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Sunak urges Tories to stick with his leadership after party suffers shock election losses
By Guy Birchall
Tory mayor Andy Street loses tight West Midlands race in new blow to Sunak
By David Maddox
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Sadiq Khan’s win ‘bucks trend’ of Muslim voters rejecting Labour over Gaza, say party figures
By James Tapper
London mayor election: How Sadiq Khan won over London for the third time
By Tim Donovan
Sadiq Khan secures convincing win over Tory rival in London mayoral race
Sadiq Khan’s win heralds even bigger Labour victory at general election
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Laura Kuenssberg: Are Tories resigned to electoral fate under Rishi Sunak?
By Laura Kuenssberg
What we learned from local votes ahead of looming UK general election
By Pan Pylas
After the local election rout, will the panicked Tory herd now stampede over Rishi Sunak?
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By Andrew Rawnsley
The Tory big beasts tipped to lose their seats
By Camilla Turner
In English local elections Labour won where it needed to
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Mud-covered bodies retrieved from shaft near where surfers went missing in Mexico
By Harriet Barber
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Ireland's blind hatred of Brexit has destroyed its borders. Starmer may do the same to ours
By Daniel Hannan
Adam Boulton: Spat over asylum seekers puts Anglo-Irish relations back into deep freeze
By Adam Boulton
Alex Kane: Maybe now the Irish will admit that the UK and Northern unionists had a point about open borders
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By Alex Kane
Eilis O'Hanlon: Blaming the Brits won't solve our migrant crisis
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By Eilis O'Hanlon
How Ireland's intransigence over Brexit is coming back to haunt it
By Guy Adams
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Hopes of Gaza ceasefire rise as Hamas delegation arrives in Cairo
By Jason Burke
Israel-Gaza war: Ceasefire talks intensify in Cairo
By André Rhoden-Paul and Anna Foster
Hamas agrees to release 33 Israeli hostages in first phase of hostage deal, report
By Itamar Eichner
Israel’s war on Gaza live: Hamas wants US guarantees on Rafah
By Ted Regencia and Zaheena Rasheed
Progress reported in Gaza ceasefire talks - but Israel plays down end to war
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