News brief: Big stories of the day

The United States President Donald Trump intends to terminate the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) program with India and Turkey, US trade chief's office said on Monday.

Spain has been struck by more than 120 wildfires in the northern regions of Asturias and Cantabria, where warm temperatures and strong overnight winds have fanned flames, and investigators believed many might have been ignited deliberately, officials said Monday.

China has increased its defence budget by 7.5 per cent for this year, hiking it to $177.61 billion from last year's $175 billion. It is over three times India's defence budget.

An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Tral area of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday night, police said.

India defeated Australia in the first ODI between to take a 1-0 lead in the five-game ODI series. Held in Hyderabad, Indian bowlers did exceedingly well to restrict Australia to a low score of 236 runs.