Yahoo News General Election 2024: June 30 round-up
Credit: Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg – BBC One A daily round-up as the UK is set to go to the polls for a July 4 election.
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AFPCaribbean braces for powerful Hurricane Beryl
Hurricane Beryl plowed toward the southeast Caribbean early Monday as officials warned residents to seek shelter ahead of powerful winds and swells expected from the Category 3 storm.Beryl is expected to remain powerful as it moves across the Caribbean, the NHC said, warning residents and officials in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and the rest of the northwestern Caribbean to carefully monitor its progress.
- The Conversation
Why Nigel Farage’s anti-media election interference claims are so dangerous
Farage may be setting the scene for complaints of election rigging when the results come in.
- The Guardian
UK and EU horticulture firms warn of harm caused by post-Brexit border delays
Nursery and garden centre trade bodies write open letter saying problems at border need to be urgently fixed
- The Telegraph
Has Nigel Farage stumbled at the last hurdle? Our writers give their verdicts
One party has transformed the general election race, with Nigel Farage announcing several weeks ago that he would not only stand as a Reform UK candidate but would lead it for the next five years. The polls moved quickly in the days that followed with his party rising up the rankings. Now, however, there is doubt over its state in the final week of campaigning. Have Farage and Reform UK bungled it, allowing a slew of stories regarding candidates to dominate the narrative, or is this an exaggerat
- The Telegraph
Emmanuel Macron is about to become unbearable
His party faces near-annihilation in the National Assembly, with fewer seats than Rishi Sunak’s Tories can hope for later this week. His prime ministers, past and present, could not find hard enough words in private to describe his “suicidal” snap election decision since he took it three weeks ago. Marine Le Pen was quick to claim an historic victory as her National Rally came first in yesterday’s first round of the legislative elections, with 33 per cent of the vote.
- HuffPost
Election Predictor Shuts Down Concerns On Biden Debate Performance: ‘Zero’ Impact
History professor Allan Lichtman pointed to one scenario that shows Democrats’ “only chance to win” in November.
- CNN
Biden seizes on Trump’s Supreme Court triumph to seek redemption after debate debacle
President Joe Biden offered a dramatic, direct response to an epochal Supreme Court ruling that could hand presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump a pass to unchecked power if he wins a second term.
- The Independent
John Redwood accuses Rishi Sunak of helping to deliver large Labour majority as Tory blame game escalates
Exclusive: Former Conservative cabinet minister hits out at his party’s leadership days before polls open
- The Telegraph
Why a 72-year-old Eurosceptic could block Marine Le Pen’s party from power
The Palais Bourbon, where the National Assembly meets, is a grand and historic part of France’s civic infrastructure. When Jean-Luc Mélenchon pointedly removed his tie to enter its chamber one day in 2017, he was engaging in an act of symbolism that turned his attire itself into a political weapon.
- Associated Press
As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away
Over 20 years ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stood before a crowd at Friday prayers to denounce the United States for its disenchanted electorate. “It is disgraceful for a nation to have a 35% or 40% voter turnout, as happens in some of the nations that you see having presidential elections,” Khamenei said in 2001. Iran now faces what the ayatollah described.
- The Independent
Top Democrat admits party is having ‘serious’ talks about dropping Biden as nominee for ‘someone else’
Influential House Democrat Jamie Raskin breaks with members of his own party who say Biden’s nomination is set in stone and acknowledges party is in discussions about Biden’s future
- The Hill
Biden deputy campaign manager after Trump immunity ruling: ‘I’m scared as s‑‑‑’
President Biden’s principal deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks said Monday that he’s “scared as s‑‑‑” after the Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump has presumptive criminal immunity for official acts. “I’m scared as s‑‑‑ and I think Americans are scared and should be scared of what Donald Trump will do, because he has been…
- The Telegraph
When general election dealing is done, will SNP’s independence bet prove an unwise gamble?
For all her bravado in government, Nicola Sturgeon wasn’t much of a gambler – at least not a successful one. She bet against the UK government and the Supreme Court that she could hold another referendum on independence – more commonly referred to as indyref2 – and she failed on both counts.
- The Telegraph
Le Pen’s party would be a disaster for France, says Farage
Nigel Farage has said that it would be a “disaster” if Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won power in France.
- The Guardian
US supreme court rules Trump has ‘absolute immunity’ for official acts
Court rules former presidents entitled to some degree of immunity from criminal prosecution
- The Guardian
Muslim Vote group says it will target Labor ministers and whip at next federal election
First high-profile candidate due to be announced this week by ‘grassroots’ movement backing independents against Tony Burke and Jason Clare
- The Telegraph
Reform events ‘reminiscent’ of Nuremberg, says Tory fighting Farage in Clacton
Events held by Reform UK are “reminiscent” of those staged by the Nazis in Nuremberg, the Tory candidate standing against Nigel Farage has claimed.
- Fool.co.uk
2 FTSE 100 shares that could rise after the general election
Thinking about which FTSE 100 shares could soar and sink after this week's general election? Here are two that could increase in value. The post 2 FTSE 100 shares that could rise after the general election appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
- Yahoo News UK
When will we find out the results of the French elections?
The far-right National Rally won a significant 33% of the vote last night, but victory for Marine Le Pen's party is still uncertain.
- France 24
France's far-right makes gains in southeast, fails to make a breakthrough in Paris
The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of the polls Sunday, with 33.15 percent of the votes cast for members of the National Assembly. The anti-immigration party made large gains in the southeastern Provence Alpes Cote d’Azur region but failed to make a breakthrough in Paris. The far-right National Rally (RN) made historic gains in the first round of France's two-stage parliamentary election this weekend.The party of Marine Le Pen and