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The result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but has been widely described as surprising by Argentinian analystsThe party of Argentina’s far-right president, Javier Milei, has won Sunday’s midterm elections after a campaign in which US president Donald Trump announced a $40bn bailout for the country and made continued aid conditional on the victory of his Argentinian counterpart.With more than 95% of ballots counted, Milei’s party, La Libertad Avanza, won 40.84% of the nationwide vote in an election widely seen as a de facto referendum on the self-styled anarcho-capitalist’s nearly two years in power. Continue reading... Source link

Nearly three-month strike includes 3,200 machinists at plants where military aircraft and weapons are developedBoeing workers at three midwest plants where military aircraft and weapons are developed voted Sunday to reject the company’s latest contract offer and to continue a strike that started almost three months ago.The strike by about 3,200 machinists at the plants in Mascoutah, Illinois, and the Missouri cities of St Louis and St Charles is smaller in scale than a walkout last year by 33,000 Boeing workers who assemble commercial jetliners but threatens to complicate the aerospace company’s progress in regaining its financial footing. Continue reading...

New nature laws expected to be introduced this week but Labor’s hopes of passing them before Christmas appear slim. Follow the latest updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe environment minister, Murray Watt, claims Sussan Ley’s reluctance to support the EPBC laws is about her “desperately trying to shore up her leadership” as the Coalition once again ties itself in knots over net zero and climate policy.Speaking to reporters in Parliament House this morning, he says he’s open to making a deal with either the Greens or the Coalition, flatly rejecting Ley’s request to split

Health secretary urges party to take Caerphilly result to heart as Lucy Powell gets to work as deputy leaderSenior Labour figures including Wes Streeting have said the government must project optimism and delivery after losing a Welsh Senedd byelection amid rising concern about midterm fatigue and a loss of momentum.The health secretary warned that the party must counter a “growing sense of despair” and show voters tangible proof of change after its defeat last week in Caerphilly, a town that had been Labour for more than 100 years. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/26/labour-growing-sense-of-despair-wes-streeting Author : Aletha Adu and Geraldine