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            <title><![CDATA[Wounded Starmer Limps on to Meet His Fate at Elections Next Week]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:34:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Counts on Labour Support Ahead of Mandelson Showdown]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:03:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer’s Rivals Need Everything to Go Wrong for Him All at Once]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Denies Pressuring UK Official Over Mandelson Role]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:51:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mandelson Fiasco Leaves Starmer Looking Like a Lame Duck]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:12:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-UK Official Says PM’s Office Pressured Him on Mandelson]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:21:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer’s Political Fate Rests With Top UK Official He Fired]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:41:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Cabinet Watches and Waits as Mandelson Scandal Returns]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Defiant Starmer to Defend Himself in Commons Over Mandelson]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:16:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer in Crisis After Mandelson Scandal Roars Back to Life]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 23:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran Has Limited the Impact of US Strikes, Intelligence Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:21:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>People visit a residential area damaged in airstrikes in Tehran on April 9.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK’s Starmer Faces Calls to Quit Over Mandelson Vetting]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:53:40 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Eyes Brexit Fight With Farage in Bid to Follow EU Rules]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:03:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Not Supporting Trump’s Planned Hormuz Blockade, Starmer Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:10:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[UK Government Shelves Chagos Islands Plan Opposed by Trump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:44:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Plots Higher UK Defense Spending in Bid to Save His Job]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Says Trump’s Iran Rhetoric Is Contrary to UK Values]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:37:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Iran War Leaves the US Looking Weakened to Adversaries]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:45:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starmer Ramps Up Anti-War Message Ahead of Key UK Election Test]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Keir Stamer, UK prime minister, during a news conference providing an update on the situation in the Middle East, at Downing Street in London, UK, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Starmer sidestepped an initial chance to respond to Trump’s criticism saying “the US and UK are close allies have been for a very, very long time.”.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ye Banned From UK for Festival After Antisemitic Remarks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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