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Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer walk outside a polling station during the general election in London, Britain, July 4, 2024. — Reuters pic

UK’s Labour set to sweep into power with huge majority, exit poll shows

Observers from Britain's Liberal Democrats, Labour Party and Conservative Party look at ballots being sorted at the Camden Council count centre in London on July 4, 2024 as polls close in Britain's general election. Britain's main opposition Labour party looks set for a landslide election win, exit polls indicated, ending 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule marked by financial austerity, Brexit division and scandal. — AFP pic

Who could get key roles in a UK Labour government

A poll staff member hands forensic gloves to another as police officers look into possible impersonation fraud during the UK election in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, July 4, 2024. — Reuters pic

UK’s Labour wins first electoral seat to declare, Reform UK in second

Voting in the UK general election will close at 10pm local time. — AFP pic

What you should know about: The UK election

Bhole Baba was a police constable in Uttar Pradesh for nearly a decade before he resigned and turned to spirituality. — AFP pic

Who is ‘Bhole Baba’? The preacher behind the tragic stampede in India

Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner speaks during a press conference after a command conference with Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not pictured) at the military headquarters in Manila on July 4, 2024. The Philippines' military chief said on July 4 he hoped a key defence pact with Japan allowing for the deployment of troops on each other's territory will be signed at security talks next week. — AFP pic

Philippines hopes to sign key defence pact with Japan

Relatives mourn the death of stampede victims Kamlesh Jatav, 22, and her seven-month-old daughter in Daunkeli village, Hathras district, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, July 3, 2024. — Reuters pic

Self-styled preacher Bhole Baba not hiding after stampede that killed over 100 in India, lawyer says

Britons voted today in a general election widely expected to emphatically return the opposition Labour party to power and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of Conservative rule. — AFP pic

Labour tipped for historic win as UK voters go to the polls today

A court in Thailand sentenced a man on Thursday to eight months in jail for spray-painting anarchist and anti-lese majeste graffiti on the wall of a royal palace complex, — Reuters pic

Thai court sentences man to eight months in jail for anti-royal graffiti at Bangkok palace

A Pro-Palestinian protest banner hangs in the forecourt of the Australian Parliament House, in Canberra. — Reuters pic

Four pro-Palestine protesters arrested after climbing Australian parliament roof

The BYD logos displayed at the 45th Bangkok International Motor Show in Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2024. —Reuters pic

BYD opens first electric vehicle plant in South-east Asia, choosing Thailand as key production hub

Australian Federal Police officers remove a pro-Palestinian protest banner from the forecourt of the Australian Parliament House, in Canberra, Australia, July 4, 2024. — Reuters pic

Pro-Palestinian group scales Australia’s parliament

A farmworker wears protective clothing while working in a field in the morning heat on July 3, 2024 near Coachella, California. — AFP pic

Amid 'record-breaking' US heatwave, thousands told to flee raging California wildfire

Israeli military vehicles drive in Israel after returning from Gaza, near the Israel-Gaza border. — Reuters pic

Israel ‘evaluating’ new Hamas ‘ideas’ on halting Gaza war

Polls show the Labour Party set for its first general election win since 2005 — making Keir Starmer the party’s first prime minister since Gordon Brown in 2010. — AFP pic

In leftward swing, Labour and Starmer tipped to oust Sunak's Tories as campaigning ends in UK election

A person sits on a bench in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania on July 3, 2024. Residents voiced alarm about the US president following his disastrous debate last week against Donald Trump. — AFP pic

Biden’s childhood hometown Scranton ‘embarrassed’ by US presidential debate meltdown