Conservative party is fighting for its life, says former Tory cabinet minister

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Simon Clarke says ‘pipeline of future voters is dead’ as party figures warn Kemi Badenoch her job as leader is in danger

The Conservative party is fighting to justify its existence amid concerns that its pipeline of future voters is “completely dead”, a former cabinet minister and leading thinktank director has said.

Simon Clarke, an ally of Boris Johnson who backed Kemi Badenoch for the leadership last year, was among a string of former Tory ministers and serving MPs to tell the Guardian she faced removal by her party if she did not turn its fortunes around by next year’s local elections.

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Clergy molestation survivors concerned and insulted by election of Pope Leo XIV

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Pope faced questions about his handling of clerical sexual abuse cases earlier in his career after a survivors group filed a complaint

Groups supporting clergy-molestation survivors say they are gravely concerned and insulted by the election of Pope Leo XIV after he overcame questions about his handling of clerical sexual abuse cases earlier in his career to become the Roman Catholic church’s first-ever US-born leader.

Before Robert Prevost’s ascent to the papacy at age 69, he was leading a chapter of the Augustinian religious order in his home town of Chicago when allegations surfaced that a priest and Catholic high school principal under his jurisdiction had molested at least one student as well as kept child-abuse imagery.

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Mexico sues Google over changing Gulf of Mexico’s name for US users

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President Claudia Sheinbaum says lawsuit has been filed after US lawmakers voted on name change

Mexico has sued Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Google Maps users in the United States, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Friday.

“The lawsuit has already been filed,” Sheinbaum said at her morning news conference, without saying where and when it was submitted.

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“He Brought Shame to Ohio”: Today in Ohio blasts Bernie Moreno’s defense of slaughter – Cleveland.com

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  1. “He Brought Shame to Ohio”: Today in Ohio blasts Bernie Moreno’s defense of slaughter  Cleveland.com
  2. Opinion | Why Is US Congress Silent on the Manmade Nightmare It Is Enabling in Gaza?  Common Dreams
  3. Senate Democrats urge Trump to broker deal releasing hostages, ending Gaza war  The Times of Israel
  4. Schneider leads House Dems to call for resumption of aid to Gaza  Jewish Insider
  5. Restrictions on aid deliveries by foreign governments may violate law, US lawmakers say  Reuters
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Residents stockpile food, rush to bunkers as conflict rattles India and Pakistan – Reuters

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  1. Residents stockpile food, rush to bunkers as conflict rattles India and Pakistan  Reuters
  2. India and Pakistan: The first drone war between nuclear-armed neighbours  BBC
  3. May 7, 2025 India launches attacks on Pakistan after Kashmir massacre  CNN
  4. India-Pakistan tensions: A brief history of conflict  Al Jazeera
  5. Live Updates: India-Pakistan Conflict Intensifies Into Most Expansive in Decades  The New York Times
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Pakistan accused of launching fresh wave of drone strikes on India – The Guardian

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  1. Pakistan accused of launching fresh wave of drone strikes on India  The Guardian
  2. India and Pakistan: The first drone war between nuclear-armed neighbours  BBC
  3. Pakistani drone attack on Srinagar airport, Awantipora air base foiled  Hindustan Times
  4. Live updates: India and Pakistan trade blame as conflict spirals  CNN
  5. ‘Slippery slope’: How will Pakistan strike India as tensions soar?  Al Jazeera
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‘Mindless’ damage: Two convicted of cutting down historic Sycamore Gap tree – Al Jazeera

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  1. ‘Mindless’ damage: Two convicted of cutting down historic Sycamore Gap tree  Al Jazeera
  2. As it happened: Pair guilty of felling world-famous Sycamore Gap tree in 'mindless act of destruction'  BBC
  3. 2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in 'mindless' destruction  NPR
  4. How Sycamore Gap fellers went from friends to foes  BBC
  5. Two men convicted of felling UK’s famous Sycamore Gap tree  CNN
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Slovakian and Serbian leaders defy EU to attend Russian military parade

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Robert Fico and Aleksandar Vučić accept Vladimir Putin’s invitation to attend Victory Day celebrations

Despite warnings from European Union officials, Slovakia’s Moscow-friendly prime minister, Robert Fico, shook hands with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin before becoming the only EU leader to attend Russia’s 9 May parade of military forces waging war on Ukraine.

The Serbian president, Aleksandar Vučić, whose country aspires to join the 27-nation union, also accepted the Russian president’s invitation to attend the annual Victory Day celebrations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in the second world war.

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France, Poland pledge mutual defence in new cooperation treaty – France 24

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  1. France, Poland pledge mutual defence in new cooperation treaty  France 24
  2. Poland to Open Way for French Nuclear Shield Talks With a Treaty  Bloomberg.com
  3. European leaders attending Russia parade ‘bring shame’ on themselves, Tusk says – as it happened  The Guardian
  4. UPDATE: France will come to Poland’s aid if it is directly under threat, vows Macron  TVP World
  5. Poland and France deepen defence ties amid doubts over U.S. support  Reuters
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