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Exit poll shows landslide win for Britain's Labour Party amid frustration with Conservatives

10:15pm July 04, 2024

by The Associated Press

A jaded electorate looks to have delivered a historic defeat for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s center-right Conservative Party, leaving it in disarray after a 14-year rule.

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The latest on the U.K. election for a new parliament and prime minister

8:25pm July 04, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

As election day in the U.K. comes to a close, NPR takes a look at incoming results, and voters’ reactions to the election:

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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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Brazil's Beloved Olympic Surfers

6:01pm July 04, 2024

Brazil has the biggest— and many say the best— team of surfers heading to the Olympics in Paris. Brazilian surfers are leading competitions and winning fans over in this soccer dominated country.

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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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Morning news brief

1:30pm July 04, 2024

President Biden meets with Democratic governors amid questions about his candidacy. As Israel wages war in Gaza, it’s expanding settlements in the West Bank. Triple digit temps are back in Phoenix.

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Hurricane Beryl rips past Jamaica causing a life-threatening storm surge

1:30pm July 04, 2024

by Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Nick Davis, a journalist based in Kingston, Jamaica, about Hurricane Beryl which has killed several people as it moved through the southeast Caribbean.

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With the focus on Gaza, Israel expands Jewish settlements in the West Bank

1:30pm July 04, 2024

As Israel wages war in Gaza, it’s also working to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Several moves are being described as the biggest seizure of land for the settlers in more than 30 years.

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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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