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Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili
Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili
With the champagne on ice, they thought they were on the brink of victory - but it didn't happen.
Professor Allan Lichtman told WSJ that based on his election model, President Joe Biden remains the Democrats' best shot for the White House in 2024.
The 12,000-ton CCG 5901 anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone earlier this week, ramping up tensions in the region.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Saturday that China's largest coastguard vessel has anchored in Manila's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, and is meant to intimidate its smaller Asian neighbour. The China coastguard's 165-meter 'monster ship' entered Manila's 200-nautical mile EEZ on July 2, spokesperson for the PCG Jay Tarriela told a news forum. The PCG warned the Chinese vessel it was in the Philippine's EEZ and asked about their intentions, he said.
The canapes and white wine will be packed away. The wooing of the business lobbyists will come to an end. The cosy dinners with Sir Keir Starmer and Sir Tony Blair for select donors will be consigned to the past, and there will be no more polite requests to sign public letters of support for its policies.
‘Taxes are up, the police are woke, and immigration is through the roof.” The man looking at me was recently retired, reasonably prosperous, and a lifelong Conservative voter. But this was his explanation why he could not vote for me, the party’s candidate in West Suffolk.
An Iranian warship capsized while undergoing port repairs, killing two officers and injuring several others.
A report said North Korea may send troops to aid Russia in Ukraine. If true, it would be due to their numbers not effectiveness, experts told BI.
The move to Downing Street is a symbolic moment for any incoming prime minister, the most obvious proof of your drastically changed situation. You do not merely run the shop, as Mrs Thatcher said, you live above it. Downing Street is one of the most prestigious political residences on Earth, perhaps second only to the White House. For five years, barring calamity, it is yours, for you to decorate with all the golden Lulu Lytle wallpaper you like.
David Axelrod didn’t mince words when the subject of the president’s chances of re-election came up during a Sunday appearance on CNN, saying he doesn’t believe Joe Biden understands he can’t beat Donald Trump in November.“There are certain immutable facts of life, and those were painfully obvious on that debate stage, and the president just doesn’t seem to come to—he hasn’t come to grips with it. He’s not winning this race,” Axelrod said on Inside Politics. “If you just look at the data and tal
In France's biggest political upheaval in decades, a newly formed left-wing alliance is set to take up a majority of seats in parliament, just ahead of Macron's centrist coalition, with far-right National Rally in third place. While final results are still to be announced, it is clear no one grouping has an absolute majority. So a third round – of jockying for further alliances – now begins. The snap election – called by President Emmanuel Macron following historic wins by the far-right National
Voters have turned out in large number to produce a shock result, writes the BBC's Hugh Schofield.
Ukraine's air force has claimed it tricked Russian forces into hitting dummy versions of warplanes and air defence systems. Air force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said mock-ups were put in place at an airfield near the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih and a district of the Black Sea port of Odesa. Russia's defence ministry had shared similar footage on Thursday on its Telegram channel and said it had used Iskender missiles to destroy a Ukrainian Mig-29 fighter jet at the Dovhyntseve airfield.
The European Union has slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 percent on Chinese electric car imports because of "unfair" state subsidies, despite Beijing's warnings the move would unleash a trade war. But company reps in both China and Europe are critical of the steps. Brussels launched an investigation last year into Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers to probe whether state subsidies were unfairly undercutting European automakers.Since announcing the planned tariff hike last month, o
Robert Jenrick, Priti Patel and Kemi Badenoch, who have all ruled out deal with Reform, seen as more viable candidates
The improvised 2A28 artillery guns are highly likely to be inaccurate. Videos show the device jumping off of the ground as it fires.
When Donald Trump squared off in a high-stakes debate in Atlanta last week, his wife Melania wasn’t there to offer the traditional post-debate smooch. When Trump received a guilty verdict in a Manhattan fraud trial, Melania wasn’t there for the traditional hand-holding walk out of the courthouse. While Trump crisscrosses the country holding rallies, Melania has confined her campaigning to venues just down the hall. In April, she joined Caitlyn Jenner and Mehmet Oz in addressing Log Cabin republi
STORY: France was on course for a hung parliament Sunday after a leftist alliance unexpectedly took the top spot ahead of the far right.Supporters of the left-wing New Popular Front cheered as results of the second round of parliamentary elections were announced.The leftist alliance gathers the hard left, the Socialists and Greens.They were forecast to win up to 215 seats out of 577, according to pollsters' projections.These projections are usually reliable.At the headquarters for the far-right National Rally, or RN, the mood was far more somber, with early results placing them in third.Ahead of the vote, opinion surveys had projected the RN would win comfortably.But left and centrist alliances cooperated by pulling scores of candidates from three-way races in a bid to build a unified anti-RN vote.RN leader Jordan Bardella said France has been pushed into the hands of the far left - and towards uncertainty.The results would divide parliament into three big groups, all with vastly different platforms and no tradition of working together.Green Party leader Marine Tondelier said she was determined to keep the coalition alive.“Social justice won tonight. Environmental justice has won. Tonight, the people won. And it's only just beginning.”The results are also a humiliation for French President Emmanuel Macron.His centrist alliance, which he founded to underpin his first presidential run in 2017, was projected to be narrowly second.He called the snap election after his ticket was trounced in European Parliament elections last month.Voters punished him and his ruling alliance for a cost of living crisis and failing public services, as well as over immigration and security.
The champagne was on ice at the far-right National Rally's (RN) headquarters, but the celebratory mood swiftly turned to disbelief when the first projected results from Sunday's parliamentary election appeared on TV screens. For days, Marine Le Pen had confidently predicted that her party would triumph with an outright majority and her protege Jordan Bardella would be prime minister. Instead, the National Rally was on course to come third, behind a left-wing alliance and President Emmanuel Macron's centrist bloc.
A total of three Patriots are currently protecting Ukrainian airspace from Russian air attacks: two from Germany and one from the US.