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Starmer's Successor Will Inherit a £4.7 Billion Budget Hole
According to a Reuters report published on July 1, 2026, Andy Burnham, tipped to succeed Keir Starmer at the head of the
Southern France Is Burning a Month Early, and No One Is Ready
It took a single Thursday afternoon for southern France to tip into a new climate reality. On July 3, 2026, entire campgrounds
Jack Smith accuses Trump administration of an "attack on the rule of law"
For the first time since resigning as special counsel, ten days before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, Jack Smith has
Trump says Iran is "dying to make a deal" during the funeral truce
Speaking at Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2026, on the eve of the 250th anniversary of American independence, President Donald Trump declared:
Ghislaine Maxwell Refuses to Back Down as the Supreme Court Stays Silent
The Ghislaine Maxwell case stubbornly refuses to close, and that fact should reassure us just as much as it unsettles us. Nearly
Rheinmetall Is Arming Ukraine, and That Is Exactly What Must Happen
On June 30, 2026, German defense giant Rheinmetall announced it had secured a new Ukrainian contract to supply 155-millimeter artillery ammunition and
Brittany watches its ocean change before its eyes
An investigation published on July 3, 2026 by Ouest-France documents how the warming of Brittany's coastal waters is already changing the distribution
Rutte Pulls Out All the Stops to Keep Trump Inside NATO Before Ankara
As the NATO summit in Ankara approaches, Alliance Secretary GeneralMark Rutte is ramping up diplomatic efforts to make sure American President Donald
Xi Jinping Presses the Chinese Military Ahead of the 2027 Deadline
On July 1, 2026, marking the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, PresidentXi Jinping reaffirmed that reunification with