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“proposal to create a $20 billion company involving private investors”
“The Labour candidate claimed victory in Thursday's by-election after securing 309,525 votes over Reform's Sian Astley, who won 157,178.”
“Bev Craig has won the Manchester mayoralty, retaining the seat for Labour with 66.3 per cent of the vote in the Greater Manchester by-election.”
“On Thursday, 60,000 Moroccan migrants swam and charged into the Spanish North African exclave, with the shocking scenes sparking outrage across Europe.”
“The death toll in Spain's Ceuta border crisis has climbed to 67, the Spanish government said Saturday.”
“I disagree 100% with Jeanine Pirro”
“UEFA's 55 member associations agreeing to oppose the move”
“The 41-year-old will succeed Burnham as mayor, after he stood down to run in the Makerfield by-election in June.”
“This was the biggest by-election in British history, with more than 2 million eligible voters.”
“The iconic Washington landmark underwent a $16million renovation, led by Donald Trump and coinciding with the US's 250th anniversary.”
“Spain announced it was installing a 500-meter-long containment barrier along the breakwater fence into the sea after some 60,000 migrants breached the tiny Spanish territory's frontier between Thursday and Friday.”
“vandals sliced a 300-to-350-foot gash into the pool’s lining”
“spinning off FIFA's commercial businesses, including the men's and women's World Cups and Club World Cups, into a new subsidiary valued at around $20 billion”
“More than two million people across Greater Manchester's 10 boroughs were eligible to vote in the mayoral contest but turnout was just under 25%.”
“Turnout was 25 per cent.”
“ballooning from its initial $2.1million budget after facing algae blooms and pieces of the pool's new "American flag blue" seemingly peeling off its bottom.”
“security for residents of the autonomous city of 84,000 remained bruised.”
“a biennial World Cup and a reported $25 billion investment plan for new competitions”
“Her headline campaign pledges have been to freeze Metrolink and bus fares on the Bee Network and extend free bus travel to 11 to 18-year-olds. Currently, only 16 to 18-year-olds benefit from the scheme.”
“Craig won a total of 309,525 votes”
“The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has dropped charges against a former Olympian accused of vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.”
“To win back the Senate, the party needs to net a total of four seats.”
“the next FIFA presidential election scheduled for 2027”
“the death toll had risen to 67.”
“Reform UK’s candidate, Sian Astley took 33.7 per cent of the vote”
“A motion to dismiss, filed by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, said the DOI submitted documents...”
“In 2024, about 13% of primary voters in Michigan marked uncommitted on their ballots instead of President Joe Biden, amid a movement to protest his policies toward Israel.”
“The protests over alleged NEET examination irregularities began at Jantar Mantar on June 20 under the banner of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and concluded on July 25 after the Centre accepted the group's demands and Union Education Mini…”
“Spain has condemned the 'selfish, polarising and unlawful' reaction of some EU countries to the influx of about 60,000 migrants from Morocco to Ceuta.”
“Nigel Farage resigned from his seat as the MP for Clacton, forcing another by-election.”
“the DOI submitted documents 'indicating that damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor, Atlantic Industrial Coatings (AIC), and the rush to complete the project'”
“Haley Stevens, a four-term congresswoman who flipped a suburban House district”
“Only 50% of the monsoon has ended.”
“The Schengen Area is a system of open borders spanning 29 European countries that have abolished controls at their common borders.”
“The government today announced more powers to devolved mayors including a new package of financial powers as part of what they are dubbing the “biggest transfer of power from Westminster in a generation”.”
“Currently, the Reflecting Pool is empty - the third time it has been drained in as many months.”
“I'm just beating MAGA four times in my Congressional races, and I'm passing laws and I'm doing damn good work,”
“On July 30, 2026, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) rejected Karnataka’s plea against the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) order directing the state to release 3,500 cusecs of water daily to Tamil Nadu for 15 days from…”
“In 2021, about 8,000 people entered Ceuta over a matter of days”
“Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told CNN he was 100 per cent sure the damage had been done by vandals.”
“Tamil Nadu had sought the release of 9.94 TMC of water based on the distress-sharing formula, while the authority directed Karnataka to release around 4.5 TMC.”
“In April, the government approved plans to give legal status to 500,000 undocumented migrants”
“They took some form of knife or blade, and put a 250 foot long gash into the beautiful facade of what took so much work, competence, and money to build and complete.”
“D KShivakumar said the state was currently receiving around 25,000 cusecs of water, while it had been asked to release 3,500 cusecs downstream.”
“the Spanish government had fully restored control over the border and prevented any 'unauthorised onward movement towards continental Europe' in less than 48 hours.”
“Ms Craig wins the seat by a margin of 152,147 over Reform UK's Sian Astley”
“The SP is aggressively highlighting the issue ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections scheduled for February-March 2027.”
“Italy temporarily suspended the EU's border-free Schengen arrangement with Spain.”
“Turnout for the by-election was the lowest ever for a Manchester Mayoral election - just 25.14 per cent - with 538,659 votes cast from an electorate of 2,142,779.”
“The Akhilesh Yadav-led party has been out of power since March 2017.”
“Support for Labour rose by seven points after Gordon Brown replaced Tony Blair in 2007”
“After the first round of calculation, Ms Craig received 251,449 (47.15%) votes and Ms Astley received 111,928 (20.99%).”
“one of the first decisions taken by PM Modi after assuming office in 2014 was appointing Doval as the National Security Advisor”
“the Conservatives enjoyed a six-point bounce when Boris Johnson took over from Theresa May in 2019”
“In the ultimate second round, Ms Craig earned 309, 525 votes to Ms Astley's 157,178.”
“presenting the Lokmanya Tilak National Award 2026 to Doval”
“The 19% at which Labour stood when Sir Keir resigned was the lowest poll rating passed on by any prime minister departing mid-term – even lower than the 23% bequeathed by Liz Truss when she resigned after just 45 days in office”
“on the 1st of August he would undertake a solo walk to Gandhi Smriti”
“Labour's 47% share of the first preference vote was well down on the 63% that Andy Burnham secured in the last mayoral contest”
“he is being detained fifteen days before Independence Day”
“Labour's 47% share was nearly double the 24% that Labour registered across the region in May's local elections”
“He would begin collecting petitions at noon on Monday before leading a march with around 100 people to Lok Kalyan Marg.”
“four points up on Labour's tally locally in the 2024 general election”
“claiming that India's ethanol imports would rise fivefold compared with last year after the introduction of E20 fuel.”
“Immediately before Farage's announcement, Reform's average poll rating stood at 27%. In the polls conducted immediately after Farage's announcement, it fell by three points to 24%”
“Scheduled screenings at Gurushree Theatre in Mandya were cancelled following protests”
“Reform's share of the first preference vote was nine point down on its tally across the region in May's local elections”
“the protest was linked to the Cauvery Water Regulation Authority's (CWRA) recent direction asking Karnataka to release 3,500 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days”
“Restore Britain, who won nearly 9% of the Manchester vote, outpolling the Conservatives”
“Demonstrators gathered outside the theatre and raised slogans opposing the order”
“The Greens' current 11% tally is as much as four points adrift of where it was when Sir Keir announced he was leaving”
“Protesters reportedly tore down posters of 'Jana Nayagan' and demanded that the film should not be screened”
“When he resigned, 14% of Labour's 2024 election voters said they would now back the Greens. That figure is now 9%”
“Overall, 67% of those who voted Labour in 2024 now say they would vote for the party, compared to 57% when Sir Keir indicated he was leaving Downing Street”
“Kemi Badenoch's party has edged up to 20% in the polls for the first time since last spring”
“the (relatively low) 35% it won at the 2024 general election”
“rating of 19% in late June when Sir Keir Starmer announced he was standing down”
“64 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank from the beginning of this year until 20 July - 18 of them during settler attacks.”
“It says one Israeli was killed over the same period.”
“The number of injuries inflicted by settlers during these attacks has risen sharply to more than three per day this year, OCHA says.”
“Israel has built hundreds of settlements and outposts there, housing more than half a million Jews.”
“resulted in a new pledge from the government 'to take urgent action to crack down on rogue funeral operators'.”
“Following sentencing, the Department for Health and Social Care said it would develop 'proposals for formal regulation of the funeral sector'.”
“Yvette Cooper, the health secretary, said: 'In the wake of this horrific case, we will now bring forward comprehensive proposals to ensure respect and dignity for the deceased in every setting, including proper regulation of the funeral se…”
“Prime Minister Andy Burnham also backed regulation and said he wanted to ensure 'the highest standards' applied.”
“The authorities said the current framework for the funeral sector relied heavily on trust and called 'for reform and registration'.”
“The 2021 inquiry into the abuse by David Fuller at the mortuary of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust concluded the funeral sector was, in effect, 'an unregulated free-for-all'.”
“In Friday's statement, the government referred to the Fuller inquiry, but made no mention of a statutory scheme.”
“BBC has been able to confirm at least four cases where protesters have been treated at hospitals for wounds that experts say are caused by pellet guns.”
“\"official data, external compiled by Human Rights Watch, shows they have injured several thousand people, killed at least 17 and blinded dozens.\".”
“The Labour candidate claimed victory after securing 309,525 votes over Reform's Sian Astley who won 157,178.”
“Craig was first elected as a councillor for the Burnage ward on Manchester City Council in 2011.”
“before becoming deputy council leader in 2021.”
“Craig soon took over as leader when Sir Richard Leese stood down after 25 years in the role.”
“Her promotion made her the local authority's first female boss and the council's first openly gay leader.”
“She was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the New Year Honours List in 2025 for services to local government.”
“Although, in her tenure the local authority has built social housing for the first time in 40 years.”
“The latest in a long line of multi-million pound plans to revamp it was launched in February 2026.”
“Her headline campaign pledges have been to freeze Metrolink and bus fares on the Bee Network and extend free bus travel to 11 to 18-year-olds.”
“She said she was committed to delivering 50,000 new homes in a mix of council properties and genuinely affordable housing over the next 15 years.”
