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European election observers watching voting in [England](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/england) on Thursday. While the problem is not regarded as widespread, it has been noted by the delegation from the Council of Europe, which will
observers, such as the author and Irish Times commentator Fintan O’Toole writing this week, fear the blockades could lay the ground for a developing far-right movement in Ireland to grow. Right-wing populist
European Political Community summit in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Keir Starmer has called on Europe to [“face up” to tensions](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/europe-must-face-up-to-tensions-with-trump-keir-starmer-says) with the Trump administration, as heads of government gathered to discuss
England are [twice as likely to experience strokes](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/06/black-people-twice-likely-stroke-white-england-study) as their white counterparts, while also being less likely to receive timely care, according to the largest study of its kind. ## In depth: ‘Iran