World Politics
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France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
![The real lesson for America in the French and British elections](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160463289.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The real lesson for America in the French and British elections](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160463289.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The European elections tell us little about Biden’s chances — but a lot about his choices.
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A historic defeat brings in new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the Tories pick up the pieces
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![What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160473917.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0095183704549768%2C100%2C99.98096325909&w=2400)
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
The latest in World Politics
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The musician is packing arenas and performing on The Tonight Show.
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A proposed tax hike sparked unrest, but Kenya’s real problem is a debt crisis.
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How Emmanuel Macron accidentally helped the far right normalize itself.
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The Wikileaks founder will plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act for publishing leaks about the Iraq War.
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More than 1,300 people died during the pilgrimage to Muslim's holiest site — but it’s not just because of heat.
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The next phase of Israel’s war in Gaza, explained.
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More refugees live in cities. Could cash help them rebuild their lives?
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“The survivors would envy the dead.”
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Its catastrophic war policy is driven by a national ideology of trauma.
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El Salvador has touted its tough-on-crime policies (and kept quiet on human rights issues). Now everyone wants to try.
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Wars are getting more common and militaries are building up. There’s just one thing missing.
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Three months after she disclosed her illness, the Princess of Wales is making a return to public life.
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What the defeat of the party that ended apartheid means for South Africa.
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![The perplexing state of Gaza ceasefire negotiations, explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/gettyimages-2156415003.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.01953125%2C0%2C99.9609375%2C100&w=2400)
The problem is that it’s not clear either side wants a ceasefire.
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“Utter neglect of displaced people has become the new normal.”
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Benny Gantz’s departure from the war cabinet won't change much immediately. But it could end up mattering a lot.
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Far-right parties made big gains in EU Parliament elections — and that's already having an effect.
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Already the world’s worst displacement crisis, new battlefronts in Sudan could unleash ethnic violence and genocide.
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Three big lessons from Narendra Modi's shocking underperformance in the 2024 election.
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The BJP’s poor performance shows the limits of his autocratic, Hindu supremacist policies.
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More than 3,500 people in Rafah alone could die from conflict trauma by August if Israel expands its invasion.
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Allowing Ukraine to fire Western weapons into Russia strengthens an ally, but risks violating an unknown red line.
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Anti-Palestinian racism is a distinct form of bigotry that's too often ignored.
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The biggest takeaways from Narendra Modi's political setback.
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It's the latest — and perhaps strangest — escalation in tensions between the two countries.
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Biden has put renewed pressure on Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza.
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The end of Gaza's suffering can't wait on Hamas's destruction.
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Her predecessor's legacy looms large over Mexican politics. She'll have to chart her own way.
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Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
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From drones to social media, the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan was a preview of Ukraine and the conflicts to come.
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![What Trump really thinks about the war in Gaza](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-1228531486.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Trump hasn't laid out a clear vision for Gaza — and that's probably deliberate.
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The US is pivoting away from focusing on groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS — at least until the next attack.
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Amid ever-increasing global outrage, the objectives in Israel's war are out of reach.
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