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UK: Vote on transfer of Chagos Islands to Mauritius withdrawn amid mounting opposition pressure after Trump called it ‘Great Stupidity’

OpIndia Staff - 24 January, 2026

In a significant reversal, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government has pulled the controversial Chagos Islands sovereignty bill from the House of Lords...

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‘Murdered on the streets, houses and temples being burnt’: UK Parliamentarian highlights atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh

OpIndia Staff - 16 January, 2026

Equally, the Islamic extremists have called for a referendum which would change the constitution of Bangladesh forever," Bob Blackman further added.

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What are puberty blockers, and why is the UK pushing ahead with a £11 million puberty blocker trial on children, despite safety concerns? Explained

Rukma Rathore - 13 January, 2026

JK Rowling and Richard Dawkins have signed petitions calling for the cancellation of the new trial in the UK.

Law

UK to bring law making it illegal for AI generating non-consensual intimate images, after Grok was made to take down posts in India

OpIndia Staff - 13 January, 2026

Keir Starmer warned X could lose self regulation as Ofcom probes Grok misuse, with fines up to ten percent revenue, while long delayed Data Act provisions criminalising creation of deepfake images are enforced this week.

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Level of violence deeply concerning, worrying: UK MP Priti Patel writes to British Foreign Secretary over killing of Hindus, spike in persecution of the...

OpIndia Staff - 9 January, 2026

The increase in "religious violence and persecution in Bangladesh" is concerning, according to MP Priti Patel.

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‘UK universities have Islamic radicalisation risk’: UAE cuts student scholarships after London refuses to ban Muslim Brotherhood

Shraddha Pandey - 9 January, 2026

Over the past decade, the UAE has cracked down heavily on Islamists within the country, and in 2014, it designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organisation. The UAE has long advocated that the UK must proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood; however, the latter remains reluctant.

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When 33 British MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn whom Rahul Gandhi met in 2022, campaigned for the killers of an Indian diplomat: The forgotten “Free...

Jinit Jain - 7 January, 2026

More than a decade after Indian diplomat Ravindra Mhatre was murdered by JKLF terrorists in Britain in 1984, 33 UK MPs, including Jeremy Corbyn, shockingly campaigned for the release of his convicted killers.

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Ahead of the retrial of 2022 Leicester anti-Hindu violence instigator Majid Freeman, Islamist outfit CAGE International gives ‘mobilise for Freeman’ call

Shraddha Pandey - 7 January, 2026

CAGE International, previously known as CagePrisoners Project, is mobilising support for Majid Freeman ahead of his retrial in the Leicester case on 9th January.