Breaking: In a French election upset, left-wing parties (Nouveau Front Populaire) are projected to win the most Assemblée Nationale seats. The far-right Rassemblement National came in third. Without a clear majority coalition negotiations are expected. (Source: Le Monde)
Last week in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the Conservative Party lost hundreds of seats, as the center-left Labour Party won a large majority. However many independent candidates unhappy with Labour's policy on Israel and Gaza also won races, including Jeremy Corbyn.
In Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin is now the largest political party. Voters turned on right-wing hardline Protestant Democratic Unionist Party; it lost 3 of 8 parliamentary seats. In Scotland, Scottish National Party lost at least 38 seats; Labour gained. (Source: Guardian)
Hours after British polls closed, David Lammy (Labour) warned, "If we do not deliver for working people, then we will be out and nationalists will be on our tail. That is the lesson that we see across the world." Lammy is now UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (Source: SkyNews)
