Starmer met ousted Awami League figure last month
UK Labour party has long ties with ‘Kennedys of Bangladesh’ despite former regime’s alleged corruption and violence
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The Papers: 'Lost Angeles' and 'Musk seeks plan to oust Starmer'
Friday's headlines include more reports of devastation in Los Angeles due to wildfires.BBC News - 22h -
Musk examines how to oust Starmer as UK premier before next election
Technology billionaire is interested in building support for another political party, notably Reform UKFinancial Times - 1d -
Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted leader Sheikh Hasina
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Starmer Hits Back at Musk
PM attacks those “spreading lies” on grooming gangs.BBC News - 4d -
Start the rebuilding work, Keir Starmer, and show us you’re different to the last bunch of cowboys | Isabel Hardman
Setting up yet another commission on social care is an extreme example of Labour putting off the promised urgent repairs. Is this really going to be the year that the government “gets things done”? ...The Guardian - 5d -
Djokovic ousted by Opelka in Brisbane quarters
Novak Djokovic was beaten 7-6 (6), 6-3 by big-serving Reilly Opelka in the Brisbane International quarterfinals on Friday.ESPN - Jan. 3 -
Musk urges release of far-right UK figure; blasts PM Starmer
Elon Musk has called for the release of far-right activist Tommy Robinson and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on social media, while also praising Nigel Farage's Reform UK party and ...The Hill - Jan. 2 -
House to vote on rule making it harder to oust speaker
The threshold that allowed a single member to trigger a no-confidence vote to remove the speaker will be increased to nine members.CBS News - Jan. 1
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