A divided kingdom: pro-independence parties surge across Britain – Reuters

  1. A divided kingdom: pro-independence parties surge across Britain  Reuters
  2. Election results: Northern Ireland leaders differ in responses to early results  BBC
  3. The United Kingdom May Be Stumbling Toward a Disastrous Breakup  Bloomberg.com
  4. Sinn Fein leader: I will work with SNP and Plaid Cymru to break up UK  The Telegraph
  5. This election is a disaster for people who want the UK to stay together  The Independent
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US awaiting response from Iran over proposals for ceasefire deal, says Rubio

Diplomatic efforts continue despite fighting in and around contested strait of Hormuz in recent days

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said that Washington is expecting a response from Iran to its proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East, as Iran accused the US of breaching the increasingly fragile ceasefire announced last month.

In recent days there have been the biggest flare-ups in fighting in and around the contested strait of Hormuz since the informal truce began. The rise in violence followed Donald Trump’s announcement – then rapid pause – of a new naval mission aimed at opening the strategic waterway.

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Canadian high school where deadly mass shooting occurred to be torn down

Tumbler Ridge secondary school was site of February mass shooting in which nine were killed and dozens injured

The school that was the site of one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings will be torn down, officials have announced.

The decision to demolish the Tumbler Ridge secondary school came after meetings between the school board and survivors, family and community members, said the British Columbia premier, David Eby.

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