China’s Xi Jinping to pay official visit to Russia, alongside Victory Day celebrations – AP News

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  1. China’s Xi Jinping to pay official visit to Russia, alongside Victory Day celebrations  AP News
  2. Russia сancels Victory Day parade in occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol, state media reports  The Kyiv Independent
  3. Xi to visit Russia for Victory Day and talks with Putin  Reuters
  4. Putin and Xi to sign ‘series’ of deals in Moscow summit  Yahoo
  5. China’s Xi Jinping readies for ‘mutual trust’ mission with Putin in Russia  South China Morning Post
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Violence engulfs besieged Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Darfur region – Reuters

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  1. Violence engulfs besieged Zamzam camp in Sudan’s Darfur region  Reuters
  2. ‘The janjaweed are coming’: Sudanese recount atrocities in RSF attack on a Darfur camp  AP News
  3. Horrors in Sudan know no bounds, warns Türk, urging an end to the conflict  ohchr
  4. Sudan Is Unraveling: Why War Is Likely to Once Again Tear the Country Apart  Foreign Affairs
  5. Opinion | This time, the U.S. should act to stop a genocide  The Washington Post
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Xi Jinping to Pay a State Visit to Russia and Attend the Celebrations Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China – fmprc.gov.cn

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  1. Xi Jinping to Pay a State Visit to Russia and Attend the Celebrations Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War_Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China  fmprc.gov.cn
  2. China’s Xi Jinping to pay official visit to Russia, alongside Victory Day celebrations  AP News
  3. Xi to visit Russia for Victory Day and talks with Putin  Reuters
  4. Putin and Xi to sign ‘series’ of deals in Moscow summit  Yahoo
  5. Chinese President to Visit Russia on May 7-10: Kremlin  The Moscow Times
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Simon Birmingham calls out ‘broken’ Liberal party model as Sussan Ley says Coalition reflecting on results ‘with humility’ – as it happened

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Littleproud on Labor: ‘They’re a slick machine’

Finally, David Littleproud is asked about what impact Donald Trump had on the outcome after Labor sought to tie Peter Dutton to the US president throughout the campaign.

What Anthony Albanese and the Labor team were able to was to really tap into these sorts of issues and then paint a bigger picture and destroy his character.

I think there’s a lesson in how they (Labor) did politics. They did it a lot better than us, and you’ve got to acknowledge that they’re a slick machine.

I think it’s part of the contagion of the way in which American politics has infused its way in to Australian politics, but very few people would have seen this coming and would have seen it coming certainly to the extent that it has happened.

My own view is that it’s an awful influence on Australian politics and something that we would do well to repudiate. Notwithstanding, you know the strength and the warmth and the importance of the relationship with the United States, in my opinion, Donald Trump does not have a role in relation to Australian domestic politics and we would do well to make that clear.

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Tourist impaled on Colosseum railings after scaling fence – Wanted in Rome

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  1. Tourist impaled on Colosseum railings after scaling fence  Wanted in Rome
  2. American tourist reportedly impaled on Rome's Colosseum fence as dozens watch in horror  Fox News
  3. American Tourist's Colosseum Railing Climb Goes Horrifically Wrong  AOL.com
  4. Screaming US tourist impaled on Rome’s Colosseum fence while possibly seeking selfie in horrifying scene  New York Post
  5. American tourist suffers horrific fate while attempting to capture selfie at Rome's Colosseum  Daily Mail
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After 100 Years, Britain’s Two-Party Political System May Be Crumbling – The New York Times

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  1. After 100 Years, Britain’s Two-Party Political System May Be Crumbling  The New York Times
  2. Reform’s Yusuf says party can deliver on promises as Badenoch and Streeting respond to election losses  BBC
  3. ‘Trump With a Pint’: How Nigel Farage Is Upending British Politics  WSJ
  4. Farage claims Reform UK local election gains ‘beginning of the end’ for Tories  The Guardian
  5. Insurgent Reform U.K. party tallies victories in British local elections  The Washington Post
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Spanish blackout drives use of Musk’s Starlink – Financial Times

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  1. Spanish blackout drives use of Musk’s Starlink  Financial Times
  2. Sanchez Is Looking for a Culprit for Biggest Blackout in Spain  Bloomberg.com
  3. What we know about Monday’s sweeping power outage in Spain and Portugal  AP News
  4. Blackouts In Europe Continue to Raise Cyber Alarms  WSJ
  5. How Spain’s Success in Renewable Energy May Have Left It Vulnerable  The New York Times
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Romanians vote in election that could propel ultranationalist Trump ally to power

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George Simion, 38, comfortably ahead in polls as first round of voting begins in presidential election

Romanians are voting in a presidential election rerun that could propel to power an ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has fiercely criticised the EU’s leadership and describes himself as a “natural ally” of Donald Trump.

George Simion, 38, is comfortably ahead in the opinion polls before the first-round vote in the EU and Nato member state, nearly six months after the original ballot was cancelled amid evidence of an alleged “massive” Russian influence campaign.

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