US-Iran peace talks in Switzerland called off, clouding prospects for lasting truce – Reuters

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  1. US-Iran peace talks in Switzerland called off, clouding prospects for lasting truce  Reuters
  2. Trump’s Iran Deal Is Off to a Chaotic Start  The New York Times
  3. US envoy headed for Switzerland, Israeli strikes on Lebanon threaten talks  Al Jazeera
  4. Live updates: Witkoff heading to Switzerland for Iran talks, US official says  CNN
  5. Trump envoys head to Switzerland for potential Iran talks  Axios
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Reform UK gloomy about prospects in Makerfield, as one party source says Labour ahead by 2,500 votes – UK politics live

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Result expected around 3am as Labour’s Greater Manchester mayor hopes a win over Reform UK will help force the prime minister to step aside

David Blunkett, the former Labour cabinet minister, has suggested that Keir Starmer should stand down after the Makerfield byelection.

In an interview on the BBC’s Newsnight, Blunkett suggested that Starmer standing aside would be the best option for the party regardless of whether Andy Burnham wins tonight or loses.

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Scottish Conservatives win Aberdeen South, ousting SNP

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Tories’ Douglas Lumsden says city has spoken ‘loud and clear’ in support of the North Sea oil and gas industry

The Scottish National party (SNP) has lost the formerly safe seat of Aberdeen South in a shock loss to the Scottish Conservatives.

The Scottish Conservatives’ Douglas Lumsden beat the SNP’s Richard Thomson by 6,050 votes, with a 14.69% swing away from the SNP. The Tories vote share was 49.51%. Lumsden’s vote tally was 14,308, with Thomson on 8,258.

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UK actress charged with importing meth worth almost A$300m into Australia – BBC

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  1. UK actress charged with importing meth worth almost A$300m into Australia  BBC
  2. British actress accused of trying to smuggle $208 million worth of meth into Australia in charcoal bags  CBS News
  3. EastEnders actress accused of smuggling £157m of meth into Australia  The Times
  4. Australian Authorities Bust Big Meth Shipment in Cargo of Charcoal  The Maritime Executive
  5. NSW news: British actress arrested in $300 million drug bust  Nine.com.au
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US military kills three people in boat strike in Pacific Ocean

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Attack brings to at least 211 number of people killed as Trump administration targets alleged ‘narcoterrorists’

The US military attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, killing three people, as the Trump administration wages a months-long campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.

The latest attack brings the number of people the US military has killed in boat strikes to at least 211 since the Trump administration began targeting people it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September.

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JD Vance tells Iran deal critics in Israel: Trump is your only ally left in the world

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In a sharp rebuke to critics of Trump’s deal with Iran, the vice-president referenced the billions in defence aid Israel recieves from the US

US vice-president JD Vance has lashed out at Israeli critics of the Iran deal, saying Donald Trump is Israel’s only ally left in the world, in a sharp rebuke that referenced the billions in defence aid ⁠the country receives from America.

Vance was defending the deal ⁠reached this week to end the war ​with Iran that critics in the US and Israel have slammed for failing to curb Iran’s missile program and providing no clear path to dismantling its nuclear facilities, while constraining Israel in its war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon.

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