Global Conflicts and North American News

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The only other member of Parliament who had said that he was going to enter a leadership contest , Wes Streeting, the former health secretary , said that he had decided not to run and was supporting Andy Burnham instead . If no other candidate runs, then Burnham will become leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister in early July. Nigel Far age, the leader of the right wing populist reform party, which is currently leading most opinion polls , said that there should be a general election . We're about to get our sixth prime minister seven years, which is sort of Italian style fast politics going back a few decades . And whoever becomes the prime minister will not have been voted for by the British public. And if the nextim Peris Minter is the new MP for Makerfield, Andy Burnham, he didn't even stand at the last election on any manifesto at all. And I really do think, I really do think that my call for there to be a general election as soon as it is possible. I think you'll find a lot of support for that. Also in the United Kingdom, yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the UK voting to leave the European Union after, the result of the referendum was announced exactly ten years ago today, Prime Minister David Cameron resigned, starting a ten year period in which six prime ministers have resigned, finishing with K irstarmer this week . Most opinion polls today show that most people in the UK would like to rejoin the European Union , with the average of opinion polls showing around fifty five percent of people saying that they would like to rejoin and only around thirty five percent of people saying that they want to stay out , with about ten percent not sure . Across Europe a heat wave is continuing. In France, many schools have closed and trains have been cancelled. The Eiffel Tower closed early yesterday because of the heat and officials have said that the same may happen over the next few days . Between Monday and yesterday , France had its hottest ever night since records began in nineteen forty seven, the average nighttime temperature record ed across thirty weather stations was twenty one point six degrees . Asia in Lebanon , a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has most been holding, various reports have said. Iranian negotiators have said that this fall in fighting has allowed negotiations with the U. S. to continue . The United States has waived sanctions on Iran for sixty days . U. S. Vice President JD Vance, who has been conducting negotiations in Switzerland , said that Iran had agreed to allow United States inspectors to monitor its nuclear program. Iraq is preparing to export crude oil through ports on Syria's Mediterranean coast , according to Iraqi and Syrian energy officials . This is a response to Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormus , through which most Iraqi oil previously traveled. Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, according to a United Nations Inquiry report released yesterday . The report by the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territory said that Israeli security forces had deliberately targeted Palestinian children during the war in Gaza, which started on october seventh, twenty twenty three , when Hamas and other groups crossed into Israel and killed one thousand two hundred people, mostly civilians , and took two hundred and fifty people as hostages, including children . Another United Nations report released in September also said that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza, giving examples such as mass killings, blocking aid and forced displacement. Africa In Kenya, Health Minister Aiden Duale has said that he has ordered for the construction of a U. S. Ebola quarantine centre to be stopped in order to comply with a court order . There have been large protests against the construction of the centre over the last few weeks . In Nigeria, police in the central plateau state have said that twenty people were killed in an attack on a community . The police said that they had engaged the attackers in a fierce gun battle before the attackers escap ed. Americas North America is also experiencing a heat wave, with temperatures expected to continue to rise this week. New York Mayor Zoran Mandani has signed an executive order aimed to protect people who work outside. More than one point four million New Yorkers, a third of our city's workforce work outside for extended periods of time. Without paid breaks or easy access to restrooms, these workers have a higher risk of heat exhaustion, heat stroke, dehydration, and serious diseases like liver failure and kidney disease. Every year more than five hundred people in our city lose their lives due to the heat. And as climate change accelerates, summers are only growing hotter and more dangerous. In Chile , three men have been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for their role in a targeted killing in the United States in nineteen seventy six . The three men were part of dictator Augusto Pinochet's secret police and were found guilty of detonating a car bomb in Washington, DC which killed Orlando Latelier , who was a socialist and a minister in the Government of President Salvador Ayende . The bomb also killed the US Socialist activist Ronnie Moffat. Two of the three men were already in prison for other human rights crimes. And Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi has become the highest scoring footballer in the history of the World Cup . After scoring two goals against Austria, he has now scored a total of eighteen goals at six World Cups starting in two thousand six . French player Gillian Babet is now joint second with sixteen goals despite only having played in three World Cups.