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Labour Party’s Internal Fight Goes Public, as Starmer’s Trouble Grows

An attempt by Keir Starmer’s allies to undercut a rival has forced into the open a party debate over whether to replace the prime minister.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain leaving 10 Downing Street on Wednesday.
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Britain Plans to Convert Two Military Bases to House Asylum Seekers

The government has been under pressure to shut down hotels accommodating migrants as public anger rises.

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Migrants boarding a dinghy to try to cross the English Channel in Gravelines, France, in August.
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Britain Needs China’s Money. It Fears What Comes With It.

A botched spying case prompted accusations that the British government was soft on China, highlighting tensions between economic and national security interests.

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Protesters in February against a proposal to move China’s embassy in London to the former site of the Royal Mint.
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Labour Party Suffers Crushing Defeat in Wales Special Election

The governing party placed a distant third in a special election for a district of Wales it has dominated for a century. Plaid Cymru, a center-left Welsh nationalist party, won.

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Lindsay Whittle of the nationalist party Plaid Cymru celebrating after being declared the winner of a Welsh Parliament special election in Caerphilly early on Friday.
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Britain’s Labour Party Criticizes Farage Over Ties to U.S. Anti-Abortion Group

The governing party said it was “deeply concerning” that Nigel Farage’s appearance in the U.S. Congress had been brokered by an organization that helped topple Roe v. Wade.

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Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform U.K. and an ally of President Trump, after an appearance in Washington last month.
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