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LONDON,  (Reuters) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday he would scrap a controversial plan to fly thousands of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda in his first major policy announcement since winning a landslide election victory.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Rival Sudanese political factions formally attended reconciliation talks in Cairo on Saturday, the first since a conflict in the country began almost 15 months ago, but admitted there was little prospect of quickly ending the war.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Iran’s president-elect, a relative moderate who beat a hardline rival to win election but who will likely be constrained in how much change he can effect, urged Iranians today to stick with him on “the difficult road ahead”.

DUBAI/CAIRO, (Reuters) – Hamas has accepted a U.S. proposal to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior Hamas source told Reuters today.

MADISON, Wisconsin, (Reuters) –  President Joe Biden yesterday battled to put down an uprising among some Democrats pushing him to abandon his reelection campaign after a poor debate performance, vowing that “I’m staying in the race.”

DUBAI, (Reuters) – The low-profile moderate Masoud Pezeshkian, who has pledged to open Iran to the world and deliver freedoms its people have yearned for, is expected to win the run-off presidential vote on Friday, an Iranian source told Reuters.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – G20 diplomats have agreed to avoid prickly geopolitical issues during the summit of the world’s largest economies in November, host Brazil’s sherpa said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starmer pledged action to fix the country, not just words, yesterday, but warned the voters who handed him a massive electoral majority and those who voted against, that improvements would take time.

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Efforts to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza were gathering momentum yesterday after Hamas made a revised proposal on the terms of a deal and Israel said it would resume stalled negotiations.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said yesterday.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto yesterday proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused by his withdrawal of planned tax hikes in the face of nationwide protests.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starmer pledged action to fix the country, not just words, toiday, but warned the voters who handed him a massive electoral majority and those who voted against, that improvements would take time.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto today proposed spending cuts and additional borrowing in roughly equal measure to fill a nearly $2.7 billion budget hole caused by his withdrawal of planned tax hikes in the face of nationwide protests.

VATICAN CITY, (Reuters) – Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a fierce ultra-conservative critic of Pope Francis, has been found guilty of schism and excommunicated, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Keir Starmer will become Britain’s next prime minister  today with his Labour Party set to win a massive majority in a parliamentary election, an exit poll indicated,  forecasting  Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives would suffer historic losses.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Hamas made a pretty significant adjustment in its position over a potential hostage release deal with Israel, a senior U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President  Joe Biden said “I’m not going anywhere” as he faced calls by many Democrats to end his re-election bid, using the Fourth of July celebrations yesterday to hit back at doubts about his stamina and mental acuity to continue his campaign.

ASTANA,  (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin pressed their case yesterday for closer security, political and economic cooperation between countries of the vast Eurasian region as a counterweight to Western alliances.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez said he was optimistic millions of Venezuelan voters would spark a democratic transition when they cast their ballots against incumbent  Nicolas Maduro at presidential elections later in July.