"The racism I experienced as a kid and a young person I don't think would happen today because our country's made incredible progress in tackling racism," British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said said.
Experts warn that UK PM Rishi Sunak's plan to curb international student intake could bankrupt UK universities. Sunak has mooted plans to curb the number of international students and their family members coming to the UK after net migration hit a record high this year of half a million, largely driven by visas granted to non-EU students and their dependents.
A senior member of the royal household resigned Wednesday for repeatedly asking a black British charity campaigner where she was "really" from, plunging Buckingham Palace into a fresh racism row.
Delivering a talk Monday night at the Lord Mayor of London's Banquet -- his first major foreign policy speech since taking charge at 10 Downing Street last month -- the British-Indian leader reflected upon his heritage and committed to promoting British values of "freedom and openness" around the world. He also pledged to "do things differently" when it came to China, which he said poses a "systemic challenge" to British values and interests.
But Sunak stopped short of calling China a threat, disappointing China hawks in his Conservative Party who had until recently expected him to class China as a "threat" to UK security as part of an update of the government's foreign and defense policies.
Further strikes are planned on December 13, 14, 16 and 17 by the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, with the labor group saying 40,000 of its members will walk out at 14 train companies as well as Network Rail.
