New SNP leader Swinney talks of 'new chapter' in acceptance speech
Trump threatened with jail over gag order violations
Sunak says next election 'not a foregone conclusion'
Hamas accepts Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal
Victorian state budget 2024: airport train delayed and sick leave for casuals scrapped in bid to rein in debt
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PM Modi votes as India's marathon election heats up
Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot Tuesday in India's ongoing general election after giving several inflammatory campaign speeches accused of targeting minority Muslims.Modi's brand of Hindu-nationalist politics has in turn made India's 220-million-plus Muslim population increasingly anxious about their future in the country.
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Trump trial live: Prosecutors need two more weeks to make case as judge threatens jail over gag order breaches
Former president back in Manhattan Criminal Court for further witness testimony
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Israel-Gaza - live: IDF announces strikes in eastern Rafah as Hamas accepts Gaza ceasefire plan
Hamas accepted an Egyptian-Qatari brokered ceasefire deal which Israel rejected as ‘unacceptable’
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Putin's presidential inauguration set to prolong his two decades in power
Russian President Vladimir Putin will be sworn into office at a lavish ceremony in the Kremlin on Tuesday, embarking on a record-breaking fifth term with more power than ever before. The 71-year-old Kremlin chief has ruled Russia since the turn of the century, securing a fresh six-year mandate in March after winning presidential elections devoid of all opposition.The inauguration will be broadcast live on most major Russian television channels from around midday (0900 GMT), when a luxury motorca
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Prospect of ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas soon evaporated
The prospect of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, which had seemed possible during the weekend, ebbed away as Sunday turned to Monday. When President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone late on Monday morning, hope for a deal, being hashed out thousands of miles away in the Qatari capital, Doha, seemed slim. Instead the focus was on what Mr Netanyahu planned to do with the troops he had ordered to amass in southern Israel just over the Israeli border fence f
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Hundreds protest across Israel calling for Netanyahu to accept ceasefire deal
Police cleared a large protest in Tel Aviv, where hundreds were urging Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the terms of a Hamas truce deal in Gaza
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Can Modi finally win over the southern states and reshape India’s electoral map?
Making a breakthrough in Tamil Nadu and Kerala is crucial to the BJP’s ambitions to gain an even larger parliamentary majority – but it won’t be easy
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