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Mark Carney secures majority government in Canada after special election win
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Mark Carney secures majority government in Canada after special election win

Carney’s Liberals will now be able to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties – and govern until 2029The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has secured a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government, CBC News reported. The victory will help him push through a legislative a...

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Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US
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The Guardian · World

Iran tries to cosy up to Europe to increase pressure on US

Regime hopes to capitalise on deepening transatlantic split by briefing previously sidelined European countriesIn a move designed to increase pressure on the US to make compromises in its conflict with his country, Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi has been briefing European capitals on the na...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Top US Senate Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened
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The Guardian · World

Top US Senate Democrats again try for war powers resolution – as it happened

This blog is now closed – our live coverage continues hereCircling back to Donald Trump’s coming naval blockade, the US military said it would block all Iranian Gulf ports on Monday at 10am ET on Monday (5.30pm in Iran and 1400 GMT), effectively seizing control of maritime traffic in the strait of H...

Adam Fulton, Victoria Bekiempis, Olivia Lee, Aneesa Ahmed, Vivian Ho and Fran Singh
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US starts naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes
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US starts naval blockade of Iranian ports after deadline passes

Iran warns Americans they face higher pump prices due to prohibition imposed on Monday eveningMiddle East crisis – live updates The US blockade of ships using Iranian ports in the Gulf has come into effect, turning the six-week-old conflict between the US-Israeli coalition and Iran into a test of ec...

Julian Borger Senior international correspondent
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Bahamas police again question US man over disappearance of wife at sea
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The Guardian · World

Bahamas police again question US man over disappearance of wife at sea

Brian Hooker says wife Lynette fell overboard from dinghy but family members have cast doubt on that accountPolice in the Bahamas on Monday were set to again interview a US man who said his wife fell overboard from their boat.In a statement on Sunday to the Guardian, Brian Hooker’s attorney, Terrel...

Maya Yang
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Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US
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The Guardian · World

Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US

Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in BrazilWhen Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for an attempted coup, six other members of his cabinet were also found guilty and all began serv...

Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro
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Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in
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Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in

Incident took place on first day back at school in small village, as settlers blocked pupils’ accessIsraeli forces have fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who were staging a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to their school.The Israeli military said it had dispe...

Agence France-Presse in Umm al-Khair
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