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Emmanuel Macron has won a second term as the President of France, projected figures report that Macron received 58% of the votes compared to 42% of the votes to far-right politician Marine Le Pen. Macron is the first president to have won a second term since Jacques Chirac, who won a second term in 2002. |
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Ukraine are the winners of the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, the winning entry by Kalush with their single 'Stefania' with the runners-up being the United Kingdom with Sam Ryder's single 'Space Man' This is the United Kingdom's best result in twenty years, the best result being 3rd place in the 2002 Eurovision Contest, with Jessica Garlick's single 'Come Back' |
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The organisers of Eurovision have concluded that it will not be possible for Ukraine to host next year's contest owing to factors related to Russia's 'special military operation' in Ukraine. This has resulted in the organisers approaching the BBC for talks in which could mean the UK (who were the runners up in the contest last month), can potentially host the song contest. According to the ECHO, Mayor Joanne Anderson is considering having the contest hosted in Liverpool, as it would 'do Ukraine justice' Unrelated, but Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to the U.S. to face charges of espionage following the approval of the extradition by the Home Secretary. |
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Liz Truss will succeed Boris Johnson as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, having beaten Rishi Sunak by 81,326 votes compared to Sunak’s share of 60,399 votes in the Conservative Party leadership contest. She will take over the role from tomorrow when she visits the Queen to form her new government. |
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She only had 2 days as leader of Her Majesty's Government. While this is a record low, it is very unprecedented to have a change of Monarch and Prime Minister in the same week |
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Liverpool has made the final two shortlist to host next years Eurovision concert, with the other city left in the running being Glasgow. |
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Liz Truss has already sacked Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor, or at least asked/told him to resign. So we have a new Chancellor, former Health and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, after just 38 days. |
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Can Liz Truss survive? With some pundits saying she could be gone by the end of the weekend!!! |
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Suella Braverman has now resigned as the Home Secretary, with Grant Shapps succeeding her in the role. Edit: Unsurprisingly, Liz Truss has now resigned as the Prime Minister. |
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