Dining in the House of Lords canteen just after Labour came to power, one Labour adviser found themselves sitting opposite two Tory peers. In particular, the pair were fuming about the forthcoming abolition of hereditary peers. Both agreed, the adviser said, that there should be a deliberate strategy to undermine the government on all its […]
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World Darts Championship 2026 draw: Luke Littler, Luke Humphries, Beau Greaves learn opponents
Luke Littler will begin the defence of his PDC world title against Darius Labanauskas. The English world number one faces the Lithuanian, who was a quarter-finalist in 2020, in the first round at London’s Alexandra Palace. Second seed Luke Humphries, who beat Littler in the 2024 final, takes on 2021 world youth champion Ted Evetts. […]
Opponents and loyalists of Serbia’s autocratic president clash in Belgrade | Serbia
Hundreds of riot police separated opponents and loyalists of Serbia’s autocratic president, Aleksandar Vučić in central Belgrade on Sunday as political tensions boiled after a year of persistent anti-government protests. Several thousand people faced off on both sides of the police cordons with officers in riot gear standing in several rows between the shouting crowds […]