Reform UK councillors after Dee North's win (Dee North is middle right)

Reform UK wins Leicestershire by-election – and accuses opponents of ‘dirty fighting’

It was a close race between Reform, the Tories and the Greens Reform UK celebrates with winning candidate Dee North (second right)(Image: Local Democracy Reporting Service) Reform UK has narrowly retained a Leicestershire County Council seat, with the winner claiming there was “dirty fighting” from opponents in the by-election campaign. Dr Dee North took the…

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From dropping bombs to pressuring banks: US pivots to economic warfare on Iran

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L.G.B.T.Q. Community Expresses Hesitancy About Hungary’s New Leader

L.G.B.T.Q. Community Expresses Hesitancy About Hungary’s New Leader

new video loaded: L.G.B.T.Q. Community Expresses Hesitancy About Hungary’s New Leader transcript Back transcript L.G.B.T.Q. Community Expresses Hesitancy About Hungary’s New Leader After years of anti-L.G.B.T.Q. policies, members of the queer community in Hungary were cautiously hopeful that Peter Magyar’s win over Viktor Orban’s Fidesz party could bring about change. “I would say definitely there…

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    Trump’s Hormuz blockade tests U.S. ties with China and India

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    UK Puts Chagos Islands Handover Deal on Hold After Trump Withdraws Support

    LONDON (AP) — Britain’s agreement to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands that are home to a strategic U.K.-American military base is on indefinite hold because U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn its support for the deal. The British government acknowledged Saturday that legislation to ratify the agreement for the islands in the Indian Ocean…

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