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Keir Starmer
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Keir Starmer

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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer is a British politician and lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was Dir…

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Project 2025
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Project 2025 is a political initiative published in April 2023 by the Heritage Foundation with the goal of reshaping the…

UEFA Euro 2024
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UEFA Euro 2024
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The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th U…

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On This Day

10 events
2013
Mamudo_school_massacre
Gunmen attacked a secondary school in Mamudo, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing 42 people, mostly students.
2013
Boeing_777
In the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 777 airliner, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 (wreckage pictured) crashed on final approach to San Francisco International Airport, resulting in three deaths.
2009
Jadranka_Kosor
Jadranka Kosor became the first female prime minister of Croatia.
1997
The_Troubles
The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree conflict, five days of unrest began in nationalist districts of Northern Ireland.
1989
Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad member carried out a suicide attack by hijacking a bus and forcing it into a ravine near Kiryat Ye'arim, Israel.
1971
Nicolae_Ceaușescu
After visiting several Asian communist countries, Romanian leader Nicolae Ceaușescu (pictured) gave a speech on a number of neo-Stalinist and socialist-realist ideals, which became known as the July Theses.
1962
Sedan_(nuclear_test)
The United States conducted the Sedan nuclear test as part of Project Plowshare, a program to investigate the use of nuclear explosions for civilian purposes.
1941
World_War_II
Second World War: After a three-month siege, the Italian garrison of Saïo (in modern-day Ethiopia) surrendered to Belgian, British and Ethiopian troops.
1940
Story_Bridge
The Story Bridge in Brisbane, the longest cantilever bridge in Australia, was opened by Sir Leslie Wilson, Governor of Queensland.
1936
Manchester,_Bolton_and_Bury_Canal
A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet (90 m) into the River Irwell.

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