Hawkish rise 10 days before local elections is seen as a signal of independence from politics

Ex-president backed the the former car salesman ahead of GOP ‘establishment’ rivals Matt Dolan and Frank LaRose, as he and Joe Biden picked up further primary wins in Ohio, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Arizona

Prime minister held key meeting with backbenchers, who are worried he is leading them to catastrophic defeat in May

The prime minister will evoke Birmingham council’s bankruptcy to encourage party figures to get behind him at the local elections in May

Electors will vote for multiple people when casting their ballot

Nikki Haley gains votes despite dropping out of Republican race as Trump-backed candidate wins Ohio Republican Senate primary

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Sadiq Khan's team says many voters could be unable to cast their ballot

Vladimir Putin attended a concert in Moscow’s Red Square marking the 10th anniversary of Crimea’s annexation. The Russian president walked on the stage with three candidates from Kremlin-friendly parties after the preliminary results gave h ...

Presidential contender attacks his candidate’s rivals at Dayton Air Show

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli prime minister voiced outrage at Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s speech last week calling for new elections in Israel.

London mayor Sadiq Khan has claimed London is a “safer city” than Berlin, Madrid and Paris but admits he does not want to be “complacent” as he launched his bid for a third term in office. Citing research from University College L ...

Vladimir Putin called Alexei Navalny’s death a “sad event” as he said the opposition figure’s name for the first time in public just minutes after declaring victory Russia’s sham presidential elections on Sunday, 17 March. Th ...

German foreign ministry says ‘Putin’s rule is authoritarian’ while UK foreign secretary says ‘this is not what free and fair elections look like’

Exit polls claim that Putin has, predictably, won a sweeping victory in the Russian presidential elections

Vladimir Putin has never said Alexei Navalny’s name in public - until now, after he won what is widely considered a rigged election

Russian exit polls handed Vladimir Putin a predictable win in the presidential elections with more than 87 per cent of the vote

Alexei Navalny’s widow Yulia Navalnaya joined election protesters outside the Russian embassy in Berlin on Sunday (17 March). The crowd could be heard chanting her name as Ms Navalnaya shook hands with protesters. Protesters could also be seen h ...

Russian polling stations will close at 6pm GMT today, almost certainly setting up Vladimir Putin for another six years in office

A Russian voter flooded a ballet box with green paint in protest against Vladimir Putin. The resident took disruptive action at the polling station in the Alekseevsky district of the Belgorod region of Russia, by flooding a stationary ballot box with ...