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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UK Conservative Party picks Kemi Badenoch as its new leader

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

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

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Britain's Conservative Party elects Kemi Badenoch as leader

Kemi Badenoch is now the first Black woman to lead a major British political party.

Kemi Badenoch, New Leader of the U.K.’s Tories, Vows to Make the Party More Conservative

Elected as the new leader of Britain’s oldest party, Ms. Badenoch has not hesitated to wade into thorny issues like transgender rights or Britain’s colonial legacy.

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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.

Tory leadership election live: Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader

Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’. Here are the results from previous Conservative leadership contests, and from the final ...

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Kemi Badenoch: Who is new Tory leader and what does she stand for?

Kemi Badenoch is a political trailblazer with a combative style and a mission to renew her party.

Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative party leadership

Former business secretary takes 57 per cent of the vote to beat Robert Jenrick and become party’s first Black leader

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Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken and she is the one to fix it

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Chris Mason: Badenoch will need all her political savvy to transform Tory fortunes

Kemi Badenoch is a political fighter and she now has a battle on her hands to rebuild her party.

Kemi Badenoch promises change after historic Tory leadership win

The former business secretary is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.

‘Abrasive’ Kemi Badenoch urged to play nice to secure Conservative leadership

Supporters offer advice to get the favourite over the line, gambling she can unite the party and restore Tory fortunes. Supporters of Kemi Badenoch have urged her to rein in her confrontational ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

From a childhood in Nigeria to Tory leader: the remarkable rise of Kemi Badenoch | Sunder Katwala

The woman who now leads the Conservative party was born in London, but growing up in west Africa shaped the politician she would become. • Politics live . Kemi Badenoch’s election as leader of ...

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Austria's chancellor asked to form new government after parties refuse to work with far-right leader

Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party

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Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election

Conservative party announces Badenoch has beaten rival Robert Jenrick in ballot of party members. Five things to know about Kemi Badenoch Kemi Badenoch is the new Conservative party leader ...

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Hezbollah Names Naim Qassem as Its New Leader

Mr. Qassem had been the Lebanese militant group’s longtime deputy. He replaces Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike last month.

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Voting closes in contest to lead UK Conservative Party as it seeks to rebound from defeat

Voting has closed in contest to lead Britain’s Conservative Party after its crushing election defeat

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Germany's hard-left Die Linke party has elected new leaders

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Germany's ailing hard-left party picks new leaders in hope of revival

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Badenoch and Jenrick spar over visions for future of Tory party in TV debate

Jenrick pledges to ‘end the drama’, while Badenoch calls his plan to exit ECHR ‘a distraction from bigger worries’. Tory debate takeaways: a clash of styles, a tame format and a win for ...

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Harris’s Hope: Getting Right-Leaning Voters to Shift to the Left

Democrats see a narrow opening to peel away center-right voters bothered by abortion bans and by the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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Badenoch attacks Jenrick on Europe as UK Tory leadership contest heats up

Former business secretary says her rival’s plan to take Britain out of the ECHR would be divisive

Business - Financial Times - October 17

Fungi could be given same status as flora and fauna under conservation plan

Exclusive: proposal to Cop16 could see ‘funga’ get global legal consideration distinct from flora and fauna. A new era of mycelial conservation could begin this month when the UK and Chile propose ...

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UK foreign secretary to visit China, signaling broader diplomatic shift

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Lebanon's Hezbollah names replacement for slain former leader

Naim Qassem is a founding member of Hezbollah and has been the party's deputy secretary general since the early 1990's.

Trump accuses Labour Party of 'foreign interference'

Labour activists volunteering in the US presidential election amounts to illegal "contributions", the complaint alleges.

Iran’s Leaders Stress Their Right to Respond to Israel’s Strikes

Iran’s supreme leader said Israel’s attack should not be “magnified or downplayed,” state media reported. U.S. and Israeli officials were expected to meet in Qatar for talks aimed at reviving ...

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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.

Diamond Sports, FanDuel reach naming rights agreement for regional sports networks

Diamond Sports and FanDuel have reached a naming rights agreement for Diamond Sports' regional sports networks.

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Social Democrats win round 1 of Lithuania's election and aim to oust the conservative leader

The opposition Social Democratic Party has emerged as the leader after the first round of national elections in Lithuania and says it will start negotiations to form a new government with ...

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