The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue analyses how the South African president reacted in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting. 

​The BBC’s Gary O’Donoghue analyses how the South African president reacted in an extraordinary Oval Office meeting.  

An agreement to hand over the islands from the UK to Mauritius had been expected to be signed on Thursday. 

​An agreement to hand over the islands from the UK to Mauritius had been expected to be signed on Thursday.  

Enforcement Directorate’s searches at institutions linked to Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara triggered a strong defense from Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, who vouched for Parameshwara’s integrity amidst money laundering probe connected to a gold smuggling racket. Shivakumar downplayed allegations of Parameshwara gifting actress Ranya Rao, whose accounts are under scrutiny, asserting his colleague’s honesty and commitment to the law.