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The prime minister is dissolving parliament for early elections to boost her power, framing it as a bold quest for voter approval rather than a risky political gamble amid low popularity.
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Iran’s leader calls Trump ‘criminal’ for backing protests, blames demonstrators for deaths
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Supreme Leader shifts blame via passive deflection, framing protesters as foreign puppets responsible for their own killings to obscure regime violence.
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Burying the lead on regret (56% say leave was wrong), the headline frames Brexit as a mere “debate” to downplay majority remorse and normalize sunk-cost thinking.
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Starmer hits back at Trump’s Greenland tariff threat; warns trade war helps no one
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Echoing softer Western takes, it assumes mutual harm in retaliation, creating false balance by equating bully tariffs with defensive responses.