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UNICEF says 70 children killed in West Bank and East Jerusalem since 2025

GENEVA, May 12 (Reuters) - Seventy children have been killed in the occupied Palestinian territories...

12th May, 2026

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Third UK minister resigns as pressure mounts on PM Starmer

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - A junior minister in Britain's justice department resigned on Tuesday in...

12th May, 2026

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UK safeguarding minister resigns in protest at PM Starmer's leadership

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Britain's safeguarding minister Jess Phillips resigned from government on...

12th May, 2026

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Hungary's new government must revise anti-LGBTQ laws, says justice minister nominee

BUDAPEST, May 12 (Reuters) - Hungary will need to revise legislation restricting access to LGBTQ con...

12th May, 2026

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UK PM Starmer tells cabinet he is not quitting

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minster Keir Starmer told a meeting of his cabinet on Tuesd...

12th May, 2026

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German special police force member dies in apparent shooting accident, police say

May 12 (Reuters) - German police said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into the death of...

12th May, 2026

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UK junior minister Miatta Fahnbulleh resigns, urges PM Starmer to set exit timetable

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Britain's Miatta Fahnbulleh, a junior minister in the housing and communi...

12th May, 2026

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Russia strikes Ukraine with drones as ceasefire ends, Ukrainian officials say

May 12 (Reuters) - Russia launched more than 200 drones at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials sa...

12th May, 2026

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EU to invite Taliban officials to Brussels to hold migration talks

BRUSSELS, May 12 (Reuters) - The European Union is planning to invite officials from Afghanistan's T...

12th May, 2026

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UK police charge man with arson at former London synagogue

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - British police said they charged a 45-year-old man with arson with intent...

12th May, 2026

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UK's Starmer facing crunch meeting as calls grow for him to quit

LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Britain's Keir Starmer was consulting colleagues about whether he can sta...

12th May, 2026

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It's not all over for PM Starmer, says senior minister Jones

(Adds dropped word in headline) LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - Senior British minister Darren Jones said...

12th May, 2026