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What to know about Keir Starmer, the lawyer poised to win the U.K. general election

8:25pm July 04, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

A centrist human rights lawyer with working class roots, Keir Starmer is poised to be the first Labour leader to win a U.K. general election in nearly 20 years.

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Who is Keir Starmer? A look at the man likely to become the next U.K. prime minister

2:37pm July 04, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

Keir Starmer, 61, is a social liberal, fiscal moderate and leader of the United Kingdom's Labour Party, which polls predict will win Thursday’s parliamentary election by a landslide.

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It's Election Day in the U.K. — the Labour Party is favored to return to power

1:30pm July 04, 2024

Britons are electing a new parliament and prime minister. Polls forecast victory for the center-left Labour Party, but low turnout could change that.

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Brits are poised to punish ruling Conservatives in tomorrow's vote, polls show

10:20pm July 03, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

After 14 years in power, the Tories — once dubbed the "natural party of government" — face a drubbing in elections July 4. Rishi Sunak could be the first U.K. prime minister ever to lose his own seat.

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It's the biggest election year in modern history. Will democracy prevail?

4:45pm July 03, 2024

This year, more than half the world's population lives in countries that are choosing leaders. And those choices will tell us a lot about the state of democracy around the world.

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What to know about the U.K. election, with Labour forecast to knock out Conservatives

1:49pm July 03, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

Polls forecast a wipeout for the governing Conservatives. The Labour Party's leader, a centrist human rights lawyer, is widely predicted to become the next prime minister.

Labour leader, Keir Starmer delivers a speech and takes media questions while visiting Norton Cannes Community Centre on July 2, 2024 in Norton Canes, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

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Britains Vote on July 4th and Labour's Keir Starmer is the predicted winner

6:43pm July 02, 2024

A centrist human rights lawyer with working class roots, Keir Starmer is poised to be the first Labour leader to win a U.K. election in nearly 20 years.

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Hungary's Orbán in Kyiv for talks with Zelenskyy in first visit since the war began

8:11am July 02, 2024

by The Associated Press

The visit comes the day after Hungary took over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union, a position that has little real power but can be used to set the tone of the bloc's agenda.

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The far right wins the first round of France’s snap election

6:05pm July 01, 2024

The National Rally holds a strong lead in France's first round of legislative elections, polling agencies projected -- bringing the party closer to being able to form a government in round two.

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Here are key takeaways from France's election round 1, where the far right prevails

5:01pm July 01, 2024

by Nick Spicer

It’s one of the most high-stakes, two-round votes in the history of postwar France. Here's where things stand.