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News18
8 hours ago
- Politics
- News18
PM Modi Set To Attend BRICS Summit In Brazil; Vladimir Putin And Xi Jinping To Skip
Last Updated: This year's BRICS Summit is scheduled to take place in Brazil on 6-7 July. Prime Minister Modi is also expected to hold several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the upcoming BRICS Summit, which will be held in Brazil next week. However, the absence of two major global leaders from this important international platform has already become a topic of discussion. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend this year's BRICS Summit in person. Russia will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, while Premier Li Qiang will represent China. BRICS—an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—has now expanded into a larger organisation with five new members added, bringing the total membership to ten. This year's BRICS Summit is scheduled to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 6–7 July. Prime Minister Modi is also expected to hold several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit. Why Are Putin and Xi Skipping The Summit? Russian President Vladimir Putin is avoiding the visit due to an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC). As Brazil is a signatory to the ICC, Putin would risk arrest if he entered the country. Chinese President Xi Jinping will also skip the BRICS Summit for the first time. While no official reason has been provided, sources indicate internal factors behind his decision. BRICS is an informal grouping of non-Western countries. In addition to attending the 17th BRICS Summit in Brazil, PM Modi will also visit Ghana, Trinidad, Argentina, and Namibia. In the second leg of his tour, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, PM Modi will pay an Official Visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) from 3–4 July. This will be his first visit to the country as Prime Minister, and the first bilateral Prime Ministerial visit to T&T since 1999. He is also expected to address a Joint Session of the T&T Parliament. In the third leg, at the invitation of Argentine President Javier Milei, the Prime Minister will undertake an Official Visit to Argentina from 4–5 July. In the fourth leg, at the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Prime Minister will travel to Brazil from 5–8 July to attend the BRICS Summit. In the final leg of the trip, at the invitation of Namibian President Dr Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, PM Modi will embark on a State Visit to Namibia on 9 July. Get breaking news, in-depth analysis, and expert perspectives on everything from politics to crime and society. Stay informed with the latest India news only on News18. Download the News18 App to stay updated! First Published: June 28, 2025, 10:31 IST
eNCA
2 days ago
- Politics
- eNCA
Denmark to push for stricter EU migration policies
COPPENHAGEN - Denmark's strict migration policies have slowly spread across Europe and the country will now push for harsher EU-wide regulations during its upcoming EU presidency, including on asylum handling and legal appeals. Migration policy "is linked to security, that is to say that we need a Europe that is safer, more stable and robust, and that isn't really the case if we don't control the flows to Europe," Denmark's European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre said as she presented the country's priorities for its EU presidency, which it takes over from Poland on July 1. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hopes to build EU consensus on externalising asylum procedures outside Europe, and restricting the scope of rulings from the European Court of Human Rights. She set the tone during a recent visit to Berlin. "We need new solutions to reduce the influx to Europe and to effectively send back those who don't have the right to stay in our countries," she said at a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who applauded the Danish "model". Denmark, where the number of inhabitants of foreign origin has soared from 3.3 percent in 1985 to 16.3 percent in 2025, says it needs to limit the number of immigrants in order to safeguard its generous cradle-to-grave welfare system. At the same time, the need for foreign labour has surged, with the number of work permits doubling in less than a decade, though these can be swiftly revoked. 'Schizophrenic' situation Refugees in Denmark are entitled to a one-year renewable residency permit, and they are encouraged to return home as soon as authorities deem there is no longer a need for a safe haven. "Refugees are expected to integrate while also being prepared to leave at anytime... a kind of contradictory or schizophrenic situation," researcher Marie Sandberg, the head of the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen, told AFP. "As recent research shows, the increased focus on return policies and temporary protection, along with high demands for getting permanent residency, create a very, very difficult integration landscape for newcomers into Danish society," she added. Denmark made headlines in 2020 when it revoked residency permits for 200 Syrians, deeming the situation in Damascus no longer justified a Danish residence permit. Since her election to the head of the centre-left Social Democrats 10 years ago, Mette Frederiksen has shifted her party's migration policy far to the right, in line with that of preceding right-wing governments backed by the far right. She has repeatedly called non-Western immigration Denmark's "biggest challenge". In 2024, she expressed support for an MP who alleged that some well-integrated immigrants were "undermining" Danish society. "We are a sociable and relaxed country culturally, but for some reason Muslims have been seen as a kind of threat to this liberal culture," lamented Michala Bendixen, head of the Refugees Welcome organisation. Externalising asylum Championing a "zero refugee" policy, Denmark is keen to externalise the asylum process to a country outside Europe. In 2024, the country accepted 860 refugees, 13 times fewer than in 2015. Two years ago, the government halted its plans to process asylum requests abroad -- possibly in Rwanda -- and keep refugees there if their applications were approved, in order to try to find a joint solution with the European Union. While all similar efforts in European countries have so far failed, "there will be a European attempt to do something on the subject" during the Danish EU presidency, Bendixen said. Denmark also recently joined Italy and seven other countries to seek a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights to allow for changes to migration policy, arguing that the text sometimes protects "the wrong people." "We used to be proud of being one of the first countries to sign the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, and we've also been part of the UNHCR resettlement scheme since the late 1980s. However ... Denmark seems to be ready to test the (limits of the) conventions," Sandberg said.
Int'l Business Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Denmark To Push For Stricter EU Migration Policies
Denmark's strict migration policies have slowly spread across Europe and the country will now push for harsher EU-wide regulations during its upcoming EU presidency, including on asylum handling and legal appeals. Migration policy "is linked to security, that is to say that we need a Europe that is safer, more stable and robust, and that isn't really the case if we don't control the flows to Europe," Denmark's European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre said as she presented the country's priorities for its EU presidency, which it takes over from Poland on July 1. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hopes to build EU consensus on externalising asylum procedures outside Europe, and restricting the scope of rulings from the European Court of Human Rights. She set the tone during a recent visit to Berlin. "We need new solutions to reduce the influx to Europe and to effectively send back those who don't have the right to stay in our countries," she said at a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who applauded the Danish "model". Denmark, where the number of inhabitants of foreign origin has soared from 3.3 percent in 1985 to 16.3 percent in 2025, says it needs to limit the number of immigrants in order to safeguard its generous cradle-to-grave welfare system. At the same time, the need for foreign labour has surged, with the number of work permits doubling in less than a decade, though these can be swiftly revoked. Refugees in Denmark are entitled to a one-year renewable residency permit, and they are encouraged to return home as soon as authorities deem there is no longer a need for a safe haven. "Refugees are expected to integrate while also being prepared to leave at anytime... a kind of contradictory or schizophrenic situation," researcher Marie Sandberg, the head of the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen, told AFP. "As recent research shows, the increased focus on return policies and temporary protection, along with high demands for getting permanent residency, create a very, very difficult integration landscape for newcomers into Danish society," she added. Denmark made headlines in 2020 when it revoked residency permits for 200 Syrians, deeming the situation in Damascus no longer justified a Danish residence permit. Since her election to the head of the centre-left Social Democrats 10 years ago, Mette Frederiksen has shifted her party's migration policy far to the right, in line with that of preceding right-wing governments backed by the far right. She has repeatedly called non-Western immigration Denmark's "biggest challenge". In 2024, she expressed support for an MP who alleged that some well-integrated immigrants were "undermining" Danish society. "We are a sociable and relaxed country culturally, but for some reason Muslims have been seen as a kind of threat to this liberal culture," lamented Michala Bendixen, head of the Refugees Welcome organisation. Championing a "zero refugee" policy, Denmark is keen to externalise the asylum process to a country outside Europe. In 2024, the country accepted 860 refugees, 13 times fewer than in 2015. Two years ago, the government halted its plans to process asylum requests abroad -- possibly in Rwanda -- and keep refugees there if their applications were approved, in order to try to find a joint solution with the European Union. While all similar efforts in European countries have so far failed, "there will be a European attempt to do something on the subject" during the Danish EU presidency, Bendixen said. Denmark also recently joined Italy and seven other countries to seek a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights to allow for changes to migration policy, arguing that the text sometimes protects "the wrong people." "We used to be proud of being one of the first countries to sign the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, and we've also been part of the UNHCR resettlement scheme since the late 1980s. However ... Denmark seems to be ready to test the (limits of the) conventions," Sandberg said. Bendixen said those efforts were now "undermining the whole mindset of Europe".
France 24
2 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
Denmark to push for stricter EU migration policies
Migration policy "is linked to security, that is to say that we need a Europe that is safer, more stable and robust, and that isn't really the case if we don't control the flows to Europe," Denmark's European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre said as she presented the country's priorities for its EU presidency, which it takes over from Poland on July 1. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hopes to build EU consensus on externalising asylum procedures outside Europe, and restricting the scope of rulings from the European Court of Human Rights. She set the tone during a recent visit to Berlin. "We need new solutions to reduce the influx to Europe and to effectively send back those who don't have the right to stay in our countries," she said at a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who applauded the Danish "model". Denmark, where the number of inhabitants of foreign origin has soared from 3.3 percent in 1985 to 16.3 percent in 2025, says it needs to limit the number of immigrants in order to safeguard its generous cradle-to-grave welfare system. At the same time, the need for foreign labour has surged, with the number of work permits doubling in less than a decade, though these can be swiftly revoked. 'Schizophrenic' situation Refugees in Denmark are entitled to a one-year renewable residency permit, and they are encouraged to return home as soon as authorities deem there is no longer a need for a safe haven. "Refugees are expected to integrate while also being prepared to leave at anytime... a kind of contradictory or schizophrenic situation," researcher Marie Sandberg, the head of the Centre for Advanced Migration Studies at the University of Copenhagen, told AFP. "As recent research shows, the increased focus on return policies and temporary protection, along with high demands for getting permanent residency, create a very, very difficult integration landscape for newcomers into Danish society," she added. Denmark made headlines in 2020 when it revoked residency permits for 200 Syrians, deeming the situation in Damascus no longer justified a Danish residence permit. Since her election to the head of the centre-left Social Democrats 10 years ago, Mette Frederiksen has shifted her party's migration policy far to the right, in line with that of preceding right-wing governments backed by the far right. She has repeatedly called non-Western immigration Denmark's "biggest challenge". In 2024, she expressed support for an MP who alleged that some well-integrated immigrants were "undermining" Danish society. "We are a sociable and relaxed country culturally, but for some reason Muslims have been seen as a kind of threat to this liberal culture," lamented Michala Bendixen, head of the Refugees Welcome organisation. Externalising asylum Championing a "zero refugee" policy, Denmark is keen to externalise the asylum process to a country outside Europe. In 2024, the country accepted 860 refugees, 13 times fewer than in 2015. Two years ago, the government halted its plans to process asylum requests abroad -- possibly in Rwanda -- and keep refugees there if their applications were approved, in order to try to find a joint solution with the European Union. While all similar efforts in European countries have so far failed, "there will be a European attempt to do something on the subject" during the Danish EU presidency, Bendixen said. Denmark also recently joined Italy and seven other countries to seek a reinterpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights to allow for changes to migration policy, arguing that the text sometimes protects "the wrong people." "We used to be proud of being one of the first countries to sign the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, and we've also been part of the UNHCR resettlement scheme since the late 1980s. However ... Denmark seems to be ready to test the (limits of the) conventions," Sandberg said. Bendixen said those efforts were now "undermining the whole mindset of Europe".
Time of India
3 days ago
- General
- Time of India
The forgotten Indian fighter that could have changed defence history
The forgotten Indian fighter that could have changed defence history Rajesh SharmaJairaj Singh Updated: Jun 25, 2025, 19:38 IST IST In 1961, India became the first non-Western nation to build a supersonic-capable jet. Designed with German help, the HF-24 Marut was bold, homegrown and ahead of its time, but it crashed before it could truly soar In 1961, India made global aerospace history. On a Bangalore airstrip, a silver-grey fighter jet lifted off the tarmac and soared into the sky. The aircraft was the HF-24 . The man in the cockpit was Wing Commander Suranjan Das. And the moment marked India's entry into a one-of-a-kind club. The Hindustan Fighter-24 (HF-24), designed in India and capable of supersonic speeds, was the first such aircraft to be built outside the Western world. For a country just 14 years into independence, whose industrial base was still emerging from colonial rule and exploits, it was a feat of staggering ambition.
