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Blinken says Netanyahu ‘reaffirmed commitment’ to Gaza ceasefire plan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire proposal during their meeting in Jerusalem. "I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu last night and he reaffirmed his commitment to the proposal," Blinken said, adding that Hamas's welcoming of a UN vote on the US-drafted ceasefire resolution was a "hopeful" sign. "It is hopeful […]

11 June, 2024

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UK’s Sunak to unveil tax-cutting manifesto

By James PHEBY British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise voters "financial security" and tax cuts when he unveils his Conservative party manifesto on Tuesday, following a disastrous week that even led to rumours he might quit. "We Conservatives have a plan to give you financial security," he will say, according to extracts of his speech released in advance. "We will enable working people […]

11 June, 2024

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Snap elections in France: a political scientist lays out what’s at stake

By Julien Robin, Université de Montréal Speaking at a surprise address to the nation on Sunday evening, French president Emmanuel Macron told French citizens he had “decided to give [them] back the choice of our parliamentary future through the vote”. These words, pronounced in reaction to the historic surge of the far-right National Rally at the European elections, triggered the dissolution of France’s […]

11 June, 2024

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U.S President Joseph Biden is reportedly mulling an expansion of his border policy

U.S President, Joseph Biden is reportedly mulling an expansion of his border policy to provide protected legal status to some undocumented migrants already in the country. Toni Waterman has more.

11 June, 2024

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EU migration policy is getting tougher: the 3 new tactics used to keep African migrants out

By Chris Changwe Nshimbi, University of Pretoria and Inocent Moyo, University of Zululand Nearly a decade has passed since migration to Europe from Africa and the Middle East reached a peak in 2015, referred to as the year of the “migrant crisis”. Over a million people from Africa and the Middle East applied for asylum in the European Union (EU). Since then, numbers have […]

11 June, 2024

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South Korea and U.S begin nuclear contingency plans

The US and South Korea have begun plans to respond to a hypothetical nuclear attack by North Korea. Officials from the two countries met for the first meeting of the Nuclear Consultative Group in Seoul on Monday.

11 June, 2024

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Blinken in Middle East to push peace plan

U.S Secretary of State. Antony Blinken. is in the Middle East as Washington steps up efforts to secure a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. It comes amid reports the US is working on a deal with Hamas to release five American hostages held by Hamas. Nick Harper reports for us from Washington.

11 June, 2024

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Irish PM urged to call early election after surge in support at polls

Ireland's prime minister Simon Harris was being urged Monday to call an early general election to capitalise on a surge in support for the government and a slump for the main opposition in European and local polls. An election has to be held by March next year and Harris, who succeeded Leo Varadkar in the top job in April, said on Sunday he intends to lead […]

10 June, 2024

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Bulgaria’s nuclear plant starts to replace Russian fuel

Bulgaria's sole nuclear power plant began to use atomic fuel produced by US group Westinghouse in one of its reactors Monday, in the latest effort to reduce its dependence on Russian energy. The state-owned Kozloduy plant on the Danube river supplies more than a third of the country's electricity and has so far relied on Russian fuel for its two operational Soviet-built 1,000-megawatt reactors. The oldest reactor […]

10 June, 2024