Keir Starmer
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Mahama’s UK visit overshadowed by controversy
At the centre of it is London mining investor INIHC’s arbitration battle over the billion-dollar Black Volta gold project
Keir Starmer announces major UK investment push in South Africa ahead of G20
The United Kingdom will unlock R500 million private capital, expand tech start-up support and upgrade South Africa’s submarines
Europe’s dilemma: Standing by Ukraine as Trump courts Putin
Russia’s demand for Ukraine to surrender the free parts of Donbas is ‘equivalent to the US having to give up Florida’
The world’s year of elections simmers
Democracy’s march has been relentless this year as world leaders confront the will of the people
Labour landslide: But Keir Starmer’s UK win is overshadowed by huge challenges
Labour faces the electorate’s expectations of transformative change amid economic hardship, with the populist Reform Party snapping at its heels
Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls
If predictions are accurate, Rishi Sunak will on Friday visit head of state King Charles III to tender his resignation as prime minister
US support for genocidal Israel increases isolation
Despite the numerous wars that have been perpetrated by the West since the ICC came into being, no Western leader has ever been indicted by the court
Pressure on Sunak is building after the UK local elections
The Tories are comforting themselves for their loss by arguing that historically every government during the mid-term suffers losses in local elections