Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, one of the first world leaders to send a message of goodwill to new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, urged him to carry on supporting the war with Russia.
Mr Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready to strengthen ties with London, a key military ally after former prime minister Boris Johnson made support for Ukraine a key policy of the past year.
Mr Sunak became prime minister with a number of crises competing for attention. Mr Johnson left office on the back of ethics scandals and rising inflation that was then made worse by Liz Truss’s mini-budget, which was removed quicker than she was.
“Congratulations to Rishi Sunak on taking office as British Prime Minister!” Mr Zelensky wrote on social media, saying he hoped Mr Sunak would be able “to successfully overcome all the challenges facing British society and the whole world today”.
“I'm ready to continue strengthening the Ukrainian-British strategic partnership together!”
Mr Sunak has vowed to help Ukraine fight even as he warned of difficult financial choices ahead for his government.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street minutes after being appointed prime minister, Mr Sunak called it a “terrible war that must be seen successfully to its conclusion”.
French President Emmanuel Macron congratulated Mr Sunak and said that he would look to work with him on common challenges such as the war in Ukraine.
“Together we will continue working to tackle the challenges of the moment, including the war in Ukraine and its many consequences for Europe and the world,” he said.
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin called on him to urgently start talks with the EU on resolving an impasse over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland.
“Building on work already under way, there is a real opportunity for the EU and [the] UK to find jointly agreed solutions on the issues pertaining to the [Northern Ireland] Protocol, and I urge Prime Minister Sunak to move quickly to substantive engagement with the EU on that basis,” Mr Martin said.
The EU is counting on a strong relationship with Britain in full respect of the agreements made after its departure from the bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
US President Joe Biden said at a White House Diwali celebration on Monday that Mr Sunak's appointment would be a “groundbreaking milestone, and it matters”.
One of the first messages came from India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, congratulating Mr Sunak as Britain's first Hindu prime minister and also its first of Asian descent.
“Warmest congratulations, Rishi Sunak!” Mr Modi said. “As you become UK PM, I look forward to working closely together on global issues and implementing road map 2030.
“Special Diwali wishes to the ‘living bridge’ of UK Indians, as we transform our historic ties into a modern partnership.”
Other acts on the Jazz Garden bill
Sharrie Williams
The American singer is hugely respected in blues circles due to her passionate vocals and songwriting. Born and raised in Michigan, Williams began recording and touring as a teenage gospel singer. Her career took off with the blues band The Wiseguys. Such was the acclaim of their live shows that they toured throughout Europe and in Africa. As a solo artist, Williams has also collaborated with the likes of the late Dizzy Gillespie, Van Morrison and Mavis Staples.
Lin Rountree
An accomplished smooth jazz artist who blends his chilled approach with R‘n’B. Trained at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC, Rountree formed his own band in 2004. He has also recorded with the likes of Kem, Dwele and Conya Doss. He comes to Dubai on the back of his new single Pass The Groove, from his forthcoming 2018 album Stronger Still, which may follow his five previous solo albums in cracking the top 10 of the US jazz charts.
Anita Williams
Dubai-based singer Anita Williams will open the night with a set of covers and swing, jazz and blues standards that made her an in-demand singer across the emirate. The Irish singer has been performing in Dubai since 2008 at venues such as MusicHall and Voda Bar. Her Jazz Garden appearance is career highlight as she will use the event to perform the original song Big Blue Eyes, the single from her debut solo album, due for release soon.
Uefa Nations League: How it works
The Uefa Nations League, introduced last year, has reached its final stage, to be played over five days in northern Portugal. The format of its closing tournament is compact, spread over two semi-finals, with the first, Portugal versus Switzerland in Porto on Wednesday evening, and the second, England against the Netherlands, in Guimaraes, on Thursday.
The winners of each semi will then meet at Porto’s Dragao stadium on Sunday, with the losing semi-finalists contesting a third-place play-off in Guimaraes earlier that day.
Qualifying for the final stage was via League A of the inaugural Nations League, in which the top 12 European countries according to Uefa's co-efficient seeding system were divided into four groups, the teams playing each other twice between September and November. Portugal, who finished above Italy and Poland, successfully bid to host the finals.
Dubai World Cup nominations
UAE: Thunder Snow/Saeed bin Suroor (trainer), North America/Satish Seemar, Drafted/Doug Watson, New Trails/Ahmad bin Harmash, Capezzano, Gronkowski, Axelrod, all trained by Salem bin Ghadayer
USA: Seeking The Soul/Dallas Stewart, Imperial Hunt/Luis Carvajal Jr, Audible/Todd Pletcher, Roy H/Peter Miller, Yoshida/William Mott, Promises Fulfilled/Dale Romans, Gunnevera/Antonio Sano, XY Jet/Jorge Navarro, Pavel/Doug O’Neill, Switzerland/Steve Asmussen.
Japan: Matera Sky/Hideyuki Mori, KT Brace/Haruki Sugiyama. Bahrain: Nine Below Zero/Fawzi Nass. Ireland: Tato Key/David Marnane. Hong Kong: Fight Hero/Me Tsui. South Korea: Dolkong/Simon Foster.
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Classification of skills
A worker is categorised as skilled by the MOHRE based on nine levels given in the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) issued by the International Labour Organisation.
A skilled worker would be someone at a professional level (levels 1 – 5) which includes managers, professionals, technicians and associate professionals, clerical support workers, and service and sales workers.
The worker must also have an attested educational certificate higher than secondary or an equivalent certification, and earn a monthly salary of at least Dh4,000.
