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Complex coalition talks loom in Belgium after Flemish nationalist parties win federal election

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Flemish nationalist parties are dominating general elections in Belgium as Prime minister Alexander De Croo’s liberal party took a hit. Difficult coalition talks to form a new government are now looming. Despite polls predicting that the far-right, anti-immigration Vlaams Belang party would become the main political force

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Complex coallition talks loom in Belgium after Flemish nationalist parties win federal election

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — Flemish nationalist parties are dominating general elections in Belgium as Prime minister Alexander De Croo’s liberal party took a hit. Difficult coalition talks to form a new government are now looming. Despite polls predicting that the far-right, anti-immigration Vlaams Belang party would become the main political force in the

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Centrist Benny Gantz is quitting Israel’s war Cabinet, citing frustrations with Netanyahu

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation Sunday, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Netanyahu, who still

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Trump is holding outdoor Las Vegas rally in scorching heat. His campaign has extra medics and water

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump ‘s campaign hired extra medics, loading up on fans and water bottles and allowed supporters to carry umbrellas to an outdoor rally Sunday in Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius). Trump is returning

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First French projections put hard-right National Rally well ahead in EU election

PARIS (AP) — First projected results from France are putting the far-right National Rally party well ahead in the European Union’s parliamentary election, according to French opinion poll institutes. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration, nationalist party is estimated to get around 31-32% of the votes, more than twice the score of President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-European centrist

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Centrist Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war Cabinet, resigns over lack of plans for postwar Gaza

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation on Sunday. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in parliament. But the Israeli leader becomes more heavily reliant on his far-right

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Centrist member of Israel’s war cabinet resigns over lack of plan for postwar Gaza

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation on Sunday. The move does not immediately pose a threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who still controls a majority coalition in parliament. But the Israeli leader becomes more heavily reliant on his far-right

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Germany sees far-right gains in European election and a weak government showing

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Projections show very weak results for Germany’s governing parties and gains for the far-right Alternative for Germany in Sunday’s vote for the European Parliament, while the mainstream conservative opposition is set to remain the country’s strongest political force in the legislature. The projections for ARD and ZDF

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