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Kemi Badenoch has emerged victorious in the race to succeed Rishi Sunak as Conservative Party leader.  She describes being appointed leader as an "enormous honour" and pledges to hold the Labour government to account[/font][/color]Badenoch defeated Robert Jenrick in the election among Tory members, hinting in her victory speech at a possible "key role" for him The BBC's [size=inherit]political editor Chris Mason has looked at some of the main challenges facing the new Conservative leader. It comes almost four months after the Tories' crushing general election defeat which triggered Sunak's resignation.

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For now......

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Laura Kuenssberg is questioning Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who presented the first Labour Budget in over a decade this week

Asked whether there is any chance she will rethink the National Insurance rise for employers, Reeves says: "I'm not immune to their criticism... but we've got to raise the money to put our public finances on a firm footing"

Reeves also says raising employer National Insurance was not on the agenda before the election

Kuenssberg will also interview the new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch about the future of the party

Following her victory over Robert Jenrick among Tory members, Badenoch pledged to hold the Labour government to account and said it's "time to get down to business"

In her column, Laura writes that it feels like a week where everything changed - and clearer differences between the main Westminster parties emerged

The programme will be live from 09:00, hit [size=inherit]Watch Live[/size] at the top of the page to follow along

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Russia and China have vetoed a US draft resolution that tied an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to the release of hostages held by Hamas

It was the first time the US has supported calls for an immediate ceasefire in the region, having previously blocked such demands at the UN

Netanyahu says Israel plans to launch a ground offensive in Rafah with or without US support, as he meets the US secretary of state Antony Blinken in Israel

But Blinken, who is in the Middle East to discuss a post-war plan to govern and secure Gaza, says a ground operation in Rafah risks killing more civilians

A UN-backed food security assessment this week said 1.1 million people in Gaza were struggling with catastrophic hunger and starvation

Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking 253 others hostage

Hamas says more than 31,900 people have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched its retaliatory offensive to eliminate Hamas

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31,900?


If only. Another hoax, to place alongside all the other ones......
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Angry crowds of people have confronted Spanish King Felipe VI in Paiporta, Valencia, a town affected by the flash floods

Footage shows the hostile crowd shouting "murderer" - as some protesters threw objects and mud at the king

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been evacuated[/size] from the area as the king and queen have [size=inherit]suspended a planned trip to Chiva, another area hit by flooding

At least  217 people have died[/size] in the flash floods, with many more feared missing

A new red weather warning  has been issued for parts of southern Valencia by Spain's national weather agency (AEMET)

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Why blame the King - he's not the weather forecaster!
He goes to Valencia to show solidarity,  if he didn't he'd be criticized,  'damned if does and damned if he doesn't'.

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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are pushing their [size=inherit]closing messages to voters on the last day of campaigning before America decides its next president

Both candidates are in a final sprint across key battleground states[/size], with Harris to campaign in Pennsylvania today and Trump heading to North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan  Harris and Trump are offering contrasting messaging in their battle for the White House, [size=78%]the BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith writes[/size][size=78%][[/size]

On Sunday, Harris vowed to do everything in her power to "end the war in Gaza"[/size], while Trump made claims, without providing any evidence, of election fraud in Pennsylvania

The polls suggest the race is still exceptionally close and more than 75 million people have already voted

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It's election day in the United States with Donald Trump or Kmala Harris to become the next president - polls begin to open at 05:00 ET (10:00 GMT) has advocated for abortion rights and pledged to lower food and housing costs for working families. Trump has vowed to seal the border and has proposed tax cuts worth trillions Trump ended his campaign with a speech in Michigan - while Harris wrapped up in swing state, Pennsylvania[More than 82 million people voted before election day - check our ]poll tracker here In the tiny community of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire - which votes at midnight by tradition - the result was a 3-3 split between Trump and Harris.

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Chris Philp has been appointed shadow home secretary by new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.
The former Home Office minister supported Badenoch's leadership campaign.
On Monday it emerged that [size=inherit]Badenoch had offered three of her former leadership rivals senior roles.
Robert Jenrick, who was beaten in the final round, will serve as shadow justice secretary, while Mel Stride will be shadow chancellor and Dame Priti Patel will be shadow foreign secretary.
Badenoch has now named her full shadow cabinet team ahead of their first meeting later.

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Why blame the King - he's not the weather forecaster!
He goes to Valencia to show solidarity,  if he didn't he'd be criticized,  'damned if does and damned if he doesn't'.

The King is a Globalist, strongly aligned with the multi-billionaire scum bags who are wreaking havoc on our world right now. And the Valencia floods are most likely the result of Weather Modification/Geo Engineering.


It is encouraging to see people waking up at last, even if they are not quite sure what they are waking up to see……

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Trump is President.

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Is that confirmed?

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Donald Trump is poised to win the US election after picking up three key battleground states "America has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate," he says to jubilant supporters in Florida[/font][/color] as he declares a "magnificent victory"just before Trump spoke, Fox News projected that he'd won the election; other US TV networks are yet to do so UK PM  Keir Starmer joins the leaders of Ukraine, Israel and Hungary] in congratulating Trump A return to the White House would be an extraordinary comeback for Trump after he lost to Joe Biden in 2020; Harris is yet to speak. Meanwhile, Republicans are projected to take back the Senate.

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Congratulations to the 47th President of the United States Donald J Trump, I'll raise a glass or two to your amazing comeback.
  I believe that the basements in various BBC studios around the UK are flooded with lefty tears and in the States Hollywood is to become 
a ghost town as the luvvies stampede to their private jets to leave the US as promised.
  Harry can go to Botswana now.

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Yes,  looking at the wider picture it's a relief Trump won,  Kamala Harris on the World stage,  wouldn't have the credentials to handle world leaders like Putin,  she would probably been .ignored.  What he has been through shows the strengths he has.