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significant role in the vote, arguing instead that international opposition to Berlin’s backing of Israel was more likely the decisive factor. “Let’s be clear: Germany’s support for Ukraine had nothing
significant gains in local council elections in England, largely at the expense of both the Conservative Party and the Labour Party, the two dominant forces in British politics for over a century. In the devolved
significant proportion of Israelis are opposed to Netanyahu, the Bennett-Lapid alliance is not new, and has its own opponents. When the two opposition figures last [joined forces](/news/2021/5/31/close-look-at-israels-potential-coalition-against-netanyahu) in 2021 and won the election
Gaza. "A bully pulpit for Mansour would not improve the lives of Palestinians and would significantly damage U.S. relations with the PA [Palestinian Authority]. Congress will take it extremely seriously," the cable says. Palestinian Authority
Gaza. After an Israeli intensification in 2024 that killed much of Hezbollah’s military leadership, including its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, and the fall of the group’s ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Hezbollah
elected on 2 June alongside the president of the assembly’s next year-long session. The US mission has “repeatedly appealed” to the Palestinians to stand down, according to the cable. “In a worst case
significant boost to opposition leader Jess Wilson. With close to 80% of the vote counted, Marsh had 38.5% of the primary vote, and 63.4% on a two-candidate basis. Read more from **AAP** here
elected Austria and [Portugal](https://www.theguardian.com/world/portugal) to a two-year term along with Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe, marked a blow to Merz’s struggling government, which has sought to position itself
significant victory for the party’s left wing, Rabb took roughly 45% of the vote in Tuesday’s contest, comfortably ahead of early frontrunner state senator, Sharif Street, who fell to under 30%, and surgeon
elections last year, Carney “positioned himself as a centrist, a moderate, and went to great lengths to distance himself from the image of Justin Trudeau,” said Sanjay Jeram, the chair of the political science department
elections, and continues to [spend heavily](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/aipac-pro-israel-super-pac-elections) ahead of the November midterms. “Maybe, just maybe, the Senate should start listening to their constituents and not just to the wealthy individuals who fund Aipac
significant part in Keir Starmer’s landslide victory. Two years later, Starmer’s unpopularity proved an insurmountable obstacle for Sarwar, despite record donations to Scottish [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) and a formidable electoral machine, honed
significant safety risks. - **What do Russia’s renewed heavy attacks tell us?** Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, said on Thursday that Russia’s heavy bombardment of Kyiv showed Moscow was “banking on escalation rather than
significance of [recent exchanges of fire](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/iran-accuses-us-of-violating-ceasefire-by-targeting-civilian-areas-and-ships-on-strait-of-hormuz) around the strait of Hormuz. Daniel Shapiro, a former US ambassador to Israel, said Trump is already looking beyond Iran to his next major challenge
significance. ## Starmer’s ‘referendum’ The vote comes as Starmer is politically weakened. A YouGov poll conducted in April suggested that 70 percent of respondents believed Starmer was doing “badly”. These elections are in many ways
Gaza, it became a moral question – one we didn’t have a good answer for,” Flaherty wrote in The Bulwark publications on Substack. “In ways that may not be reflected in a poll, it meaningfully
Gaza war disrupted that framework. Millions of Americans were exposed daily to images of flattened neighbourhoods, destroyed hospitals, starving civilians and mass casualties circulating on social media. Whatever one’s views on Hamas or Israeli
significant”, signalling that major obstacles still stand in the way of a formal agreement. Meanwhile, outrage is growing over Israel’s treatment of Gaza aid flotilla activists after organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said
significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s communist regime. The indictment, filed in US district court for the southern district of Florida, comes at a time of heightened tension
elections in November, for which polls show Trump’s approval ratings trending at a low 34 percent, compared with 47 percent when he took office for his second presidential term in January 2025. Iranian strikes