The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sweeping votes in the state of West Bengal, where senior leaders have been campaigning extensively in for weeks.

Global brands such as Cartier, Omega and Rolex – once considered out of reach for many Indian consumers – are now seeing growing traction in the market.

The return of the crew was coordinated with Washington and Tehran, according to Pakistan's foreign ministry.

Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said defence cooperation with Indonesia would make a "contribution to peace and stability ... for the region as a whole" amid "an increasingly complex and tense international situation".

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi spoke after an agreement with Australia to deepen cooperation on energy and critical minerals.