UK health secretary resigns and is expected to challenge Starmers leadership
LONDON (AP) — Health Secretary Wes Streeting quit embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Cabinet Thursday in what is expected to be a precursor to challenging his leadership. Streeting is the first Cabinet member to resign as Starmer faces pressure to step down after the Labour Party’s disastrous results last week in local and regional elections. Streeting, whose political ambitions have long been known, is considered one of a handful of people who could try to unseat Starmer. A...
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- UK health secretary resigns and is expected to challenge Starmers leadership
- Russia hammers Ukraine for a 3rd straight day, flattening a Kyiv apartment block and killing 5
- Ship is reported seized off the coast of the UAE and is heading toward Iran
- Chinas Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict
- Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court flees from Senate
- FIFA announces Super Bowl-style World Cup final halftime show featuring Madonna, Shakira and BTS
- The Latest: Xi and Trump summit focuses on business links as Chinese leader issues Taiwan warning
- BRICS foreign ministers meet in India as Iran war, oil prices and divisions test the blocs unity
- Trumps talk of 51st US state met with near-silence in Venezuela
- UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war
- Russia fires 800 drones at Ukraine despite recent talk by Putin and Trump of possible peace
Wed, 13 May 2026
- Survivors of plane crash off Florida were on a life raft for hours with no idea if help was coming
- Remains of 2nd US soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered
- US deportations to El Salvador double as Bukele aligns himself with Trump agenda
- Foreign ticket holders from World Cup qualifying countries wont have to pay bonds to enter US
- Mexicos Sheinbaum denies reports of CIA operations there while CNN stands by report
- Macron ends Africa trip in Ethiopia with focus on UN reform and inclusive governance
- Board of Peace envoy Mladenov says ceasefire hinges on Hamas disarmament
- Ocean Dream blue-green diamond sells for more than $17 million at Christies auction in Geneva
- Company says its not clear when its hantavirus-hit ship will start cruises again
- Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities tried to arrest a senator
- France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak
- Malaysia says Iranian oil transfers near its waters exploit a maritime loophole
- Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with Chinas Xi on Iran war, trade and US arms sales to Taiwan
- Russian ship that sank near Spain in 2024 may have carried nuclear reactor parts
- King Charles III lays out UK government agenda as Starmers job hangs in the balance
- French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
- Mass protests in Argentina decry Mileis funding cuts to prized public universities
- In diplomacy, pomp and protocol matter, especially when Trump goes to China
- As Trump heads to China, past US flubs on US policy toward Taiwan can be a warning
Tue, 12 May 2026
- New gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people
- Putin hails Russias test launch of a new ballistic missile and calls it the worlds most powerful
- 85-year-old French widow caught in Trumps immigration crackdown describes her detention
- Trump and Hegseth claim control over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire talks are stalled
- UKs Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and several ministers quit
- Sexual violence was systematic and integral to Oct. 7 attacks and their aftermath, new report says
- Trump downplays differences with Chinas Xi over Iran as he heads to Beijing for high-stakes summit
- Ukrainian drone pilots turn a military exercise in Sweden into a critical warning for NATO
- Nigerian military airstrike kills 100 civilians at a market, rights group claims
- Ukraine officials say Zelenskyys ex-chief of staff is a suspect in a money-laundering probe
- Greece says attack sea drone found on island is Ukrainian, calls incident extremely serious
- Invasive plant threatens livelihoods in Colombias largest coastal wetland
- Ugandas president Museveni sworn in for seventh consecutive term as son emerges as de facto ruler
- French president announces billions in African investments at summit focused on partnership
- Philippine senator vows to fight International Criminal Court order to arrest him over killings
- The Latest: Starmer fights for political survival as calls for his resignation grow in UK
- Bomb rigged to rickshaw explodes in Pakistan bazaar, killing 9 and wounding more than 2 dozen others
- Eurovision song competition starts with the first semifinal after boycott over Israel
- Israels military said a Palestinian family could bury their father. Then the settlers arrived
- Trump and Xi dialed down the trade war, but challenges lurk at their China summit
Mon, 11 May 2026
- Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers
- Venezuelas acting president defends countrys territory and rejects Trumps 51st state remarks
- Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring
- Starmer pledges to prove his doubters wrong but faces a wave of resignation calls
- Trump says Iran ceasefire is on life support and proposes gas tax pause as strait stays closed
- Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
- EU targets Russians with sanctions over the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children
- Philippine vice president impeached by lawmakers over suspected wealth and threats
- Trump-Xi summit comes with high stakes for Taiwan, the island democracy that China claims as its own
- Neon, winner of 6 straight Palmes dOr, comes into the Cannes Film Festival an unlikely heavyweight
- One evacuated passenger tests positive for hantavirus and another develops symptoms on flight home
- Thailands Thaksin released from prison after serving 8 months for abuse of power
Sun, 10 May 2026
- Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as unacceptable
- Changing geopolitics are in focus as Frances Macron kicks off Kenya visit for an Africa summit
- Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating US-brokered 3-day truce
- Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says
- Death toll rises to 14 in a Pakistan suicide attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group
- Britains Starmer fights for his job as calls for his ouster grow after local election losses
- Iran war could make Trumps trip to China a bit chillier than his first-term visit
- Bodies retrieved from Indonesian volcano after eruption kills 3 hikers
- Israel deports 2 activists detained for leading an aid flotilla to Gaza
- Iran war disruptions spark higher costs and lost income in Bangladesh
Sat, 09 May 2026
- WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed
- Iran warns the US against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships but ceasefire appears to hold
- Israeli drone strikes near Beirut kill 4 and southern airstrikes kill at least 13
- Hungarys Pter Magyar sworn in as prime minister, ending Viktor Orbns 16-year rule
- UCLA online textbook gives voice to Asian American, Pacific Islander history and cultures
- Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation
- Moscow marks Victory Day with a scaled down Red Square parade under tight security
- Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
- Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics
- China says April exports jump 14.1% from a year ago ahead of Trump-Xi summit
- Rubio defends new US sanctions on Cuba, targeting military-run conglomerate GAESA
Fri, 08 May 2026
- What Russias low‑key Victory Day celebrations reveal about Putin and the war in Ukraine
- Prosecutors seek to strip U.S. citizenship from diplomat-turned-Cuban spy
- Laura Fernndez sworn in as Costa Rica president, keeping outgoing president in 2 high-profile posts
- Volcanic eruption on a remote Indonesian island kills 3 hikers
- Rubio presses Europe on Iran action as he seeks to mend ties with Italy and Vatican
- The Latest: Stricken cruise ship heads for the Canaries as authorities rush to identify contacts
- Starmer says he wont quit after local elections deliver losses for Labour and wins for Reform UK
- US fires on and disables 2 more Iranian tankers as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz
- Islamic militants attack Congo villages near Uganda, killing 40 people, local group says
- Despite gains combating deforestation in Brazils Amazon, forest degradation is a looming threat
- Pope Leo XIV sought a pastoral role in his first year, but verbal sparring with Trump intervened
- Alarmed ASEAN leaders discuss crisis plan to mitigate backlash from Middle East war
- 3 Australian women back from Syria face slavery and terrorism charges over alleged IS links
- A year in, whats on Pope Leo XIVs to-do list? And what has he done so far?
- David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100
- Hungarys incoming prime minister plans a regime-change celebration to mark Orbns departure
- North Korea will deploy new artillery guns targeting Seoul and commission its 1st destroyer
Thu, 07 May 2026
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- US military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on 3 Navy ships in Strait of Hormuz
- Both engines shut off and cockpit struggle came before 2022 China plane crash, NTSB data suggests
- Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality
- US isnt looking at imminent military action in Cuba despite Trump threats, AP sources say
- British voters have spoken in local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmers leadership
- US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns
- French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images
- UK border official and former Hong Kong cop convicted of assisting Chinese spy agency in Britain
- Hamas says a son of its chief negotiator was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza
- Nigerian army rescues 7 children and 2 women abducted from an orphanage last month
- Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say
- Man arrested on suspicion of weapon possession after report former Prince Andrew was threatened
- Russia says Ukraine launched a major drone attack after Moscow shunned ceasefire offer
- These numbers show the global impact of Irans grip on the Strait of Hormuz
- Rubio makes fence-mending visit to the Vatican after Trumps broadsides against Pope Leo XIV
- Democratic senators press US military on Israels evacuation zones, warning of legal risks
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