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Result gives progressive voters clear signal they have an alternative to beating Reform UK – and shows the task ahead for Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updatesLabour MPs have said for weeks that the outcome they most feared at the Gorton and Denton byelection was a Green party victory.On Friday morning, their worst fears were realised. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/27/labour-worst-fears-realised-greens-victory-gorton-denton-byelection Author : Kiran StaceyPolicy editor Publish date : 2026-02-27 07:42:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Reform UK finished second and Labour is pushed into third place in bad news for PM Keir Starmer Full story: Resounding victory for Green partyReform activists are “hearing Matt Goodwin has all but conceded defeat to the Greens”, the UK poll aggregator Britain Elects has posted on X.The Green party has predicted a “seismic moment” in UK politics, with a party source telling the Press Association:Things are feeling positive. Not wanting to get ahead of ourselves, but everything that we thought that was going to be happening looks like it’s happening … Whatever happens, I think it’s fair to say

Escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shakyPakistan bombed Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul and two other provinces on Friday, hours after a cross-border attack, the latest escalation of violence between the volatile neighbours who last year signed a Qatar-mediated ceasefire.Following months of tit-for-tat clashes, Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on Thursday night in what the Taliban government said was retaliation for earlier deadly air strikes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/27/afghanistan-pakistan-strikes-kabul Author : Agencies Publish date : 2026-02-27 02:26:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Company walks away from planned takeover as co-chiefs say deal ‘no longer financially attractive’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxNetflix has walked away from its planned takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, declining to raise its offer for the media conglomerate’s storied Hollywood studios and streaming business after it determined a sweetened rival offer from Paramount Skydance to be “superior”.In a statement on Thursday evening, Netflix co-chief executives Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said that “at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive”. Continue