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Wes Streeting confirms he will run to replace Keir Starmer as new UK PM

Wes Streeting confirms he will run to replace Keir Starmer as new UK PM

Former UK health secretary Wes Streeting confirms he will run for the Labour leadership after resigning from Starmer's cabinet over the party's election collapse

Asia
Trump's geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran

Trump's geopolitical brinkmanship has hit a wall with Iran

Trump's coercive diplomacy has worked elsewhere, but analysts say his maximalist demands and inflammatory rhetoric are making an Iran deal harder to reach

Europe
Fitch says Europe faces uneven ability to absorb Iran conflict-driven energy shock

Fitch says Europe faces uneven ability to absorb Iran conflict-driven energy shock

High debt limits stimulus capacity as oil prices are projected to spike under a prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure

Middle East
Iran allows more ships through Strait of Hormuz as IRGC sets new protocols

Iran allows more ships through Strait of Hormuz as IRGC sets new protocols

Iran's Revolutionary Guards are allowing more ships through the Strait of Hormuz after blocking the waterway following US-Israeli strikes.

North America
Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire by 45 days as Washington talks conclude

Israel, Lebanon extend ceasefire by 45 days as Washington talks conclude

Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend their ceasefire by 45 days after US-facilitated talks in Washington concluded Friday, with new security and political negotiations scheduled for late May and June