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Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko’s 30-year rule set to be extended | Belarus newsthirst.

Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with president Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko – a 70-year-old former collective farm boss – has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994. Polls opened at 08:00 am (0500 GMT) in Minsk’s first presidential vote…

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Starmer doing a ‘very good job’ says Trump ahead of planned call between the two leaders | Trump administration newsthirst.

President Donald Trump has praised British prime minister Keir Starmer’s leadership, telling reporters on Saturday his UK counterpart has “done a very good job” and the two leaders have a planned call in the next 24 hours. The newly inaugurated US president told reporters on board Air Force One that he and Starmer “get along…

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