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Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T19:06:44+00:00

A growing number of Labour MPs are in no mood to heed calls from the PM’s allies to keep faith with their leaderUK politics live – latest updates“Has Keir done enough to survive?” was the question anxious Labour MPs were asking each other throughout Monday, after the speech regarded by many as crucial to Starmer’s chances of political survival.But the anxiety for many of them – badly bruised by Thursday’s election crushing – did not stem from concern the prime minister might be ousted. But that he would not. Continue reading...

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Итоги торгов на Мосбирже с 4 по 8 мая

Source: Vedomosti – All Articles · Published: 2026-05-11T19:01:30+00:00

Главный бенчмарк российского фондового рынка за неделю с 4 по 8 мая упал на 2,27% до 2597,8 пункта. Его долларовый аналог индекс РТС вырос на 0,44% и составил 1124,41 пункта.

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Democrats express ‘grave concerns’ over secretive ICE deportation flights

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T19:00:36+00:00

Exclusive: In a letter 40 lawmakers demand the FAA address allegations of mistreatment of immigrants and the ‘urgent need for transparency’ A group of 40 House Democrats have described “grave concerns” over the Trump administration’s secretive program of deportation flights and demanded the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) address allegations of mistreatment and inhumane conditions on ICE charter jets.In a letter shared with the Guardian and addressed to FAA administrator Bryan Bedford, the lawmakers describe the “urgent need for transparency” over ICE’s expanded use of commercial airline

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Union européenne : après des mois de blocage, les Vingt-Sept sanctionnent des mouvements de colons israéliens en Cisjordanie occupée

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T19:00:08+00:00

Un veto hongrois empêchait jusqu’alors l’Union européenne de prendre cette mesure contre les dirigeants des organisations soutenant la colonisation du territoire palestinien occupé. Les Etats membres ne sont, en revanche, pas parvenus à s’accorder sur une suspension de l’accord d’association entre l’UE et Israël.

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Union européenne : après des mois de blocage, les Vingt-Sept sanctionnent des mouvements de colons israéliens en Cisjordanie

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T19:00:04+00:00

Un veto hongrois empêchait jusqu’alors l’Union européenne de prendre cette mesure contre les dirigeants des organisations soutenant la colonisation du territoire palestinien occupé. Les Etats membres ne sont, en revanche, pas parvenus à s’accorder sur une suspension de l’accord d’association entre l’UE et Israël.

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Three ministerial aides quit and 59 MPs call for Keir Starmer’s resignation as speech fails to quell rebellion – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T18:50:20+00:00

Labour MPs have called for prime minister to set a timetable for his resignationBotterill says voters she spoke to during the campaign felt the country does not work for them. She is a working-class Yorkshire woman, she says. She knows that the opportunities she has enjoyed would not be there if if had not been for the achievements of Labour government.She says Labour is one of the best vehicles for changing the lives of working people that this county has ever known. Continue reading...

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Trump vows to pause federal gas tax after Iran war boosts US fuel prices to four-year high

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T18:30:31+00:00

National average for gas prices has risen by well over a dollar per gallon since late FebruarySign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailDonald Trump pledged to suspend the US federal gas tax in a bid to reduce pressure on Americans after the US-Israel war on Iran sparked a sharp rise in fuel prices.The US president told reporters on Monday that his administration would look to pause the tax “till it’s appropriate”, as drivers count the cost of the surge in oil prices in the two months since US and Israel forces attacked Iran. Continue reading...

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Trump says Iran ceasefire is on 'massive life support'

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-05-11T18:17:34+00:00

The US president criticises an Iranian counteroffer to end the war, and says the month-long ceasefire is "unbelievably weak".

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Royaume-Uni : le Parti travailliste, de Keir Starmer, en crise

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T18:17:30+00:00

Le mécontentement au sein du Labour est encore monté à la suite des élections locales de jeudi, qui ont vu le parti anti-immigration Reform UK, de Nigel Farage, gagner du terrain dans les bastions travaillistes du nord populaire de l’Angleterre et du Pays de Galles. Et les Verts, plus à gauche, lui ont pris des voix à Londres.

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L’homme accusé d’avoir tenté d’assassiner Trump au dîner des correspondants de la Maison Blanche plaide non coupable

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T18:15:57+00:00

Cole Tomas Allen avait mené un assaut, le 26 avril à Washington, contre le gala des journalistes accrédités à la Maison Blanche. Il est notamment inculpé pour agression d’un agent fédéral au moyen d’une arme mortelle et tentative d’assassinat du président des Etats-Unis.

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L’homme accusé d’avoir tenté d’assassiner Donald Trump au dîner des correspondants de la Maison Blanche plaide non coupable

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T18:15:55+00:00

Cole Tomas Allen avait mené un assaut, le 26 avril à Washington, contre le gala des journalistes accrédités à la Maison Blanche. Il est notamment inculpé pour agression d’un agent fédéral au moyen d’une arme mortelle et tentative d’assassinat du président des Etats-Unis.

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Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T18:15:20+00:00

Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group saysHundreds of Indigenous families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico by intense attacks from a local criminal group, including drone bombings, an Indigenous rights organisation said on Monday.A gang known as Los Ardillos has been carrying out attacks in Guerrero state for years, but they started to intensify last week. Villages were subjected to eight hours of bombings on Saturday, the National Indigenous Congress said, forcing between 800 to 1,000 families to

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Trump says ceasefire with Iran on ‘life support’ after rejecting peace proposals

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T18:13:40+00:00

US president says he is considering restarting naval escorts in strait of Hormuz in attempt to end Iranian blockadeMiddle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to end the Iranian blockade of the vital waterway.The US president dismissed Iran’s peace proposals as stupid, and denied he was under any domestic pressure to reach a deal. Continue reading...

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Trump Proposes Suspending Federal Gas Tax Until Prices Fall

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-05-11T18:12:31+00:00

Congress would have to agree to any suspension, and dropping federal taxes would not make up for the steep increase in prices since the war began.

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Trump says he hopes to achieve ‘a lot’ ahead of China visit, with several CEOs set to join president in Beijing – live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T18:09:58+00:00

Seventeen tech and finance CEOs to join Trump on China trip; it will be the first US presidential visit China since Trump went in 2017Sign up for the Breaking News US emailSpeaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump reiterated that Iran’s peace proposal was “just unacceptable”.The president went on to insist that he had a “very simple plan”, and maintained that Tehran could not have a nuclear weapon, without elaborating on the next negotiating steps. Continue reading...

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Bassin du lac Tchad : « Face aux djihadistes, les soldats sont plus habitués aux terrains désertiques qu’à du combat naval ou des déplacements en pirogue »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T18:00:15+00:00

Le chercheur Vincent Foucher, spécialiste des mouvements djihadistes sévissant dans le bassin du Lac Tchad, décrypte, dans un entretien au « Monde », leur activité dans la région, après les attaques des 4 et 6 mai.

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : les dernières informations

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T17:55:05+00:00

« La dynamique de la guerre change » en faveur de l’Ukraine, a assuré lundi la cheffe de la diplomatie de l’UE, Kaja Kallas.

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EN DIRECT, guerre au Moyen-Orient : Donald Trump estime que le cessez-le-feu entre l’Iran et les Etats-Unis est « sous assistance respiratoire » ; l’Iran se dit prêt à « riposter » en cas d’agression

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-05-11T17:46:29+00:00

Le président du Parlement iranien, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, a déclaré que les forces armées de son pays étaient « prêtes à riposter et à donner une leçon » en cas d’agression. Le président américain a, lui, déclaré envisager de relancer son opération « Projet Liberté ».

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Three ministerial aides quit and demand Keir Starmer’s resignation as speech fails to quell rebellion – UK politics live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T17:32:36+00:00

More than 60 Labour MPs have called for prime minister to set a timetable for his resignationBotterill says voters she spoke to during the campaign felt the country does not work for them. She is a working-class Yorkshire woman, she says. She knows that the opportunities she has enjoyed would not be there if if had not been for the achievements of Labour government.She says Labour is one of the best vehicles for changing the lives of working people that this county has ever known. Continue reading...

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Poland says its expects US to extradite ex-minister who fled from Hungary

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-11T17:28:23+00:00

Trump reportedly involved in securing visa for Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted in Warsaw on criminal chargesPoland has said it expects the Washington to extradite a former justice minister wanted on criminal charges after reports emerged that he had fled to the US from Hungary, where the former prime minister Viktor Orbán had granted him asylum.“You can’t hide these days. You can flee, you can delay it for a while, but eventually your options run out,” Poland’s foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, said on Monday in reference to Zbigniew Ziobro. Continue reading...

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