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The new psychoactive drug Spice is taking its toll on frontline policing.
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One of Trump’s selling points was that he would ‘make America great again’: this meant bringing back the American dream.
Leader of Welsh Labour and First Minister Carwyn Jones, with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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The 2017 general election is a battle to protect the progressive heart of Wales.
Moonrise.
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Since the late 1970s, East Asia has seen fewer deaths in conflict than any other continent. Can it keep the peace?
Better get cracking.
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The self-confessed europhile will need to respond to concerns about the EU if he is to succeed as French president.
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If the western Balkan countries can’t join the EU, their complicated ethnic politics might boil over once again.
Macron meets veterans on VE Day, the day after his own election victory.
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Reforming France’s intelligence and policing practices will be a big political battle.
Celebrating in Glasgow.
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The Conservative threat in Scotland is more than just hype.
Young at heart.
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Registration data and polling alike tell an encouraging story for once.
Protests in Ecuador.
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But there is a stand-off on the left of the political spectrum.
He comes in peace.
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He is a strident europhile, but that doesn’t mean France’s new leader is out to punish the UK for Brexit.
Andy Burnham, the new Mayor of Greater Manchester, talking at an event at Salford University in March.
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What we can learn from the election of the new ‘metro mayors’ and why there are reasons to be cheerful.
Riding a wave.
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Those who voted No in the indyref were never as anti-blue as is often believed.
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Victory for Emmanuel Macron is a blow for the far right, but there are lessons to be learnt for 2022.
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The Conservatives claim the energy market is broken. Are they right?
Macron sweeps to victory.
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France’s new president is just 39-years-old and started his own political movement barely a year ago. So how did he do it?
Here goes: Kurdish people in south-eastern Turkey vote in the constitutional referendum.
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With President Erdoğan increasingly empowered, the ‘Kurdish question’ is at the forefront once again.
Big gains for the Conservative party.
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Everything you need to know about the recent local and mayoral elections.
Move over Westminster – political watchers may need to keep an eye on the Irwell rather than the Thames.
It’s there. It’s right there!
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It accounts for a huge proportion of votes, yet parties rarely offer English-specific policies.
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John McDonnell’s claim that the BBC was uncritically repeating ‘Tory lies’ this week once more raises the question of bias in the media’s political reporting. But is he right?
A strong and stable leader?
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Expert analysis of that infamous Brexit spat, tactical voting and Diane Abbott's media meltdown.
Moon Jae-in (L) seems to be outpacing his rivals.
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Seoul’s Blue House looks set to host its first liberal president in a decade.
Then one simply drops it.
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It turned out to be a fairly minor announcement, but the palace knows how to work the news cycle.
Do you even lift, Jeremy?
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Why is the PM constantly repeating this phrase and what impact is it really having on her campaign?