Jul 06 Here are the first tasks new U.K. leader Keir Starmer must tackle as prime minister By Jill Lawless, Associated Press New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer doesn’t get to take a breather. After a draining six-week election campaign, the center-left politician must get straight to work assembling his government, tackling a mountain of domestic problems and putting his stamp on the U.K.’s relations… Continue reading
Jul 06 Hamas clears path for possible cease-fire after dropping key demand of Israel, officials say By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Hamas has given its initial approval of a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel commit up front to a complete end to the war, a Hamas official and an Egyptian official said… Continue reading
Jul 06 Reformist Pezeshkian elected president of Iran in runoff vote, defeating hard-liner Jalili By Jon Gambrell, Amir Vahdat, Associated Press Pezeshkian's win still sees Iran at a delicate moment, with tensions high in the Mideast over the Israel-Hamas war, Iran's advancing nuclear program, and a looming election in the United States that could put any chance of a detente between Tehran… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 5:41 News Wrap: Beryl weakens to tropical storm as it cuts across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula In our news wrap Friday, Hurricane Beryl weakened to a Tropical Storm as it cut across Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the Kansas Supreme Court reaffirmed the state's abortion protections, Donald Trump's lawyers asked a judge to pause the classified documents case… Continue watching
Jul 05 Watch 6:43 The challenges Keir Starmer faces as the new U.K. prime minister By Malcolm Brabant, Trine Villemann After winning a huge majority in Britain’s general election, Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he’ll start working immediately on rebuilding the country. He promised a big reset to calmer waters after 14 sometimes turbulent years of Conservative government. The… Continue watching
Jul 05 U.S. troops leaving Niger bases this weekend and in August after coup, commander says By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The U.S. will remove all its forces and equipment from a small base in Niger this weekend and fewer than 500 remaining troops will leave a critical drone base in the West African country in August, ahead of a Sept. 15… Continue reading
Jul 05 Vatican excommunicates former ambassador to the U.S., declaring him guilty of schism By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press The Vatican on Friday excommunicated its former ambassador to Washington after finding him guilty of schism, an inevitable outcome for Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano. The conservative had became one of Pope Francis' most ardent critics and a symbol of the polarized Catholic… Continue reading
Jul 05 Germany fears a far-right victory in France could harm the two countries’ close relations By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Chancellor Olaf Scholz and many Germans fear if the nationalist French party is able to form a government, it would no longer support the close relationship with Germany that was carefully built over decades since the end of World War… Continue reading
Jul 05 Hungary’s Orbán visits Putin in Moscow, drawing backlash from some European leaders By Justin Spike, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Moscow on Friday for a rare meeting by a European leader with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed peace proposals for Ukraine, which triggered condemnation from Kyiv and some European leaders and officials. Continue reading
Jul 05 Iranians vote in presidential runoff between hard-liner Jalili and reformist Pezeshkian By Jon Gambrell, Nasser Karimi, Associated Press Iran was holding a runoff presidential election Friday pitting a hard-line former nuclear negotiator against a reformist lawmaker, though both men earlier struggled to convince a skeptical public to cast ballots in the first round that saw the lowest turnout in the… Continue reading