Runcorn, United Kingdom, April 29, 2025 (AFP) - Hard-right upstarts eye big gains in local UK polls

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2025-04-29

Britain's hard-right anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove it is a credible political force in local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Nigel Farage's upstart party is pushing to pick up scores of council and mayoral seats, as well as a parliamentary one. It is aiming to organise a serious grassroots-up challenge at the next general election, which is likely in 2029. Its rise come......

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Riga, April 29, 2025 (AFP) - Latvian sentenced for fighting for Russia in Ukraine

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Havana, April 29, 2025 (AFP) - Cuban court revokes conditional release of two prominent dissidents

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Kyiv, Ukraine, April 29, 2025 (AFP) - Zelensky calls for fair peace with no 'rewards' for Putin

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Paris, April 29, 2025 (AFP) - Kardashian robbery suspect says heist was one 'too many'

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Jerusalem, April 29, 2025 (AFP) - Israel government revokes decision to fire security chief: court document

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Gaza City, Palestinian Territories, April 29, 2025 (AFP) - Amnesty accuses Israel of 'live-streamed genocide' in Gaza

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