Incumbent wins presidential runoff with 97% of votes counted, defeating Russia-leaning rival The pro-western incumbent Maia Sandu has won a second term in office in the Moldovan presidential election, preliminary results have shown, marking a significant boost for the country’s EU aspirations and a clear rebuke to Moscow. The runoff […]
Month: November 2024
Exclusive: frontbencher calls absence ‘serious embarrassment and blind spot’ after Tories elect first black leader Senior Labour MPs have expressed their frustration at the lack of black representation in No 10 as the Conservatives elected Kemi Badenoch as their new leader. Labour sources said the WhatsApp group for Labour MPs […]
Kamala Harris targets youth vote in Michigan while Donald Trump heads to Georgia as US presidential election nears final hours We have already covered the presidential nominees’ schedules but what are their running mates up to? Tim Walz will be in North Carolina this evening. The Queen City News says […]
High court approves judicial review of rules denying some women exception to two-child limit on universal credit Two mothers who had children as a result of rape or coercion by former partners have been given permission to take the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to court for being denied […]
Samir Shah’s speech to say public service broadcasting is a British success story that must not be allowed to die out The “fight is on” for the future of British programming at the BBC, the corporation’s new chair is expected to say in his first big speech. Samir Shah will […]
In shocking result that could reshape the race, ex-president falls three points behind in a state he won in 2016 and 2020 A poll in Iowa that has unexpectedly put Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump in what was previously expected to be a safe state for the Republicans has […]
Commandos land in northern Lebanon in highly unusual operation to capture supposed militant group member Middle East crisis – live updates The Israeli military abducted who it said was a senior Hezbollah official in an unprecedented operation on Saturday morning during which Israeli commandos landed on the shores of Batroun, […]
Rachel Reeves throws down budget gauntlet to new Tory chief as party’s first black leader is congratulated on win Labour has thrown down an immediate challenge to the new Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, to back Rachel Reeves’s budget plans for big increases in tax, spending and borrowing, as a huge […]
Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster likely to make at least £50m from leasing land to services such as NHS and schools, according to investigation King Charles and Prince William’s property empires are taking millions of pounds from cash-strapped charities and public services including the NHS, state schools and prisons, according […]
Young victim found beside A63 in Hessle early Friday morning with lacerations to neck, stomach, chest and back A 14-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a 13-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck, stomach, chest and back near Hull on Friday morning. The teenager, who cannot be […]