Boris Johnson has made his first public appearance in the Conservative election campaign to warn voters against electing a Labour government on 4 July.
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World stocks clocked up more record highs on Thursday after U.S. data narrowed the odds on a September Fed interest rate cut, while Europe was on politics watch again as UK voters headed to the polls in national elections. The July 4 holiday in the United States made for thin trading, amplified as investors sat on their hands to see just how large a majority the Labour Party might get when the UK's election exit poll and results start coming out around 2100 GMT. Markets are well prepared for a change given opinion polls have for months put the centre-left party on course for a landslide victory over the Conservatives, who have held power for 14 years through both Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
"So much of what Britain has been through in the past 14 years is explained by a Conservative failure to face the future. Only Labour can turn the page," their manifesto says.
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Residents in the UK will today be heading out to polling stations to cast their vote deciding who the next government will be. Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage, and Ed Davey have all been representing the key political parties over the last few weeks, campaigning to win over voters. Voters will be able to access their local polling stations between 7am and 10pm (BST) today, and must have ID to get their ballot paper.
Tomorrow, you can vote Labour for change and turn the page on fourteen years of Tory Government, and seventeen years of the SNP.
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An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed a senior Hezbollah commander as tensions between the two sides continue to boil, a Hezbollah official told The Associated Press. The strike near the southern coastal city of Tyre took place as global diplomatic efforts have intensified in recent weeks to prevent escalating clashes between Hezbollah and the Israeli military from spiraling into an all-out war that could possibly lead to a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran. A Hezbollah statement identified the killed commander as Mohammad Naameh Nasser, who went by the name “Abu Naameh,” his nom de guerre.
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Labour’s proposed ban on new petrol cars faces “major hurdles” with less than half of sales expected to be electric by the target year of 2030, new research shows.
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It looks like the polling industry as a whole has called the result fairly close. We will see where the final seat and vote shares come in, but it looks like a good night for pollsters as well as a historic night for Labour and a breakthrough for Reform UK.
Today, even before votes have been cast, the recriminations on the right of British politics have begun. Unfortunately, there is no sign as yet that people even understand what has actually happened and why. This makes an effective response impossible.
Before the ink was dry on the Supreme Court’s extreme presidential immunity opinion, former President Donald Trump launched a Hail Mary to derail state cases — but it won’t work, writes Norman Eisen.
Britain’s “most tattooed mum” has called Rishi Sunak “gorgeous” and said she would “love to give him a good sandwich” after he revealed the lunchtime snack to be his favourite meal.
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