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The latest defection comes after Sunak's Tories lost 1,500 councillors in the local elections and as they languish in the polls before a general election expected later this year.

Already in office for nearly a quarter-century and the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Josef Stalin, Putin’s new term doesn’t expire until 2030.

The sweeping law aims to protect women in the 27-nation EU from gender-based violence, forced marriages, female genital mutilation and online harassment.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was barely able to point to any big success for his Conservative Party.

It adds to a dismal set of results for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as his Tories finished a humiliating third in local council tallies after losing nearly 500 seats in voting Thursday across England.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hope he can point to successes, notably in a couple of key mayoral races.

Video footage and photographs posted on social media appeared to show a man on the streets near houses with what looked to be a Samurai-type sword.

Workers Party of Britain leader George Galloway said Panesar "will be our candidate in Southall", which is a majority Sikh area.

Sánchez shocked the country on Thursday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future.

KYIV: Russian drones early Sunday struck the Black Sea city of Mykolaiv, setting a hotel ablaze and damaging energy infrastructure, the local Ukrainian governor reported, while ammunition shortages continued to hobble Kyiv's troops in the…

In images shared on social media, security forces can be seen bursting into the concert hall and forcing spectators to lie down on the floor.

Inderpal Singh Gaba, a resident of Hounslow in west London, was arrested in India on Thursday.

Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war are demanding schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies enabling its monthslong conflict.

Airlines cut more than half of their normal flight schedules at Paris's two main airports, Orly and Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle, with many flights in the southern city of Marseille also grounded.

Hundreds of Venetians protested against the program, marching festively through the city's main bus terminal behind banners reading "No to Tickets, Yes to Services and Housing."

On Tuesday, teams from both countries installed the first border marker after officials had agreed to delimit a section based on Soviet-era maps.

In a controversial move, the group this week proposed a massive hike in water bills that would worsen Britain's cost-of-living crisis and prove unpopular ahead of a general election.

15 migrants have died so far this year trying to reach English shores, while 12 migrants were killed in the whole of last year while making the crossing to seek a better future in Britain.

As part of the official commemorations, which begin Thursday, the Humber will be one of around 15 vehicles taking part in a historic reconstruction of the columns that drove into Lisbon.

G7 ministers including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken have been on Capri since Wednesday and are due to wrap up on Friday lunchtime.