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UK ELECTION 2024

New UK PM Starmer vows to 'rebuild Britain' after landslide election win

05-07-2024 10:46 Keir Starmer becomes Britain's new prime minister after his centre-left opposition Labour party swept to a landslide general election victory. Rishi Sunak concedes defeat, bringing to end to 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.

UK ELECTION 2024

Labour hoping for historic win as UK voters go to the polls

04-07-2024 14:49 Polls show centre-left Labour party set for its first general election win since 2005 – making Keir Starmer the party's first prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010.

UK ELECTION 2024

Keir Starmer: Britain's next prime minister

04-07-2024 14:38 Keir Starmer, named after Labour's founding father, is the centre-left opposition party's most working-class leader in decades, despite his knighthood.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

G7 leaders gather in Italy for talks dominated by Ukraine

11-06-2024 11:24 US President Joe Biden, France's Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are among the Group of Seven leaders heading to the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Puglia for the June 13-15 summit. Argentina's President Javier Milei and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will also be joining Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is hosting.

Environmental Policy

Trump's green-bashing and Europe's right put climate goals at risk

27-02-2024 11:58 Politicians are vowing to roll back green policies and downplaying climate change ahead of key elections on both sides of the Atlantic, casting doubt on whether countries can maintain momentum in the transition away from fossil fuels.

ELECTION 2023: REACTION

British PM Sunak sends congratulations to president-elect Milei

21-11-2023 13:37 Spokesperson for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Conservative leader has sent his congratulations to Argentina's president-elect but adds that Malvinas issue is "a question resolved a long time ago."