Briefing

UK: The Office for National Statistics releases its annual report on average weekly household expenditure on goods and services; the Reading and Leeds Festival begins, until Sunday.Ukraine: Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, makes the first visit to Ukraine by an Indian prime minister since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992, and is expected to meet President Zelensky.US: Rajnath Singh, the Indian defence minister, visits the United States, where he meets Lloyd Austin, the defence secretary, and Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, and also chairs a roundtable meeting with the US defence industry on defence collaborations.World: Unesco-initiated International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.