3 h. ago Guyanese businessman facing US extradition elected opposition leader

Azruddin Mohamed’s election comes six months after he formed political party that became country’s second largestA Guyanese businessman facing extradition to the US on gold-smuggling and money-laundering charges has been elected as the country’s opposition leader, six months after he formed a political party that quickly became the second largest in the South American country.Azruddin Mohamed, 38, was confirmed as Guyana’s opposition leader after 16 lawmakers from the We Invest in Nationhood party (Win) and another from a single-seat outfit voted in his favor. The tally made Win the second-largest party in parliament, securing Mohamed’s election even as a magistrate’s court hears state arguments for his extradition to the US. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago ‘We want a real political fight over this’: Why Starmer wants to make Brexit the key issue at the next election

Exclusive: After tacking to the right on migration, it is on EU relations that the government believes it can strike a clear dividing line with opposition parties ahead of the next general election

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5 d. ago Veteran Republican senator hints at break with Trump over support for voter ID law

Chuck Grassley expresses opposition to federal intervention in state election law

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9 d. ago Barbeary shows class as Bath score nine tries to race into Champions Cup last 16

Bath 63-10 EdinburghTwo tries for Cokanasiga while front-rowers all scoreScotland’s fly-half Finn Russell had spoken about his desire to claim the pre-Six Nations bragging rights at the expense of several good mates in the Edinburgh squad. There was never the slightest doubt his wish would be granted as Bath eased to a comprehensive nine-try victory that guarantees pool winner status plus a home knockout draw in the last 16 and, potentially, beyond.On this occasion, Russell also had the luxury of an armchair ride behind a Bath pack who took an early grip on the contest and never let go. Even if Edinburgh had turned up in north-east Somerset with their best side, as opposed to resting a few senior men, they would have been hard pressed to put too many dents in the black-shirted tanks and electric sprinters parked up opposite. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Ugandan election descends into violence with opposition leader captured and at least seven 'supporters' killed as President Museveni closes in on landslide victory

The National Union Party said on Friday evening that their leader, Bobi Wine, had been taken by the army from his house and brought to an unknown location.

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1 week ago Labour and the Tories are banking on a return to the ‘old normal’. That’s not what voters want | Rafael Behr

An economic recovery could still change the parties’ fortunes. But the days when only two parties were licensed to supply Britain with prime ministers are goneUnpopular politicians take consolation in the thought that opinion polls are sometimes wrong and often describe the wrong thing. They capture the moment but don’t predict the future. A midterm poll measures how much voters like the government. A general election asks whether the opposition is trusted to take over. It isn’t the same question.Labour’s hopes for recovery rest on that distinction. The plan is that economic growth and governing competence will boost general wellbeing in the coming years. That will dial up the risks associated with other parties, especially for Reform UK. Voters who lack enthusiasm for the prime minister may be persuaded to stick with him if the alternative is Nigel Farage.Rafael Behr is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Myanmar junta holds second phase of election widely decried as a ‘sham exercise’

UN and many western countries as well as human rights groups say that in the absence of a meaningful opposition the election is neither free, fair nor credibleVoters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on Sunday to cast their ballots in the second stage of a military-run election, following low turnout in the initial round of polls that have been widely criticised as a tool to formalise junta rule.Myanmar has been ravaged by conflict since the military ousted a civilian government in a 2021 coup and detained its leader, Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking a civil war that has engulfed large parts of the impoverished nation of 51 million people. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Photos show opposition leader Bobi Wine campaigning ahead of Uganda's presidential election

Uganda's main opposition presidential candidate, a musician-turned-politician known as Bobi Wine, campaigns ahead of next week's election.

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2 w. ago Child tells police her sister, 9, was 'killed by my mum' in tragic update

Alianna Gomez-Alvarez was found in a storage unit leading to charges for Chayanne Porter. She has now been extradited and faces new charges after her daughter gave new information to police

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2 w. ago Woman 'who killed two girls in Colombia with poisoned raspberries' is arrested and faces extradition hearing after being held in psychiatric unit since jumping into Thames

Zulma Guzman Castro is alleged to have killed Ines de Bedout, 14, and her close friend, Emilia Forero, 13, who both died in hospital in Bogota days after eating the fruit

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2 w. ago María Corina Machado vows to return to Venezuela and rejects rule of Maduro’s deputy

Opposition leader says her movement is ready to win a fair election and praises Trump for toppling the presidentFrom elation to frustration: Trump snub wrongfoots Venezuela’s oppositionThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has vowed to return to the country as soon as possible and rejected the authority of the interim president backed – for now – by the US after it forcibly removed Nicolás Maduro from power.Machado told Fox News from an undisclosed location that her movement was ready to win a free election, and praised Donald Trump for toppling Maduro. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Venezuela latest: Opposition leader Machado vows to return and demands elections despite Trump criticism

The U.S. President said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela before allowing it to hold elections

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2 w. ago Venezuela latest: Opposition leader Machado vows to return and demands elections despite Trump opposition

The U.S. President said the White House needs to ‘fix’ Venezuela before allowing it to hold elections

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3 w. ago Guinea’s junta chief elected president after opposition boycott

Mamady Doumbouya had reneged on promise not to stand and hand west African country back to civilian rule The head of Guinea’s junta, Mamady Doumbouya, who had pledged not to run for office after seizing power four years ago, has been elected president after the country’s electoral commission said he had secured a sweeping majority of the vote.Doumbouya, 41, faced eight rivals for the presidency but the main opposition leaders were barred from running and had urged a boycott of the vote held over the weekend. Continue reading...

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last month Opposition anger as Guinea’s junta leader is frontrunner to be elected president

Mamady Doumbouya accused of betraying his promise to be the restorer of democracy after leading 2021 coupIn September 2021, a tall, young colonel in the Guinean army announced that he and his comrades had forcibly seized power and toppled the longtime leader Alpha Condé.“The will of the strongest has always supplanted the law,” Mamady Doumbouya said in a speech, stressing that the soldiers were acting to restore the will of the people. Continue reading...

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