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Despite weeks of opinion polls predicting France’s far right would sweep to power in the legislative elections, Sunday’s second round of polling resulted in Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) and its allies being forced into third place by the New Popular Front alliance of leftwing and green parties, and Emmanuel Macron’s centrist Ensemble coalition. France will now have a hung parliament. David Lees looks at what ‘s happened.
The UK’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, has appointing a new cabinet (with a record number of women) and held his first cabinet meeting. Alex Nurse outlines the six most urgent problems they need to get cracking on.
After 14 months of escalating internal conflict, Sudan is confronting its most severe food security crisis on record. More than half the population of 47.2 million is facing acute food insecurity. Rob Vos and Khalid Siddig unpack the country’s latest food security report, which lays out the high risk of famine in multiple regions.
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David Lees, University of Warwick
Marine Le Pen’s far-right push has been halted in its tracks.
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Alex Nurse, University of Liverpool
Labour’s manifesto was largely predicated on economic growth, but the new government faces several problems too serious to wait for growth to kick in.
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Khalid Siddig, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; Rob Vos, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
There is a high risk of famine in multiple regions of Sudan if immediate action is not taken.
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Mark Webber, University of Birmingham
The 75th anniversary summit has three main areas of focus: Ukraine, defence, and global partnerships.
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Réginas Ndayiragije, University of Antwerp; Marijke Verpoorten, University of Antwerp
Rwanda’s majority Hutu have over time reported feeling more represented by a Tutsi-dominated government.
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Dafydd Townley, University of Portsmouth
If Joe Biden repeats his wobbly performance in an upcoming ABC TV interview, calls for him to withdraw from the race will intensify.
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Ryan North, University of Wollongong; Tim Barrows, UNSW Sydney
Few observations exist from before the 2002 Larsen B Ice Shelf collapse. We’ve now estimated how many billions of tons of glacier ice were lost – and what it means for the future.
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Jacqueline Boyd, Nottingham Trent University
Animals have been shown to successfully detect a range of diseases – from cancer to UTIs and COVID-19.
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Paul Stephen Adey, Nottingham Trent University
When delivered with integrity, rap can be a cathartic experience for both the speaker and the community receiving the message
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Noah Cohan, Washington University in St. Louis
Patriotic coverage helps forge the Olympics’ sense of community, weaving viewers’ lives together with athletes’ struggles and triumphs.
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