Danish rightwing leader asked to form government after Frederiksen fails to form coalition
Denmark king asks Troeld Lund Poulsen to form government after PM struggles to gather supportThe king of Denmark has asked a centre-right politician t...
British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses
Labour party loses more than 1,400 English council seats and crashes out in Welsh and Scottish parliament votes• UK politics live – latest updatesKeir...
Peter Magyar Prepares to Take Over as Hungary’s Leader From Viktor Orban
The former opposition leader, who won a landslide election, now faces the formidable job of dismantling what his predecessor called an “illiberal demo...
Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the ge...
Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader
Leadership in peril as party loses seats in heartlands and control of councils in Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and TamworthElection 2026 live: lates...
Solomon Islands to get new leader after PM ousted in no-confidence vote
Jeremiah Manele toppled after months of political upheaval in the nation seen as one of China’s closest partners in the Pacific Solomon Islands prime ...
Former SNP council leader jailed for sexual offences against young men and boys
Jordan Linden sentenced to 18 months for string of crimes committed over 10 years between 2011 and 2021A former SNP council leader has been sentenced ...
Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs
Tom Watson, who had role in attempted coup against Tony Blair in 2006, said move would go down extremely badly with votersLabour MPs have been urged t...
Supreme Leader Says Iran Is Planning for Ongoing Control of Strait
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country wou...
Iran supreme leader issues defiant statement on strait of Hormuz
Mojtaba Khamenei says Tehran will eliminate ‘enemy’s abuses of the waterway’ and guard its nuclear and missile programmesUS politics live – latest upd...
Birmingham council leader says end of city’s bin strike ‘within sight’
Long-running dispute could be resolved as improved offer is made to workers, who first began strike in January 2025The end of the year-long Birmingham...
