Burak Bir

London correspondent @anadoluagency | BA Journalism @istuniresmi
MA Media and Cultural Studies @SussexUni

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🇬🇧 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces serious economic challenges a month into his premiership

🔹 Experts say tackling the cost of living, reviving weak growth, and restoring the UK's strained public finances remain Burnham's top challenges

🔹The biggest challenge is the economy – how to get sustainable growth – and the public finances – how to bring down public debt without sacrificing social priorities,' Patrick Diamond, professor of public policy at Queen Mary University of London, tells Anadolu

🔹 Politically, Burnham must work quickly to restore trust and deliver visible, short‑term improvements while sequencing longer‑term industrial and skills investments,' says Amelia Hadfield, head of politics department at University of Surrey https://t.co/N4X7jy59iq

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🇬🇧 Voters in Clacton, England head to the polls Thursday in unusual by-election triggered by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's resignation amid scrutiny of his financial affairs

🗳️ Farage seeking to win back his seat against record 33 other candidates, while Labour, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and Greens boycott vote as a 'political stunt'

📊 He holds commanding 53-point polling lead over satirical candidate Count Binface, with 73% support among decided voters https://t.co/3nkarmEmfe

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🇬🇧 Pro-Palestinian activists urge UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham to take a tougher stance on Israel, saying appointing former Labour Friends of Israel chair James Purnell as chief of staff is 'a horrific start'

🗣️ Critics call for London to stop supplying arms to Israel and impose 'boycott, divestment and sanctions' over Tel Aviv's 'genocidal activity'

⚠️ Activists say the British government has been 'far too soft' on Israel, despite Burnham's recent pledge to increase pressure on the Israeli government over Gaza and illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank https://t.co/QUlpDLSFeB

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#URGENT Italy suspends Schengen with Spain, shuts air, sea borders over Ceuta migrant influx, reports Italian state news agency

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#URGENT UEFA says all members unanimously agree to boycott World Cup if FIFA goes ahead with controversial plan to sell stakes in tournament to private investors

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📍 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez responds to Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz after criticism over Lamine Yamal’s Palestine flag display, backs player strongly

➝ Those who consider waving the flag of a state to be 'inciting hatred' have 'either lost their judgment or been blinded by their own ignominy,' said Sanchez

➝ He added: 'Lamine has only expressed the solidarity with Palestine felt by millions of Spaniards. Another reason to be proud of him'

📌 On Monday 18-year-old Spain international was seen waving Palestinian flag as the team toured through the streets of Barcelona during celebrations https://t.co/oR02TdgSwW

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📍 More than 80 Labour MPs urge UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit or set departure timeline after heavy election losses

⚠️ Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigns, saying he has 'lost confidence' in Starmer’s leadership

📌 Starmer says he will 'not walk away' despite resignations

🗳️ Under Labour rules, a challenger would need backing of 81 MPs to trigger a leadership contest

➡️ Possible successors include Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner and Andy Burnham https://t.co/y4rwJm0qVD

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#BREAKING Wes Streeting resigns as health secretary amid mounting pressure on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer following election defeat

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Members of the European Parliament stressed that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's remarks linking Türkiye with Russia and China risk dividing the world into opposing blocs, arguing instead that the EU operates within a multipolar order ⤵️

❝They're (Europe) losing power. They cannot play the sheriff in the world anymore, because now we have a multiple world, not just them as so-called sheriff of the world,❞ Belgian MEP Rudi Kennes tells Anadolu

❝She's dividing the world between us and others, as if there's some kind of purity test, as if she wants to conquer the rest of the continent,❞ MEP Marc Botenga says

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#BREAKING Hungary's incoming premier says he would halt withdrawal process from International Criminal Court, adding visiting leaders sought by court must be arrested

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#BREAKING Italian Foreign Minister Tajani 'greatly appreciated' Pope Leo's 'intervention for peace' in Sudan after Trump's fierce criticism of pontiff's foreign policy stance

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🇭🇺 Hungary heads to the polls on Sunday for an election shaping up to be one of the most closely contested in years

📌 Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s Fidesz-KDNP alliance is facing a stiff challenge from the Tisza party led by former loyalist Peter Magyar https://t.co/2kKHdEAmXK

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urges Europe to act to prevent Lebanon becoming 'a new Gaza' and calls for a unified EU response against Israel https://t.co/7b9mZctpqr

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#BREAKING UN refugee agency describes April 8 Israeli attacks on Lebanon as 'largest, most devastating,' saying strikes hit around 100 locations in 10 minutes with no warning

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#BREAKING Poland says potential US withdrawal from NATO must be taken 'seriously' and that Warsaw 'must consider' alternative security arrangements

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#BREAKING More than 40 countries 'call for immediate, unconditional reopening of Hormuz Strait and respect for freedom of navigation': British government statement

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UK says it will convene a meeting of military planners next week to discuss 'viable options' to make the Strait of Hormuz 'safe for navigation' https://t.co/zFFhLIIAaq

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#BREAKING French president says military operation to ‘liberate’ Strait of Hormuz would be ‘unrealistic’

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#BREAKING French president says US, Israel can 'complain' for not getting help, 'they decided on their own; it is not our operation'

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#BREAKING Austria rejects US request to use its airspace for Iran-related military operations, citing 'neutrality law'