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Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and leader of the Labour Party, addresses the nation after his general election victory, outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 5, 2024 (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)
July 5, 2024, 7:22 pm
UK’s Starmer promises ‘government of service’ as he takes power after Labour landslide
With almost all results in, Labour wins 412 seats in 650-seat House of Commons; Conservatives drop to 121, their worst result ever
By brian melley and Jill Lawless
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech at a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024. (AP/Kin Cheung)
July 5, 2024, 6:03 am
UK’s Labour wins landslide election victory; incoming PM Starmer: Change begins now
Conservatives projected to suffer historic losses; incumbent Rishi Sunak concedes; right-wing Reform UK leader Nigel Farage wins seat at 7th attempt
By Shira Silkoff and Agencies
Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a campaign event in Glasgow on July 3, 2024 on the eve of the the UK general election. (ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
July 4, 2024, 9:45 am
Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters head to the polls
Keir Starmer’s opposition party predicted to win nearly three times as many seats in parliament as ruling Conservatives; key tabloid The Sun backs challenger for prime minister
By Joe JACKSON
Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer walks with his wife Victoria at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, on Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Super, File)
July 3, 2024, 1:27 pm
From Israel and its critics to the Day of Rest, Jewish storylines feature in UK election
Labour leader Keir Starmer, predicted to coast to victory on Thursday, appears to have succeeded in persuading Jews to restore support for his party after Corbyn antisemitism era
By Jacob Judah
UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (L) speaks to port workers during a general election campaign event in Southampton, England, June 17, 2024 (Kin Cheung/AP Photo); Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak holds a Q&A election campaign event with farmers in Barnstaple, England, June 18, 2024, (Leon Neal / POOL / AFP)
June 20, 2024, 5:04 pm
New polls show UK’s Labour trouncing Conservatives in July 4 elections
Tories under PM Rishi Sunak heading for poorest result in 200 years; rival Keir Starmer forecast to lead Labour to best ever victory, with up to 516 of 650 seats in Westminster
By Agencies
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (L) and Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (R). (Photo by Molly DARLINGTON and Andy BUCHANAN / various sources / AFP)
June 4, 2024, 10:58 am
Sunak, Starmer to spar in first of series of TV debates ahead of July’s UK election
For Conservative prime minister, the debate is an opportunity to narrow the lead held by rival’s Labour Party; unclear if Israel-Hamas war will be discussed
By AFP and ToI Staff
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, right, and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer pass through the Peer's Lobby to attend the State Opening of Parliament, at the Palace of Westminster in London, November 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File)
May 29, 2024, 4:21 pm
What part will UK Jews play in the country’s July 4 general election?
Once wracked by antisemitism, a cleaned-up Labour Party looks set to unseat the Tories on July 4, but strongly anti-Israel opponents may siphon votes from moderate Keir Starmer
By Robert Philpot
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech to announce the date of the UK's next general election, to be held on July 4, at 10 Downing Street in central London, on May 22, 2024. (BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP)
May 22, 2024, 9:28 pm
British PM Sunak calls general elections for July 4; polls predict defeat
Governing Conservatives widely expected to lose to Keir Starmer’s Labour, though Sunak vows to ‘fight for every vote’
By Agencies
US soldiers assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea on April 26, 2024. (US Army via AP)
May 15, 2024, 10:39 pm
UK’s first aid shipment leaves Cyprus headed for temporary Gaza pier
Hailing cargo of 8,400 shelter kits, Sunak says UK ‘leading international efforts with US and Cyprus to establish maritime aid corridor’
By Lazar Berman and Reuters
Tents are set up by pro-Palestinians students outside the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford, May 9, 2024 (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
May 11, 2024, 10:02 am
As pro-Palestinian encampments spread to UK campuses, Sunak seeks to head off unrest
British PM meets with university heads after warning of antisemitism, with ‘students and academic staff being targeted, threatened, and assaulted simply for being Jewish’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Newly elected British Labour MP Chris Webb, right, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrating at Blackpool Cricket Club, England, May 3, 2024, after being declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)
May 3, 2024, 2:15 pm
UK’s Conservatives set for historic loss in local polls; Labour urges general election
Despite opposition party gains, Labour candidates appear to have suffered in Muslim areas as a result of leader Keir Starmer ‘s pro-Israel stance in the conflict in Gaza
By Pan Pylas
Students protest the war in Gaza at the University of Cambridge, UK. Protests have sprung up in Britain following the latest crackdowns on pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel student protests in the US. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 2, 2024, 11:13 pm
Echoing US encampments, anti-Israel students across Britain launch campus protests
UK activists are pitching tents to call on their universities to divest from Israel; Union of Jewish Students protests ‘torrent of antisemitic hatred on campus’
By ToI Staff
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference on the last day of the G7 foreign ministers meeting on the Italian island of Capri on April 19, 2024. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
April 19, 2024, 4:06 pm
Global community urges Israel, Iran to keep a lid on tensions after reported strike
Italian leader says US warned ‘at last minute,’ as Washington clarifies it had nothing to do with alleged retaliation; indications tit-for-tat over do little to mute calls for restraint
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A banner depicting the mythical Persian hero Arash the archer firing a missile from his bow, with text in Persian reading 'I will not abandon my homeland,' hangs on a suspended pedestrian bridge crossing in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
April 16, 2024, 11:45 pm
US, Europe to up Iran sanctions as Israel pressed to ditch threatened retaliation
EU foreign police chief says request to add IRGC to blacklist impossible without evidence of terror activity; top German, UK diplomats head to Israel to discuss lowering tensions
By ToI Staff, Agencies and Lazar Berman
US President Joe Biden, along with members of his national security team, receive an update on an ongoing airborne attack on Israel from Iran, as they meet in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, April 13, 2024. (Adam Schultz/The White House via AP)
April 14, 2024, 10:23 am
Biden lauds ‘remarkable’ Israeli defense against Iran, said to oppose military response
US president to convene G7 leaders as Security Council set to meet, is reportedly concerned Netanyahu trying to pull Washington into wider conflict; world leaders condemn ‘reckless’ Iran
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
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