near future.However, there is not a consensus among Labour MPs about who they want to replace Sir Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour party and of the country.And on Tuesday, the prime minister told the cabinet he would “get on with governing” and that a leadership contest had not been triggered.So although no one has publicly said they want to take over yet, here are some…