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US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Monday the UK had agreed to drop its mandate for iPhone maker Apple to provide a "backdoor" that would have enabled access to the protected encrypted data of American citizens, Reuters reported.

Gabbard issued the statement on X, opens new tab, saying she had worked for months with Britain, along with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance to arrive at a deal.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was in Washington on Monday along with other European leaders to meet Trump and discuss Russia's war in Ukraine.

The UK government and Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Gabbard's statement, according to Reuters.

 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with China’s top diplomat on Tuesday in a sign of easing tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors after a yearslong standoff between the Asian powers, Associated Press reported.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in India on Monday, is scheduled to hold talks with Modi and other leaders, including National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, about the disputed border in the Himalayan mountains. Reducing the number of troops on the border, and resuming some trade there, is expected to be on the agenda.

The rebuilding of ties coincides with friction between New Delhi and Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on India, a longtime ally seen as a counterbalance against China’s influence in Asia. India is part of the Quad security alliancewith the U.S. along with Australia and Japan, according to Associated Press.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Monday that Mexico is exploring ways to reduce its reliance on US natural gas and strengthen energy self-sufficiency.

Speaking at her daily press conference, Sheinbaum acknowledged that the country currently depends on “very cheap” US gas, but noted that long-term import contracts—some lasting up to 20 years—cannot be immediately canceled, Xinhua reported.

She said state-owned oil company Pemex has formed a working group, coordinated with the Mexican Petroleum Institute, to study less environmentally harmful options and alternative methane sources, including landfills and biomass.

A group of between 30 and 50 critically ill and injured Palestinian children will be evacuated from Gaza to the UK for medical treatment in the coming weeks, the BBC understands.

They would be the first children brought to the UK for treatment as part of a government operation being coordinated by the Foreign Office, Home Office and Department of Health.

The children will be selected according to need by doctors working for the Hamas-run health ministry, before the World Health Organization coordinates travel, according to BBC.

It comes after some MPs wrote a letter to the government urging them to bring sick and injured children from Gaza to the UK "without delay".