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In Europe, where modern politics sometimes moves slowly, shocks don’t come much bigger than this one. Emmanuel Macron dissolving parliament and calling elections, leaving one huge question hanging in the air – what happens next?Macron is a man used to success. He started a political party in his 30s, won the presidency, and then won it again. When that’s your track record, defeat must feel savagely painful. But this is an unpredictable – and perhaps impetuous – path that he’s taken. Because there’s a chance that it could lead to one of his most hated rivals being handed great power.Macron…
It is the strangest of scenes at the tiny resort on Agia beach.Holidaygoers spread out on sunbeds, people swim in the Mediterranean turquoise sea and the only noise is from waves lapping up against the rocks.A wired fence surrounds the resort, the only access at a small gate by the sea on the northern tip.Just outside the perimeter, two men stand over a body, which Greek officials say is that of Dr Michael Mosley. Image: A major search operation was launched to find the doctor Image: The body found in the search for the renowned doctor is yet to be…
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What are your thoughts on D-Day? (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)In MetroTalk, readers are sharing their thoughts on the D-Day commemorations with plenty of questions. Why did Rishi Sunak think it was okay to leave the event early for an interview? The prime minister himself called it a major PR mistep, in the a heat of a General Election campaign. But does that justify his decision? But more importantly, will it anger voters? Meanwhile, are the men who fought on the beaches of Normandy a bygone breed? Considering how many young people oppose the prospect of National Service proposed the Tories. And, one reader…
Israel’s war cabinet minister has resigned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s emergency government.Benny Gantz said leaving his post was a “complex and painful decision” to make but Mr Netanyahu was “preventing real victory” over Hamas, the militant group Israel has been fighting in Gaza for the past eight months.Mr Gantz, one of Israel’s three war cabinet ministers, said during a televised news conference on Sunday that he was leaving “with a heavy heart but with full confidence”.He called on the prime minister to set an election date as he was making “total victory impossible”, while also saying the government must…
The Tory party chairman has refused to answer questions about his selection controversy after he was chosen to stand in a “safe seat” 300 miles away from his former constituency. Richard Holden was chosen to be the Conservatives’ parliamentary candidate in Basildon and Billericay in Essex last week, after being the only candidate on the list. Election latest: Media ‘haven’t been allowed near Sunak’ after D-Day blunderThe choice sparked a furore among local Tories as before the election was called he was the MP for North West Durham – an area hundreds of miles away, which he claimed to be…
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video CCTV footage captures the moment a burglar is caught red-handed by police hiding behind a counter in a restaurant he was targeting. Stephen Clark, 49, was quickly tracked down by officers who found him hiding in the not so secret hiding place on May 31. Clark had already targeted two other town centre restaurants within the space of half an hour. The CCTV footage starts by showing Clark smashing the glass on the door of Budare, a restaurant in Sevenoaks, Kent. A…
French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved France’s National Assembly and called a snap election. In elections to the European Parliament, Marine le Pen’s National Rally party won about 32% of the vote – a 10 point increase on the last EU election in 2019. It is also more than double the 15% taken by Mr Macron’s Renaissance party, according to exit polls.Mr Macron said he could not “pretend nothing had happened” and admitted the EU election was “no good” for his government.The “rise of nationalists” is a danger to France and to Europe, he said. Mr Macron is a “weakened…
Former Liverpool captain and TV pundit Alan Hansen is “seriously ill” in hospital, the Merseyside club has said.Hansen, 68, played 620 matches for the Reds – a number that puts him in their all-time top 10. After arriving at Anfield from Partick Thistle in 1977 he won eight league titles, three European Cups, two FA Cups and three League Cups – described by the club as an “outstanding raft of honours”. Image: Alan Hansen during the 1987/88 season. Pic: Action Images via Reuters Known as Jocky by his teammates, he was a “defender of the utmost elegance”, Liverpool said, captaining…
It’s not the first time Tesco has issued a product recall so far this yearThe UK’s largest supermarket chain has issued an urgent warning to the public over erroneously labeled chocolate bars. Tesco has issued a recall for its Nutty Nougat Caramel Chocolate Bars and Dreamy Caramel Chocolate Bars multipacks owing to some of these products failing to list peanuts as an allergen. This means the items may pose a risk to anyone with an allergy to peanuts. The best before date on the products considered to pose a ‘health risk’ is February 28, 2025. A notice on food.gov.uk said:…