Month: July 2024

Read More Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jonathan Ashworth among those losing out as party suffers in urban areas with high Muslim populations General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker Labour has lost three seats to pro-Gaza independent candidates and been run close by several others, as the impact of the Middle East…

Read More Keir Starmer’s Labour is heading for power with a large majority as voters punish Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labour party, will take over from Rishi Sunak as UK prime minister with the most emphatic election victory by…

Read More An initial round of voting June 28 saw no candidate get over 50% of the vote, forcing the runoff. The candidates are running to replace the late president, who was killed in a helicopter crash. (Image credit: Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/AP) An initial round of voting June 28 saw no candidate get over 50%…

Read MoreUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to the opposition Labour party in the general election.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to the opposition Labour party in the general election.

Read More Oppositions don’t win elections, received Westminster wisdom tells us. Governments lose them. And in Britain’s July 4 election, the ruling Conservatives lost big. After a 14-year governing streak defined by Brexit, a pandemic, and an astonishing period of political and financial turbulence that ushered in three Prime Ministers in just one year, the…

Read More Rishi Sunak has survived the vote, but Tories suffered a historic loss British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized to his Conservative colleagues who lost their seats, taking full responsibility for the crushing defeat his party had suffered in a snap election on Thursday. “The Labour Party has won this general election… the British…

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Read More DUP loses Lagan Valley seat vacated by former leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, and is under pressure in North Antrim General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) is on track to lose at least two of its eight seats, boosting Sinn Féin’s chances of becoming the…

Read More Australian cricket star labels opposition leader’s remarks an ‘absolute disgrace’ as newly formed Muslim Vote group sparks debate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has accused Peter Dutton of “fuelling Islamophobia”, after the…

Read More The Reform UK leader has finally been elected an MP on his eighth attempt The Eurosceptic firebrand who leads the Reform UK party has beat his Conservative challenger for the Essex seat of Clacton, securing a spot in the UK House of Commons for the first time in his political career – and…

Read More Labour frontbencher Thangam Debbonaire falls to heavy defeat as city elects its first Green MP General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide The Green party’s co-leader Carla Denyer has been elected as MP for Bristol Central in a major upset for…

Read More Labour leader says ‘country has spoken’ with Tories on track to record their worst ever performance in a general election General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide Keir Starmer has pledged that it is “now time for us to deliver” as…

Read More Ousted Conservatives turn ire on party as Alex Chalk and Gillian Keegan also join list of unseated cabinet ministers General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps have become the highest-profile Conservatives to lose their seats in…

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Read MoreSome major donors are warning they will withhold funds unless Joe Biden steps aside as the Democratic candidate.Some major donors are warning they will withhold funds unless Joe Biden steps aside as the Democratic candidate.

Read More Reform UK leader beat Conservative candidate Giles Watling, who had represented Essex constituency since 2017 General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide Nigel Farage has been elected as the MP for Clacton, finally succeeding in getting a seat in parliament at…

Read More Former Labour leader continues to represent constituency he has held since 1983 General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide Jeremy Corbyn has won Islington North, the constituency he has represented since 1983 – but for the first time elected as an…

Read More The US president continues to stumble over his words while trying to salvage his reelection campaign  US President Joe Biden has made several radio interview appearances and delivered a brief Fourth of July speech in an apparent attempt to reassure Democrat supporters about his mental capacity to serve following a disastrous debate with…

Read More Workers party leader removed from Commons seat he had won in February byelection dominated by Gaza war General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide George Galloway has been removed from parliament after a four-month stint as the MP for Rochdale, losing…

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Read More Trip scheduled for Monday, with Delhi a key trading partner for Putin since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine Narendra Modi will visit Russia on 8 and 9 July and hold talks with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin has said, in the Indian prime minister’s first trip to the country since Moscow invaded Ukraine.…

Read More SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] A second source confirmed the indictment, although…

Read More Tory frustration boils over but Labour figures keep cool heads with party seemingly on course for historic victory General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide A mild-mannered man, courteous to the end towards the Labour MP who had taken his seat…

Read MoreExperts argue arresting the homeless will make a crisis worse – but cities face mounting pressure take quick action.Experts argue arresting the homeless will make a crisis worse – but cities face mounting pressure take quick action.

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Read MoreOne top EU leader says Hungary’s PM “has no mandate to engage with Russia” on behalf of the bloc.One top EU leader says Hungary’s PM “has no mandate to engage with Russia” on behalf of the bloc.

Read More Abigail Disney, a long-standing donor to the Democrats, warned that the GOP would win in November if a change of leadership was not made Abigail Disney, a long-standing donor to the Democrats, warned that the GOP would win in November if a change of leadership was not made

Read More Dangerous Atlantic ocean route is gaining popularity because of increased vigilance by authorities in the Mediterranean Nearly 90 migrants bound for Europe died and dozens more are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, the state news agency and a local official said on Thursday, “The Mauritanian…

Read More The Russian leader has only seen “some fragments” of the face-off and still prefers a more predictable candidate to win The United States is a major world power, so its internal affairs inevitably affect global issues, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, commenting on the recent televised clash between President Joe Biden and former…

Read More ROME, Jul 04 (IPS) – A 30-year-old woman speaks before tens of thousands gathered in southern Pakistan. Men of all ages listen to her speech in almost reverential silence, many holding up her portrait and chanting her name: Mahrang Baloch. Read the full story, “Women Take the Lead in Baloch Civil Resistance”, on…

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Read More Deputy leader praises Keir Starmer for ‘transforming’ the party while Wes Streeting says ‘I thought it was impossible’ General election 2024: live newsUK general election results liveWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide Angela Rayner has hailed the transformation of her party as Labour looked on course for a historic…

Read More Results for the UK’s 650 constituencies are being announced, after the exit poll has pointed to a Labour landslide. Track how the parties fared, live and in full UK general election 2024 – latest news liveWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour guide to election night10 key moments to watch as election results…

Read More Conservatives predicted to lose more than 200 seats in worst election result since party’s founding General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live trackerWhen will we know who won? Hour-by-hour election night guide The Conservatives are reeling from a “catastrophic” exit poll that projected they would win just 131 seats, the party’s…