Five Takeaways From the U.K. General Election
Reacting to election results at a watch party in a London pub on Thursday.
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Brazil Police Accuse Bolsonaro of Embezzling Saudi Jewels
Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president, at a political rally in February in São Paulo.
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Gaza Cease-Fire Talks Revive After Weeks of Deadlock
An Israeli tank near the border with Gaza on Thursday.
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This English Naval City Is a Bellwether Seat. How Do Voters Feel?
Voters at a polling station in Portsmouth, England, on Thursday morning.
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Iran Voters Face Stark Choice in Competitive Presidential Runoff
Iranians gathered around a public video screen in Tehran this week to watch a debate between the hard-line presidential candidate Saeed Jalili and the reformist, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian.
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Iran’s Presidential Candidates: Who Are They?
Masoud Pezeshkian, left, and Saeed Jalili, right, on a big screen during the last presidential debate in Tehran, on Tuesday.
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Hungary’s Viktor Orban Travels to Russia for Meeting With Vladimir Putin
Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary and President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Moscow on Friday, in a photo released by Russian state media.
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Japan Finally Phases Out Floppy Disks
This now-obsolete format, a magnetic disk encased in a plastic, has not been manufactured for 13 years.
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Euro 2024 and the Problem With Too Much Fame
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Euro 2024 statistics: selfie-seeking fans (many), goals (zero), frustration (mounting).
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Justice Department Opens Criminal Investigation in Chinese Doping Case
China’s swimming team for the Paris Olympics includes 11 athletes who have previously tested positive for banned substances.
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Why More French Youth Are Voting for the Far Right
Young National Rally supporters distributing election leaflets in a Paris suburb.
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Labour Wins Back the Trust of Jewish Voters
Keir Starmer, who describes himself as an atheist, is married to Victoria Starmer, who comes from a Jewish family.
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Who Is Rachel Reeves, the Woman Taking the Helm of Britain’s Economy?
Rachel Reeves, the new chancellor of the Exchequer, right, with Keir Starmer, the new prime minister, last month.
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Sometimes It Is the Coach’s Fault
The United States tumbled out of the Copa América and right into a self-inflicted crisis.
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The Greens Take a Bite of Labour’s Vote Share
Green Party co-leaders Carla Denyer, left, and Adrian Ramsay, at their election manifesto launch in Hove, England, in June.
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U.K. Liberal Democrats Make Big Election Gains
Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrat party, speaking in Whittlesford, England, in May.
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Britain’s New Prime Minister Had Just Hours to Prepare
The famed address has been home to prime ministers since 1735. And it’s much larger than it seems from the street.
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Labour Loses Votes in Muslim Areas Over Its Gaza Policy
A protest in London last month calling for an end to the war in Gaza.
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UK Election Turnout Set to Be Lowest in Over 20 Years
Outside a polling station in Portsmouth, England, on Thursday.
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Trump Advisers Call for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing if He Is Elected
A drop test of a B61 nuclear bomb. An aide to Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser said a redesign of this type of bomb, the B61-13, announced in October, was in need of explosive testing.
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UK Election: What Happens Next
Journalists gathering outside Downing Street in London, where Rishi Sunak was expected to give his last speech as prime minister at 10:30 a.m. local time.
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How the Labour Party Wants to Change the UK Economy
Portsmouth, England, on Wednesday. The Labour Party has said it would try to boost growth all over Britain.
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Australian Author’s Novel-Turned-Film Goes Global
Lena Dunham, left, and Stephen Fry, the stars of “Treasure,” with the film’s director, Julia von Heinz, at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival in February.
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Liz Truss Caps List of High-Profile Conservative Seat Losses
Liz Truss, the former prime minister, leaving after she lost her seat during the count in King’s Lynn, England, on Friday.
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Man Who Stabbed South Korea’s Opposition Leader Is Sentenced to 15 Years
Lee Jae-myung in January after being discharged from a Seoul hospital, eight days after he was stabbed.
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Friday Briefing
Results of an exit poll are projected onto the BBC Broadcasting House in London on Thursday night.
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Growing Economic Anxiety and Inequality Fuels Unrest Worldwide
Protests in Bolivia in June. Residents have lined up for gas because of shortages and a military general led a failed coup attempt.
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Rishi Sunak Hangs On to His Seat in Parliament
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street last year.
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Nigel Farage, Right-Wing Disrupter, Elected to Parliament for the First Time
Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform party, greeting locals in Clacton-on-Sea, England, last month.
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Jeremy Corbyn Wins Election Against Labour, Party He Once Led
Britain’s former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn after submitting his nomination papers to officially stand as an independent candidate for the general election in Islington North, in June.
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Friday Briefing: Labour Projected to Win U.K. Election
If confirmed, it would be one of the worst defeats in the Conservative Party’s history.
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Keir Starmer Is Britain’s New Prime Minister
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, in Whitland, Wales, on Wednesday.
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As Beryl Moves On, Ravaged Islands Assess the Devastation
A beach was closed in Cancún, a resort destination on the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico as Hurricane Beryl came closer on Thursday.
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Russia Arrests Top Military Officer, Artyom Gorodilov, on Corruption Charges
Destroyed civilian cars littered a main road leading out of Bucha, Ukraine, in April 2022. The city was occupied by Russian troops in the early days of the war.
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Who Are the Key Players in the UK Election?
The Parliament in London on Thursday. The political party that wins the most seats on Thursday usually forms Britain’s next government, and that party’s leader also becomes prime minister.
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UK Election Night: When to Expect Results
Outside a polling station in Saffron Walden, England, on Thursday.
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Greece’s Six-Day Workweek: What to Know
Greek workers demonstrated outside the Finance Ministry in Athens in May during a strike to protest low wages amid high living costs.
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First Black African-Born Member of German Parliament Won’t Seek Re-election
Karamba Diaby in the German Parliament in December. Bullets were fired through the window of his district office in 2020, and the office was a target of arson last year.
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Israeli Leaders to Discuss Hamas Response on Cease-Fire Proposal
Debris covered streets in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences Producer to 13 Years in Prison Over Netflix Show
Abdulaziz Almuzaini at a movie festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in November.
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Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty
Kiribati, a tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, is playing a critical role in the election of the next secretary general of the International Seabed Authority.
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India’s Cable News Predicted a Big Modi Win. How Did They Get It So Wrong?
Journalists watching election results in Mumbai last month.
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Thursday Briefing
Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, addressed prospective voters in London.
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What to Know as Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Grows
Mourning a member of Hezbollah in Baalbeck, Lebanon, in May, after he was killed in an Israeli attack.
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Iranians’ Demand for Their Leaders: Fix the Economy
Abbas sells restored furniture in Tehran. “Iran is a rich country, but that wealth doesn’t go into the hands of the people,” he said.
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As Britain Votes, Change Is in the Air. Optimism, Not So Much.
Voters outside a polling station in Saffron Walden Town Hall, in Essex, England, today.
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What Makes the U.K. Exit Poll So Trusted
A vote count in 2019. British general elections are conducted entirely with paper ballots, counted by hand in the hours after polls close at 10 p.m.
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Hurricane Beryl Batters Jamaica After Pummeling 2 Other Islands
Petite Martinique, Grenada, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl.
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Sierra Leone Bans Child Marriage With New Law
Mariama, a pregnant child bride, in Koidu, Sierra Leone, in 2020. She had married a 28-year-old man that year.
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Israel Kills a Top Commander of Hezbollah, Which Replies With a Rocket Barrage
Hezbollah said it had fired 100 rockets at military targets over the border with Israel as part of an “initial response” to the drone strike that killed a top commander.
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Thursday Briefing: What’s at Stake in Britain’s Elections
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., looks out at a crowd during a rally.
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Live Updates: Starmer Becomes U.K. Prime Minister After Labour Party Landslide
Hurricane Beryl Bears Down on the Yucatán Peninsula
Mount Etna Erupts, Spewing Lava and Clouds of Ash 15,000 Feet Into the Air
Keir Starmer Vows ‘National Renewal’ in First Speech as UK Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak Defends Record in Last Speech as Prime Minister
Malaria Vaccine Rollout to Africa Is a Cautionary Tale
On Canada’s Coastal Islands, a Win for Indigenous Rights