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In a written statement to parliament, finance minister John Glen said the total estimated cost ran to £161.7 million, with the interior ministry -- responsible for policing -- accounting for the biggest proportion (£73.7 million). The department for culture, media and sport spent £57.4 million, while the Scottish government billed £18.8 million. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/q2BrN8v

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russian mercenary group Wagner, says that Bakhmut, a city in eastern Ukraine, is unlikely to fall to Russian forces in the coming days. The city has been the site of a months-long battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces, with the Russian forces supported by the regular Russian army. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/5LREFXD

China's President Xi Jinping unveiled an ambitious plan to help elevate Central Asia to the next level of its development - from building infrastructure networks to boosting trade - while shunning "external interference" at the same time. Xi's gathering of five heads of state on Chinese soil without Russian President Vladimir Putin also ostensibly pulls Central Asia closer to the Chinese sphere of influence. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/QuTw8Fq

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Former PM Imran Khan has compared Pakistan’s current politics with circumstances prevalent before the 1971 war that led to the secession of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/Qb0SA1N