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Voting starts in UK after hotly-contested election race

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Decision day as UK votes in general election

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Britain votes after hotly contested election race

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Theresa May profile

Theresa May is no political novice - but even her formative time as UK Interior Minister could not have prepared her for the roller-coaster year since the Brexit vote.

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Brazil

Brazilian president faces illegal funding probe

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Will the London attacks affect the UK election?

The London attacks are dominating the British election campaign but will they make any difference to how people vote?

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Britain must get tough on islamist extremism

Malta

Joseph Muscat to be sworn in as Maltese Prime Minister

Corruption allegations concerning his wife and some political allies saw the incumbent prime minister call the snap vote just over a month ago.

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Son of Indian immigrant to become Ireland's first openly gay PM

Leo Varadkar is Ireland's new Taoiseach - the son of Indian immigrants and the country's youngest and first ever gay leader.

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How will the UK Parliament be split after the election?

USA

Trump hires lawyer Kasowitz over Russia probe

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UK Prime Minister defends social care plan

Theresa May has rushed to defend her party's manifesto proposals on making elderly people meet some of the costs of social care delivered to them at home. Her opponents have dubbed the plan the "deme

Spain

Spain's Socialists elect hard-liner Pedro Sanchez as their new leader

Spain’s bitterly divided Socialist party has chosen a new leader.

Iran

Iranians vote in hard-fought presidential election

After a hard-fought campaign, the day has arrived for Iranians to choose their next president.

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Iran at the crossroads in presidential election

Iranians are choosing between the current President Hassan Rohani, with his open door policy, and hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi.

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Campaigning ends ahead of Iran's presidential vote

Supporters of the two leading candidates in Iran’s presidential election took to the streets as official campaigning came to an end.

Germany

Germany's SPD lose power in home state as CDU surges under Merkel

Angela Merkel's CDU has pulled off a stunning state election victory in North Rhine Westphalia, burying the SPD and boosting hopes for September's federal poll.

West Bank

Hamas again leads Gaza boycott of Palestinian local elections

Palestinians go to the polls for the first time since 2012 today in the West Bank, again without the participation of Hamas, which is not allowing any vote in the Gaza Strip.

Korea

South Korea: New President Moon prepared to visit Pyongyang

The newly-elected South Korean leader hopes to defuse tensions by visiting the North 'if the conditions are right'

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Brexit questioned as Labour launches UK election campaign

Jeremy Corbyn has reportedly refused to confirm whether he would go ahead with Brexit if Labour were to win the UK election on June 8.