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Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, center, joins pro-Palestinian activists in protest calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in central London on March 30, 2024. Corbyn won the Islington North constituency as an independent during the July 4, 2024 election.

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The Labour party’s position on Gaza appears to have cost it votes in the UK election

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US sending dozens of new fighter jets to Japan bases in $10 billion force modernization

Farage wins first seat as his upstart right wing Reform UK party gains ground

Smoke billows after rockets fired from southern Lebanon hit the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel.

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Hezbollah fires more than 200 missiles at Israeli targets following killing of commander

Fears mount over election-linked violence in France after government spokesperson attacked on campaign trail

Russia captures part of a key hilltop town in Ukraine, opening door to further advances

Who is the 28-year-old vying to be France’s PM, and what might his far-right party do in power?

Modi to visit Moscow next week as Kremlin says ‘all issues on the agenda’

Remains found in search for 12-year-old following reported crocodile attack in Australia

UK voters head to polls for a momentous election

How Gaza’s hospitals became battlegrounds

How the climate crisis fuels gender inequality

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Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak delivers a speech after retaining his seat as MP for Richmond and Northallerton in Northallerton, north of England, early on July 5, 2024. Britain's main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls indicated, with Keir Starmer replacing Rishi Sunak as prime minister, ending 14 years of Conservative rule. (Photo by Temilade Adelaja / POOL / AFP) (Photo by TEMILADE ADELAJA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 03: New Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announces that he will stand during the upcoming general election during a press conference on June 3, 2024 in London, England. Nigel Farage announces he is to stand as a candidate in the forthcoming General Election as he takes over as leader of The Reform Party from Richard Tice. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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Supporters of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party react after the polls closed during the European Parliament elections, in Paris, France, June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

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Why Europe’s young people are flirting with the far right

France’s far right may be on the brink of power after Macron’s gamble backfired. Here’s what comes next

Military horses bolt through London streets again

Far right leads first round of France’s parliamentary election in blow to Macron

Video-gaming teenager to become first Catholic millennial saint as pope and cardinals approve canonization

France sees huge turnout in snap parliamentary elections as far right seek gains

Middle East

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Sheba Tel-HaShomer Medical Centre on June 8, 2024 in Ramat Gan, Israel.

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Netanyahu authorizes negotiators to enter detailed talks for ceasefire deal with Hamas

Israel approves largest West Bank land seizure in three decades, rights group says

Iranians are voting in a presidential runoff. What will it mean for the world?

Israel and Hamas appear on brink of framework agreement for ceasefire and hostage deal, Israeli source says

Netanyahu rejects report citing top Israeli generals as wanting a ceasefire in Gaza with Hamas still in power

Israel orders new evacuations in southern Gaza, prompting transfer of hospital patients

World in photos

Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour party, addresses his supporters at a reception to celebrate his win in the election, at Tate Modern, in London, Britain, July 5, 2024. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett

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In pictures: Labour Party leader Keir Starmer

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a statement after taking office outside Number 10 in Downing Street on October 25, 2022 in London, England. Rishi Sunak will take office as the UK's 57th Prime Minister today after he was appointed as Conservative leader yesterday. He was the only candidate to garner 100-plus votes from Conservative MPs in the contest for the top job. He said his aim was to unite his party and the country. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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In pictures: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

A drone view shows a sinkhole that formed on a turf soccer field at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, U.S., June 27, 2024. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant
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FILE - Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel, March 7, 2006, in New York. Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure of his native Los Angeles, died Monday, July 1, 2024, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles, said publicist Carri McClure. She declined to comment on any cause of death. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File)

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Africa

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A Malian soldier walks past a army building that was taken by the jihadists before being destroyed during aerial bombing in Diabaly on January 21.

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Around 40 killed in attack on central Mali village

Sierra Leone outlaws child marriage with new bill

This start-up is making artificial hair from bananas

Bomb blasts kill at least 18 in Nigeria

Americas

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19 bodies found in abandoned truck in the violence-heavy Mexican state of Chiapas

US and Panama sign agreement that aims to close the Darién Gap to ‘illegal migrants’

Toronto police seek person wanted in two suspected hate-motivated attacks at synagogues

Bolivia arrests four more military officials in connection with failed coup

Asia

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Police officers inspect the ruins of a nightclub destroyed by an explosion in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, on October 13, 2002. Two bomb blasts, one of them exploded about 100 meters from the U.S. consular office, destroyed a nightclub on the tourist island, killing at least 58 people and injuring nearly 180 others, police and hospital workers said.

Militant group blamed for 2002 Bali bombings to be disbanded, say senior leaders

China’s Xi urges regional leaders to resist ‘external interference’ as security bloc grows to counter US

Japan court orders government to pay damages for forced sterilizations under now-defunct eugenics law

China’s coast guard detains Taiwan fishing boat near frontline islands

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A boy plays on the beach as a No Swimming flag flies, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019, in Lake Worth, Fla. Hurricane Dorian is bearing down on the northwestern Bahamas as a Category 4 storm. Forecasters say Dorian is then expected to go up the Southeast coastline.

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How to survive rip currents and other drowning hazards

This country has a national happiness index. But what is it really like to live there?

How Shohei Ohtani has brought a new wave of Japanese tourists to LA

Dare to bare: 24 of the world’s best nude beaches

Parisian cafés are a cherished part of French culture. Here’s why they might be in trouble

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Deng Chundan, 16, and her friend take pictures inside Hong Kong Disneyland on June 7, 2024, in Hong Kong, China.

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Fantasy, frills and a pink fox: Playing dress up at Hong Kong Disneyland

Victoria and David Beckham recreate their wedding day photos 25 years later

Team USA’s new Olympic uniforms revealed

Tiny Titian masterpiece once found at London bus stop sells for over $22 million

The son of Asia’s richest man is getting married in one of India’s most anticipated — and lavish — weddings of the year

Weather

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Construction workers drink water in Folsom, California, US, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. California's biggest power utility had warned of potential outages as the state faces a period of high wildfire risk and power demand surges to keep air conditioners running, with temperatures in Sacramento remaining above 110F (38C) for daytime highs this week, National Weather Service computer models show. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A ‘potentially historic’ heat wave is intensifying along the West Coast with no relief expected for days

The West is sizzling under extreme heat and bracing for the threat of more fires as thousands remain evacuated in California

Hurricane Beryl charges toward Jamaica as record-breaking Category 5 after leaving Caribbean islands in ruins

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Aya Nakamura performs during Vogue World: Paris at Place Vendome on June 23, 2024 in Paris.

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Hurricane Beryl floods a street in Hastings, Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

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Jeffrey Donaldson, pictured arriving in court on July 3, faces 18 sexual offense charges.

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Former top Northern Irish politician Jeffrey Donaldson to stand trial over alleged sex offenses

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Crush at India religious event kills more than 120, mostly women

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, in Kyiv, is pictured on August 23, 2023.

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Ukraine says it thwarted a plot to overthrow the government

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping attend a concert marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and China and opening of China-Russia Years of Culture at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on May 16, 2024. (Photo by Alexander RYUMIN / POOL / AFP) / ** Editor's note : this image is distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik **

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A growing club led by Xi and Putin to counter the US is adding a staunchly pro-Russia member

Air Europa said the flight was forced to land in Brazil after being hit by 'strong turbulence.'

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Architecture around the world

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Air purifiers on the street in the Olympic Village in Saint Denis, France, on Monday, April 15, 2024. The Olympic Village, north of Paris, will be an eco-quarter where all buildings under eight floors will be made from wood and glass, and all energy will be sustainably sourced via heat pumps and renewables. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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No AC but the ‘greenest’ ever Games? Inside Paris’ landmark Olympic Village

Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, credited with fusing East with West, has died at 95

The scenic garden that became China’s secretive seat of power

A graffiti ‘takeover’ roils downtown Los Angeles

Aston Martin opens 66-story residential tower in Miami

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Winners Patrick Bertoletti and Miki Sudo pose for a photograph after Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest on July 4 in New York City.

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Patrick Bertoletti wins Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest; Miki Sudo sets new women’s record

World Aquatics confirms US government has opened criminal investigation into doping case involving Chinese swimmers: AP

Kylian Mbappé calls first round of French elections ‘catastrophic’ after country’s lurch to the far-right

San Diego Wave FC rejects ‘inaccurate and defamatory’ statements from former employee

Tech

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The Google Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023.

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Drake performs during day two of Lollapalooza Chile 2023 on March 18, 2023 in Santiago, Chile.

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