Rishi Sunak had until 28 January next year to hold the election.

The equivalent deadline for Keir Starmer is 21 August 2029 .

With just 121 Tory MPs, Kemi Badenoch will struggle to have much impact in parliament.

Starmer 's character contains none of the traits that made Johnson such a wellspring of chaos.

Supporters of Chris Wormald say he can be trusted to undertake institutional rewiring without smashing everything.

Sceptics say that means ineffectual tinkering.

Another complaint is that the prime minister’s plan looks like a revival of New Labour's target-driven deliverology’.

South Korea’s president Yoon Suk Yeol has declared martial law.

The martial law decree went into effect at 11pm on 3 December , banning all political activities’ and placing all news organisations under the control of “ the Martial Law Command ’ Soldiers seen taking up positions around the National Assembly .

Opposition lawmakers began to assemble and appealed to their fellow citizens to resist the imposition of martial law “at all costs”.

Baku was the second worst climate Cop (it stands for conference of the parties, under the UN framework convention on climate change) of the 18 that I have covered.

Poor countries received a promise of $ 1.3tn a year in climate finance by 2035 , but only $300bn to come directly from rich world.

As I prepared to leave Baku , more than a day after the last delegates had straggled home, I scanned the shore of the Caspian Sea in the darkness. There it was, burning again. The flame of self-interest. - Fiona Harvey is an environment editor at the Guardian .

The Rassemblement National agreed to vote with the left alliance on their no-confidence motion against the government.

Never before in the Fifth Republic has the year ended with no budget and no government.

Pressure will be on President Macron to find a new government and pass a budget as fast as possible.

Hezbollah violated ceasefire agreement when it launched two projectiles that struck Mount Dov on Monday .

Israeli Air Force struck dozens of launchers and additional terrorist infrastructure inside Lebanon .

Hezbollah started the war with Israel last October shortly after Hamas launched its unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel .

Israel has wiped out nearly all of Hezbollah ’s top leaders and senior commanders over the last several months .

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced Tuesday that he was declaring martial law.

He said it was to protect the Republic of Korea from the threat of North Korea's communist forces.

Yoon also said the declaration was a response to his liberal opposition, the Democratic Party , which controls parliament.

The Director of Policy and Advocacy will work with Internews ’ CEO and senior leadership to set policy and advocacy priorities.

Internews works in coalition with other organizations in the international development space, so representing the organization with consistent outreach and active participation with other groups is essential.

David Rothkopf : Arrest warrants for Netanyahu , Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes in Gaza show absurdity of International Criminal Court .

He says U.S. did not ratify Rome Statute that created the court, and is not a party to it, but many states are parties to the treaty.

Rothkin: The ICC is a product of gauzy, utopian 1990s thinking. Nations could not be trusted to enforce the laws of war against themselves, he says.

U.S. supplies most of Israel ’s foreign-bought weaponry, which would also be in the ICC prosecutor's crosshairs.

The incoming Trump administration could impose severe sanctions on the ICC judges and its prosecutor, Karim Ahmad Khan , who engineered this debacle, for example.

The last Conservative government often gave the impression of being no one’s friend.

Joe Biden was routinely accused of being anti-British (in part owing to his Irish heritage) And China was regularly labelled a “threat” Government insiders are hopeful that the UK may fare better under Trump than some expect.

But the more special treatment Britain enjoys, the harder it will be to deepen relations with the EU .

An anonymous Labour MP said local farmers incorrectly believed new tax changes would affect their farms.

The party's failure to harness social media isn't the enemy here, it's the party’s failure.

Labour made the critical mistake of not pre-empting how the policy would be met by opponents and farmers.

Downing Street has recently set up a new digital unit to work with influencers and creators in an attempt to promote the government on TikTok and Instagram.

Neither parties nor politicians should be mistaken that content creators are the solution to reaching the public on social media.

Ordinary people go viral every day with relatable, intelligent and compelling content.