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06:30: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and also eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew declared a seven-day period of national mourning. [5] 08:00: The Prime Minister made a statement in Malay, Mandarin and English formally announcing the death. [6] All radio and television stations carried the address "live".
British prime minister Rishi Sunak visits Kyiv to reiterate his support for Ukraine. (The Washington Post) Disasters and accidents. 2024 Noto earthquake. The death toll from the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, on January 1, increases to 215 people, with 28 others still missing.
The death toll from fighting in the Catatumbo region, Colombia, increases to more than 100 as the National Liberation Army (ELN) launches more attacks. The Colombian government vows "war" against the ELN with Colombian president Gustavo Petro saying that the group has "chosen the path of war, and a war they will have".
[n 3] The prime minister was officially granted a place in the order of precedence in December 1905, and the first statutory reference to the Prime Minister was present in the Chequers Estate Act 1917, which specified Chequers as a prime-ministerial residence. Public recognition of the existence of a 'Prime Minister's Office' in the Civil ...
The first Indonesia-UK forum was held in 2007, and was chaired by British foreign secretary Margaret Beckett and Indonesian foreign minister Hassan Wirajuda. [ 1 ] In March 2010, members of the House of Lords praised Indonesia for their progress in democratising society, media freedom and environmental protection. [ 18 ]
After the summer recess, the BBC changed their programming plan by scaling down BBC Politics Live to 4 days a week (Monday to Thursday with the same times as before), with a review programme, BBC Politics UK airing in the timeslot on Fridays. Since the start of 2023, most of the Wednesday edition of BBC Politics Live is simulcasted on BBC News.
Great Britain: Prime Minister: Wimbledon Kingdom of Great Britain: Illness – influenza [3] William Pitt the Younger: 1806 United Kingdom: Prime Minister: Putney United Kingdom: Illness – peptic ulceration [4] Mateo de Toro Zambrano: 1811 Chile: President of the Government Junta: Santiago Chile: Spencer Perceval: 1812 United Kingdom: Prime ...
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over time through a merger of duties. [1]