While Reform UK soars at Starmer’s expense, Scots and Welsh voters are backing left-wing nationalists.
Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, delivers a speech in London, UK, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Starmer said he’ll make a renewed push to curb UK welfare spending, as he vies to revive his ailing premiership and sell a budget which was poorly received by voters. Photographer: Tolga Akmen/EPA/Bloomberg
The EU pulled back on an effective ban on combustion engines.
Electric vehicles on the assembly line at the BYD Co. factory in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. BYD is building a lead over Tesla Inc. in the UK and is now neck-and-neck with the Elon Musk-led company in Germany, two of Europe's biggest markets for plug-in cars. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
“Celebrate Peace,” read the twin banners flanking the stage erected on Oslo’s waterfront to mark this year’s Nobel award ceremony.
María Corina Machado greets supporters during a protest against President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas, in January. Photographer: Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo
The Kremlin has welcomed the change of tone outlined in a new US strategy paper.
US Vice President JD Vance, left, and US President Donald Trump during a dinner in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. Trump is hosting a summit with five central Asian countries as the US steps up competition for influence in the vast energy- and mineral-rich region where China and Russia have long held sway. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg
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