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France is heading to the polls on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections which could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision. Sunday’s snap elections, which could also produce a hung parliament…

For a defiant President Joe Biden, the 2024 US election is up to the public – not the Democrats on Capitol Hill. But the chorus of Democratic voices calling for him to step aside is growing, from donors, strategists, legislators…

Texas officials are urging coastal residents to brace for a potential hit by Beryl with the storm expected to regain hurricane strength in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Jack Beven, a senior hurricane specialist at the National…

Ukrainian service members have gathered in Kyiv to pay last respects to a British combat medic who set up a charity delivering essential supplies to frontline fighters. Peter Fouche, 49, died “in the battlefield” on June 27 as his unit…

British prime minister Keir Starmer has told ministers there was a “huge amount of work to do” as he chaired the first meeting of the new cabinet on his first full day in Downing Street. He told his top team…

Hamas has given initial approval for a US-backed proposal for a phased ceasefire in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel gives an up-front commitment for a complete end to the war, Hamas and Egyptian officials said. The apparent compromise…

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian’s lead against hard-liner Saeed Jalili widened early on Saturday to more than two million votes as counting continued in Iran’s presidential run-off election. Supporters of Mr Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and long-time politician, entered the streets…

US President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered re-election effort, has defiantly said he is “completely” ruling out quitting his 2024 bid. The comment came after he finished taping a pivotal television interview where his every answer is sure…

Paris’ famed Moulin Rouge cabaret got its red windmill back on Friday during a special ceremony that featured can-can dancing on the plaza outside. The mill’s huge sails, an emblem of the surrounding Montmartre neighbourhood, collapsed after a show earlier…

Britain’s prime minister Keir Starmer is expected to hold the first meeting of his new Cabinet on Saturday as he looks to start working on Labour’s manifesto pledges and preparing for a Nato summit in the coming week. Mr Starmer…