Badenoch is favourite, but will she clinch Tory leadership

EstéeLauder Shares Plunge 21% After It Slashes Dividend

The cosmetics giant withdrew its outlook for the current year after reporting another quarter of falling sales.

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Daines signals privately he will back Thune in GOP leadership race

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It was Badenoch v Jenrick on GB News. And if that all sounds bad, watching it was worse | Marina Hyde

Each had an hour to show why they are the future – until the next Tory debacle means another contest. They barely managed that. Distressingly, the GB News stream I watched the Conservative ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as new leader as it aims to rebound from election defeat

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UK's Conservatives name Kemi Badenoch as new leader, shifting the party further to the right

The U.K.'s opposition Conservative Party on Saturday named its new leader, following a long-drawn-out runoff after the Tories' landslide electoral defeat marked a moment of reckoning.

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The U.K. Conservative party's new leader is the first Black woman to lead a major British party

LONDON — Britain’s Conservative Party on Saturday elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended 14 years in power.

Badenoch's win and Labour's big Budget mean we now have sharper left-right divide

With the government announcing big spending and tax, the differences between the two main parties feel sharper, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

On Fox News, Harris Proves She’s Tough

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Liam Payne planned to marry me, says girlfriend Kate Cassidy

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Giorgia Meloni Knows Exactly What She’s Doing

In a country where cabinets and positive approval ratings are infamously short-lived, Italy’s prime minister is becoming a rare paragon of stability.

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No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – as it happened

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Colorado State WR Tory Horton out for the season after suffering knee injury

Horton's career ends just 35 yards shy of setting the Mountain West career receiving record.

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Battered but bizarrely upbeat: why even utter defeat hasn’t shaken the Tory party’s confidence | Andy Beckett

The Conservatives believe that they uniquely represent British values – so what need is there to admit the UK is changing? . Why exactly are the Conservatives so upbeat, barely three months after ...

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Megan Thee Stallion sues commentator over 'false and harassing content' during Tory Lanez trial

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Starmer insists pro-growth policies on way after OBR’s budget warnings – UK politics live

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